MTV to host inaugural ball in Washington for Obama

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[CPC24]

NEW YORK (AP) -- MTV is throwing an inaugural ball for President-elect Barack Obama. The network announced Tuesday that it will host the "Be the Change Inaugural Ball" at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington on Jan. 20.

[Pantera]

Hosting this crap at the Ronald Reagan building makes me want to puke.

[OCC]

"Be the Change Inaugural Ball"

Does this mean they will have all Clinton 1990's era acts? Algore doing the Macerena?

[BenLurkin]

[Clemenza]

Flashbacks to the 1993 MTV ball, with Kurt Loder introducing Natalie Merchant singing “These are the Days.” Has it been 15 years already? Nice to see (No)Music TV hasn’t changed in that regard.

[ForbesFan]

MTV lost its appeal about 20 years ago. It was okay when it actually showed videos. Now it’s nothing but T and A.

[prayerfullywaiting]

Doesn’t surprise me...it was the MTV generation and the church of Oprah that voted Obama in...

[RedMonqey]

Sure, the “Get Out The Vote” campaign wasn't a Democratic Organization/barf

And the Media isn't’ t bias either. /sarc.

I'm just glad that it was McCain's campaign that lost because of McCain-Feingold reform and not a real conservative.

Poetic justice says I...

[Clemenza]

Jello Biafra once sang “MTV Get Off the Air.” Broken clock...yadda yadda...twice a day.

[nmh]

How can they host this at the Ronald Reagan Building?

Why tarnish his name with this crap?

[Clemenza]

Last time I watch MTV on a regular basis, Kevin Seal and Adam “Sominex” Curry were VJs.

[BellStar]

FreeRepublic Had one for Bush! And for his reelection. Mike Huckabee’s band played for both.I attended both! I think we attended 9 all together. Counting the Official Ball. So this cult of personality will have 20 or so balls I bet.

[Libloather]

Hip - to the hop...

[nmh]

Doesn’t Nancy Reagan have some influence on STOPPING this?

[OCC]

Kurt "Loder"... hehehe

Maybe Bevis and Buffcote will make an appearance.

[BurbankKarl]

Let them blow their money there....haha.....MTV has been losing money this year....

[hole_n_one]

When MTV was king.........

JJ Jackson, Nina Blackwood, Mark Goodman,
Martha Quinn, Alan Hunter

[word_warrior_bob]

I grew up with a girl who married Mark Goodman, gorgeous girl.

[Clemenza]

Alan Hunter was such a dork. Mark Goodman looked like Juan Epstein's older brother. JJ Jackson always looked like he was "too old for this s--t." Nina Blackwood looked like the type of chick left over at closing time.

Only Martha Quinn came across as both earnest and attractive.

[dianed]

Will they play this to start the evening off with a bang........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46t_nrySg4

[SkiKnee]

There will be a movement to “change” the name to...well, you know.

[hole_n_one]

The Blackwood/Quinn debate of the 80's was the version of the Ginger/Mary Ann contest of the 60's.

FWIW.......

I had Ginger and Blackwood.

That must speak volumes about me.

[Clemenza]

Ginger looked hot even when she played a junkie prostitute on an episode of "Kojak."

THAT speaks volumes about me...

[OCC]

I had the hots for Nina Blackwood back in 1980, but I guess we have both grown up.

[dfwgator]

The Blackwood/Quinn debate of the 80's was the version of the Ginger/Mary Ann contest of the 60's. FWIW.......

The hottest VJ was Kennedy (who had a tattoo of the GOP elephant). Those glasses drove my wild.

[hole_n_one]

Listed under Hot chicks of the GOP.............

[truthguy]

This doesn't relate to the inaugural ball but if any parents out there have Cable TV or Satellite then take a look at MTV or VH1. It is trash and there is not other word to describe it. I can't think of anything I've ever seen that is worse on TV. MTV may have been okay when they actually showed music videos. Today it's just about the worst thing on TV and that's saying quite a bit.

Find out what you need to do to block this *hit and talk to friends who may not know about what this channel is all about. It's tough to be a parent but you have to make an effort particularly with the younger kids. Good Luck.

[Blind Eye Jones]

Youth loves communism because of Che. They are against the stodgy old stalwarts (like anybody over 30 with a job). It's become a North American rite of passage for those who are emotional weenies. Ah, youth! Give me communism on paper! No ipod bread lines but sheer togetherness “now” in the euphoric trendy techno Obama bubble. The same bubble Woody Allen passed around in Sleepers. Youth are asleep.

[Clemenza]

Lisa Loeb and Kennedy were the same person. Same goes for Tony Orlando and Freddie Prinze.

[BillyBoy]

>> FreeRepublic Had one for Bush! And for his reelection. Mike Huckabee’s band played for both.I attended both! I think we attended 9 all together. <<

Ah, yes, the good old days when Mike Huckabee was a sitting governor and still beloved by freepers. Then, years later, he pulled ahead of Fred Thompson's presidential campaign, so the history revisionists on this board decided to rewrite history and make him a "socialist"

[Enchante]

Who ARE those people?

Really, should I know who any of them are? They don’t exist to me......and never did. :^)

[Enchante]

Is that Helen Thomas in a wig, stepping out for a big night on the town?

[Our man in washington]

The MTV inaugral ball. It will be packed shoulder to shoulder with young obnoxious Obamaphiles.

Challenge for freepers: not counting dangerous places, can you think of a place on earth you would less rather be in than that?

[Maddox]

I actually like VH1. Especially the “I Love The...” series. Very funny and brings back memories.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

I’d like a better headline such as “MTV to hoist Obama’s Balls”.

Oh well. I’ll have to wait for Hillary to do that (Calling Jesse Jackson. Have we got a job for you!).

[Caipirabob]

MTV to host inaugural ball in Washington for Obama

Cool, this generation deserves it's own Jimmy Carter...Let MTV forever be linked with the like.

[angcat]

Would that be the DJ from WPLJ out of NY. I’m thinking her name was Carol?

[ForbesFan]

Aaahhhhhh..... the good old days.........I loved MTV back then. It was fun, and for the most part, non-perverted.

[ForbesFan]

I think I stopped watching when they did their non-stop coverage of Kurt Cobain's death....... For crying out loud they acted like it was the Kennedy assassination all over again. It was a bit too much for me.

[Citizen Blade]

Challenge for freepers: not counting dangerous places, can you think of a place on earth you would less rather be in than that?

Our office is closed inaugaration day because we're only a few blocks from the White House. I'm going to sit at home and play video games, and ignore the whole damn thing.

[jaydubya2]

Weew! I glad Martha Quinn was always my favorite!

[Hegewisch Dupa]

yeah - you are wrong on both choices ;)

[trisham]

Dreadful. MTV is a cesspool these days.

[Charles Bronson Forever]

RIP MTV

[trisham]

Heh. I always liked Charles Bronson. :)

[KosmicKitty]

Last time I watched it Martha Quinn was a VJ and black artists were complaining that they couldn’t get their videos played.

[CPC24]

They officially played their last video last week. They had a big sendoff for their request show. Sad.

[word_warrior_bob]

No, she’s a regular citizen. Her younger sister was even more gorgeous, if possible, she was my first crush in 3rd grade. Their mother worked in the school system and I ran into her years back and she gave me the update on the family and told me that the older sister married Mark Goodman from MTV.

[angcat]

That must be his second marriage. He was married to Carol Miller during his MTV days.

[word_warrior_bob]

He traded up, she’s younger than Carol Miller.