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    Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons

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    Image of leonleonleon leonleonleon
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    Seriously though, just bring back old themes like robots and cars and dinosaurs and shit like that. This lame "Aaron Stone" character probably has a diary and cries when his space-girl doesn't return his calls. Optimus Prime didn't cry because he didn't give a shit about love
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    Image of Monkeyrash Monkeyrash
    01/08/09

    @leonleonleon: I love that last sentence.
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    Image of Truculent Truculent
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    Adolescent boys in tight leather? That should work out just fine. I lost my copy. Which page of the Gay Agenda is this particulat tactic on?
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    01/08/09

    @Truculent: Page 42, article 3. Please come to rehearsal.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    01/08/09

    @Truculent: It comes right before the Appendix on manscaping.
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    01/08/09

    @i'm_a_bottle: My inner copy editor wants to let everyone know that there is no need for my capitalizing "appendix."
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    Image of Truculent Truculent
    01/08/09

    @blix: @i'm_a_bottle: Thanks. Found a spare copy on Ann Coulter's blog. I will show up for the meetings next time, Blix
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    01/08/09

    @Truculent: Witty!
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    Image of seancasio seancasio
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    Unlike the Waitresses, I don't think Disney XD has any idea of what boys like.
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    Image of fuzzywhat fuzzywhat
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    Young boys were never prone to idolization when I was growing up. I remember when I was in 3rd grade all the girls were rocking their NKOTB dolls and backpacks, the boys like myself didn't know wtf was going on.
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    01/08/09

    @fuzzywhat: In retrospect, there were a few boys in my class who liked NKOTB.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    I thought Disney was keeping Chris "You're with me, Leather" Berman around to appeal to the young male demographic.
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    01/08/09

    @Botswana Meat Commission FC: And Scott Van Pelt for the young ladies. And Woody Paige for the mentally deranged.
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    Image of Astigmatism Astigmatism
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    When I was 12 I watched MTV for like 90 minutes every day when I got home from school. They had this amazing show called MTV PLAYING MUSIC VIDEOS. Granted there's no Nirvana now, and who likes Zombie Guns n Roses?, so maybe there wouldn't be any music videos boys want to watch. But hey, Disney, why don't you start a station that shows music videos? You could call it, I dunno, Song Television (STV)?
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    Image of blix blix
    01/08/09

    @Astigmatism: Just a thought.



    + Watch video
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    01/08/09

    @Astigmatism: VH1 between 6 and 9 AM is like reuniting with an old forgotten friend. They actually play music videos. It is extraordinary. Most of the music may be terrible, but at least there are music vidoes...on television!
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    Image of Dead Wrestlers Society Dead Wrestlers Society
    01/08/09

    @bringmemyTofu: watching VH-1 provides a very valuable service. It allows me to match a name and face with all the shitty music my gym plays when my iPod is down.
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    Image of i'm a bottle i'm a bottle
    01/08/09

    @blix: Speaking of which, Coil's cover is much darker:

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    Image of Colander Colander
    01/08/09

    @Astigmatism: You may be kidding, but that's a good idea, and no one's using it. 'Cept maybe Fuse.
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    Image of Astigmatism Astigmatism
    01/08/09

    @blix: Yeah, that'll do.


    Or, to quote Ben Folds: Y'all don't know what it's like, being male, middle-class and white!

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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    01/08/09

    @Dead Wrestlers Society: Exactly. So when Taylor Swift pops up in casual conversation, I will know who she is.


    I actually sat through one of her videos this morning. But to be fair, I usually don't really know what is going on in the morning.

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    01/08/09

    @bringmemyTofu: The only thing worse than "pop" music is the "country pop" genre.
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    Image of Dead Wrestlers Society Dead Wrestlers Society
    01/08/09

    @bringmemyTofu: there was a song I kept hearing at the gym that just drove me mad it was so awful. One day, I ran over to a speaker and scrawled down some of the lyrics. I googled them and sure enough, it was a Taylor Swift song. Where the hell did she come from anyway?
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    01/08/09

    @Dead Wrestlers Society: I assumed that she was either -- a) a loser from American Idol or b) from a Disney show, which is where I assume all popular singers come from now. However, my girlfriend that is isn't from either of those, and she just, you know, but out an album. How novel.
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    Image of blix blix
    01/08/09

    @i'm_a_bottle: Holy shit! It's so dark I can't wait to see their cover of I'm Walking on Sunshine.
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    01/08/09

    @bringmemyTofu: wow, that sentence did not work out. Let me try it again.


    However, my girlfriend told me that she (as in Taylor Swift) isn't from either of those (as in AI or Disney)...

