The History of MTV...the M stands for Morons

Does anybody remember when MTV was about music? Anybody? Anybody? Bueller? No, guess what, that's cause MTV was NEVER about music. It had a few music videos in the 80's until the 90's showed up. MTV because about Bevis and Butthead, Daria, Grunge Rock, and the start of a beautiful legacy, Singled Out.

Yes, Singled Out was the first of many, trashy reality dating shows. Many of you may not remember what the show was about...but it was the precurser to Next and Dismissed and it was brilliant. Girls and Guys whittling down a group of girls based on "personality" traits...hoping that in the end they get the hot one.

After the end of Singled Out, several other mediocre shows arrived and left. Nothing special until Dismissed Came on the air. Dismissed was so trashy, so superficial, so incredibly stupid that it could only have been created by geniuses.

Dismissed came at a pivotal moment in television history, known as the Great Dating Show Boom. Dismissed came with Elimidate, The Fifth Wheel, and Blind Date. Everyone loved watching horny, lonely, losers make asses of themselves on television. There was nothing more patethetic or entertaining to watch on tv than one of these dating shows (until Flavor of Love came along).

After Dismissed came an even better indulgence, NEXT. No need to wait til the end of the date to weed out the uglies...you can do it right at the begining! And in the rudest way possible...by screaming the word "next" right in their face. If that isn't good TV, I don't know what is.

Sadly, NEXT is no longer on Tv, that I know of, and has been replaced by other mediocre dating shows. Hopefully the next great one is on its way.