MTV - classic or dud?

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Well not bitching, but iirc the whole general tone of this recent revive is how much better MTV was in the 90s, right?

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, August 1, 2011 3:29 PM (17 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDW0ZnZxjn4

james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link

anyway, despite markers' + hoos' protests, i think objectively speaking jackass is the legacy of mtv for our gen of teenagers, and it's a pretty damn good one!

i like jersey shore as much as the next person, but jackass >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

J0rdan S., Monday, 1 August 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link

kennedy was always the worst

horseshoe, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:31 (thirteen years ago) link

i don't care if kennedy voted for the fuckin lizard people, she was on the top of my 95 smash list

james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link

I always hated her so much. She was always trying way too hard to be alt when you know that in her tiny blackened soul she secretly loved Nelson.

online pinata store (Nicole), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link

Oh wow, you got me there Whiney "YOU LOSE! I WIN!", "winning" an "argument" like a four year-old. I hate you so much sometimes.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:32 (thirteen years ago) link

brb dying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkS4nyMkdpw

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:33 (thirteen years ago) link

awwwww i'd never seen that

horseshoe, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Oh wow, you got me there Whiney "YOU LOSE! I WIN!", "winning" an "argument" like a four year-old. I hate you so much sometimes.

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, August 1, 2011 3:32 PM (49 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

http://i.imgur.com/zi7hd.gif

james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link

Oh I remember that Ringwald thing! That was deep in the depths of my huge crush on her.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link

i used to spend a lot of my lunch time in, like, 7th(?) or 8th(?) (or both?) grade or talking about music videos w/ one of my best friends iirc -- good times

http://i.imgur.com/3ejTc.gif

markers, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:34 (thirteen years ago) link

she is dressed like andie in pretty in pink

horseshoe, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link

Like Whiney is the premiere example of an intelligent dude that should never post on a message board because he completely undercuts all the good crit-work he does by behaving like a complete fucking tool.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:35 (thirteen years ago) link

other mtv shows important 2 me: the ashlee simpson show, the assistant (andy dick's show)

markers, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:36 (thirteen years ago) link

guys can we get away from internet arguing and children posting about turn-of-the-millennium mtv and back to griping about alternative nation vjs

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link

stfu

markers, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link

u old

markers, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:37 (thirteen years ago) link

http://i.imgur.com/tNyqK.jpg

markers, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link

We all need to be more young at heart like markers. <3

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:38 (thirteen years ago) link

if it means stanning for the ashlee simpson show i am happy to be a withered old man with a boner for molly ringwald

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link

We need some of Scott's Kari Wurher anecdotes

Trip Maker, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link

strongotm

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link

It was one thing to see all the clips from when I was a regular viewer, but there was this weird elastic disconnect of nostalgia happening on me last night while watching those post-90s clips, when I had finally outgrown MTV and wasn't paying attention to it anymore. Even though I never watched Jackass or Eminem on the Video Awards, I knew at the time who they were of course. To me, that much time hasn't gone by since they first aired, but yep, 10 years. It's like when the NFL Channel shows month-old games and they're all played on filmstock, slightly in slow motion.

Seeing "Hit Me Baby One More Time' on an episode of TRL reminded me of 9/11. Weird how things get crosswired.

Oh, and how I have been spoiled on HDTV. They may as well have been playing herky-jerky sepia movies from the Edison era when showing some of those in-studio clips.

≝ (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:39 (thirteen years ago) link

Andy Dick: worst guy on earth vs. a troubled soul suffering from addiction

kkvgz, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link

whatever everyone on tv was prettier pre-hd

^^^old

horseshoe, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:40 (thirteen years ago) link

any excuse to post the Andy Dick Anti-Drug PSA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFrw7uQo5J0

james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link

carson daly settled so comfortably into his younger more boring nu-dick clark persona that it almost seems weird that he was on MTV at all now

om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:41 (thirteen years ago) link

yeah i have to admit that when carson was on trl i kinda thought he projected a subtly above-it-all attitude but i guess he was just waiting to become showbiz shill dude all along

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link

one of my fave trl moments was when he tried to drop a joke about rush

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:42 (thirteen years ago) link

tom green went on trl 2 retire the bum bum song iirc

markers, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link

after it #1

markers, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:44 (thirteen years ago) link

i remember the horror as if it was yesterday.

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:45 (thirteen years ago) link

Do you remember the video for you are not alone?

Trip Maker, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link

ARen't they naked in a bathtub together?

Trip Maker, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:46 (thirteen years ago) link

man i wish there was a better clip of pee-wee's post-bust vma's appearance. that made me so happy.

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:47 (thirteen years ago) link

on the other hand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TR6Ek2g5KJI

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:48 (thirteen years ago) link

I think I still have a VHS copy of the MTV Awards with the MJ kiss somewhere. That was also the one where Sandra Bullock was presenting with someone (I want to say Adam Sandler) and she misread the cue on the teleprompter and asked Adam what it was like to kiss Keanu Reeves. He handlded it pretty well and riffed about how safe he felt in Keanu's arms.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:49 (thirteen years ago) link

never forget, kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYXyTx97Z4U

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:53 (thirteen years ago) link

fiona apple otm

om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:54 (thirteen years ago) link

i think objectively speaking jackass is the legacy of mtv for our gen of teenagers

i'm curious what your thought process is here, cause i don't see it. but i always hated jackass tbh.

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link

go on, girl, go with yourself.

≝ (Pleasant Plains), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:56 (thirteen years ago) link

I remember a weird "5-day weekend" I got after being suspended from school when I was 13 where I did nothing but watch dumb shit on MTV and VH1. Remember Robbie William's "Millenium" video quite well and thought the song/video were amazing. Also "No Scrubs" came on a lot and I had a serious crush on TLC, only to find out they didn't look so hot outside of that video

frogbs, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link

well for one, it was the most successful new mtv show from that era -- it was a genuine cultural phenomenon

xp to hoos

J0rdan S., Monday, 1 August 2011 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link

she was too real and too frail for this world

king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:57 (thirteen years ago) link

i'm curious what your thought process is here, cause i don't see it. but i always hated jackass tbh.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, August 1, 2011 3:55 PM (11 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

OH FFS, ANYONE UNDER 26 STFU AND GO TO THE DEXTERS LAB THREAD OR SOMETHING FUCK

james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link

Seriously I think J0rdan is pretty much 100% otm. I mean, what other MTV shows from that era are still cranking out reasonably successful feature film sequels?

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link

i agree w/j0rdan, it seems like jersey shore and jackass are the more recent things that were really culture wide from mtv.

om nom nom nnamdi asomugha (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 1 August 2011 19:58 (thirteen years ago) link

Also "No Scrubs" came on a lot and I had a serious crush on TLC, only to find out they didn't look so hot outside of that video

o_O

horseshoe, Monday, 1 August 2011 19:59 (thirteen years ago) link

I love you guys like little brothers, but the hoos, jordan, markers, jon, delonge jack-off sesh has to go, because some real talk about Downtown Julie Brown vs Uptown Julie Brown is about to pop off

james blood ulver (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 1 August 2011 20:00 (thirteen years ago) link


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