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VH1 is calling this the best interview ever; Flavor Flav of the network's hit franchise Flavor of Love talked to Complex Magazine.Continue reading Flav lost his virginity at six-years-old?
Welcome to Super Skank Wednesday. This is where I celebrate the awesomely skanky people on the following shows: Rock of Love, Flavor of Love, I Love New York (or whatever show Tiffany Pollard is making next), The Surreal Life, and Charm School. Basically, I'll discuss the skankalicious shows that make VH1 the network it is today.Continue reading Super Skank Wednesday: Epigrams, a discussion
I've never had an easy time resolving the two sides of Flavor Flav. On the one hand, you've got Flavor Flav - VH1's resident reality buffoon who single-handedly set off a public debate on 21st Century minstrelsy. On the other, you've got one quarter of seminal hip-hop act Public Enemy - the revolutionaries who dropped "Burn, Hollywood, Burn" on listeners. Public Enemy's debut comic book from American Mule Entertainment doesn't make Flav any less complicated, but it does give us the opportunity to see him deliver a flying sidekick into the face of an enemy combatant.Continue reading Flavor Flav in comic book form
Continue reading I Love New York coming; faith in humanity diminishing
Recently, I posted about an upcoming Flavor of Love spin-off, entitled The Flavorette (actually, I've been hearing that it may be called I Love New York, so now I'm confused). Well, I come bearing tidings of doom and the decline of civilization as we know it.Continue reading VH1 milks the Flavor of Love cow dry
Barely any time has passed since the dramatic conclusion of the Flavor of Love: Season Two. Only a few weeks ago, we saw New York angrily make her exit, bits of her weave coming dangerously close to exploding with fury, after she got second place... again. Well, even after losing Flav (seriously, is he that great of a catch?), she's gained a lot... in the form of a sweet spin-off deal with VH1 to do her own Bachelorette-style program, The Flavorette. I can't wait to see what kind of man is crazy enough to vie for her attention. By the way, has anyone figured out if New York is a drama queen extreme or just a really bad actress? She remins me of those theater-folk that try to do TV, but forget to leave their exaggerated gestures at the stage door.
VH1 doesn't seem to get as much of the 'they don't play music anymore' criticism as MTV, but I think they are following a very similar track. And that direction is what brought about Flavor of Love. I was surprised to learn that the premiere for season two of the Bachelor spoof drew 3 million viewers. Not only that, but the audience for the season one finale was nearly 6 million. That is the highest rated show in VH1's history.
The first Flavor of Love was the epitome of trashy TV. Not only is Flav a tremendously annoying person (sir, what happened to your "Fear of a Black Planet" days?), but all of the female contestants looked like they just stepped off the set of Maury or Jerry Springer. I found myself becoming more and more disgusted every week, and yet... I kept tuning in. Yeah, you're good, VH1. You're real good. 
Boy, VH1 just can't get enough of Flavor Flav, can it?
First he stole The Surreal Life 3, then they brought him back to further explore his oddly fascinating
"relationship" with Brigitte Nielson in Strange Love. When that "love" went
kerfluee, they brought Flav back again to find the love of his live on The Flavor of Love, which
featured more hootchie mammas per square foot than any show not named Springer or Maury. It even
featured one wronged contestant angrily spitting in the face of another contestant, complete with slo-motion
replays and post-game analysis. Classy.
Wow. Flavor of Love is, quite possibly, the
tackiest reality show I have ever seen (please note that this is coming from someone that considers The Surreal
Life a guilty pleasure). After one episode, I was completely disgusted by the behavior of these women and of the
star himself, Flavor Flav. I learned that Mr. Flav is a horrible judge of character and that scantily-clad women will
do absolutely anything for a moment of fame and glory. However, I found that I was unable to pull myself away from the
television... even as I had my remote control held out, pointing directly at the TV, my finger already resting on the
Off button and my face twisted in disgust. What a train wreck... a gloriously vicious train wreck.
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