VH Documentary In The Works?

[ZahZoo]

Seriously... the most qualified guy to narrate a VH documentary would be Mike Rowe from Discovery Channel's... Dirty Jobs!!

He's handled more shit than anyone around... which makes him uniquely qualified for anything Van Halen related...

[Vinnie Velvet]

The problem with a VH documentary is that you would have to talk about Van Hagar. Though I guess they could 'gloss' over those years.

[Etienne]

The problem with a VH documentary is that you would have to talk about Van Hagar. Though I guess they could 'gloss' over those years.

They could call it the Early Years or something like that, problem solved. But Mike has to be included and well featured.

[Seshmeister]

The problem with a VH documentary is that you would have to talk about Van Hagar.

They could talk about it by saying how shit it was.

[Etienne]

They could talk about it by saying how shit it was.

But MA is still in love with the Van Hagar years...

[Seshmeister]

Well put a laughter track on his interview.

[chefcraig]

Seriously... the most qualified guy to narrate a VH documentary would be Mike Rowe from Discovery Channel's... Dirty Jobs!!

He's handled more shit than anyone around... which makes him uniquely qualified for anything Van Halen related...

Not only that, but he has an uncanny ability to suck up to the brain-damaged "Captains" on Discovery's Deadliest Catch, thus making him the perfect guy to speak with the Van Halen brothers in a bar somewhere in Hawaii after the album is released. The show could be called "The Coors Light After The Hatch", and could have them sitting around and pointedly not drinking a pitcher of beer while reminiscing about the recording of the album, showing video clips and welcoming cameo appearances by the handful of unknowns who played a part in the album's production.

Too bad Phil Harris is no longer around to call them all assholes.

[Nitro Express]

I wonder who found more crabs? The fishing boat captains or Alex? Sweet Sweet Connie is still in love with Alex.

[VHscraps]

The problem with a VH documentary is that you would have to talk about Van Hagar. Though I guess they could 'gloss' over those years.

Nah, you just ignore the blandola years and the Red Douchebag. Just make the film about VH, 1974-85. That way the director can rely on archive footage, and also avoid having, e.g., EVH on screen indulging in heavy bouts of revisionism ('eh, what do you mean booze and women? I don't drink and I'm happily married'). That kind of control freakery goes on in his camp, and inhibits others still connected to him from even discussing the past.

As it happens, I heard one of those Van Hagar-'let's-pretend-we-are-grown-ups'-tunes seeping from the radio this afternoon - When It's Lame. Well, actually, I managed to leap into action and make it to the other side of my room - despite racking my back the other day - and hit the off button before anything like lasting damage hit me.

I'd rather have my ears sawn off than listen to that crap. So, there's no need to drag in all the irrelevant stuff like the post-85 years, if they give the OK for a film. Seshmeister is right - just look at the Senna film. I've seen a few excellent films that have used the same approach.

If the VHs ever revisit that black period in all our lives, or work with that crimson clown again, then I for one will say bye-bye for good, brothers.

[ThatArtGuy]

Crimson Clown

AWESOME! I now have a new nickname for Slappy.

[ZahZoo]

Not only that, but he has an uncanny ability to suck up to the brain-damaged "Captains" on Discovery's Deadliest Catch, thus making him the perfect guy to speak with the Van Halen brothers in a bar somewhere in Hawaii after the album is released. The show could be called "The Coors Light After The Hatch", and could have them sitting around and pointedly not drinking a pitcher of beer while reminiscing about the recording of the album, showing video clips and welcoming cameo appearances by the handful of unknowns who played a part in the album's production.

Too bad Phil Harris is no longer around to call them all assholes.

You got Ben Baily from Cash Cab in that pic... he's clearly dealt with his share of morons in NY.

Any guy that can literally talk shit and make it humorous has to be a shoe-in...



Better yet an expert in dysfunctional family businesses...

[Nitro Express]

What's funny is I can remember when all these cable channels came into existence in the early 1980's. MTV was actually a music channel instead of a brainwash the youth propaganda channel and the Discovery Channel was actually about showing educational documentaries. Now it's just reality TV that turns out to be not so real. You have the fake ass news channels, the fake ass reality TV shows, and the only thing real on TV anymore is the sports. That is if you discount the pro wrestling bit.

What really lost me is we are going to show you Captain Phil dying. Yeah we know the family doesn't like the cameras in the hospital and one of the sons is having problems with drugs but we are going to show you the whole drama and milk everything we can from it. Discovery actually systematically turned a man's death into a money making opportunity because he signed a contract and by not letting those cameras roll Discovery would then sue and ruin the family. That's what went down and that is why I don't watch the Discovery Channel anymore. I doubt these people read the whole 500 page contract.