Did anyone ever watch "Clone High" on MTV?

simulatedworld · 04-17-2009, 04:27 AM

Ok, Clone High is seriously one of the most underrated TV shows ever made.

It only aired about 6 episodes on MTV before getting canceled because MTV's brain dead audience didn't get it, but it's seriously brilliant.

The premise is that the US government made clones of numerous famous historical figures and put the teenage clones in high school together. Abe Lincoln is the every-man protagonist; Gandhi is his ADD-ridden spazzed-out best friend; Joan of Arc is the depressed goth chick in love with Abe; Cleopatra is the obnoxious overbearing popular cheerleader, and JFK is the asshole jock.

It's pretty terrific, and it's all on youtube if you anyone's interested in checking it out for free.

It's a shame the humor went right over the heads of most of the audience...a couple of memorable quotes:

"You know, I've been thinking lately, about like, life and stuff...you really gotta the seize the day! There's no, like, fountain of youth to keep you living forever or anything!"
--Ponce de Leon

"Will you go to the prom with Nostradamus?"
"No!"
"I KNEW you'd say that!"

"People liked the real JFK because he was a strong leader!"
"I thought he was a macho, womanizing stud who conquered the moon!"
--JFK's foster father/JFK

"I watched the first two thirds of the MC Hammer: Behind the Music, and if there's one thing I've learned about money, it's that it NEVER RUNS OUT!"
--Principal Scudworth, the bat-shit crazy weirdo assigned to monitor the clones during high school for later use in a super secret government clone army conspiracy. (Though he has a "secret" plan to steal the clones and place them in an amusement park called "Cloney Island.")

"Heeeey, keep it down in there! Some of us are trying to nail Catharine the Great here! Or should I say...Catharine the so-so..."
-JFK

And the restaurant where the kids hang out after school is called The Grassy Knoll...just all kinds of awesome little subtleties.

I'm 99% sure no one will have seen this/care enough to respond, but...

Abe Lincoln - INFP
Gandhi - ESFP
Joan of Arc - INFJ
Cleopatra - ESTJ
JFK - ESTP
Principal Scudworth - ENTJ
Mr. Butlertron - INFP?

Man, I wish more people knew about/appreciated this show.

scantilyclad · 04-17-2009, 05:37 AM

I LOVED THIS SHOW!!!

katerp · 04-19-2009, 09:22 PM

This show was awesome. My friend and I used to go back and forth cracking each other up saying "Say whaaaaaaaaat?!" like Ghandi. It figures - MTV cancels a great show like this and now the network is filled with unwatchable crap "reality" shows.

LucrativeSid · 04-19-2009, 10:00 PM

I remember it. It was awesome. I couldn't believe it wasn't a huge success.

OrangeAppled · 04-20-2009, 01:39 AM

Yeah, I watched that show. I thought the concept was funny.

Gamine · 04-20-2009, 09:07 PM

MAKEOVER MAKEOVER!!

simulatedworld · 04-21-2009, 03:02 AM

DEAD PRESIDENTS, MR. B!

nasmoe · 05-20-2009, 02:00 AM

Way way back in the 1980's
Secret government employees
Dug up famous guys and ladies
And made amuzing genetic copies
Now their clones are sexy teens
Now they're going to make it if they tried
Loving, learning, sharing, judging
Time to laugh, and shiver and cry

Time to watch,
Clone High
Energetic and engaging
Clone High
Our Angst is Entertaining
Clone High
Our Lives are Never Boring
Who am I?

Great show

Oom · 05-20-2009, 05:19 AM

Ghandi's got ADD! Ghandi's got ADD! He got it from a toilet seat! Got to wear protective sheets!

simulatedworld · 05-20-2009, 06:29 AM

It can't be true...

But then again, it rhymed. So it must be.

