The list for August 27, 1997
The Top 16 Signs MTV Is Getting Old
- Shaky camera work more an accident than an artistic choice.
- “Remember the 80’s?” becoming less of a rhetorical question every year.
- Newest VJ? Abe Vigoda
- Tabitha Soren’s latest “hot flashes” ain’t from MTV News.
- Anna Nicole Smith seen wandering around Kurt Loder’s trailer.
- Rap Artist of the Year: MC Dole
- “The Grind” now consists of 70% waltzing and 30% people with broken hips being carried off on stretchers.
- On MTV “Unplugged”, new host Jack Kervorkian decides each week which aging rock star to remove from life support.
- Signature MTV rocket no longer launches without 15 minutes of manual manipulation.
- “Singled Out” replaced by “Widowed Out.”
- “Real World – Miami Beach” — Eight crotchety senior citizens share a condominium.
- Getting harder and harder to tell the difference between Martha Quinn and Colin Quinn.
- Tabitha Soren begins each report by resting her breasts on the desk in front of her.
- On tonight’s “Road Rules:” Edwin drives the ’72 Dodge wagon too slow in the left hand lane taking the gang to the Early Bird special at the local Hojos.
- Newest All-Girl Alternative Band: Joan of AARP
And the Number 1 Sign MTV Is Getting Old…
- “Oy! MTV Complains!”
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CREDITS
Selected from 102 submissions from 39 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:
- David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — 1, 6 (4th #1)
- Jim Rosenberg, Greensboro, NC — 2
- Fred Hesby, Portland, OR — 3, 15
- Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY — 3, 5
- Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 4
- Lev L. Spiro, Los Angeles, CA — 6
- John Voigt, Chicago, IL — 6
- Dave Wesley, Pleasant Hill, CA — 6
- Jesse Garon, San Francisco, CA — 6, 13
- Bruce Ansley, Baltimore, MD — 6, 9, Topic
- Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY — 7
- Martell Stroup, Reno, NV — 7, 14
- Beth Kohl, Chicago, IL — 8
- R.M. Weiner, Brighton, MA — 10
- Jeff Downey, Raleigh, NC — 11
- Randy Wohl, Ma’ale Adumim, Israel — 11
- Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 12
- Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 16
- Greg Sadosuk, Fairfax, VA — Banner tag
- The Buggles, London, England — Ambience
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