MTV and Apollo 11
Don’t you know I’m still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I’m still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
I’m still standing yeah yeah yeah
–From Elton John
On Wednesday, I wrote about Van Toffler’s ridiculous remark about MTV pushing Generation X out to make room for the more “civic-minded” Generation Y. I loved the comments that post received. They’re spot-on and funny and wanted to share a few along with some excerpts of blog posts around the ‘sphere!
“All these years later, it’s nice to know I’ve been dumped!” — Kristin from Halfway to Normal
“‘uhh… yeah…we intentionally dumped this demographic…yeah…that’s it…that’s what we did.’ Please!!!” — from Jim of Light Smith Photo of the Day
“We dumped them about… oh, I don’t know, about the time the first season of ‘The Real World’ aired? That sounds about right.” From Trapped in the 80s Mom
“Judging by their soap opera shows they are catering to 65-year-old housewives.” From Rob
“I want My MTV!!! Twisted Sister…I’m not gonna take it.” From Nadine of All Along the Hightower
“Honestly, I have not watched MTV in 15 years or more. Nor do I intend to….Tia and Flav can bite me!” — From John J. Franks IV of Impervious Nature
“Awwww. It’s cute….Let them think that it was MTV’s decision to dump us.” From msqokc
Here are few more things bloggers had to say about Toffler:
From I Will Never Understand TV Programmers:
“I’m really at a loss as to how today’s ‘millennials’ are ‘civic-minded.’ What does this even mean? They vote? Volunteer? Help old ladies across the street? Does this guy even know any Millenials? Because I’ve been teaching them for a while, and civic-minded would not be one of the first 378 adjectives I would think of for that age group (18-29, apparently). And as for ‘pushing out’ Generation X…how do you push out a group that jumped ship 11 years ago?”
From Television without Pity:
“And though at first, we had scoffed at his bold claim (we are, after all, grievously jaded), upon closer inspection (extremely close) and much to our surprise, we did indeed discover that shows like Jersey Shore and Teen Mom really are virtuous and educational after all…”
From Dumping You Is the Best Thing I Ever Did:
“I wish them well, especially now that they realize that it’s really over and I’m never coming back…I’d like to congratulate MTV for finally dumping anyone from Generation X that still watches their network.”
From Buh-Bye Gen X:
“I can then only cynically laugh when he points to Jersey Shore as an example of such Gen Y-appropriate programming.”
From Oh, No He Didn’t:
“Hey, Van, last time I checked (two seconds ago on Google) you are also the president of VH1 and VH1 Classic–want me to watch those channels?”
Thanks for linking to my blog! Happy to have found yours. Not surprisingly, we share the same first name (am assuming Jen, is short for Jennifer), the most popular name for Gen X girls! I was born in ’67– you too?
I’m laughing over the comments, Jen. I doubt X-ers are crying in their beer over no longer being MTV’s choice demographic. We’re not Baby Boomers. We don’t expect everything to be about us.
WHAT, I thought MTV went out of business a long time ago. I haven’t seen a video in years.
Generation X