Your knowledge of the canon of Western Television is incomplete without the second semester. So, Bwog did a bunch of procrastinating studying and finished up the study guide. 

Rocket Power
It was sometimes difficult to watch Otto, Twister, Squid, and Reggie doing extreme sports when all we could do was eat out Honeynut Cheerios on the couch every Saturday morning. But we got over that quickly watching them do Ollies, surf unbelievably gnarly waves, and manage to have super crazy dreads at a mere nine-years old (?). Whatever—it’ all cool, bro. Woogie, woogie.

The Real World
When the Real World first aired on MTV, it introduced a host of real-to-life, diverse characters from across the country. The reality show was meant to tackle relevant political and social issues for American teenagers and young adults. But soon after—thank god—the network decided to pick trashy but hot guys and gals from the dregs of humanity (New Jersey) and give them an unlimited budget to spend on alcohol and fuck shit up (oh, and each other).

All That
Name a sketch-comedy show that is better and you would be, well, wrong.

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As we all rigorously master the Western canon of visual art, music, literature, and philosophy, we soon realize that there is surely one discipline missing from this list, one that we are perhaps best at studying for: television. But, because Bwog has a shorter attention span and more of a penchant for solipsism than that girl tweeting next to you in 209, we decided that truly great television started around the time that we began watching it. So, take a look at the study guide to the first semester of  the Masterpieces of the Western Television, the TV we watched as younglings. 

Cribs
Cribs is a show you watch when you think it’s “tasteful” to have an abstract sculpture, cigar box, and lightsaber replica as part of your living room display. Watching every douchey/outdated celebrity show off their “pad” was like homeowner porn for early teens. Highlights from each episode include each celebrity showing off the fridge (you can learn so much about someone through what they eat), the whips, and the master bedroom through a combination of obligatory sex jokes.

Kenan & Kel
Abbott & Costello slapstick meets the modern metropolis of Chicago. This show taught us that it was alright to be absolutely off our rockers and obsessed with orange soda. The two broke the fourth wall often and sometimes laughed along with the ridiculous laugh-track. But we didn’t mind. Aww here it goes.

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