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The Internet Is for Scorn(continued)
(Photo: Courtesy of E-online) NBC's decision to broadcast Quarterlife, the Web series about entitlement and ennui in the digital age produced by Thirtysomething creators Marshall Herskovitz and Ed Zwick, was hailed as a broad stroke of genius at the time. Sure, the show was rejected the first time around by ABC, but with no end in sight to the writers' strike, Quarterlife's decently sized online audience was large enough to convince NBC's Ben Silverman (he's young and hip, remember!) to give it a whirl. A perfect Cinderella story save for one minor detail: The attractive bloggers, writers, and aspiring filmmakers who populate the Quarterlife landscape represented the most odious, cloying ensemble ever put on network TV. Critics were almost unanimous in their judgment: "An insufferable lot for the most part," panned the Washington Post. "The most vanilla group of twentysomethings in captivity," said the Los Angeles Times. "Self-absorbed, self-satisfied and so convinced they know everything that they're seemingly immune to absorbing any life lessons," scolded USA Today. "A small culture of flat, irritating generational emblems," noted the Boston Globe. Viewers agreed: Quarterlife delivered the worst in-season performance in the 10 p.m. hour by an NBC show in at least 17 years, and was canceled after one episode. The Chicago Tribune summed it up best: "[Quarterlife] may make you regret the creation of the Internet." 
When we asked media folks who they'd recommend for this list, one name popped up more than all the others combined: Mediabistro founder Laurel Touby. While many proffered the obvious superficial reasons ("I know it's dumb, but I cannot fucking stand the boas," snipped one magazine writer of Touby's signature sartorial affectation), the brunt of anti-Touby sentiment can reasonably be attributed to jealousy. After all, the 44-year-old Touby, who got job portal Mediabistro off the ground by cold-calling editors and begging them to come to her parties, dropped jaws all over town when she sold the company for a staggering $23 million (that's $23 million more than anyone who has ever taken a Mediabistro class would have expected). Not bad for someone who famously couldn't pick Mike Bloomberg out of a dinner party lineup. Of course, Touby isn't the only one who made a quick buck off the Internet. She is, however, one of the few who gloated about her financial windfall in a national publication with an almost unconscionable lack of discretion. "I had all kinds of illusions about how far the money would go and what I would enjoy, but they're not true," Ms. Touby lamented to the New York Times back in December. "I thought, 'O.K., a car and driver and a new apartment and a whole new life.' In fact, I can only afford two out of three." Touby, of all people, should have known that a lot of desperate freelancers read the Times. 
Julia Allison is "imminently quotable" - any second now she's going to say something smart... Posted by: matthew on April 8, 2008 1:40 PM I hate that cunt rachel ray with all my rage. No tits, fat ass, and sucky laugh. please die slowly Posted by: nana on April 8, 2008 5:17 PM @nana: Rachael Ray has tits. Posted by: moneycashhos on April 8, 2008 5:27 PM 11. Barry Diller 109. Amanda Congdon 1,3445. That girl from my 5th grade English class who never confirmed my Facebook request. Posted by: twitter on April 8, 2008 6:06 PM Advertisement Rachel Ray is a babe! And to the writer who said" "smokey cumin" grates on her nerve needs to seriously get a life. I mean really there are a few more important things to be angry about, doncha think? Posted by: Dr Doug on April 8, 2008 8:01 PM Damn, Rachael Ray? Okay, so people don't like "perky," I get that. So DON'T WATCH. Losers. You guys forgot two people, though: Tom Cruise and his bucket of crazy. Too obvious? How was he missed? Jackie Mackie Paisley Passey, of "I only date quality men" infamy is at least a good runner-up for the list. The twat deleted the post eventually, but she can't hide from the wayback machine! Hilarious commentary on it: http://minx.cc/?post=193209 Posted by: BethC on April 8, 2008 8:51 PM Markos "kos" Zuniga also said "Screw Them" about the 4 dead American workers in Iraq: Here it is: http://michellemalkin.com/2005/04/01/screw-them-not-a-joke/ "Left-wing blogger and Democratic strategist Markos Moulitsos Zuniga of the Daily Kos cheered the brutal murders of four American civilian contractors in Fallujah-all of them war veterans with distinguished records, three of them fathers." Posted by: quickrob on April 9, 2008 5:44 PM Wow! That Atlanta guy's a cunt. What about Tyler Max, though? A little old school, but he is the absolute emperor of douchebags. Posted by: Cookie on April 10, 2008 12:51 AM Tila Tequila is such a loser. I know people who know her. She is NO BISEXUAL!! She did it to try and become famous, because her music sucks a**!!! Isn't it funny that before a shot at love was even over...they had auditions for a shot at love 2. She is hilarious. Not to mention all the plastic surgery she has had! Looking good though for a short girl who used to be really fat!!! She also does not know how to act! Talk about the most annoying voice ever! And, to start her friends list she told people that she whore trained herself a million times to get as many friends as she has. Anyone can do that. Get a life Tila...and your name isn't even Tila. HAHAHA Posted by: scoref67 on May 7, 2008 11:51 AM Tila Tequila is such a loser. I know people who know her. She is NO BISEXUAL!! She did it to try and become famous, because her music sucks a**!!! Isn't it funny that before a shot at love was even over...they had auditions for a shot at love 2. She is hilarious. Not to mention all the plastic surgery she has had! Looking good though for a short girl who used to be really fat!!! She also does not know how to act! Talk about the most annoying voice ever! And, to start her friends list she told people that she whore trained herself a million times to get as many friends as she has. Anyone can do that. Get a life Tila...and your name isn't even Tila. HAHAHA Posted by: scoref67 on May 7, 2008 11:58 AM Post a commentYour comment will not be visible for about a minute. If you don't see your comment when the page reloads, do not post it again. Reload the page in a minute, and you'll see it. < BACK TO Features |
    
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