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By: Rick Brooks
The Cultureshark 100 (Part I)

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Once again we have our list of the 100 worst whatevers in the previous year of entertainment and pop culture. This guided tour through the extreme depths of 2001 may prove disturbing to the very old, the very young, and everyone in between. Proceed with caution.

100) The Chris Wylde Show
They say that in the future, everyone will have his own talk show And they will all be better than this Comedy Central flop.

99) Get Over It
I refuse to believe Kirsten Dunst was in this movie. That's right, IMDB, I'm calling you out! You're a liar!

98) Ending of Hannibal
Nothing like a highly anticipated sequel that settles….well, nothing. And the rest of the movie sucked, too.

97) Off Centre
What do you get when the WB crosses the obnoxious sixth lead from American Pie with an obnoxious British guy nobody has heard of? Hint: Not Everybody Loves Raymond.

96) Exit Wounds opens to nearly 20 million bucks
Steven Seagal is gonna think people still like him or something.

95) Justin Timberlake's "Human Beat Box" action in "Pop"
Evidently answering the critics that had said they couldn't be any more ridiculous. Timberlake has about as much hip hop cred as Sesame Street's Rappin' Elmo.

94) TV Land showing infomercials late at night
Either Adam West lied when he promised us always something good on, or the "Ab Blaster" presentation is now considered a TV classic.

93) The tribal switch on Survivor 3
They just reversed teams all of a sudden and threw out all the rules. It's like if all of a sudden I decided this list is gonna be about the BEST of 2001, and everything you just read was meaningless. Hmm, of course, you might think that anyway. Forget I brought it up.

92) The plantation scene in Apoclaypse Now Redux
There is no truth that this lasted longer than the Vietnam War itself. The Tet Offensive, maybe. A great reminder of why deleted scenes are deleted in the first place.

91) Glenn Close in South Pacific on ABC
Wasn't she about 50 years too old for this role?

90) Monkeybone
Lasted in theaters about 10 minutes, which happens to be the length of time it takes for this movie to stop making sense.

89) The SECOND shower scene in Tomb Raider
You know what I mean if you saw it. It was worse than seeing Bobby Ewing was alive on Dallas.

88) The Academy Award nomination of Chocolat for Best Picture
Miramax does it again. This bogus nomination went down not like a fine chocolate, but like a, er, crummy chocolate. With coconuts.

87) The title of Life as a House
Was there any worse title to a movie this year? OK, Riding in Cars with Boys. But that movie was too pitiful to single out for just its title. This however, was something people might have actually wanted to see.

86) Bob Dole's Pepsi commercial
In which the respected vet and political statesman proclaimed to his country that Britney Spears was really hot.

85) Texas Rangers
This oft-delayed Young Guns wanna-be finally landed-with a thud-in 2001. Wait a minute, this DID finally come out, didn't it? Well, if it didn't, just insert American Outlaws in this slot.

84) Widescreen/pan scan DVDs
Warner Brothers released fullscreen-only editions of its family movies, apparently believing Ma and Pa just can't stand knowing a version with them little black bars is on their newfangled video disc.

83) Bon Jovi quoting Sinatra
Yep, he quoted "My Way," the classic that will be remembered forever, in "It's My Life," a song that was abrely remembered through the length of the VH-1 My Music Awards.

82) Carson Daly breaking up with Tara Reid
If someone managed to separate rice from a rice cake, would anyone care?

81) Jason Alexander's hairpiece in Shallow Hal
Forget Gwyneth's fat suit, this monstrosity hogged the screen whenever it appeared.

80) The kid from The Sopranos gets busted
Well, at least everyone knows his name now. It's…it's…uh, well, anyway, if you're the kid from The Sopranos, what the hell are you doing mugging people? I have to admit, though, I think that if James Gandolfini kicked somebody's ass in real life,

79) The plot twist in Along Came a Spider
You know how stupid this was? OK, look at it this way. HEY! GUESS WHAT! This is actually #93! You thought we were going in order, but we surprised you! Just because we can!

78) Team Guido on The Amazing Race
Possibly the most annoying guys on any reality show this year. And that is saying a lot.

77) Chrisitna Aguilera's makeup
Prostitutes everywhere complained that her look in the "Lady Marmalade" video made them look whores. Even scarier, Christina toned down her normal look for that shoot.

76) Enrique Iglesias' "Hero" in Jeep Ads
The song that became an anthem for heroics after the September 11 attacks was quickly pimped out into Commercialville. Population: Too many.

Go to Part II: Numbers 75-51!


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