I have seen this train wreck, and I decided not to watch again after those two blondes decided to parade whorishly around their college town as a last hurrah getting their short white skirts signed by friends and strangers. The kicker was that after a night of heavy drinking and annoying sorority girl type lines, they got in their car to drive. At least that is the way it appeared to me.

Unfortunately, finding dumb Southerners to put on camera is easy. Making teens look dumb on camera is easy. Mix the two together--Boy Howdy! That's easier than shootin' puppies in a barrel.
Here is one of my memorable experiences with a Good Ol' Boy--who also happened to be a law enforcement officer--when he found out I was from California:
"You know, in California, they think that beatin' a fag's the same as beatin' a woman!"
I try not to hold that against the South.

i think most of the people on the show look stupid. i don't think its a southern thing. i watch the show too. come on, it's after my favorite of all favorite shows, The Real World. My friends and i try to visualize what we'd be like on fm nation. wooo! a saturday night of drinking tecate on the sofa, making fun of Bill O'Reilly and passing out at 10 o'clock. now there's a good episode....

You see, I just wouldn¥t have the guts to own up to that. Bravo.

my god - that show is so humiliating it makes me wince.

since i sometimes - ahem - have to make very public - ahem - "comparisons" of people in print and on tv, it just beats the hell out of me to see it done for entertainment, mostly because i tend to use it to damage or undermine a person or issue. so those shows remind me of the "praise go i'm cured" scenes from clockwork orange, only without the googly holder openers. and the drugs. and the eyedropper. oh, and the strapped down in a chair with electrodes speared into your scalp.

and "shooting puppies in a barrell"? is that a pastime in the south?

The best part of FM Nation is the cheesy music and FM DJs playing in the car, while a couple of white teenagers are trying to look all badass singing along to some really "hard" rap.

And that double comment just shows that people not from the south can do pretty well at looking stupid, too.

Ismat: "I done clicked it twice, cuz the first time nothin' don't show up. Then, dang, there were two of 'em!"

i'd just like to take a moment to say i love all ya'll very mizuch. very funny-ass comments.

i'm from Memphis, actually, a couple hours east of Little Rock, but painfully close enough.

April -- Me too. In fact, I didn't realize it until I read your comment... *dumb* 8-)

oops. once. ;)

Having gone to high school in Memphis and just returned after 10 years for my reunion, I am happy to report that everyone looks and sounds the same. Yes this means that most of the school sounds just like everyone in this story's comments. Luckily, the ladies mostly sound sexy to me.

People from NY/NJ can sound pretty dumb.
Just axe them a question.

Luckily I've avoided that poop nugget from the "Empty-Vee" programming schedule. I suppose after yelling at foolish, sheltered 20-somethings sharing a big house and wanna-be wrasslers with self-esteem issues, I've reverted back to finding entertaining television which uses archaic devices like scripts and professional talent. In reference to embarrassing regionality, I wince and chuckle everytime I see "Chris-tufah" on The Sopranos. That could easily be a close relative, or, *gulp*, ME if I hadn't moved elsewhere and lerned proper "American". Eeep!

Being of Souther'n descent myself (Missouri/Abalama), I'd like to note that two of the comments above shoulda read "they was two uh'm (that's two syllables, 'uh' slurred into 'mm')" and "up agin the brick wall." I think it's crucial, in the classic Henry Higgins spirit that seems to be present here, that we get these eensy-weensy orthographic distinctions straight.