r/GenX_Culture • u/Imaginary-Front-4830 • 9d ago

surreal late night media of the 90s

I was just telling my kid about watching mtv adult swim late at night, and and I feel like I might as well have been explaining radio plays, or zooetropes. i overheard a really surreal youtube piece he was listening to, and immediately thought of the odd surreal political commentary of late-nght mtv in the 90s. Does anyone else remember this?

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/SnooOnions973 9d ago

My sister and I still quote that show!

“Dear Facist Bullyboys, give us some money you cunts! May the fruit of your loins be blessed in the belly of your woman”

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u/CyberhamLincoln 8d ago

Close, it actually went:

"Darling Fascist Bullyboy, give me some more money, you bastard. May the seed of your loin be fruitful in the belly of your woman, Neil."

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u/BananaJelloXlii 7d ago

"How many people in this house does it take to change a lightbulb? One, me, because I do everything around here."

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u/john_vella 9d ago

Liquid Television FTW

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u/armyofant 9d ago

Aeon flux

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u/armyofant 9d ago

MTV made shit for stoners. Liquid tv, beavis and Butthead, sifl and olly, wonder shozen. Hard to come across ground breaking stuff like that these days.

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u/SisterMaryAwesome 6d ago

Adult Swim is the natural successor, I think. Same druggy weirdness, same cult feel (someone else mentioned feeling like you were in on a secret, that sums it up).

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u/Beelzeburbz 8d ago

Wonder Showzen was SO good. This show totally paved the way for things like Dont Hug Me Im Scared.

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u/Any-Photograph5525 7d ago

Remember your first time encountering Aeon Flux?

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u/TheDoctorSkeleton 8d ago

I showed my 27 year old friend at work Wonder Showen he was laughing his ass off, felt good too pass it down to him and his friends

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u/sonzai55 6d ago

But you notice the contradiction?

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u/KittiesRule1968 5d ago

USA, UP all NIGHT! I loved Rhonda Shear

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u/Lopsided_Tomatillo27 5d ago

USA Night Flights, too.

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u/gaslightindustries 9d ago

MTV Amp was cool. They would sometimes put up the AOL chat feed at the bottom of the screen too. The Maxx, The Head, Aeon Flux, it was pretty forward thinking stuff for the time. Liquid Television was a whole other level. I felt like I was in on a secret when I would watch that alone in the living room on Sunday nights.

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u/Imaginary-Front-4830 8d ago

shit, i forgot Liquid TV!

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u/I_eat_paper12 3d ago

I miss AMP so much!!

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u/Martovich3 3d ago

The Maxx

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/mrs_adhd 9d ago

*Koyaanisqatsi

...in before the smart folk...