# MTV Sweet Sixteen - is this fucking show for real? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 11, 2005, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657 "2005-08-11T23:12:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/21 "2005-08-12T02:35:29Z")
Nickelodeon should do a show about the parties parents throw for their two year olds. We had 150 people three ponies and clown. Of course it was all catered. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/22 "2005-08-12T02:48:19Z")
You only had one clown? We had Wayne Newton put on a show for the kids. Yeah, he’s a good friend of mine. Golf buddy, ya know. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/23 "2005-08-12T02:53:25Z")
> [@Argent Towers](#): > > I have to say, I was utterly shocked and appalled by it. My grandmother used to come in and catch a glance of a movie we were watching and be disgusted by it. “I can’t believe they said that!” 45 minutes later, we were explaining plot twists to her so she could get herself up to speed. ---
**Author:** ![dare\_devil007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@dare\_devil007](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dare_devil007)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/24 "2005-08-12T02:56:47Z")
> [@Tenar](#): > > Very laudible, particularly what follows in your post re: your ambitions. And I sure as hell wish I were a math nerd, myself. But please don’t join those who think casual anti-white racism is any less wretched than any other kind. “White” does not equate to rich, spoiled or (sadly) “skinny.” 😛 Naah, I don’t think white equates rich skinny spoiled brats. I was alluding to Paris Hilton specifically. I’ve never even seen this “Sweet Sixteen” show because I’m in Canada and we have MuchMusic instead of MTV. In a way, that makes me glad. On the other hand, UPN is **Veronica Mars** ’s network and we don’t have UPN in Canada…sigh. **Marley** , oh, stop, you. Nobody’s ever told me they like my way of thinking. Most people think I’m just some depressed bitch who thinks she knows more than them. Well, the last part is true, isn’t it?? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/25 "2005-08-12T03:47:17Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > You only had one clown? We had Wayne Newton put on a show for the kids. Yeah, he’s a good friend of mine. Golf buddy, ya know. Well it was Red Skelton. (but he wasn’t very funny) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/26 "2005-08-12T03:52:58Z")
When we got cable about a year ago, i remember being really disappointed with MTV. My last experience with that channel had been back in the early 90s, when i lived in Canada for a couple of years. At the time, MTV’s main thing seemed to be, you know, actually playing music. Now it’s just another crappy cable channel with crappy reality programs and a whole bunch of other oft-repeated crap. When did this happen? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/27 "2005-08-12T03:53:33Z")
> [@Zebra](#): > > Well it was Red Skelton. > > (but he wasn’t very funny) He didn’t try to get you to buy one of those paintings, did he? Those things creep me right out. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/28 "2005-08-12T04:03:50Z")
On my 16th birthday I got a bass. And I was GRATEFUL, DAMMIT. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/29 "2005-08-12T04:11:55Z")
> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#): > > On my 16th birthday I got a bass. And I was GRATEFUL, DAMMIT. Are you talking about a fish or a guitar? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/30 "2005-08-12T04:20:36Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#): > > Are you talking about a fish or a guitar? It’s a fish AND a guitar. ---
**Author:** ![DiosaBellissima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a8b319/32.png) [@DiosaBellissima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiosaBellissima)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/31 "2005-08-12T04:21:54Z")
**Dio** - either way that would make one kick ass bday 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/32 "2005-08-12T04:24:33Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > It’s a fish AND a guitar. Oh, yeh, you mean [this one](http://www.bunnybass.com/e-zine/pictures/amusing/fish_guitar.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/33 "2005-08-12T04:28:55Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Oh, yeh, you mean [this one](http://www.bunnybass.com/e-zine/pictures/amusing/fish_guitar.jpg)? It’s got good fin action but it’s hard to play scale. You can tuna… nah… ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/34 "2005-08-12T04:35:18Z")
> [@EddyTeddyFreddy](#): > > Oh, yeh, you mean [this one](http://www.bunnybass.com/e-zine/pictures/amusing/fish_guitar.jpg)? _ **Jesus.** _ For the record, I meant the guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/35 "2005-08-12T04:35:50Z")
> [@VegemiteMoose](#): > > Man I hate when the batteries in the remote die, forcing me to “happen” to watch several episodes of whatever’s on the last channel I clicked to. Can’t even turn the fucker off! Damn!! I think we need to declare a moratorium on this type of reply to threads with people complaining about tv. Yes, we all know that you can change the channel or turn it off. Yes, we all understand that you can vote with your remote. That doesn’t change the ire that some shows generate in people; enough ire to actually go to the trouble of posting a rant about it. No, nobody has to watch it, but they don’t have to make it, either. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/36 "2005-08-12T04:37:37Z")
Oh, when I said “Jesus”, that wasn’t in frustration. The fish guitar is just creepy. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/37 "2005-08-12T04:37:46Z")
Um, the people making this crap, that is, not the people watching it. ---
**Author:** ![galt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@galt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/38 "2005-08-12T04:47:25Z")
> [@DiosaBellissima](#): > > You only had one clown? We had Wayne Newton put on a show for the kids. Yeah, he’s a good friend of mine. Golf buddy, ya know. Oh yeah, well for my kid’s 0th birthday, I had her lowered out of the womb by a helicopter, and then I gave her a tiara. And I became a rap star. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/39 "2005-08-12T04:50:51Z")
> [@DarkSideoftheFloyd](#): > > Oh, when I said “Jesus”, that wasn’t in frustration. The fish guitar is just creepy. Then maybe you’d prefer a [guitar fish](http://indianseafoodfair.nic.in/images/FishPics/GuitarFish.jpg)? ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2005, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657/40 "2005-08-12T04:55:41Z")
Or how about a [ukelele](http://hokeswork.com/artdetail.php?id=18)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mtv-sweet-sixteen-is-this-fucking-show-for-real/316657.md?page=3)