Fact or Crucifixion?

Total Request Live (TRL) is MTV's flagship program, a daily one-hour music video countdown wherein viewer requests via e-mail and phone lines determine which videos get played. Fun. The following "requests" were sent to TRL on May 2, 2001:

Hey Carson! I luv you man. I also luv rock an' roll! Remember me? Hehehe. Scoobie-doo-wop-bop-a-bing-bang-boom! Yo my name's Jesse Camp and I want my job back 'cause I don't gots no more money and I can't buy me jack and…uh…eh…woooooo! Hehehe.

I wanna request a lobotomy because I don't get cable and that's the only way I can experience what it's like to watch TRL.

I wanna request Britney Spears' "Don't Let Me Be The Last To Know" because even after 36 straight days on the countdown, I still haven't seen the video in its entirety.

I wanna request that Carson Daly stop dressing like a queer.

I wanna request Dream's "This Is Me" because they're great singers and Melissa is sooo hot…and I want to screw her brains out in the back of a Honda Civic…and then piss all over her face…and make her lick peanut butter offa my taint. Wooo!

I wanna request that John Norris do something about that hair of his.

I wanna request Limp Bizkit's "My Way" because I have absolutely no taste in music.

I wanna request that my execution be broadcast live on TRL.

I wanna request O-Town's "All Or Nothing" because I'm a mindless capitalist whore who'll support anything the record companies tell me to, even a boy band deliberately manufactured to exploit people like me.

I wanna request that the teenage girls of America get a life and find something better to do than vote for the same videos every fuckin' day.

I wanna request Sigur Rós' "Svefn G Englar" because I know there's no chance in hell that you guys will actually play it.

I wanna request those two hot chicks sitting behind Carson in room 303 at the Plaza Hotel in 20 minutes.

Woooooooooo! Woooooooooo! Woo! Woo! Woo! Wooooo! Woooooooooo!

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I apologize to Eric (yet another adversary of mine who I have never met) for naming my tour the I Hate Belle And Sebastian tour. Sorry. In deference to you, Mr. Eric, the tour has been renamed the I Hate Annoying British Pansy Rock…And Gnats tour. It's more subtle, don't you think?

And now, a day in the life of Adam Riff™:
8:00 am
Papa Riff®: Adam Riff™! Wake up! You're gonna be late for school!
Adam Riff™: Yes, massa.
12:00 pm
Jamba Juice Employee: You sure you don't want to try our new pork boost with your Strawberries Wild?
Adam Riff™: Yes, massa.
1:00 pm
Woj: Do you think we should proofread this "Three Ring Circumcision" column before it goes to press?
Adam Riff™: No, massa.
7:30 pm
Bruce Vilanch: Am I the hottest, sexiest wanker on Hollywood Squares?
Adam Riff™: Yes, massa.
10:00 pm
Jon: Suck my dick.
Adam Riff™: Y- Hey, wait a minute…
Just then, a dark green Ford Explorer crashes into the room.
Jon: Oh, for crying out loud! Not you again!
Rory B: Ah, shut the fuck up, Jon! I've had enough of you and this insensitive shit you call a post. Now bow down, bitch, and get what's comin' to you!
Jon: [whimpering] Yes, massa.
Rory and Adam Riff™ proceed to beat on Jon until he is a bloody mess.
Rory B: Oops!…I did it again. Hehe. Sucka.
Rory and Adam Riff™ head to the local Denny's.
Jon: [vengefully] You'll never get away with this! Damn you, class of 2001. Damn you all to hell! [collapses]

Editor's note: I give too much credit to Rory Brown. Let's hope he delivers at Wrestlepalooza.

Who will win the fatal four-way hell in the cell main event and sole possession of Jonathan Yu's soul? (out of 189847 votes)
Jonathan Yu • 7938 votes • 4%
Rory Brown • 6138 vote • 3%
Adam Riff™ • 166667 votes • 88%
Britney Spears • 9104 votes • 5%
Something is rotten in the state of California.

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