Farewell TRL

This week MTV bid farewell to Total Request Live (TRL) and all I could say was, “Thank You!” However, I’m not sure I speak for those devoted fans ranging in age from 12 to 18 who watched the show everyday after school while eating chocolate pudding and potato chips. After contemplating what "TRL" brought to the media world and all it effects, I wondered; What can we thank "TRL" for? I decided to make a list…

Thank you "TRL" for:

- Decreasing teenagers already short attention spans by playing only 30 seconds or less of each video.

- Making “rock ‘n roll” look so intriguing with terrific interviews and performances from bands like Fall Out Boy ( who actually helped bid a farewell to a dying TRL phenomenon).

- Giving Carson Daly exposure which resulted in him having his own late night television show.

- Hyping up one hit wonders enough to allow them to record a second album that nobody wanted to hear.

- Teaching all actors that no plug is shameful as long as it results in more kids paying to see their new rom-action comedy.

- Giving bland, nerdy looking white boys their 15 minutes while placing them next to pretty girls who can’t read cue cards.

- Convincing historic music magazines (and lonely bloggers) that what is covered on "TRL" is important enough to be featured in writing.

- Thousands of screaming mouths full of braces.

- Showing us all that if you want to shut down Times Square all you need are four or five rat faced white boys.

- Fred Durst