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Originally posted: June 22, 2008
I love 'I Love the New Millennium'
Posted at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 22
VH1 is about to make this week your “Best Week Ever.”
I’ve seen just a few clips from the new “I Love the New Millennium,” which begins in prime time at 8 and 9 p.m. Monday. Two new episodes air at 10 and 11 a.m., and 8 and 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
The years 2000 and 2001, of course, kick off the eight-part series filled with tons of “I can’t believe he said that” moments that should keep you laughing—as long as you can handle off-color commentary and a lot of bleeping.
I was spitting up my coffee.
Michael Ian Black and Hal Sparks lead a cast of hilarious talking heads including Gilbert Gottfried, Luis Guzman and Lauren Weedman.
The panel discusses various pop culture moments from the ’00s so far, offering some of the oddest commentary you’re likely to find on such subjects as the catchphrase “Wazzup,” the “Thong Song,” the movies “Dude Where’s My Car” and “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and the iPod.
This exchange from Tuesday’s year 2002 episode, in which TV writers Michael Colton and John Aboud talk about “The Weakest Link” host Anne Robinson, is par for the course:
Colton: “[Robinson’s] like a homicidal Mary Poppins—with the rage virus ...”
Aboud: “... and rabies ...”
Colton: “That’s Anne Robinson, foaming at the mouth, clawing at the air ...”
Aboud: “ ... a wild fury, arms akimbo ...”
Colton: “We were high when we watched that show ...”
Aboud: “Yeah, that’s how it struck us.”
Some might think that after weighing in on the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s, VH1 is jumping the gun on the ’00s. I’m not complaining. “I Love the New Millennium” will hold me over until “I Love the ’00s” airs in two years.
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I'm sorry but VHI...you got the name for this decade wrong! For nearly 10 years I've been working on trying to contact both MTV and VH1 about the name for this decade. You know, the years between 0 and 9. I even spoke with Carson Daly about this situation.
This decade should be called the Unies. As in...I Love the Unies! This term is based on the fact that the numbers between 0 & 9 are only one digit. Uni is a numercial prefix that means one. It is also a prefix that means to come together and make one, i.e. university and uniformity.
The next decade should be called the Decies. Deci is a numerical prefix that means ten.
Check out these videos of me trying to get MTV involved in the new word.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLubdUKHipg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHUao09r8fg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBufsft03kE
Curt's reply: Thanks Ryan. I think this is a job for our "Word on the Street" blogger, Tracy, at http://weblogs.redeyechicago.com/wordonthestreet/