04-17-2009, 04:27 AM	#1 (permalink)
simulatedworld Ne+Fe loop Join Date: Nov 2008 Type: ENTP Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,848	Did anyone ever watch "Clone High" on MTV? Ok, Clone High is seriously one of the most underrated TV shows ever made. It only aired about 6 episodes on MTV before getting canceled because MTV's brain dead audience didn't get it, but it's seriously brilliant. The premise is that the US government made clones of numerous famous historical figures and put the teenage clones in high school together. Abe Lincoln is the every-man protagonist; Gandhi is his ADD-ridden spazzed-out best friend; Joan of Arc is the depressed goth chick in love with Abe; Cleopatra is the obnoxious overbearing popular cheerleader, and JFK is the asshole jock. It's pretty terrific, and it's all on youtube if you anyone's interested in checking it out for free. It's a shame the humor went right over the heads of most of the audience...a couple of memorable quotes: "You know, I've been thinking lately, about like, life and stuff...you really gotta the seize the day! There's no, like, fountain of youth to keep you living forever or anything!" --Ponce de Leon "Will you go to the prom with Nostradamus?" "No!" "I KNEW you'd say that!" "People liked the real JFK because he was a strong leader!" "I thought he was a macho, womanizing stud who conquered the moon!" --JFK's foster father/JFK "I watched the first two thirds of the MC Hammer: Behind the Music, and if there's one thing I've learned about money, it's that it NEVER RUNS OUT!" --Principal Scudworth, the bat-shit crazy weirdo assigned to monitor the clones during high school for later use in a super secret government clone army conspiracy. (Though he has a "secret" plan to steal the clones and place them in an amusement park called "Cloney Island.") "Heeeey, keep it down in there! Some of us are trying to nail Catharine the Great here! Or should I say...Catharine the so-so..." -JFK And the restaurant where the kids hang out after school is called The Grassy Knoll...just all kinds of awesome little subtleties. I'm 99% sure no one will have seen this/care enough to respond, but... Abe Lincoln - INFP Gandhi - ESFP Joan of Arc - INFJ Cleopatra - ESTJ JFK - ESTP Principal Scudworth - ENTJ Mr. Butlertron - INFP? Man, I wish more people knew about/appreciated this show. __________________ Perspective pries her once weighty eyes and then gives you wings

04-17-2009, 05:37 AM	#2 (permalink)
scantilyclad almost nekkid Join Date: Aug 2007 Type: INFP Location: Where Everything is Bigger. Posts: 2,060	I LOVED THIS SHOW!!! __________________ INFP 4w5 Myspace The pain won't let me get away.

04-19-2009, 09:22 PM	#3 (permalink)
katerp Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Type: INFP Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 33	This show was awesome. My friend and I used to go back and forth cracking each other up saying "Say whaaaaaaaaat?!" like Ghandi. It figures - MTV cancels a great show like this and now the network is filled with unwatchable crap "reality" shows. __________________ http://badges.mypersonality.info/badge/0/8/80156.png

04-19-2009, 10:00 PM	#4 (permalink)
LucrativeSid Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Type: ENTP Posts: 797	I remember it. It was awesome. I couldn't believe it wasn't a huge success. __________________ "When a resolute young fellow steps up the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find that it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

04-20-2009, 01:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
OrangeAppled Barbed Wire Kisses Join Date: Mar 2009 Type: INFP Location: The Clouds Posts: 2,541	Yeah, I watched that show. I thought the concept was funny. __________________ "If I seem a little strange, well that's because I am." Take: Johari Take: Nohari

04-20-2009, 09:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
Gamine bulletproof Join Date: Nov 2008 Type: ROUX Posts: 559	MAKEOVER MAKEOVER!! __________________ Jock "You can't motorboat a personality."

04-21-2009, 03:02 AM	#7 (permalink)
simulatedworld Ne+Fe loop Join Date: Nov 2008 Type: ENTP Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,848	DEAD PRESIDENTS, MR. B! __________________ Perspective pries her once weighty eyes and then gives you wings

05-20-2009, 02:00 AM	#8 (permalink)
nasmoe Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Type: IXFP Location: Over there Posts: 84	Way way back in the 1980's Secret government employees Dug up famous guys and ladies And made amuzing genetic copies Now their clones are sexy teens Now they're going to make it if they tried Loving, learning, sharing, judging Time to laugh, and shiver and cry Time to watch, Clone High Energetic and engaging Clone High Our Angst is Entertaining Clone High Our Lives are Never Boring Who am I? Great show __________________

05-20-2009, 05:19 AM	#9 (permalink)
Oom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Type: IsTP Location: Iowa, it's in the states somewhere... Posts: 473	Ghandi's got ADD! Ghandi's got ADD! He got it from a toilet seat! Got to wear protective sheets! __________________ Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. ~Ronald Reagan

05-20-2009, 06:29 AM	#10 (permalink)
simulatedworld Ne+Fe loop Join Date: Nov 2008 Type: ENTP Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 4,848	It can't be true... But then again, it rhymed. So it must be. __________________ Perspective pries her once weighty eyes and then gives you wings

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