"The MTV Generation"

[Grand Poobah]

Whenever I read "the MTV Generation," it paints a picture for me. Not of a generation of kids interested in... *insert stereotypes here* but rather of an over-the-hill fogy ineptly trying to describe "them kids with the weird hair and baggy pants that I don't spend a lot of time trying to understand."

What exactly do you MEAN by the MTV Generation? Do you mean the generation that actually watched it for music videos back in the eighties? They're in their forties now. Do you mean the generation who watched it for Beavis and Butthead back in the nineties? They're in their thirties now. Do you mean the kids who watch it for TRL if they're in their tweens or a bunch of unrealistic reality shows now?

MTV is just another cable channel to today's kids. Amongst the 300 or so this proposed show may well get lost amongst. Roller derby of any flavor has a lot of competition these days. On or off TV. There's a bazillion other extreme sports. There's one other "worked sport" (if you're looking to keep going that way), which has a pile more money and prestige and has traditionally seen roller derby as "the enemy."

[Pantsless Para-military]

I know what other "worked sport" you're talking about and I now cosider myself an enemy to their "universe", I've seen the Boston Derby Dames and their sister leagues for nearly three years into today, I remain fascinated over how much they've done to promote roller skating, and still would rather see today's rollergirls enjoying themselves and my support of them. How sweet it is to be liberated from the wrestling "czars" !

[trish trash]

the mtv generation IS the latter of your explanantions (GP). A way for old people to lump 'youngsters' into a inexplicable group. I can soooo see my 80 y/o grandpa going "ah that MVT... oh how do ya say it??? MTV people.. bleh".... lol

[Grand Poobah]

When people say "MTV Generation" they're just slapping a label on an age range so that they don't have to actually talk to people and determine how individuals feel. They're all the same, right?

That's what gets you media-appointed racial and age group spokespeople.

It wasn't a pro or anti-MTV blog. It was asking "What is the MTV Generation?"

[Chuck, a.k.a. "Mr. Neato"]

I used to watch MTV for some videos. I wasn't big on MTV, but when Beavis & Butt-Head came on, a friend showed me the show and I was hooked. It was so stupid, that it was funny. LOL The only "reality show" I've watched on MTV, was "The Real World" the series that was taped in San Francisco. Otherwise, I don't even pay attention ot MTV at all now days. Hell, I don't even watch VH-1......and I'm 43. LOL

[Father James]

I used to watch MTV for the music videos in the 80's till it turned into the reality show wasteland that it is now. MTV has become the biggest joke of all time.