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Sifl & Olly was the best show that MTV ever cancelled. ROCK!

Sure, "reborn" with bands that are 20-25 years past their peak. Way to go MTV. Maybe they can get the Rolling Stones too.

I'd seriously enjoy the return of Remote Control. Though the show might be impossible now that no one gets to see videos.

@janine: I saw someone wearing a Remote Control T-shirt at a street fair on Monday, and I was wondering just where on earth it was procured. Urban Outfitters?

Yeah, Remote Control would be great, particularly if they could get all of the original hosts and sidekicks back. Ober and Quinn, pushing 50 and together again ... of course I'd watch.

One more thought on Remote Control: I've always thought it was really underrated as a Gen X cultural influence. The fetishization of 70s pop culture (remember "Brady Physics"?), the blurring of mainstream and underground references, the "den of slack" set design, and yes, the irony ... all a good five years before Ben Stiller and Cameron Crowe started ripping off those motifs.

@Audif Jackson Winters III: It would be weird if Sandler came back for bit parts. But I'm pretty sure Kari Wuhrer's not doing anything.

Not to mention the fact that Remote Control holds the record for best contestant send-off. The only competition may be the White Rapper show.

Didn't Denis Leary play Colin Quinn's 'cousin' as a running role on the show, and they would always beat each other up? (If only they had really drawn blood.)

They should bring back "The State." Classic.

Or better yet, "Dead at 21," that weird drama starring the dude from the Bon Jovi videos as the 20 year old with a chip in his brain that would explode when he turned 21. Anyone else remember this?

@Vince Neilstein: Yeah, starring Jack Noseworthy, who I remember for his bad haircut and worse name. I think the show lasted about five episodes.

As far as "The State", I was with you up until a few years ago, when I saw a bootleg of an old VHS "best of", which includes many of the more memorable sketches (Barry and Levon, Louie at the Last Supper, "I'm Outta Here" Doug). There was some funny stuff to be sure, but most of it fell into the "I can't believe I thought that was hysterical when I was 15" category.

@Vince Neilstein: I loved that show. It's funny you remember that kid from the Bon Jovi videos, I only remember his freakish Steven Tyler lips. He was this big lipped version of the guy from the Encyclopedia Brittanica commercials.

@Audif Jackson Winters III: If it didn't have "The Jew, The Italian, and the Red-Head Gay" and "Porcupine Racetrack," then it wasn't the best of... at least not in my book.

@janine: It had both of those, which were among the still-funny sketches. Although "The Jew ... " lasts like two minutes max.

Ahem: Beavis and Butt-head: The Next Generation

In real life, Beavis and Butthead most likely would have found chicks and spawned by now, right?

.....I liked "unplugged" when it first came out. You could hear how ordinary folks sounded when they didn't have the big 80s processing slicking up everything they did. But soon, they started allowing backing tapes, and synthesizers, and pretty soon, it was sessions of pre-taped, remixed lip-synch material, strumming away on un-miked acoustic guitars.

.....Make Justin Timberlake or some of these new stars try to get it done with a mike and a Martin. No Pro Tools. That, I'd watch!

Clone High, was really good. And died wrongfully.

We also had a hee-larious parody called Pimp My Trike, but the ever-edgy Aaron Sorkin got there first.

He must have mistaken it for Pimp My Tripe.