Sell OUT

MTV. Those three letters invoke hostility. MTV, once a ground breaking, cutting edge station is now teenage fodder and reality crap. I remember sneaking out of bed to watch Cher’s “Turn Back Time” video, wondering what the big deal was, it was after all only her butt. My brother and I would come home from school and watch “Remote Control” and imagine how rad it would be to have one of those recliners. Who could forget the classic, “YO MTV RAPS”? I even tried sporting Kennedy’s glasses one summer. (It wasn’t a good look for me) Who can we blame for Mtv’s fall from grace? I blame a sixteen year old pregnant girl from New Jersey who acts like a jackass everyday in the real world.
Reality Tv killed the music video star. I guess we could start out with Tom Green, but I’m not going to, because despite the brain cells that died in the first 20 minutes of “Freddy got Fingered” I like the guy. I’m going to start with “16 and Pregnant”. Glorifying teenage pregnancy really gets my panties in a bunch. These girls can barely drive, and don’t get me started on the sperm donor bags of douche. Devils advocate: teenage pregnancies have dropped 14% since this show has been on the air. Do we thank MTV or planned parenthood, parents, teachers and doctors? Of course we thank MTV, i cant go to the grocery store without seeing one of those 16-year-old tartlets on the cover of a magazine. WTF? did the Kardashian’s retire? I find this show deplorable, that they get paid $65,000 a season doesn’t help. I know some will argue that its going to educate and that’s fine. However, I still think its classless voyeuristic television. Anyone remember the calamity, Paris Hilton’s New Best Friend? How about My Super Sweet 16?

MTV, has killed itself with shitty programming for years trying to be appealing to the 12-24 demographic. In my opinion (which, if you weren’t sure, is an AWESOME ONE) MTV, needs to remember why we loved the station in the beginning. It was about music. I don’t even mind show’s like Cribs and Pimp My Ride, if need be I would even take that atrocity TRL back. I just want to watch the video’s hear the music and know that MUSIC TELEVISION actually has MUSIC playing.