In all honesty, I really didn't even know that much about the man show until I actually saw it recently. Needless to say, by the first commercial break I was significantly disgusted. I mean, it's not even necessarily what was being displayed, but how it was being presented. For instance, lets take a gander at the theme song...
- Grab a beer and drop your pants.
- Send your wife and kids to France.
- It's the Man Show!
- Quit your job and light a fart.
- Yank your favorite private part.
- It's the Man Show!
- It's a place where men can come together.
- Look at the cans on this chick named Heather.
- Juggy girls on trampolines.
- Time to loosen those blue jeans.
- It's the . . . Man Show!
- I personally find a couple things bothersome about the words, but I suppose that the majority of America did not. I mean, the show was drawn out for five seasons. And honestly, from what I gather, the basis of the entire half hour is to arouse men and entertain prepubescent boys. It's ridiculous. The show completely embraces the extremely demeaning male stereotype that all men are fat bumbling beer-drinking idiots. Every skit performed, every joke made, every prize given away - all of it - pertains to this idea of men and what is "appealing" to them.
Granted there are television stations devoted to the sexes, for instance We and Spike, but The Man Show takes the cake for most outwardly stereotypical in my opinion. Just look at the logo. An overweight man with a blank, stupid look on his face. I know how this makes me feel, but don't take my word for it. I mean, let the half-naked girls bouncing on a trampoline at the end of the show convince you.
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