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    Hey Kids, There's More To Life Than Being Famous: The Rise Of The Celebrity Children's Show

    Model Will Not Be Called A Skank; Marc Plays Host To Miss Piggy

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    Image of La Chica Lucy La Chica Lucy
    11/22/09

    In reply to Hey Kids, There's More To Life Than Being Famous: The Rise Of The Celebrity Children's Show
    I was first exposed to iCarly about a month ago, while I was baby sitting my cousin's kids. I'm not sure which was worse: changing a poopy diaper on the crying toddler I had just bathed whose bottle was leaking milk everywhere or watching two episodes of iCarly. That evening was the moment this 38-year-old lady became truly comfortable with her decision not to have children.
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    Image of MediasBlue MediasBlue
    11/22/09

    In reply to Hey Kids, There's More To Life Than Being Famous: The Rise Of The Celebrity Children's Show
    "Unless, of course, you're Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt, who will never disappear, because the universe just likes to fuck with us sometimes."And that, Hortense, is reason number 45682 why I love you.
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    Image of lafleur lafleur
    11/22/09

    In reply to Hey Kids, There's More To Life Than Being Famous: The Rise Of The Celebrity Children's Show
    Oh interesting, I was just talking about this the other day. BBC is doing a series about finding the "best young" people in various jobs-- last week was butchers. The voiceover for the show explains that BBC is trying to find the unsung heroes of Britain. I thought it was incredibly cool, because it brings attention to some of the less glamorous (but still important) careers that kids these days aren't really considering. It doesn't try to make the people on the show famous, à la Big Brother or whatever, but it emphasizes that you can be a non-celebrity hairdresser, or be really proud of your knife skills.
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    Image of JZee JZee
    11/23/09

    @lafleur: Yeah - I really liked the idea of it but I can't bring myself to watch it because I break out in hives at the sight/sound of George Lamb.
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    Image of lafleur lafleur
    11/23/09

    @JZee: Sex hives.

    I don't know what that means.
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    Image of scarletbegonia scarletbegonia
    11/22/09

    In reply to Hey Kids, There's More To Life Than Being Famous: The Rise Of The Celebrity Children's Show
    It seems like kid and teen shows used to feature characters that were the epitome of normal...quirky, but pretty normal. Look at The Wonder Years, Clarissa, the kids on Full House, Boy Meets World, etc. (even Rory from Gilmore Girls, while super smart and more ambitious than your average teen girl, was not far fetched) and compare them to Gossip Girl, Hannah Montana, and every other show where the protagonists are either rich, famous, or both. Since kids are no longer able to relate to characters on account of their "every man" appeal, they must aspire to unrealistic goals in order to connect to the shows they watch.
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    Image of sequined sequined
    11/22/09

    In reply to Hey Kids, There's More To Life Than Being Famous: The Rise Of The Celebrity Children's Show
    Don't these kids know that if you're famous you can't have any fun and make any stupid decisions anymore? Think about how you'd have lock down your facebook page! And proof read your tweets! And like, comb your hair before you leave your house. It would be SO LAME! SO LAME, YOU GUYS!

    Being un-famous is SO MUCH BETTER because the world at large doesn't care who you hold hands with at recess or if you're getting kind of chubby for your Jordache jeans. And they don't care if you just eat cheetos for dinner. And they don't care if you post stupid photos online, or if you fail a test, or whatever.

    The perks of non-fame are innumerable!

    Kids today have no foresight about important things. Geez.
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    Image of TheFormerJuneBronson TheFormerJuneBronson
    11/22/09

    In reply to Hey Kids, There's More To Life Than Being Famous: The Rise Of The Celebrity Children's Show
    There's something about this that is so completely foreign to my nature. I don't understand the desire for fame, not even for money. As soon as people think they know you, they think they know your business. And then your life isn't your own. Who would want that? It's crazy talk.
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    Image of CubeRootOfPi CubeRootOfPi
    11/22/09

    @TheFormerJuneBronson: Right? Why do people want to be known to everyone so badly? That would induce more paranoia than happiness, IMO.
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    TheFormerJuneBronson promoted this comment Edited by CubeRootOfPi at 11/22/09 5:44 PM CubeRootOfPi was starred CubeRootOfPi was unstarred
    Image of TheFormerJuneBronson TheFormerJuneBronson
    11/22/09

    @CubeRootOfPi: They seem never to notice that celebrities are always bitching about not being able to go out for milk without being accosted. Or that they need to hire people to make sure they aren't injured or killed by crazed fans. Or that everything they do is publicized--half the time with the publication's interpretation of what it means.

    I suppose like so many things that kids want, it's something that seems more desirable until you have it.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    11/22/09

    In reply to Hey Kids, There's More To Life Than Being Famous: The Rise Of The Celebrity Children's Show
    Sigh. I miss all the Nickelodeon shows of my youth-- Clarissa Explains It All, Pete and Pete, Salute Your Shorts, You Can't Do That on Television, Roundhouse, Out of Control, etc.
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    Image of beatrice2000 beatrice2000
    11/22/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: I liked how the old Nickelodean shows featured child/teen actors who looked like ordinary kids. Some were average-looking, some were pretty, but most looked normal, like people you'd know. On recent Nick and Disney shows, the kids have this perfect child-star look to them, that you can't imagine them as normal kids but belonging to an entertainment world and being more mature/media savvy.
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    Image of Sputnik_Sweetheart Sputnik_Sweetheart
    11/22/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: G-d, I loved this show. It had a production budget of about $5, but they made it work.
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    Image of curiousgeorgiana curiousgeorgiana
    11/22/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: I used to resent it when my after-school activities kept me from the Nick line-up. Do not screw with my Salute Your Shorts time!!
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    Image of rodmanstreet rodmanstreet
    11/22/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: Holy Shit! Roundhouse! I loved this show.

