Comments by "voteZDLR" (@voteZDLR) on "How Rob Dyrdek Controlled MTV for 15 Years (They Were Desperate)" video.

Yeah well he and Rob Dyrdek hated each other off camera. At least that's what I heard. I am more inclined to side with him on that one than Rob though. Rob is probably an incredibly difficult person to work for.
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@FrenchUncleLou Yeah MTV was already on a serious downward trajectory before he entered the picture. It's not even close to being his fault although at best I would say he's a symptom of that downfall, but that's more their fault than it is his. They wanted crap and he became an excellent purveyor of crap. I don't blame him, if I knew people who were looking for garbage and I could provide it I would quit my job and become a garbage man TODAY.
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Travis hit the nail on the head basically. It's expensive to show only music videos. There is literally no financial upside to it. There IS an upside to their new format which revolves around reality TV.
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@LburgVAGuy Nobody would be watching MTV anymore at all if it was still the "music video" channel. The problem is there's too many channels now. But no, there is literally no reason to have a music video channel anymore with YouTube being a thing. Most artists have resigned themselves to this fact.
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@ComplicatedBot I forget where I heard it but it is pretty well documented there was a time they were friends for the camera only. Off-screen they couldn't stand each other. I mean, I don't know them personally obviously but that's definitely what I have heard.
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@AspireGMD I hope so. I dunno, I am looking it up now and from everything I can tell they didn't really make up they just "made up" as in like Big Black went on to focus on his business solely and would occasionally do fantasy factory and Ridiculousness (even like two weeks before his death) but he basically said he felt like a slave or a "sidekick" to Dyrdek especially once the money started rolling in. I do hope they were able to make up though before his death, it just sounds like it was business only by the end.
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Damn dude I knew he was rich I didn't know he was THAT rich.
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