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MikeFab1

Joined Oct 2001
From Cambridge, MA. I love the Boston area. Love the sports teams, music, concerts, charities, collecting state quarters, going on long walks and my writing.
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The X Show

The X Show

6.5
  • Jan 12, 2003
  • What the HECK happened to this show??!!

    Like most men I love women. I mean LOOOOOOOVE women. Especially looking at women. And the producers and hosts of this show knew it. So its safe to say that they exploited that fact. Not as "sexist" as most people would have you believe. It was actually very funny and entertaining.

    Maybe even a little informative. Sort of like Comedy Central's "The MAN Show", but with more women and info about them. I loved the "Perfect 10" magazine models and those "Mini Pageants" they had once a week. The spokes model thing they did every show was a bit annoying. I can't believe those chicks ACTUALLY thought this show was their big break! What air-heads!! (NOTE: If you are a feminist and you just read what I wrote, you'd agree with me if you've seen just one episode. Those bimbos were air-headed and desparate.) The thing that brought the show down was the fact that they kept changing the hosts. Specifically every few months they'd get rid of one guy and hire a new guy (or in one case a WOMAN).

    Some blonde that laughed at everything. Jillian Barbarie had frequant guest appearances (she'd literally do ANYTHING for FOX). Seriously. If Fox asked her to appear in this or host that she'd do it. She admitted this. She was hot, but had a VERY annoying laugh. Another downside was the NEVERENDING Product Placements and advertisements. Every other minute they'd tell you to buy something. At first I thought it was their opinions then it became obvious. They'd tell you to buy ALL these electronic gifts for your girlfriend, wife, some chick that lived in th same dorm as you in college. (LITERALLY). They'd say buy her a boombox and that will get you noticed!! I did however learn from this show. Like the back of a woman's knee is an erogenous zone! I have so much more to say, but will save it for another time.
    In Living Color

    In Living Color

    8.2
  • Dec 31, 2002
  • Best skit-comedy since SNL

    What can you say about a hilariously funny show that spawned careers for

    Jim Carrey, Jennifer Lopez, and countless Wayan's brothers and a sister.

    I loved it. I remember watching this show when it first appeared on TV

    in April of 1990 and then cancelled in 1994. Occasionally they'll play

    re-runs on The FX Network. Thank God for Fox's attempt at Monopoly. Some

    skits that were great Dirty Dozens (especially the one with Biz Markie);

    Homey D Clown; Men on Film; Firemarshal Bill; Homeboy Shopping Network;

    Snuff and Bone (my brother and I still quote those, "I gonna go Milli

    Vanilli on your butt! That's when I say I'm ganna kick your butt, but I

    get someone more talented to do it for me!") Never gets tired. Then...

    ALAS... came the dreaded final season! Where for some reason the Wayan's

    family left and the new members of the cast couldn't carry the show.

    Afterall how many times could you see that terrible impression of:

    "Sandra Burnheart, Baby! And I'm fabulous, Sister!" When exactly did she

    EVER say that?? Umm... NEVER! And poor Chris Rock! One of the greatest

    stand-ups and SNL alums had a 2-bit part on that show. "Good LORD!

    That's a terrible thing to do to a guy! How about we cancel this show

    and Chris Rock can move on to better things like an HBO gig!?" That

    would have been a great line. By the way. This was the show where I

    first got the term: BLACK PERSON SHOW. It came from a David Alan Grier

    sketch called, "Black Person Show." It was a running gag the last year

    or 2 of the show. East Hollywood Squares; Circus f the BLACK stars;

    BLACK person awards (was that supposed to be Gary Coleman??), Miss BLACK

    America Pageant. As you can see the writers were sometimes OVER-paid.

    But it will always remain a hi
    Les frères Wayans

    Les frères Wayans

    7.3
  • Dec 30, 2002
  • Very funny show!

    This was one of the first of what I call Average African-American Shows.

    (See my review of One On One for more details) It's basically a show not

    on the Top 4 networks that is mostly made up of African American actors.

    The thing that makes these shows different from shows like The Cosby

    Show, Jeffersons, Good Times, etc... is that they aren't exactly

    supposed to appeal to White America. In fact they appeal to a more Urban

    audience. I guess that's why I liked this show so much. There's

    something about a show that doesn't try to appeal to the majority that

    helps make it funnier and cutting-edge. Much like their previous show,

    In Living Colour, Marlon and Shawn show they have what it takes to make

    young audiences laugh. My brother and I especially love the beginning

    theme song: "We're brothers. We're happy and we're singing and we're

    colored. Give me a HIGH-FIVE!" Then they help an old lady get run over

    by a bus which they somehow got on. HILARIOUS!! Another incident my

    brother and I love is the episode where their father says he's going to

    stand up to their mother. The next day he shows up with his suitcases at

    their apartment and he says he told their mother everything he wanted to

    tell her. They Wayans brothers then ask what happened next. The father

    replies, "I don't know. When I came to some stranger was helping me on

    the bus." I LOVED IT! Too bad it was cancelled so darn ear
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