thoughts on televison that aired nearly a decade ago

Someone from London once told me that if you're British and you like Lily Allen, you're like the equivalent of a 40-something American male Backstreet Boys fan. I really hope that's not true... how could it be? Lily Allen's real fun and cute, right? She writes great little songs. Fuck that guy, huh?

I guess the idea of an older male Backstreet Boys fan reminded me of that show Fanatic that used to be on MTV. Do you remember that show? Celebrities would meet their number one fans and the fans would get to interview their idol? That scenario kind of just happened to me with Girl Talk, so now that I'm older I can see why getting to interview your idol is really cool, but as a middle schooler watching this show I remember thinking that it would be a lot cooler if they got to make out with their idol instead of awkwardly chatting. I got a little sidetracked there, but I was initially thinking about the episode of Fanatic with Hanson.

Hanson was hot when I was in 8th grade. I was ashamed to admit that I used to like them for years, but I have done so many more monumentally embarrassing things since then, copping to Hanson fanship is small beans.  I guess the main reason I have not to feel bad is that I was a thirteen year old girl, and bad judgement was expected of me at the time. This brings me back to the Hanson Fanatic. The person they picked as the number one Hanson fan was far from a teenager and far from a girl. They picked some 40-something man. No joke.

This dude was apparently obsessed with Hanson because some person died and their music was soothing to him. Um, hello? If this show was airing in 2007, the only Hansen on stage would be named Chris and the program would be called "To Catch a Predator". This year's VMAs were like a modern day version of that Fanatic episode. "Let's take dangerously mentally ill person and allow them to toe the line of sanity by introducing all their vices to them on stage in front of millions." You can't bring a pedophile to three teenaged blond boys just like you can't bring Britney to Vegas. It's entrapment.