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Friday, March 23, 2012

TV / Savage Love Dan's MTV Show Debuts April 3! And Porno Pete Is Going Nuts!

Posted by on Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:58 AM

MTV recently released the trailer for Savage U, which premieres Tuesday after next on, uh, MTV.

Peter LaBarbara, president of the designated hate group Americans for Truth About Homosexuality and full-time Savage obsessive, is freaking the fuck out. From the AFTAH press release:

AFTAH Calls on Viacom Inc. to Cancel ‘Savage U,’ New MTV Show Featuring Perverted Cyber-Bully Dan Savage...Said LaBarbera: “There are two main reasons why MTV and its parent company Viacom should cancel Dan Savage’s new show about sex on college campuses: Number One: Dan Savage is a radical and raunchy homosexual activist who gives unhealthy and reckless sex advice. He aggressively works to undermine the historic ethic of marital fidelity by championing the twisted notion that married couples should allow outside sex – like so many ‘monogamish’ homosexual male couples do. Incredibly, Savage argues that this would lower the divorce rate.”

“Number Two: Savage is an unrepentant cyber-bully who has led a worldwide internet campaign to demonize and destroy Rick Santorum’s name — creating ‘Santorum[dot]com’ to ‘re-define’ it as the revolting by-product of anal sex. He should NOT be rewarded for this evil crusade, nor held up as a role-model for young people.

Oh man. I almost feel sorry for Porno Pete, having to stand by while Dan is literally paid to indoctrinate America's youth. But my glee soon overtakes all would-be sorry feelings.

(Confidential to fans of RuPaul's Drag Race: Isn't "Peter LaBarbara" the gayest name you've heard since Madame LaQueer?)

Thank you, Joe.My.God.

 

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1
Well, Dan Savage IS raunchy, so he has one thing correct.
Posted by MLM on March 23, 2012 at 11:02 AM
Banna 2
I wish they'd just play videos again.
Posted by Banna http://www.ucp.org on March 23, 2012 at 11:04 AM
gloomy gus 3
Plenty of abs and Dan looks fab! What a treat.
Posted by gloomy gus on March 23, 2012 at 11:05 AM
ryanayr 4
At the risk of sounding mean: Dan has to be the oldest, grayest star of an MTV show in its history. Which, I think is a good thing. Diversity and all of that. Also, sorry for sounding mean.
Posted by ryanayr on March 23, 2012 at 11:07 AM
evilvolus 5
April 3 is a week from Tuesday.
Posted by evilvolus on March 23, 2012 at 11:08 AM
Granny Smith 6
Is that a hairpiece?
Posted by Granny Smith on March 23, 2012 at 11:08 AM
ryanayr 7
Also, Dan is coincidentally the least annoying looking/sounding MTV show host/star I've ever seen.
Posted by ryanayr on March 23, 2012 at 11:08 AM
David Schmader 8
5: Thanks, fixed.
Posted by David Schmader on March 23, 2012 at 11:14 AM
9
So, you gonna sell t-shirts that say 'perverted cyber-bully'?
Posted by tdonut on March 23, 2012 at 11:24 AM
brandon 10
"Penis LeBarbara"

And I'm sorry but Lauren can suck it, I hate it when guys shave down there. Jesus, straight women and their "clean" sex.
Posted by brandon on March 23, 2012 at 11:25 AM
Vince 11
I really hate when they're right. Teehee. Oh, and Rick started it. Just sayin'.
Posted by Vince on March 23, 2012 at 11:27 AM
Rob in Baltimore 12
Don't forget to contact Viacom, and praise them for this show. http://www.viacom.com/Contact/Pages/defa…
Posted by Rob in Baltimore http://www.wishbookweb.com/ on March 23, 2012 at 11:29 AM
13
Well done, Dan! I am impressed.
Posted by floater on March 23, 2012 at 11:33 AM
Fnarf 14
"LaBarbara" is Latin (i.e., gay) for "The Barbara", which is a girl's name! And "Peter" means "Peter", of course. I think you're on to something.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on March 23, 2012 at 11:34 AM
15
If it were the 80's, "Radical and Raunchy" would be a great tagline for the show.
Posted by -J on March 23, 2012 at 11:35 AM
16
@4 Dr. Drew would like to talk to you
Posted by lortext on March 23, 2012 at 11:37 AM
17
No, that would be Wayne LaPierre.
Posted by keshmeshi on March 23, 2012 at 11:37 AM
18
yay when is dan's last day?

