MTV watch

I am watching MTV as I am writing this. MTV used to be all about music videos. But by the looks of things MTV represents the hearts and minds of an entire generation. Not that that is something to be proud of…

Some of my favourite shows on MTV :

Pimp My Ride

Hosted by Xhibit, it is a show about a West Coast pimp shop (read: they mod automobiles). It is just like any drivers fantasy to see their set of wheels made into a shagamobile. Each week one lucky guy or gal has his car (or whatever is left of one) stripped down and built up again. Cars end up with high-end stereo systems and stuff. Look a million bucks after the job.

Cribs

Each week we visit some celebrity’s home and get shown around. How cool is that?

Newlyweds

We get to fulfill our voyeuristic aspirations as we follow Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson in their passage of matrimonial bliss. All the more poignant now that the two of them have separated…

Viva La Bam

What happens when you put a group of wild skateboarder dudes and a tight assed family under one roof? Utter mayhem and chaos!

The Andy Milonakis Show

About this young kid (actually he is in his mid 20’s but you can’t tell by the looks of him) who does all sorts of crazy stuff including rapping, interviews and stuff. In the best style of juvenile jokes and sorority humour. A show to watch if you are into lame sight gags and dumb-ass dialogue. Hilarious, I tell ya…

Wildboyz

3 crazy dudes travel the world and do crazy stuff with animals and to each other. The episode I just watched had them trying to ‘slay’ Komodo Dragon’s, another skit had a coconut crab attached to a guys ass *ouch*, a guy fondling an elephant’s ‘2nd trunk’ and buffalo racing. I guess that gives you an idea what the show is about…

Boiling Points

A show about trying to piss off unsuspecting people and seeing how much they can take. If they can last pass a pre-determined number of minutes they get a cash prize. The dark underbelly of human emotions is revealed…

Wanna Come In?

A new spin on the dating game. 2 guys understudy 2 supposedly cool guys who impart to them the finer points of dating. To that end they go on a date with 2 babes and hope to do well enough to get asked in at the end of the date. Like they say every dog has its day.

MTV Unplugged

Probably the coolest concept in all of music-dom. Get some big music star or band. Get the afore mentioned band/artiste to perform their hits in a stripped down set in an intimate setting. The latest star to do it is Alicia Keys. Notable alumni includes Nirvana, Mariah Carey, Eric Clapton and Rod Stewart.

Room Raiders

A guy or gal visits rooms belonging to 3 prospective dates. Based on the stuff he finds in the room he or she has to make a choice on which prospective date to choose. The tables are then turned when the 3 suitors raid the room of the guy or gal.

Taildaters

A guy and a girl go on a date. Sounds simple enough? The catch is that each of them has a couple of friends watching the proceedings and prompting them what to say or do throughout the entire thing. There are even dares when one of them has to perform certain daring (duh) acts to gain extra points often with hilarious results.

The Osbournes

We follow the lives and times of TV’s most dysfunctional family, the Osbournes.