AOL to sell Comedy Central

[Brett]

Viacom joint owner of CC likely to buy the AOL stake.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/22/business/media/22COME.html

[raj2001]

What's with all the FOX advertising there lately though?

[gcutler]

I hope Viacom leaves the channel as is, it is one channel that I watch often and like the content (Daily Show, Colin Quinn, Dave Chappel, Trigger Happy TV, Crank Yankers, etc)

[Uncle Peter]

I hope someone buys that channel and gets rid of some of that TRASH Progamming that fills the airwaves.

[Scott Greczkowski]

I like Insomniac with Dave Attell, great show. :)

[Mark Holtz]

I've only watched three shows on Comedy Clueless: Mystery Sciene Theater 3000, Whose Line Is It Anyways? (UK version), and Battlebots. The MST3K is still a very sore point.

[gcutler]

Originally posted by Z'Loth
The MST3K is still a very sore point.

Gee, How many years ago was that???

[gcutler]

Originally posted by Scott Greczkowski
I like Insomniac with Dave Attell, great show. :)

Dave is a true genius, who else could turn Alcoholism and Insomnia into a popular TV show. The DVD of the show is pretty good.

[Scott Greczkowski]

I got to get me a copy of that DVD, I have seen it advertised a few times. I can imagine some things getting kind of wild.

[gcutler]

Originally posted by Scott Greczkowski
I got to get me a copy of that DVD, I have seen it advertised a few times. I can imagine some things getting kind of wild.

Much more wild language than anything else in the DVD. Very little of other stuff we might want to see (like we might see in New Orleans for a few beads) :D . Althought the Chicago scene with the Late Night Cursing Hotdog shack is much better without the bleeps.

[Richard King]

I hope someone buys that channel and gets rid of some of that TRASH Progamming that fills the airwaves.Don't count on anything but trash content with Viacom being the purchaser.

[Mark Holtz]

Originally posted by gcutler
Gee, How many years ago was that??? 1997. What really rubbed salt in the wound is how, in the later years, Comedy Central treated both the fans of MST3K as well as the cast and crew of the show. At least SciFi Channel was a bit better, and allowed the show to end on a decent note.

[gcutler]

The only thing I wished out of MST3K was them making fun of a higher calibre of films. It would have probably been more expensive to get the rights to air those films. But I would have paid a pretty penny to see MST3K on Godfather III :D

[DarrellP]

:goodjob: Don't forget the Man Show! What's better than Brew & Babes? :dance:

[JohnH]

It's MTV Comedy Central for a Measly $1.225 Billion. :)

[bogi]

South Park and Dave Chappell. Two awsome shows I always watch.

[TerryC]

Originally posted by gcutler


Gee, How many years ago was that???
Some of us will never forget. :mad: