VH1

Yeah, I grouped ‘em all together, but there’s a vast array of “list” shows on VH1. Whenever I land upon one during my channel surfing, it’s too late. I’m snagged and dragged right into watching them. Well, for the most part, that is. While there’s a slew of these shows out there, I’m going to bunch ‘em all together for the sake of this column.

Some are good, some are bad. Some are outright ludicrous. But what they have in common (besides being lists) is that they are mesmerizing and really, really long. I’m talking about some blocks larger than the prime-time evening. I mean, how can you watch I Love the ’80s or The 100 Greatest Songs of the ’80s: Then and Now without knowing how they end? You end up watching them all.

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There’s a divide in this country between those who believe pot is an innocuous party drug that makes everything hilarious (and even the worst fast food taste like angels’ tears), and the people on the other side who are old and boring.

Maybe that’s not fair, but let’s be honest: everybody knows that pot is a (relatively) harmless diversion drug.  Certainly, when you compare it to legal drugs like alcohol or nicotine, pot is the 98-pound weakling at the mind-altering pharmacy party.

So that’s why it’s so hilarious to watch the government spend millions of dollars, desperately trying to sell kids on the idea that pot is a dangerous destroyer of identity and ambition.  What’s even more hilarious is that in order to get the message out, they felt the need to create a series of “hip” ads to “grab” the attention of teenage pot users.

The central irony of this is that instead of creating a compelling argument why kids shouldn’t be smoking pot, they, instead, created a series of commercials that are completely awesome to watch when you’re high.

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