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[Pedro Cerrano]

Figured this would be a fun thread to start. I'll offer one musical and one cinematic example.

Music: The Cars' 1987 album "Door to Door"

I like the Cars. Very few bands did New Wave better than they did in the late 70s, early 80s and they have two classic records to their name ("The Cars" and "Heartbeat City"). However, by the time 1987 rolled around the band was just about ready to call it quits. They made one last record, called "Door to Door" and it was pretty much universally panned by critics. Still, I like this record a lot, and probably listen to it 2-3 times a year. And while it certainly isn't as good as the aforementioned records, there are 6-7 good pop/new wave songs on here. It's worth mentioning that it did manage to spawn one single "You are the Girl" which I believe ended up on their Greatest Hits album.

Movie: 1997 film "Nothing to Lose" starring Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins

This movie is preposterous. The plot is farfetched and it has a 29% freshness rating on rottentomatoes. Still, I think this movie is hilarious. Martin Lawrence and Tim Robbins are such unlikely partners that there are at least 2-3 scenes that will have you laughing out loud. I can recall seeing this in the theaters and watching the scene in the desert where Martin Lawrence is pointing a gun at various people and almost being in tears. Still, nobody is giving this thing any sort of Academy Award.

So there, I can probably think of a few more, including television shows and books. What about you guys?

[Mackus]

Movie: Joe Dirt

Terrible reviews and ratings, but I think it's hysterical. Every scene with Walken just kills me.

[SportsGuy]

Movie: Joe Dirt

Terrible reviews and ratings, but I think it's hysterical. Every scene with Walken just kills me.

And Jaime Pressly is in it.

[SammyBirdland]

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[BobPhelan]

TV: American Idol
Music: Adele
Books: Harry Potter I guess
Movies: Crazy, Stupid, Love

[SammyBirdland]

Movie: Joe Dirt

Terrible reviews and ratings, but I think it's hysterical. Every scene with Walken just kills me.

If watching Joe Dirt is wrong, then I don't want to be right.

[JeremyStrain]

TV: Top Chef
Music: Almost anything 80's
Movies: Mindless action movies
Books: Anything by Rick Riordan, Sookie Stackhouse Series

[Mackus]

TV: Top Chef

I, too, really enjoy Top Chef.

[mweb08]

yBAYiBoy43M

Who doesn't love Mean Girls???

[mweb08]

TV: American Idol
Music: Adele
Books: Harry Potter I guess
Movies: Crazy, Stupid, Love

Why are Adele and Crazy, Stupid, Love guilty pleasures? Shouldn't they just be pleasures? They're good enough and respected enough to remove the guilty part imo.

[DJ MC]

Who doesn't love Mean Girls???

Seriously. That's a legitimately funny movie.

Mine:

Movie: Wild Wild West
Music: Taylor Swift

I'll have to think up TV and books.

[Pedro Cerrano]

Seriously. That's a legitimately funny movie.

Mine:

Movie: Wild Wild West
Music: Taylor Swift

I'll have to think up TV and books.

The next time we get in an argument on here I reserve the right to drop "Ok, but you like Taylor Swift" whenever I see fit.

[DJ MC]

The next time we get in an argument on here I reserve the right to drop "Ok, but you like Taylor Swift" whenever I see fit.

The amusing part is that I KNEW you were going to comment on it from the moment I decided to sack up and post that

Frankly, I think my enjoyment of WWW is far more disturbing.

[KRL224]

I, too, really enjoy Top Chef.

Agreed. Though, I haven't been very impressed with the current season. I didn't really like them bringing back old contestants.

[SBTarheel]

I love some of the "tween" shows that my Daughter watches:

"Drake & Josh"
"ICarly"
"Victorious"
My Wife loves the Bachelor and Bachelorette, and I may or may not look up from time to time to see how good looking everyone is.


Music:
Mr. Mister's "Kyrie"
The kid who won American Idol, his single. The names escape me.
INXS
After last night, I may check out Alicia Keys too.
Oh, and I am a sucker for Christmas Music....

[BobPhelan]

Why are Adele and Crazy, Stupid, Love guilty pleasures? Shouldn't they just be pleasures? They're good enough and respected enough to remove the guilty part imo.

That's fair, I was trying to think of one for each category off the top of my head. I guess Magic Mike for movies, it's just a legit drama along the lines of Boogie Nights. And Olivia Munn gets naked. Can't think of any music at the moment.

Top Chef and Mean Girls get my approval.

[DBean]

If watching Joe Dirt is wrong, then I don't want to be right.

How does David Spade find work?! Or at least starring work. I liked him in Tommy Boy and he's pretty funny when he was on Saturday Night Live, but I don't know if he can/should lead a movie.

My Guilty Pleasures
Movies- Napoleon Dynamite
TV Shows- iCarly, Victorious, Hardcore Pawn, Spongebob Squarepants

[KRL224]

The tv show that comes to mind is Parenthood. I think my grandmother is the only other person I know that still watches.

[DJ MC]

The tv show that comes to mind is Parenthood. I think my grandmother is the only other person I know that still watches.

You two and all of the TV critics.

[DuffMan]

Music: Katy Perry. I don't have any of her CD's, but if I hear one of her songs on the radio I'm listening to it!