31st Jan 2004
Manhattan Neighborhood Network
Shhhh, don’t tell, but we get free cable. It’s not really as good as it sounds. When we moved in here three years ago, there was a cable sticking out the wall, so naturally we tried plugging it into our TV. Basically, it gave us clear reception on the free broadcast channels plus TNT (all “Law & Order” all the time), C-SPAN, MetroTV (which we love), and then a bunch of Chinese and Spanish language channels that we don’t much care about.
But then a strange thing happened a few weeks ago: we suddenly got a lot more channels. Mostly, more Chinese and Spanish channels, but also a few interesting ones, including TBS Superstation, CNN Headlines and, most remarkably MNN — the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. In fact, four separate MNN channels. Weird community access cable. In fact, I’ve actually never had real cable before in America, so I’m totally getting off on community access cable, which I’ve only seen parodied on Saturday Night Live till now.
My favorite new show: Spic ‘n’ Spanish. Tonight’s episode: our host wandering around in Spanish Harlem drunkenly on New Year’s Eve chatting up chubby Hispanic girls showing off their asses, intercut with (obviously pirated) on-topic retorts from movie scenes, with a heavy emphasis on Austin Powers clips. Sample commentary: “That’s some serious assage!” and ” J-lo ain’t got nothing on that ass!”
As the credits, such that they were, ran, this exciting opportunity: “Wanted: SNS Webmaster. Must be willing to work for free.”
Next up, Lowa East Side Regulars. This episode: the all shout-out show (*yawn*).
Other promising titles: “Inebriated Kitchen” and “The Tony Pignatoro Show: Deranged rambling from the basement.”
And — incredible that I didn’t know about this before (oh, it’s on at 8:30am on Sunday; yeah, right) — “Hungarian TV Magazine: Updated news from Hungary, one of the drastically changing Eastern-European countries”
(”drastically”?)
How did I ever live without this? Who the hell needs blogging? I want my own community access show. Who’s with me?
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Ill tell you how to get a show.
i work at MNN.
you discovered the secret.
Watch the Inebriated Kitchen. That show is a fuckin’ riot.