Gimme Some of that Internet Moneyyyy! Meet the evolutionary "King of All Media".

Considering I was a young lad in the 90s, I vaguely remember the media phenomenon that was Howard Stern.  At 56, he is currently living in his multi-million dollar mansion somewhere in the NYC area.  He has his own empire on Sirius-XM radio that consists of at least two channels dedicated just to him and his crew.  He is the only person in the world that can convince Artie Lange to drop the heroin habit.  He was the first of  his kind.

I remember "Private Parts", his show on E!, and some of his radio interviews.  He embodied the role of making fun of the media while being part of the media.  He posed as a broadcaster, but he was actually one of the people.  When he interviewed celebrities, even if he had more money than them, he never viewed himself as one of them.  Nothing was off topic, including religion, politics, entertainment, or sports.  In other words, he really was the "People's Champ".  I remember a quote from Stern where he said he knew all along  he wanted to be a disc jockey.  Well, look how far he's come, but more importantly, look at what he has created..

Now, there is a show solely dedicated to making fun of whatever genre you enjoy most.  Some are old, some are new.  Some are great, some go unnoticed.  Here they are, in order of oldest to most recent. 


If you're interested in politics, John Stewart and Stephen Colbert have been cleverly making fun of national news media outlets for over ten years now.  They are the anchors of Comedy Central year-round and have consistent ratings every single year.  Why?  Because there are two types of political parties.  There's the political party that watches CNN or Fox News all day, because they have to know what's going on in the world.  Then, there's the political party I fall in.  The one that cares about what's going on in the world, but would rather have someone who thinks like me break it down in a short 22 minutes.  Give me the headlines, give me some jokes, and then I go to bed informed and in a better mood.  It's a simple formula.  The government is followed by national news outlets, and national news outlets are covered by Stewart and Colbert, who represent us.  Anyone can make fun of Bush or Obama.  However, it's more entertaining to make fun of news anchors who think their show or opinion is fact (SHOUT OUT TO GLENN BECK!!).  It's not.  Everyone still gets one vote.  Let's be honest though, politics sucks... so let's move on. 

If you're interested in celebrities or reality TV, Joel McHale has been hosting "The Soup" since 2004.  Is it funny? Yeah, absolutely.  But think about why it's funny.  It's funny because it's entertainment making fun of the entertainment industry.  Also, it's funny because it's just one green screen with McHale showing us clips of stupid celebrities and reality television moments.  Yeah, he adds in a couple jokes, but is there a way it could be conceptually better?  Absolutely, and it already exists.

A lot of people don't give a shit about politics, celebrities, sports, etc.  When I say that, I mean no matter what genre is being satirized, people are still going to be left out and consequentially not interested and not watching.  The only subject that everyone in America truly cares about is... ourselves, i mean what else?

Enter: Daniel Tosh

Daniel Tosh has created a masterpiece based off of the several following concepts:

a. People are genuinley selfish
b. Social Media Interaction
c.  America's Funniest Home Videos on steroids
d. Racism can be used appropriately if in proper context

Tosh has created a world in which he is the narrator, and the rest of us are the show.  Every Wednesday night, no matter where you are, you get to sit down and make fun of some dumb blond that resembles someone you know from college fall flat on her face while skateboarding.  You can watch that kid from high school who thought he was real EXTREMMEEE drive his dirt bike off a cliff (and fuck no he doesn't land it).  You can watch frat boys take flaming shots and catch their face on fire.  The list goes on, but any of us that have seen that show can relate it to something.  Right now, Tosh.o is destroying the ratings between 18-30 year olds.  The only two shows above him are TrueBlood and Jersey Shore.  Two shows that are completely reasonable to be in front of his.

Twitter and Facebook are nothing but outlets.  It takes something or someone to bring us all truly together, and every Wed night, that is exactly what Tosh does.  At age 35, maybe he has other ambitions he wants to pursue.  He's a great comic, and everyone wants to act these days.  Either way, I hope to see him for many years to come.  As for now, though, all of us are currently part of one of the most popular TV shows on cable.  

I believe that deserves an "America, Fuck Yeah".