he will be in much better company with the people that bring us cultural touchstones like 16 and pregnant and jersey shore
Posted by Swearengen on March 23, 2012 at 11:46 AM
19
Adam Carolla 2.0
Posted by Same old shee-aht. on March 23, 2012 at 11:49 AM
gloomy gus 20
@16, fwiw by the time MTV canceled "Loveline" Dr. Drew was still younger than Dan is today.
Posted by gloomy gus on March 23, 2012 at 11:54 AM
21
I don't think "cyber bully" means what he seems to imply that it does.

Dan was one guy without Santorum's budget or political clout.

When David beats Goliath no one claims that David was a big bully meany head and Goliath was a poor victim.
Posted by fairly.unbalanced on March 23, 2012 at 11:57 AM
Fnarf 22
@4, yeah, almost everybody on MTV is older than Dan, aside from the reality stars. You ever see That Metal Show? Everybody on there looks to be in their seventies. Or is that VH1? Remember Ozzie Osborne?
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on March 23, 2012 at 12:04 PM
GlamB0t 23
Congrats Dan & everyone involved in the show. Looks like a great show to watch.

(unlike the State Farm commercial where I learned that Kanye West doesn't wash is panties because you can't wash 'em when they're bunched, er....I mean he just buys new ones.)
Posted by GlamB0t on March 23, 2012 at 12:08 PM
NotSean 24
Wait! Dan is homosexual?
Posted by NotSean on March 23, 2012 at 12:11 PM
25
great, I started it, and scrolled down to read while that retarded state farm ad was up, then heard the clip; by the time i scrolled back up it was over
I clicked replay and it played the ad again so i decided it wasn't worth watching.
Posted by anal smith on March 23, 2012 at 12:17 PM
Irena 26
@14:
Latin (i.e., gay)

ha lol
Posted by Irena on March 23, 2012 at 12:18 PM
27
Makes me wish I had tv. Every clip I've seen of Dan has made me laugh and boy are there days when I need that!
Posted by Calpete on March 23, 2012 at 12:30 PM
Mattini 28
I'm going to watch the shit out of this show. And kudos to MTV for greenlighting a show outside of their typical assholes of reality TV trope.
Posted by Mattini on March 23, 2012 at 12:42 PM
dwightmoodyforgetsthings 29
@21- David brought a ranged weapon to a dual. How is that fair? Goliath was suckered.
Posted by dwightmoodyforgetsthings http://www.reddit.com/r/spaceclop on March 23, 2012 at 12:59 PM
Collin 30
Hate to disagree with you, but the gayest name in the world belongs to the current head of the NRA - Wayne LaPierre.
Posted by Collin on March 23, 2012 at 1:13 PM
Fnarf 31
@30, which means "one who pees" in Frentsch.
Posted by Fnarf http://www.facebook.com/fnarf on March 23, 2012 at 1:26 PM
despicable me 32
If the name Peter LaBarbara is already taken, how about Meaty Barbarella?

