Question: MTV. Good or bad? |
| Mahk: Good. Sure, lots of it is mediocre, but no matter how much you hate whatever's on, just
wait three minutes and it'll go away and you'll have something different. |
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Fish: But whatever's on next will also suck. It's 24-7 mediocrity.
And all of this assumes you're watching MTV between the hours of 3 to 5 am, which is
the only time they actually dare to show videos anymore.
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Related topic: "alternative" rock? |
| Mahk: The HBO2 of the music industry. Don't like anything
in the Top 40? Change the channel and try the other Top 40! |
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Fish: I saw Dr. Dre's new video on Alternative Nation the other day. Really, now.
Apparently, MTV reserves the right to declare anything they want "alternative". Yes, folks, Dr. Dre
has now crossed over - from the mainstream to the fringe. Who knew. |
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Question: What about a flat tax? |
| Mahk: I approve of a flat tax, but only if it's completely flat. I want to be able to
put ball-bearings on it and have them not roll. |
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Fish: I prefer carbonated taxes. |
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Question: Libertarian Party? |
| Mahk: Sure, maybe if someone bulldozed the entire federal
government, something better might rise up from the ruins. |
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Fish: Hmm, get the government out of business. Do the phrases
"child labor" and "six-day work week" mean anything to you? Unregulated greed: been
there, done that. I like knowing that the FDA, not a CFO, is checking up on the
quality of my food. |
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Question: Clinton versus Dole? |
| Mahk: I prefer Pepsi. |
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Fish: I prefer Pepsi. |
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Question: Coke or Pepsi? |
| Mahk: Coke. |
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Fish: Coke. |
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Question: Siskel or Ebert? |
| Mahk: Which one's the bald one? I can never remember. I like
the fat guy. |
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Fish: I like how in the show's intro, Siskel's doing his
column on a computer (like everyone in the newspaper business
nowadays) but Ebert's doing his on this old typewriter. Is he supposed
to be some sort of Luddite? |
| Mahk: Great. That's wonderful. So which one's the bald one,
smart guy? |
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Fish: The other one. |
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Question: Marvel or DC? |
| Mahk: Marvel? Now class, open up your books to Chapter 11. |
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Fish: You mean comics? I always liked those nice ones, like
"Mary Worth". Or "Apartment 4-H". Or "Snuffy Smith". |
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Question: Picard or Kirk? |
| Mahk: Can you say, "Captain Doorknob?" |
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Fish: Can you say, "Star Trek V: The Last Temptation of Shatner"? |
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Question: Mahk as world dictator? |
| Mahk: Now there's the best idea I've heard all day. |
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Fish: Come now. In two days we'd all be goose-stepping to Letters to
Cleo and long-haired goons would be forcing us to fetch him french fries. |
| Mahk: And that would somehow be different than our
current form of government? Perhaps you'd prefer to
goose-step to Portishead? |
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Fish: It'd be
my own private little corner of hell, except you'd all get to share. |
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Topic: Generation X? |
| Mahk: Wait fifty years, they'll be calling us "Generation Ex." |
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Fish: Wasn't that a Spike Lee Flick? |
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