Los Angeles - August 27, 2002

The Revulsion Will Be Televised

Bad TV Videos

So you think you know bad TV. (Hell, you probably help make it.)

Huh? The Bachelor? Celebrity Deathmatch? Thompson Twins videos?

You’ve got another thing coming. TV Carnage, an organization devoted to finding televisual wretchedness around the globe, wants to show you just how bad it gets.

And how bad is that? Their most recent video compilation, When Television Attacks, is chock-full of special moments like a KISS appearance on Kids Are People Too, a Philippine variety special with a group of people singing and acting out Billy Joel’s “It’s Still Rock and Roll to Me,” and grunge figure skaters. Your VCR hasn’t laughed this hard since that Porky’s marathon.

Want more right now? Check out the website, where they explain: “If you were to think in terms of fashion, this tape rivals the Acid-Wash Jump Suit phenomenon in its ability to shock and amaze.”

How’s that for so bad it’s good?

Available at Vice, 3938 Sunset Boulevard, at Sanborn (323-661-2741); and online at tvcarnage.com.