Word: fogelnest
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Dates: during 1996-1996
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...that has eluded the minds at MTV, VH1's cooler sister network, where they generally work very hard at being hip, sometimes too hard. A perfect example is the new Squirt TV, a talk show picked up from public access. The host is a detached 17-year-old, Jake Fogelnest, who is as committed to ironically appreciating the 1970s as any Gen X Bandstand fan despite the fact that he became sentient only around 1981. The question for the target audience for these two shows is: Do you want your ironic appreciation of the 1970s straight up or painfully contrived...
There is little as comparably amusing on Squirt TV, with Fogelnest playing host out of his sizable bedroom. This is a somewhat more elaborately produced version of the cable-access show in which he debuted in New York City at the tender age of 14. On the MTV show Jake, who has dressed up his "set" with a new comforter, sits smugly self-assured in oversize pants and Airwalks and asks people like Adam Sandler who their favorite character was on What's Happening! ("I've had on every guest I've wanted," Jake bragged to TIME. Oddly, his wish...
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