And the Winner is Flava Flav…

Between work and school, I honestly can say that I don’t have much time to watch TV, but it’s shit like this that makes me realize that I’m not really missing much. So I’m in the library and i poke my head from out of my books and decide to BS around online for a second and to my surprise, is see this shyt:

So I’m done. I quit. My first reaction was that BET has somehow done it again, time to crank back the time on the clock and set us back s’more years. But SURPRISE! This show is actually on MyNetworkTV, the illegitimate child of the WB and UPN and owned by Fox, the same people that brought you…well Fox.

These three networks are no stranger to the danger of creating and airing these controversial shows. Just to give you a brief history of similar nightmare shows of the past:

• Soul Plane - now this is officially the worst movie ever made, and yes, I have seen “The Net”. I’m not even gonna waste my time talking about this. I lost respect for alot of the cast members whom i believe should all be shot…in the foot….twice for being a part of this.
• The Waynes Bros. - Wait..cuz this showed was really funny when it first came out. I dunno what the hell happened though, like 2 seasons into it it just went down hill and finally crawled in the corner and died. Those two have never been funny since.
• Friday (the series) - Anytime you take a good movie, and throw a cast together (that has NOTHING to do with the original cast), your just stapling your nuts to a moving car. Bad move.
• Homeboys in Outer Space - WORST. SHOW. EVER. This was a show that was SO bad, that it got boycotted by the NAACP and forced off the air. This is proof it can happen people. I will provide a link and speak no more of this. Watch and Cry

I guess a general rule of thumb is that anytime you have a show that has to give you an entire back story before you ever watch it is gonna tank. It worked for Fresh Prince, but they got lucky. What amazes me more than the fact that shit show is on, is why this show is on. It’s on cuz they know people will watch it, or at least have reason enough to believe that to invest time and money into this project. Someone needs to tell Flavor Flav’s ass that calling “911 a joke” is like the black ass charred kettle calling, I dunno you finish that one. After what seems like an eternity of disappointment from endless spinoffs of Flav’s ongoing minstrel show, I’ve learned that more than 1/2 the people I know watch one or more of the following shows religiously: Flavor of Love, I Love NY, Charm School, Strange Love, Surreal Life.

Honestly, that’s actually kind of impressive and at the same time offensive. This one man has birthed five shows which multiple seasons of each and moFo’s still watch it. According to Nielsen ratings, Flavor of Love was the number one show amongst blacks in 2007 (and tha’s a CABLE show). How long will the networks create formulaic stereotypical television programming that insults and offends us? As long as people watch it and like it.

I went the extra step and decided to give the show a chance. According to the intro, it looked like a Fresh-Prince knockoff (which itself was controversial and stereotypical, but at least was funny and in good taste), so I decided to watch some of the pilot. I expected some laughs here and there, but what I saw was the worst acting I’ve ever seen next to Fast and Furious and Resident Evil (PSOne for those that remember). The jokes were incredibly not funny, the delivery was horribly timed, and the cast stereotypes were so exaggerated it was offense to my intelligence. The rich brother has a huge green bow tie, yellow plaid pants and a sweater around his neck? COME ON, challenge me damnit. If you want to subject yourself with the buffoonery of this piece of garbage, you’re more than welcome to check it out here. I got through about the first 5 minutes of it.

This show has only had one episode so far and hopefully someone will storm the tape room and destroy all copies and evidence of this, including this blog.

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