06.06.01_ MTV Lame

Like many weeknights, I spent my evening last night switching back and forth between MTV, VH1 and the Discovery Channel. "Behind the Music" was on, which featured Alice Cooper. (Never been a fan but I finally found out who the heck Alice is.) Discovery was showing some amazing footage of space while pondering the are we alone question, and MTV had a good idea of a show called "Twenty-Five Lame."

Now, it`s a good idea because it highlights a list of music videos that, over the years have become to define past-decade cheesiness. Stuff that you know you had in your tape player, and somehow mysteriously dissappears and pops up in your sister`s room five years later. I`m talking about the Rico Suave`s and the Vanilla Ice`s of music. I am even talking about the 80s hair bands that we all grew up and uh, rocked to. (Yes, and I`m proud to say I still like Poison!)

The hosts were established comedians like Leary, Stewart, Garafaolo and that dude from SNL, (not Will Farrow, but the other guy in "Night of the Roxbury.")

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