That Metal Show (VH1 Classic; 30 min)
What do you get when you mix too many hosts, a guest who mails in her interview segment, unoriginally lame bits and boring non-arguments all shot in an informercial-style format? You’ve got the first episode of That Metal Show, a show so devoid of anything really metal that the originators of the first metal “talk� show, Beavis and Butt-head, would mock it without end (huh, huh, That Metal Show sucks, huh, huh) and slap it upside the head with a Winger CD.
The show’s problems are much like the show’s hosts – there are too many of them. Is it really necessary to have three hosts (plus a guest) for a 22-minute show (excluding commercials)? Hell yes.
But the episode’s troubles showed through worse than Lita Ford’s dye job, who was the first guest of the show. As soon as she sat down, you could almost see her put a stamp on a mental envelope as she was mailing it in for her whole segment.
And you could hardly blame her for tanking. As the show went on, the level of the writing became that of “The Magic Hour� but with rank amateurs. Seriously, here are the other bits:
- A dated discussion about if Chinese Democracy was ever going to be released (the perils of pre-recording the show months in advance of the air date). Even though a disclaimer was shown on the screen, why have the segment on at all? You would’ve thought that the showrunners would’ve put a decent music video on or something that would’ve been remotely better than broadcasting an out-dated segment and sensing viewers hitting the remote to something else.
- Stump the Trunk with some of the audience members for prizes. Not only is this piece a blatant rip-off of one a better one from Howard Stern (and to a lesser extent, ESPN), Trunk disclaimed that he was not a professed expert in all things Metal. Huh??? Isn’t that a qualification of being the person who is getting questions thrown his way? Without any bravado involved, it’s just a lame way to give prizes away.
- A canned “Man on the Street” interviews with ancient Van Halen fans in an effort to make fun of them; another rip-off of Howard Stern as well as Jay Leno/Dave Letterman/any Late Night show. While it may be fun to laugh as some burn-outs from NYC, it just another example of something done better somewhere else.
- A very forced quasi-argument on who was the better VH front man. The three hosts and a disengaged/borderline asleep Ford tried to close the show out with this stink bomb that eventually mutated into a throw-away discussion that lasted all of two minutes and everyone involved decided to be merciful by saying goodbye.
This show wasn’t just bad; it was dead on arrival. From too many hosts to a detached guest to obsolete chatter to recycled bits, this show has nothing that is salvageable for someone, much less a metalhead, to watch. At this point, it would be the best interests of all concerned to let this limp show die a quick death; less it could do any more damage to their careers.
I saw this show and agree with you 100 per-effin-cent. The Eddie Trunk show is lame. I want to support any metal shows, so I’m sure I’ll check it out again. I liked that Talking Metal show on Fuse (even with that weird guy in the mask – my friend actually met that guy).
The first show was by far the weakest and it is a fact that Eddie Trunk tried to get hour episodes but VH1 said NOPE, or at least that is what I read somewhere. Each episode has gotten better and better, and it is our duty to support hard rock/heavy metal shows no matter how great or how lame they may be. Go to gearsofrock.com each week to check out recaps of every episode of That Metal Show.
Sorry, dude–you were too kind.
A show that keeps tabs on the touring prospects of Cinderella (!) while failing to even acknowledge current metal bands like Mastodon, The Sword, etc. is just plain ridiculous. That Metal Show panders to old farts like themselves–and yours truly, btw–by either not having a clue or deliberately ignoring anything after 1989, and sticking to the legends (Sabbath, Zeppelin, etc), the hair farmers and little else. I mean, look at their studio audience, for Pete’s sake: there’s not a soul under 35 in that bunch. That pretty much shows where the show’s direction is at. And the “comedians”? The less said about those unfunny, teleprompter-botching mofos, the better.
Uh, look Kiko. It’s on VH1 Classic. What were you expecting? It’s actually a great show, with lots of funny moments. In spite of Britt Schramm (sounds like a Nazi command) whining about man on the street interviews (they were done decades before Leno and Letterman) and trivia, it’s good entertainment. Beavis and Butt-head? Remember when they were funny? Yeah…me neither.
If you want to hear about Mastadon and The “S” word, go hang out with the rest of their fans (all six of them).
And just what the fuck is a kung fool rodeo anyway?
Everyone is far too kind and soft. This is THE worst show I have ever seen. No mention of grindcore/black/death/sludge. No southern metal whatsoever. These three faggots have as much problems finding Metal bands as they do their own dicks. Eddie trunk should fucking die.