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    Image of Charlotte Rae's Web Charlotte Rae's Web
    01/08/09

    @bringmemyTofu: I couldn't figure out if Taylor Swift or your girlfriend's origins were so baffling.
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    Image of bringmemyTofu bringmemyTofu
    01/08/09

    @ouiserboudreaux: God, I know. I was way off. My girlfriend told me about Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift's origins were baffling.


    Done.With.This.Thread.

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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    Doesn't Disney already have ESPN for this target market? I'm not sure I understand. What young male is looking for a serialized drama specifically made "for kids?" All a tween boy wants are the auspices of his early-20's role models. Predicting a flop.
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    Image of Colander Colander
    01/08/09

    @ADismalScience: I was gonna basically say that, but they've gotta know something we don't. Maybe we're pigeon-holing young doods by assuming all they think about is sports and 'action cartoons'. Maybe they need 'guys's like them' to have crushes o--er, I mean, emulate.
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    Image of Monkeyrash Monkeyrash
    01/08/09

    @ADismalScience: My son turned SportsCenter on when he was 11 and hasn't turned it off since.
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    Image of braak: You are, as usual, completely correct. braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.
    01/08/09

    @ADismalScience: Maybe they're trying to create some kind of young ESPN lead-in channel? Meant to ensure that the next generation of boys definitely grows up wanting to watch ESPN.
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    Image of ADismalScience ADismalScience
    01/08/09

    @Colander:


    I would actually bet against their shares that these yokels have no information advantage whatsoever. Brand research my ass - this fails the common sense test to me.

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    Image of TheHonJudgeSmails TheHonJudgeSmails
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    When I was 14, I was masturbating to "The Grind".
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    Image of CodePink CodePink
    01/08/09

    @TheHonJudgeSmails: Oh, Smails. That is so adorable.
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    Image of Dead Wrestlers Society Dead Wrestlers Society
    01/08/09

    @TheHonJudgeSmails: VH-1 has pulled Eric Nies from whatever gutter he was residing in and put him on a reality show. Not that he was the object of your affection or anything.
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    Image of TheHonJudgeSmails TheHonJudgeSmails
    01/08/09

    @Dead Wrestlers Society: That guy always gave me the creeps. I was more into the skanky ladies from the Jersey shore with the fake boobs and fingernails.


    14 year old me had terrible taste in women.

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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    01/08/09

    @TheHonJudgeSmails:

    When I was 14 I was masturbating to USA UP All Night.
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    Image of prestocaro fears the culling prestocaro fears the culling
    01/08/09

    @TheHonJudgeSmails: weren't we all?
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    Image of TheHonJudgeSmails TheHonJudgeSmails
    01/08/09

    @prestocaro wants to be your cheap virtual assistant: I hope so.
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    01/08/09

    @TheHonJudgeSmails: When I was 14, we didn't have this fancy masturbation you kids have, today.
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    Image of JudgeFudge JudgeFudge
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    Are there Jonas Sisters?
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    01/08/09

    @JudgeFudge: Same diff.
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    Image of CodePink CodePink
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    Yeah, see, it'll still be a channel for girls. With slightly butchier Christian Bale look-alikes like that. My 14 year old self says Hollarrrrr.
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    Image of leonleonleon leonleonleon
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    XD is the smiley face kids make when they see these movies. They go ballistic
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    Image of Almostbanned Almostbanned
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    It'll never work. Boys aren't wired for this kind of thing unless there are guns and/or monster trucks heavily involved. And even then they'll focus way more on the action than on the actors/characters. There isn't going to be a male Hanna Montana, I can tell you that.
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    Image of blix blix
    01/08/09

    @Almostbanned: Maybe if Zac Efron touched his power ring with the Jonas brothers and they transform into a fully armored flying monster truck...nope, still a chick show.
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    Image of Botswana Meat Commission FC Botswana Meat Commission FC
    01/08/09

    @Almostbanned:

    I agree with you... except that sports is basically just another kind of theater with good characters (Tiger!, Tom Brady) and bad guys (Rasheed Wallace!).
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    Image of DavidWatts DavidWatts
    01/08/09

    @Almostbanned: As a frequent Toon Disney viewer, I can tell you that these shows ARE going to heavily involve guns. And jets. And a whole "it could be you!" thing.
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    Image of Hydroceph Hydroceph
    01/08/09

    @Almostbanned: Straight boys, no, not wired for it. The gays ones? Sure, but then, they're fine with the chick shows (to wallow in sweeping generalizations). It just seems like a "network" in search of a phantom demographic.
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    Image of Kid Twist Kid Twist
    01/08/09

    In reply to Disney to Give Boys Their Own Screeching Icons
    This should help Disney capture more of the all-important Registered Sex Offender demographic.
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