FYI David Schmader, I sent you an email!
Posted by despicable me on March 23, 2012 at 1:49 PM
33
@4 Kurt Loder was way older. (Is way older?) And chic-ly gray in a silver fox kind of way. However, just remembering that dude means I'm way too old for Mtv.
Posted by Catastrophe on March 23, 2012 at 2:08 PM
gloomy gus 34
@33, Kurt Loder was five years younger than Dan is now when he debuted on MTV. And you're not too old. And I'm Dan's age so I *know* I'm not too old.
Posted by gloomy gus on March 23, 2012 at 2:29 PM
ryanayr 35
@16 - Totally forgot about Dr Drew! Also Kurt Loder. My bad
Posted by ryanayr on March 23, 2012 at 2:42 PM
36
Looks awesome Dan, can't wait to see it!
Posted by Beyonce on March 23, 2012 at 3:11 PM
37
@34, @33 Kurt Loder hates Obama. He said a footstool would be an improvement over him, if I remember from an old Politico article. I think he supports, or supported, Ron Paul, all of which makes him sound like a small-government libertarian.
Posted by floater on March 23, 2012 at 3:51 PM
38
Cannot wait to see this show :-D
Posted by wxPDX on March 23, 2012 at 3:58 PM
switzerblog 39
@21 unless Goliath is Christian. CHRISTIANS ARE ALWAYS THE VICTIMS PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE RULEZ.
Posted by switzerblog on March 23, 2012 at 4:42 PM
switzerblog 40
And @9 has the right idea. I would wear that t-shirt every-fucking-where.
Posted by switzerblog on March 23, 2012 at 4:44 PM
Sargon Bighorn 41
Dan is undermining the "historic ethic of marital fidelity", WOW all by himself? With no help? No str8 people are helping him do that? REALLY? MY GOD DAN you are amazing.
Posted by Sargon Bighorn on March 23, 2012 at 5:16 PM
42
Hee! Yes, AFTAH, this will definitely work. Just like JCPenney totally ditched Ellen as a spokesperson after pressure from a similar crazy Xtian group.

Looking forward to Dan's advice being available in video form, to go along with the print and audio editions ... what's next? I vote for shadow-puppets.
Posted by Nitidiuscula on March 23, 2012 at 9:53 PM
43
His name is actually spelled Peter LaBarbera, and I always thought it was pronounced la-bar-BARE-a. Still gay.
Posted by dchari on March 24, 2012 at 7:06 AM
Canadian Nurse 44
@42: He's writing his opera at this very moment, I'm sure.
Posted by Canadian Nurse on March 24, 2012 at 7:35 AM
Prairie Dog 45
I'm with Banna @2. I grew up watching music videos on MTV, interspersed with news and specials about music. I watched music videos and other musical content dwindle away to nothing or nearly so over the years. Then I discovered MTV2 about 10-12 years ago when I had satellite TV, I was so happy! An MTV that actually has music videos and related content. Sadly, I had to go back to cable to get decent broadband Internet, and lost access to MTV2 in the process. On occasion VH1 plays some videos, or has music related programming, which is comforting. Otherwise, my only access to music videos would be when I buy them on iTunes.

I'm glad to see MTV is moving to better programming with content like Dan's show. It had become the network known for lowest-class reality TV.
Posted by Prairie Dog on March 24, 2012 at 9:52 AM
Lissa 46
Re: no videos on Mtv VH1: Ya'll just have to watch at the right time. Which would be early in the morning. I watch videos with my breakfast at 6 to 7am.
Posted by Lissa on March 24, 2012 at 11:23 AM
Chelydra_serpentina 47
Funny how so many cable networks start with a particular theme in mind, then -- gradually or abruptly -- change over to the same shit everyone else is doing.

I remember when TLC stood for The Learning Channel, MTV stood for Music Television, VH1 for Video Hits, A&E for Arts and Entertainment, and Syfy was named Sci-Fi and had all science fiction and some very closely related genres. I remember when Bravo was highbrow, and AMC meant American Movie Classics and they actually showed classic movies, not Lake Placid and CSI: Miami.

(AMC gets some leniency for the quality of its series, but they're still not movies dammit!)

Ahem. I am old. That is all.
Posted by Chelydra_serpentina on March 25, 2012 at 10:33 AM
48
Dan, I've been loving on you (well, your writing for sure) for many, many years. The news that you're bringing your charming self to TV is happy, indeed!

I SO look forward to your new show, SAVAGE U on MTV, beginning it's sure-to-be-a-long-run show on April 3.

BTW: This "fan note" is coming from a 67-year-old white guy who lives in Dallas, Texas. The older demographic isn't all nodding off in nursing homes! And we've got "disposable incomes" with which to purchase from your advertisers, too. GOOD LUCK, DAN!
Posted by Mike in Dallas on March 26, 2012 at 9:31 AM

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