Over Christmas I was watching a marathon of those VH1 "I love the 70s, 80s, 90s" shows. Don't ask me why. My dad had the remote.
I actually have a couple of friends who appeared on some of the shows. Some of the comments were funny. There is also a certain entertainment factor in seeing old commercials, shows, music videos etc. But, for the most part, the shows are beyond obnoxious.
Why? Well, because there is a delicious irony in watching a bunch of people (more than half of which I didn't recognize)who will be forgotten within six months mock and belittle music, actors, film, politicians and trends that are still talked about 30-40 years after they were big!
Everyone is so smarmy. So much smarter than you. It's sort of like watching Olbermann and Maddow on MSNBC. Condescending is putting it mildly. And they all wear those little Tina Fey glasses and sweaters to prove that they're smarter than you. Oh, my, they are all so clever. Just count the glasses and sweaters in this clip below.
So, to recap we have Rachel Harris and Michael Ian Black commenting on The Spice Girls. Rachel Harris has a resume of guest staring roles and internet shows that would make many LA waitresses and baristas jealous. Michael Ian Black, according to Wikipedia, is best known for being the guy on the "I Love the blank" shows! And wait, is that really the guy who was on Friends? In the background???? Awesome. The Spice Girls have sold 47 million albums, had nine number one hits, and recently sold out their London reunion show in 38 seconds. Forgive me if I don't find it a little ironic to have a couple comics with good agents telling me how silly the Spice Girls were.
Now before Michael Ian Black or any of these other commentators and bloggers from the smarmosphere come looking for a fight by quoting my wikipedia or imdb, let me just say, yes, I know. I get it. I'm the guy who made Transmorphers. But you see, the difference is, you don't see me sitting in front of a greenscreen mocking other filmmakers while wearing a Gap sweater and tiny glasses.
Instead, I will humbly pursue my craft. Sometimes I will miss. Sometimes I will hit. You see, it is my goal not to be a flash in the pan, cool enough to get the call from VH1 to be "ironic" in exchange for a couple thousand bucks, but to be the cultural icon who will be discussed years later by hipsters of VH1's holographic online channel. It is my dream to be mocked by a talking head commentator who will be forgotten by the masses before his final cable network paycheck clears the bank. Wait a second....perhaps dreams do come true...
Until next time suckers, remember: "You can't outsmart stupidity".
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I think the problem is people don't know what they like. They are told what to like which is why most the success from anything comes from marketing and not from the product...hence the Spice Girls.
I don't think their album sales and sold out shows are due to the highly entertaining or thought provoking music but the people they surround them self's with have marketing talent.
You can only really talk smack to those who are above you.
You could imagine the spice girls on the show talking about him being the background actor for some half rate show? that would never fly because the spice girls have sold to many records and it's beneath them.
So people talking about the spicy girls is inevitable BECAUSE of there success in album sales. They did it to them self's.
But I agree with you. People are often high and mighty with there glasses and sweatshirts :)
People brother,
Tuwin (www.TuwinEntertainment.com
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