VH1'S 'I LOVE THE NEW MILLENIUM'

OH I REMEMBER THAT SINGING TROUT! LOLOLZ

good times

REMEMBER WHEN EVERYONE EVERYWHERE WAS READING THAT BOOK DA VINCI CODE AND THEN THEY MADE A MOVIE?

Mo Rocca does!

i like michael ian black

the best thing about this show is going "that fucking happened in '05??? i thought that was like '99".

especially when you say that during the 9/11 or katrina segments.

Michael Ian Black has become the laziest fucking commentator in any field of media.

And that includes every poster at ILX.

that's his schtick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivLdt5lQzKc

heh

Never have the words TOO SOON meant more.

I watched a fictionalized drama based on the 2003 blackout featuring an old woman pressing a button on her remote control while saying "I'll just turn this to 'The View'. I just love that Star Jones!"

Also, dude was playing Galaga on a PS2. lol old timez.

when michael ian black said that amy winehouse reminded him of an italian grandmother that was kind of funny.

that's about it.

I watched a little of the 2003 episode the other day and felt kind of uncomfortable during the segment about Saddam Hussein being captured and having a big beard and that pic of him in his underwear -- like yeah, people joked about it at the time, but it's a little weird to be LOLing about Saddam being a "hot mess" (actual quote) now, a year after he was executed. I don't remember international affairs being handled in such a cringe-inducing way, or much at all really, in any of the old "I Love The 80s" specials. Kinda scared to see what the 2001 episode is like.

This decade has been fucking dark as hell. Those hacks really have their work cut out for them with this one.

2001 was the only episode I've caught so far. It ended with 10 minutes of everyone dropping their cynicism and talking about how wonderful everyone was to each other and how the Madison Square Garden concert united us.

haha I forgot there was such a tidy pop culture silver lining to 9/11 for them to focus on

And yet they still forgot to mention how the world united in booing Hillary Clinton there.

when michael ian black said that amy winehouse reminded him of an italian grandmother that was kind of funny.

And now she's racist and has emphysema. Prescient.

for the record, all commentaries are coached by the producers.

the 'tone' of each segment is v v much predetermined/dictated by the interviewers/producers

did anyone not know that already, or at least have a strong suspicion that was the case? I mean, I think it's still valid to hate on some 4th rate comic's vacuous quips even though they were surrounded by a room full of people going "c'mon! make a vacuous quip!"

"I got to the point where I couldn't be funny anymore, 'cause I'm such an idiot, and they would go, 'Hey Patton, Paris Hilton's writing a book.' And I would go, 'She's a cunt who should die of AIDS.' (nervously) 'Ah ha ha, OK! Heey!! Alright.. Um, OK, follow-up question, she's releasing a line of handbags,' 'As long as she gets AIDS, that's fine with me. If she could get cancer of the AIDS of the leukemia of the eyes, that would be awesome. If like, a biker could just fuck that into her skull.' 'Alright, funnyman Patton Oswalt. Let's go to the Sizzler...'"

tell me patton oswalt has a book and that's not just a blog excerpt

it's from one of his albums

Yeah he was talking about why he's not a VH1 contributor anymore.

Obviously this show could be a lot better, but there's something admirable about their adherence to the formula. They treat The Hills and Pirates of the Caribbean with the same foggy recollection style they used for the pet rock and John DeLorean.

dear some dude

i am just telling you my experience transcribing interviews for less than going rate for them before they cut me off from even doing that

i'm sure, like everyone here but myself, you already know the obvious, but it was my sad attempt at some sort of concrete validation of the obvious, which doesn't necessarily allude to the creation and perpetuation of this thread

and frankly, i think even you'd be shocked at exactly *how* heavy handed the direction is.

they also fired me and replaced me with a janitor who was snarkier. motherfucker cleaned some toilets and made them endlessly flush with laughter

at least i gotta a hot girl in my bed right now, as i'm sure you all do too

i hope the internet dies

sad attempt at some sort of concrete validation of the obvious

This is a great description of the "I Love The..." series