That show “The Cougar” begins 4/15 with Vivica Fox (pictured) hosting. I’ve gotta hand it to TV Land. They’ve done a great job cranking out programs that create buzz. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t TV Land the channel that reran old shows like Andy Griffith and Leave It to Beaver? Kudos to them for successfully wiping dust off their brand, transitioning from Mr. Ed the talking horse to slutty hookups with midlife crisis reunionees. But, back to The Cougar. TV Land has a Facebook page and a related slideshow of celebrity cougars. They also presumably played a hand at getting Vivica A. Fox (the host) and Stacey Anderson (the cougar) on yesterday’s Rachael Ray. AND, that chick Stacey is pimping out her gig on Twitter. So, of course, the Twitfolk have already created the hashtag #thecougar. Yep. Older women are the rage. C’est la vie. Speaking of the lovely French … they’ve dated older women since, like, forever. Or, have they?! Hmmm … Damn! I feel like I HAVE TO watch The Cougar — just to see what, if any, train wreck(s) occur. You remember Age of Love, right? Older women / younger men pairings are everywhere. Here a cougar, there a cougar, everywhere a cougar cougar. So, tell me, are you going to watch the show?
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By the way … putting my social media consultant hat on for a second … Fucking hell! Can we hang a fail stamp on TV Land’s autostart videos? :( Silly idea: FORCE site visitors to watch your stuff; blast unexpected videos that shock the shit out of them and alert the visitors’ coworkers they’re playing on the internet at work. Smarter idea: Enable embedding and other social media features that: (1) help your clips go viral and (2) allow the user to choose when and at what volume level they’ll play the clip and (3) give your fans the option to “subscribe” to the videos for further updates.
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anything with Ms. Fox in it is a must see….
lamesabassman……. when is your stuff gonna hit the mini tv….
Stuff like this makes me thankful that I don't own a TV. I'd rather play in traffic.
Kicking and screaming would I be forced to watch this crapola. “Reality” TV is the worst thing ever to happen to mass media. The proliferation of these effin “oh-my-god-I-got-voted-off” glorified game shows makes me want to jump off a building. I don't even care if the contestants have nice breastuses (and in any other case I would definitely care about nice breastuses). Bleh – just thinking about this tripe is making me queasy. I think I'll go hurl now.
I'd watch it. i dig older chicks….
well i also dig younger chicks…not miley cyrus younger but…well…you know.
Why not have this show. The interesting part about this will be who is portrayed as ” the piece of meat” in male/ female interaction shows ' typically' the woman is portrayed as a piece of meat…even if she's the one doing the choosing.
As this will go against everything exciting about may-december relationships, I shall be giving it a miss.
hmmm part of me wants to watch it because of the inevitable train wreck and all of me knows that you will comment anyway:) I agree with dkzone though I feel that the women will have the upper hand on this show.
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Anxiously awaiting the “how to date a black girl” post! I'm dying to e-mail it to all of my white guy friends. They keep asking me how to do it, but other than be “black” underneath your trousers(ahem), I really don't know what to tell them :op
i feel i should watch it because *ahem*, i could be in the cougar category, but it this just reeks of ridiculous train wreck….
but.. do you watch.. that stuff is train wreck city….. da' 15 minutes of fame biz
comin' Dark 30 at cha…. that's why cable was born…. to kinda…sorta…. keep that
at the door and go full tilt left of center…. but in these times …. some go for the flow….. others… the dough….. at times…. the owls are not what they seem….
lamesabassman….. ” and Casey Jones… ya better watch your speed….”
No… but…. aint it kinda cool to view….. to kinda graph which way the wind is
rollin' ….. who drank the Kool-Aid……. what's on Second….
lamesabassman….. and who just might view their inner you…. twisted… eh..
hey, if you figure out how to make a white guy, '”black” underneath his trousers”, please share. My wife would probably be most appreciative (although she'd never admit it.) :)
Hear, hear!! My sentiments exactly.
Oh, but I AM a cougar. Mr. Pegs is 5+ years younger than I.
No, I don't watch. Mrs. Doodlius watches one of the dance shows and one of the model shows, and occasionally Donald Trump's show, but when she's doing that I just go play video games. (I am a huge nerd.)
at times….. me 2….
lamesabassman…… am a semi huge nerd….
dont women always have the upper hand…. sometimes… yeah …. some think it's
a new day,but men share some of the rites of passage…. dont ya'll have the market kinda cornered….. ya'll can do things that we cant ( and wont even claim
to think about…) and am pleased with that…. cant anyone put on a halfway decent show such as this that covers all the bases as well as the good,the bad
and the wickedly ugly……
lamesabassman…… am curious…. but not yellow….
try the other blue pills….. just dont run out of them
lamesabassman….. or you will really know what the term ” mini me ” is…
P.S. saw the show….
lamesabassman….. ” hated it “
To quote gary Busey in the movie ” DC Cab”
” I don't understand why women are so uptight….They got half the money and ALL the pussy….”
i dunno…i'm happy whenever viveca has job other than shilling for “pyschic friends”, so i feel i should be supportive…but i'm not quite convinced this is a mess i need to see…;)
I think I'll pass even though I am a cougar.
True Dat…… this may be the sign of the times….. just who is out there
writing for the sistahs with Talent…… will they have to underwrite their
own gigs just to be viable to showcase their talents….. as for anyone
who wishes to sidestep the funk and go straight to the one,that might
be the way to roll….. do it all with a lotta help from your friends…
that ” psych stuff ” at times …. can keep ya up at night wondering
why do I dial…. am guessing that you get paid something that's kinda
cool…. but, yeah….. be true to you….. come correct….
lamesabassman….. ” and … if ya got it …. flaunt it,baby,flaunt it…”
I'm with you on that…no TV and happy about it.
At what point does one become a 'cougar'? How many years difference does there need to be, or is it a proportion of total age (like when one person is double the age of the other)? Or is it just when when it's visually obvious that there's quite an age difference?
Why does anyone care about the age difference if the participants in the relationship don't care? When will society start making less of a fuss about the woman being the older one in a relationship?
I don't think I like the subject or the assumptions in general, and adding 'reality' television to the mix…ugh.
vivica fox is freakin' HOT but i still wouldn't watch that show if i was strapped to a chair and my eyelids were taped open. baseball season is here for pete's sake.
that will only start when places like Hollywood and Broadway start looking at men
and women as such and stop labeling actors by age…. just how old does a woman
have to be to still play the lead and not be thought of as old….. and the same
question is for the males…. Redford has played leads up into his 70's… I dont
see George C. doing that…. the term ” cougar ” to me does an injustice to women
to the point of making them sound needy….. what do you call the older men…
cads…. lions….. tigers…. bears…. old fogies …. and just how needy are them…
lamesabassman…… how's available sound…..
I actually saw the show!!! Except- I didn’t like it at all… I thought it was really cheesy :(
Disgust for what has been done to TVLand.com is universal across the net. Now they are choking what is left of their viewership with seemingly endless blocks of Roseanne and Cosby. TV Land is now exactly where nick-at-nite was 2 years ago. At the gates of oblivion. All because of one skunk…Mr. Larry Jones, Esquire…who thinks he knows everything. http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/04/the-cougar-on-t.html
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