# "Major League" on VH1. WTF is going on with this channel? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 26, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929 "2002-10-26T01:10:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/1 "2002-10-26T01:10:45Z")
I just turned on VH1 and they are showing Major League. The baseball movie! Can someone explain what is going on here? Are we gonna start seeing music videos on CSPAN next? I have seen Godfather and some other movies I can’t think of right now on this channel. Who does the programming for this channel? Why don’t they play music videos? WTF is going on? ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/2 "2002-10-26T01:23:13Z")
I can’t guess why VH1 would show The Godfather, but my guess for Major League is that they showed it because it starred Madonna (in one of the very few movies she’s made that doesn’t suck hard). My guess as to why they are showing movies and not music videos is that it’s cheaper to buy the rights to show a 2-hr movie than it is to buy the rights to show two hours worth of music videos. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/3 "2002-10-26T01:33:23Z")
I dunno what Major League you saw, but this one does not have Madonna in it. It’s the baseball movie with Charlie Sheen. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/4 "2002-10-26T01:39:03Z")
Madonna was in another baseball movie, **A League of Their Own** , and in I agree, it didn’t suck hard. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/5 "2002-10-26T02:07:46Z")
Ooops! Now I am feeling quite sheepish, no? ---
**Author:** ![Juniper200](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@Juniper200](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juniper200)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/6 "2002-10-26T02:30:32Z")
Well, they do that slapping-stamping-leg-crossing thing in the dugout and that’s kinda like music, right? Right? ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/7 "2002-10-26T02:36:51Z")
Don’t feel so bad. I put an “in” in my post where none belonged. I liked Geena Davis as a redhead in **A League of Their Own** … rworrr!! I agree with the OP, by the way. **Major League** does not belong on VH-1. Instead, they should play quality films like **Cool as Ice**. “Drop that zero and get with the hero!” ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/8 "2002-10-26T04:15:27Z")
They’re doing it because the “suits” at MTV and VH-1 are stupid. They’re unhappy that folks only watch their networks part of the time, so they’ve decided that in order to increase viewship (and ad revnues) that they’ll branch out into other areas and begin becoming more “mainstream” in an effort to attract audience members who don’t normally watch music videos. Nevermind that the target demographic of advertisers (males 18-34 or so) have spent _most_ of their lives watching music videos, and that the reason they’ve quit watching MTV and VH-1 is _because they’ve quit showing music videos_!!! What MTV and VH-1 _should_ have done is sprouted more channels. Had one aimed at rappers, another aimed at metal heads, one for the alternative crowd, etc., etc. But that’s too easy for 'em. **FNRFR** , you think you’re funny, but you’re not. ---
**Author:** ![Church\_Key\_Kid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Church\_Key\_Kid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Church_Key_Kid)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/9 "2002-10-26T15:55:35Z")
> [@](#): > > What MTV and VH-1 should have done is sprouted more channels. Had one aimed at rappers, another aimed at metal heads, one for the alternative crowd, etc., etc. But that’s too easy for 'em. MTV does have several channels, usually only available on satellite or digital cable. They have MTV, MTV2, Latino MTV, MTV Jams, and they used to or may still have MTV Rock. VH1 has VH1, VH1 Classic, VH1 Country… possbily others. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/10 "2002-10-26T17:01:33Z")
_TV Guide_ gave VH-1 a Jeer. I certainly hope they took “Music First” off of their logo-cause they certainly aren’t. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/11 "2002-10-26T17:17:50Z")
They’d have to take “Music First” off of their logo. “Music Twenty-Second” doesn’t have the same ring to it 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/12 "2002-10-26T18:02:00Z")
Isn’t it obvious? The main character is nicknamed “WILD THING” and they play the song “WILD THING” by the Troggs. Therefore it makes it a movie aimed at baby boomers, the (at one time) VH1 target audiance. Oh, and for anyone else interested, there’s a little side story about baseball. (Best line from this movie: Randy Quaid’s “Wild thing – you make my butt sting!!!” Although it might’ve been from the second one.) ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/13 "2002-10-26T18:11:52Z")
> [@](#): > > FNRFR, you think you’re funny, but you’re not. I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were a Vanilla Ice fan. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/14 "2002-10-26T22:19:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FNRFR \* > \*\* > > I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you were a Vanilla Ice fan. \*\* You’re evil, and I don’t mean that in a good way. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/15 "2002-10-26T22:39:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by voguevixen \* > **Isn’t it obvious? The main character is nicknamed “WILD THING” and they play the song “WILD THING” by the Troggs.** Except that they’re using X’s cover of that song, not the version by The Troggs. ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2002, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-league-on-vh1-wtf-is-going-on-with-this-channel/133929/16 "2002-10-26T22:40:57Z")
'Cause of course X is huge with VH1’s usual demographic…