MTV Steps It Up

If you thought "Varsity Blues" was good, well you haven't seen MTV's "Two-a-Days: Hoover High" yet. This is the best MTV show since the first season of the "Real World."

"Two-a-Days" follows the 2005 football season of Hoover, Alabama's Hoover High Bucs. If you thought the tension was high in the best bad movie ever, "Varsity Blues," then you ain't seen nuthin' yet. High school football was fun: I loved going to the games, leading my friends in the stands in cheers, and painting my face with a big maroon C. But in Alabama, high school football is an obsessive religious cult. I can't possibly fathom why these young boys put their still-growing bodies through all the daily pain, and I really don't have a clue as to why they want to go through the daily mental abuse from coaches, parents, and classmates.

It's just so entertaining to watch this show! The 'Bama accents are thicker and creamier than Giada's newest batch of Nutella gellato. The parents want their kids to get scholarships, not to get a college education but to play more football. Alex, the one MTV has decided is their star, has the best Trump comb-over ever, and he isn't even bald. Alex also dates one of the varsity cheerleaders, Kristin: oh those two with their on again/off again high school love!

The show's absolutely spectacular. It's on Wednesdays after "Laguna Beach" at 9:30 (IL time), making this my brother's favorite hour on TV (until "Lost" comes back). Please check it out and oggle at this underbelly of American culture. If you don't have cable just go out and rent/buy "Varsity Blues," VDB's finest performance.

P.S. Because MTV has stupid Macromedia Flash Player for all of their pictures, I couldn't download any for this post. Please visit the website I have linked above to check out Alex' Trump-do. It's totally worth the time.