    I feel like the overarching theme of this generation of Nickelodeon shows was the "do it yourself" quality. This, like All That and Clarissa and Pete and Pete, always had a "made by kids/teens" feel, whereas iCarly and Hannah Montana feel so obviously written by creepy adults.
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    Image of meritxell: an erotic life meritxell: an erotic life
    11/22/09

    @Sputnik_Sweetheart: Wow, that show was SO 90s. I used to love it and now I feel old.
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    Image of Atomic Bowling Atomic Bowling
    11/22/09

    @curiousgeorgiana: Oh man, Salute Your Shorts made me REALLY want to go to summer camp. Then I went, and I was the weird girl and didn't have a group of equally weird friends and it kind of sucked. But I still loved the show.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    11/22/09

    In reply to Hey Kids, There's More To Life Than Being Famous: The Rise Of The Celebrity Children's Show
    This trend will lead to nothing but strippers.
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    Image of scarletbegonia scarletbegonia
    11/22/09

    @morninggloria: And bloggers. And feminists who do nothing but strip and blog about it.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    08/18/09

    In reply to Model Will Not Be Called A Skank; Marc Plays Host To Miss Piggy
    I'm sad to admit I know this, but the True Jackson line kind of makes sense. It's a TV show about a teenage girl who gets hired as a VP of a fashion company which makes pretty inoffensively non-descript high fashion. Greg Proopst plays her boss and my step-sister watches it religiously.
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    Image of marshmallory marshmallory
    08/18/09

    In reply to Model Will Not Be Called A Skank; Marc Plays Host To Miss Piggy
    Jenna, you MUST have some insight into the BI. Spill!
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    Image of cantankasaurus rex cantankasaurus rex
    08/18/09

    In reply to Model Will Not Be Called A Skank; Marc Plays Host To Miss Piggy
    so since it benefits the international federation of human rights, does this mean i can justify spending $305.40 on that (quite amazing) Hermes scarf?
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    Image of Rare Affinity Rare Affinity
    08/18/09

    @cantankasaurus rex: Somehow I don’t think that would be a winning argument in a court case if I became bankrupt as a result of buying said scarf.
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    Image of heykoukla heykoukla
    08/18/09

    In reply to Model Will Not Be Called A Skank; Marc Plays Host To Miss Piggy
    Perez Hilton regularly calls women skanks and hos without any legal repercussions, and yet this woman goes to court to try to uncover the anonymous blogger who did exactly the same thing - and now she is free to sue the anon blogger for defamation? Is there something I'm missing?
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    Image of EkaterinaBallerina EkaterinaBallerina
    08/18/09

    @heykoukla: I think the sole purpose of the blog that she was suing about was to defame her. Perez goes after lots of women (and men). I think this blog was just about the model in question.
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    Image of heykoukla heykoukla
    08/18/09

    @EkaterinaBallerina: OK. Then I'm just gonna have to hold out hope that Perez was the anonymous blogger.
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    Image of winner winner
    08/18/09

    In reply to Model Will Not Be Called A Skank; Marc Plays Host To Miss Piggy
    On the other hand, if everyone who's ever been "defamed" on the internet takes their case to court, there's going to be a bit of a clog.
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    Evie Havok promoted this comment winner was starred winner was unstarred
    Image of Katxyz Katxyz
    08/18/09

    In reply to Model Will Not Be Called A Skank; Marc Plays Host To Miss Piggy
    I dont understand why people were so critical of Cohen's lawsuit. She wasn't suing web commentators or a general celebrity blogger, she was suing someone who made a site specifically to insult, criticize and harass her. It consisted of no news, just photos of her with vicious insults.

    It's not like suing some guy for catcalling you, it's like suing some guy who was stalking and threatening you for several months.
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    Image of Katxyz Katxyz
    08/18/09

    @Katxyz: Well, I didn't say a blogger was stalking or threatening her. I drew a comparison to show a degree of a damage, hence the "its not like X, it's like Y." Reading comprehension, please.
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    Image of Evie Havok Evie Havok
    08/18/09

    In reply to Model Will Not Be Called A Skank; Marc Plays Host To Miss Piggy
    So, what now, I can sue all the people who called me a bitch/skank/etc. on the internet. Come on. Grow some thicker skin. People will call you names/talk about you in front of your face and behind your back. It's what people do. Most of us have done it.
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    Image of bowleserised bowleserised
    08/18/09

    @Evie Havok: So, if there was an entire blog dedicated to shadowing your movements and calling you a fucking slut/whore/cunt, and it was the first thing that came up when someone (family, future lovers, future employers) googled your name, you'd be ok with that?
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    Image of VPea VPea
    08/18/09

    @bowleserised: mmm I had that done to me for awhile. quite annoying.
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    Image of Ms Meghan Ms Meghan
    08/18/09

    @Evie Havok: "Most of us have done it" is probably the worst justification I have ever heard. Really, so that makes it okay?

    "Get thicker skin" doesn't really work when people are barraging you with insults on a regular basis.
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    MissyMcCLung promoted this comment Ms Meghan was starred Ms Meghan was unstarred
    Image of Rooo sez BISH PLZ Rooo sez BISH PLZ
    08/18/09

    @bowleserised: Nicely put.
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