carlin is brilliant at illustrating how you can say ANYthing or talk about ANYthing and get away with it, because the whole point is HOW you talk about it, not the words themselves. very few people can do this successfully, and to my knowledge, he's been the only person who's been able to preach this concept with any kind of effect on society.

Something interesting...

I was watching BET Nightly News tonight with Jacque Reid and at the end of the show, she mentioned that the show wouldn't be on for a while cause they were gonna make some "changes" and then she said wanted to thank everyone that made it successful and all (sounded like a goodbye speech similar to AJ's). And whats even more interesting was that they ended the show playing Public Enemy's "Fight The Power" video - could it be their trying to tell us something? "Fight the powers that be." Hmmm... I think there is definately truth to Jacque Reid resigning.

not really. some of it isn't humour, its blatant disrespect. ur blk right? how would u feel if some comic came on that wasn't blk and always made jokes about blk people? i mean i love a good white people can't dance and a mexicans always got a lotta people in there house joke as much as the next person, but it gets taken a little TOO far. its sad. how would u as a blk person feel if say, a white person made nigger jokes, or coon jokes, like some blk comics make cracker jokes?

Shit, Cita's World and 106 & Park marked the down turn of BET. And when they started running "Vintage BET" and it was a 106 & Park show from 2 years ago, I knew it was time for a change. I hope they blow the whole thing up and start over. Really, it couldn't be any worse than what it's been the last 6-8 years. BET needs to move away from being COON-TV. I have no problem with programming for a younger set but not 24/7. IMO here's what BET should do:

Week day afternoon/evenings:

1:00 Oh Drama. Or some show geared towards black females 30+

2:00 Video Vibrations. Showing today's top R&B videos

3:00 Rap City. Showing today's top rap videos

4:00 - Bring back a Teen Summit type show. Something that addresses the issues of the day from a young black perspective.

4:30 - A New 106 & Park. Rename it at take away the studio audience. Make it Video Soul for the 25 and under crowd.

6:00 - BET News.

6:30 - A black version of something like Entertainment Tonight

7:00 - Video Soul w/ Donnie Simpson. Just like the old show but with the focus on new and old Soul/R&B. So Donnie would have guests like Maxwell, Teena Marie, Raphael Saadiq, Mariah, etc.

8:30 - Keep this half hour for original programming. All these other cable stations are coming with first run series, it's time BET does the same. Have a "Chappell" type show one night. Then some sort of reality show on another. Too bad the Bobby Brown thing is on Bravo and Rick James is dead. I hear Mike Tyson is free.

9:00 - More original programing. And if you keep Comic View please improve this shit for god's sake.


10:00 - The New Arsenio Hall Show. Serious, why isn't he on TV. This show would be a huge hit. Woof, woof, woof

11:00 - Tavis Smiley Show. As soon as this cat is available, lock him down and get this show on BET

12:00 - Re-air 7:00-11:00 block for west coast.

Weekends

Classic Video Soul. What's cheaper than programing you already have produce. Plus everyone knows old folks are home on Saturday nights.

Classic Video Vibrations. See above

Some sort of Jazz program. A Jazz "video soul" if you will. Only with live performances too.

Move Uncut to Saturday night. One night a week is enough. I mean really, there are only so many cheap ass booty videos you can take.

In Living Color Reruns

And can we please get What's Happening back on the air.


So there you have it Viacom. I did all the hard work for you. Now get moving. I want my BET!
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y'kno while i'm feelin what u all are saying. i think its a bit of a waste to complain about the kind of music bet is playing. they're playing whats popular. whether u all like it or not 50, cassidy, ashanti, mariah, etc... these are people that are popular. people wouldn't tune in if these things weren't showed. dont get mad @ bet for pleasing its viewers that vote for these vids. get mad at the industry. i mean, correct me if i'm wrong but when they had video soul and all that didn't they show the popular vids of the day? or the vids of popular artists? same procedure, different sound.

And I have to qeustion if BET playing these songs constantly creates the buzz about a song. I bet is BET had played more of Musicology cuts... particularly Dear Mr. Man or On the Couch there would have been more buzz for those songs. I think Mariah's new hit, was weak when I first heard it, but hearing it played literally a dozen times a day... the song grows on you.
That is why these mediocre songs become hits... because BET (and other venues similar Clear Channel etc.) selects those songs to become hits... and then create the hits.

I dont even think "Dear Mr Man" and "On The Couch" were even played on the radio...or at least not in my area - personally, I dont think they wouldve made good singles anyway. They did played "Call My Name" plenty times though.

Well you know, Dear Mr Man wasn't going to get played on the radio b/c it was to militant for Clear Channel and Radio One's blood. But, it's all good b/c I'm glad P spoke his mind and got the truth out there for once. Most of the music on the radio today is nothing but propaganda, brainwashing bullshit for our youth. The real music is the music that dosen't get the most airplay and is by word of mouth or underground.

"The Revelotion Will Not Be Televised."

Well you know, Dear Mr Man wasn't going to get played on the radio b/c it was to militant for Clear Channel and Radio One's blood. But, it's all good b/c I'm glad P spoke his mind and got the truth out there for once. Most of the music on the radio today is nothing but propaganda, brainwashing bullshit for our youth. The real music is the music that dosen't get the most airplay and is by word of mouth or underground.

"The Revelotion Will Not Be Televised."

last time i watched BET with any kind of regularity was when they had that "oh drama" show and they had some kind of improv sketch comedy show that was actually really funny. i used to dig comic view too, but they started to get REALLY out of hand to where i thought it had become just kind of mean-spirited and trashy for trashy's sake.

Prospect said:

Well you know, Dear Mr Man wasn't going to get played on the radio b/c it was to militant for Clear Channel and Radio One's blood. But, it's all good b/c I'm glad P spoke his mind and got the truth out there for once. Most of the music on the radio today is nothing but propaganda, brainwashing bullshit for our youth. The real music is the music that dosen't get the most airplay and is by word of mouth or underground.

"The Revelotion Will Not Be Televised."

Hotlegs said:

hold up. why are yall going on about songs that weren't even singles to begin with? last time i checked the only singles off of musicology was call my name, musicology and cinnamon girl.