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8:48 pm - 11/12/2012

This Is Why MTV Doesn’t Show Music Videos Anymore

We can’t remember the last time that we flipped to MTV expecting to see a music video, but it’s safe to say that it was probably in the early ’90s. This hilarious video by Brian Firenzi and Maria Del Carmen of 5 Second Films, which we spotted on Uproxx, explains why the network abandoned its roots, and while it might be a comedy sketch, it is rather on point. We killed music videos with our Napsters and our LimeWires, and what’s more, we’re old now — MTV doesn’t really care if we don’t like Teen Mom 2. Also: there’s the Internet. Click through to check out the clever clip, but be warned: It kind of stings when Firenzi points out that the complaint that MTV doesn’t play music videos anymore is literally old enough to drive a car by now.



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snappple 12th-Nov-2012 07:06 pm (UTC)
Am I the only person alive who doesn't enjoy reality tv? I just cant get into it, it just bores me to death.
hedgerowbustle 12th-Nov-2012 07:11 pm (UTC)
I hate it! I've never gotten the appeal. I wish it would die, but I'm sure that won't happen.
callingstars 12th-Nov-2012 07:15 pm (UTC)
yes, you are literally the only person alive who doesn't enjoy reality tv.
deearem 12th-Nov-2012 07:18 pm (UTC)
I used to watch the amazing VH1 ~love~ shows and I loved Big Brother and such, but now I can't be bothered. Mostly b/c I don't have a DVR :P
hahahey 12th-Nov-2012 07:24 pm (UTC)
I only like certain types of reality TV, there has to be a competitive aspect to it. I'm not interested in Jersey Shore, Real Housewives types of shows
xbellaxmiax 12th-Nov-2012 07:44 pm (UTC)
competition shows are in another category for me
straight-up reality tv where they just follow people around with cameras is what i do not get
tsarinakate1 12th-Nov-2012 09:28 pm (UTC)
Yep this - I enjoy things like Top Chef and RuPaul's Drag Race - but I refuse to watch anything like Jersey Shore and Real Housewives.
xbellaxmiax 12th-Nov-2012 07:42 pm (UTC)
don't worry, i feel like this too. it actually boggles my mind that millions of people tune into other people's lame scripted lives.
that is not entertainment- it's glorified gossip.
rinanina101 12th-Nov-2012 07:50 pm (UTC)
i agree. i just think hollywood has run out of ideas for tv shows so they just broadcast people's lives instead and deem that "entertaining" (which i guess to some people, it is).
manubibi 12th-Nov-2012 08:06 pm (UTC)
No you're not. It's the most idiot thing on tv and it actually ruined it, and people who watch it are lame morbid lurkers to me. Why the fuck would I care about who dates who and who fucks who, there's no point and it's just dumb. I'd rather watch actual entertainment and intelligent things on the internet or on informative channels and if that makes me a snob I'm proud of it. Better being left alone because I seek reasonably cultured stuff than being a sheep in the herd that feeds off the same shite everyone else does. I stopped watching MTV entirely because of this and I don't complain about it, I just look for good music online, and the internet has better music than tv and radio so fuck MTV, even if I used to love it.
mercystars 12th-Nov-2012 08:30 pm (UTC)
I don't like it either. There's enough reality in my life without adding tee vee shows featuring randoms and their problems. =/
angedesoir 12th-Nov-2012 09:21 pm (UTC)
I tend to only watch the audition rounds of SYTYCD.
dragoncrab88 12th-Nov-2012 09:26 pm (UTC)
Nope I mean I have tried with certain shows but most of the time the people on the shows I can't stand. Not even a "love to hate" type but just I can't stand these people period.
ellie_andrews 12th-Nov-2012 09:33 pm (UTC)
I like true crime shows but Idek if that counts. But yeah, IA.
loveumbrella 12th-Nov-2012 09:38 pm (UTC)
I don't like or watch it either, then again I don't watch tv at all (I watch all series online)... though okay sometimes when I visit my parents' I watch those documentary kind of reality tv shows where you have an obese chalk-eating otherkin man who thinks he's a squirrel or something like that
chimbleysweep 12th-Nov-2012 10:20 pm (UTC)
I don't like the kind of reality TV that MTV airs. I used to watch the Real World back in 1999/2000/2001 but got tired of it verrrryy fast.

I guess I only like reality TV with some sort of thoughtful structure, like a talent-based one, or the sort that PBS used to air (surviving different periods in history--Frontier House remains KING OF MY HEART).
koalafrog 13th-Nov-2012 02:01 am (UTC)
I only like Project Runway/Face Off/etc. type shows where the contestants have actual, idk, talent? Otherwise I do not see the point in watching a bunch of trashy fame whores who I would normally work hard to avoid having to interact with irl.
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