A therapist (or a prison guard, I forget) once told me to work out my feelings through comedy.
Accordingly, in response to the worst episode of X-Play in the history of the world, I give you this:
(Inside the TechTV offices...)
TechTV Exec 1:
(Looks angrily up from his desk)
"Damn! We remake Extended Play into X-Play to capture that crucial 12-16 yr old demographic, and it's not working! What are we doing wrong?"
TechTV Exec 2:
(Looks away from the hentai anime playing on his computer monitor)
"Hmm. Those game geeks never go on dates - one of the hosts should be a babe! That'll hook 'em."
TTV Exec 1:
(Throws down his Yu-Gi-Oh cards)
"We've done that! Don't you watch the show?! We have witty banter and everything!"
TTV Exec 2:
(In disbelief)
"Watch the show? Are you nuts? Between getting my damned Lexus repaired - that car is CURSED, I tell you - and reading marketing reports I can barely get enough spare time to listen to my Kazaa downloads."
TTV Exec 1:
(Eyes widening)
"Wait a minute... Kazaa? Music. SONGS! We'll put a band on the show. A rock band. Our latest info from KoolYooth Research confirms that these kids like music - something called 'techno-hop' or 'trance-punk'... I dunno, don't bother me if it ain't Bruce Springsteen!"
TTV Exec 2:
(Laughing, nodding in agreement)
"The Boss! Rock on! Still, you're onto something there. My niece showed me something on the InterWeb the other day... some kind of band fronted by this short chick, and they sing songs about video games"
TTV Exec 1:
(Suspicious)
"Really? Are they any good?"
TTV Exec 2:
(Exasperated)
"How would I know? Book 'em. We'll have the set crew applaud no matter how they sound. Hey, they work for us. Remember when we told them to shake the camera continually?"
TTV Exec 1:
(Grinning)
"Good point. Even if the band sucks, we can always claim we MEANT it to suck. You know, work off that 'irony' thing that's so big with the kids these days."
TTV Exec 2:
(Perpelexed)
"Irony thing? Jesus, I am really behind on those youth culture advertisement surveys. Ok, let's go with it. I just hope we don't compromise the integrity of the show with hardcore gamers."
TTV Exec 1:
(Stares in silence)
TTV Exec 2:
(Bursts out laughing)
"Gotcha! Ok, let's go with it."
Accordingly, in response to the worst episode of X-Play in the history of the world, I give you this:
(Inside the TechTV offices...)
TechTV Exec 1:
(Looks angrily up from his desk)
"Damn! We remake Extended Play into X-Play to capture that crucial 12-16 yr old demographic, and it's not working! What are we doing wrong?"
TechTV Exec 2:
(Looks away from the hentai anime playing on his computer monitor)
"Hmm. Those game geeks never go on dates - one of the hosts should be a babe! That'll hook 'em."
TTV Exec 1:
(Throws down his Yu-Gi-Oh cards)
"We've done that! Don't you watch the show?! We have witty banter and everything!"
TTV Exec 2:
(In disbelief)
"Watch the show? Are you nuts? Between getting my damned Lexus repaired - that car is CURSED, I tell you - and reading marketing reports I can barely get enough spare time to listen to my Kazaa downloads."
TTV Exec 1:
(Eyes widening)
"Wait a minute... Kazaa? Music. SONGS! We'll put a band on the show. A rock band. Our latest info from KoolYooth Research confirms that these kids like music - something called 'techno-hop' or 'trance-punk'... I dunno, don't bother me if it ain't Bruce Springsteen!"
TTV Exec 2:
(Laughing, nodding in agreement)
"The Boss! Rock on! Still, you're onto something there. My niece showed me something on the InterWeb the other day... some kind of band fronted by this short chick, and they sing songs about video games"
TTV Exec 1:
(Suspicious)
"Really? Are they any good?"
TTV Exec 2:
(Exasperated)
"How would I know? Book 'em. We'll have the set crew applaud no matter how they sound. Hey, they work for us. Remember when we told them to shake the camera continually?"
TTV Exec 1:
(Grinning)
"Good point. Even if the band sucks, we can always claim we MEANT it to suck. You know, work off that 'irony' thing that's so big with the kids these days."
TTV Exec 2:
(Perpelexed)
"Irony thing? Jesus, I am really behind on those youth culture advertisement surveys. Ok, let's go with it. I just hope we don't compromise the integrity of the show with hardcore gamers."
TTV Exec 1:
(Stares in silence)
TTV Exec 2:
(Bursts out laughing)
"Gotcha! Ok, let's go with it."
VIEW 3 of 3 COMMENTS
brainfromarous:
X-Play is Tech TV's "video game show." It replaced the (far superior) "Extended Play" show on that channel.
dragonreborn:
comedy is the great relief drug. it looks as if you are doing quite well.