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I was fascinated to see that the old message board, on which I once spent so much time, and invested so much energy and emotion, has now returned after a long hiatus. Let me be among the first to welcome you guys back.
Unfortunately, in the intervening years an unholy (and surely unwitting) alliance between Viacom and the self-appointed YCTDOTV "gatekeepers" who have used the show and its legacy for purposes of self-promotion and self-aggrandizement has made these treasured episodes harder to see and to access, and, to my way of thinking at least, harder still to appreciate as I once did. For some of us who once loved the show passionately as a piece of art (I know, I know), we have learned the hard way in the past several years that it is in fact very much a business, and that - to channel George Strait - "it ain't cool to be crazy about YCDTOTV."
I hope the reborn message board will reverse this trend somewhat, by bringing together those fans who still take genuine pleasure in the show, and to whom it represents a very real and significant part of their lives. I know what this show can be and mean to such a person; so it was to me. I congratulate the Slime Society on the board's return, and hope wholeheartedly that it will prosper.
Unfortunately, in the intervening years an unholy (and surely unwitting) alliance between Viacom and the self-appointed YCTDOTV "gatekeepers" who have used the show and its legacy for purposes of self-promotion and self-aggrandizement has made these treasured episodes harder to see and to access, and, to my way of thinking at least, harder still to appreciate as I once did. For some of us who once loved the show passionately as a piece of art (I know, I know), we have learned the hard way in the past several years that it is in fact very much a business, and that - to channel George Strait - "it ain't cool to be crazy about YCDTOTV."
I hope the reborn message board will reverse this trend somewhat, by bringing together those fans who still take genuine pleasure in the show, and to whom it represents a very real and significant part of their lives. I know what this show can be and mean to such a person; so it was to me. I congratulate the Slime Society on the board's return, and hope wholeheartedly that it will prosper.