If Mr. Rogers Was The Face Of America

Right now the entire world views America as the Guido country that gets drunk at Jersey Shore and loves to join wars, all while eating McDonald's and drinking mayonnaise shakes. That's not entirely true, well, it's actually pretty spot on. But why do they have that view of us? 

"Welcome to America."
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It all stems from how we conduct ourselves and what we choose to show other nations. They see the shows Jersey Shore and Sex and the City and think we're a bunch of sex-crazed tan assholes. What if we changed what shows we sent overseas? Replace Rock of Love with the show Mr. Roger's Neighborhood and watch the respect for our country skyrocket.

I can see why this would be offensive in some countries.

5 Reasons It Would Suck To Live In Bikini Bottom

There have been numerous conspiracy theories that Spongebob Squarepants, the popular Nickelodeon show featuring a carefree yellow sponge and other strange creatures, is set in the area of Bikini Atoll, a nuclear testing site.  In case you didn't know, the city that Spongebob lives in is called Bikini Bottom, coincidence?  Well, not likely.  Considering there would be some kind of genetic mutations among the sea creatures living under Bikini Atoll, the fact that they can talk and produce physically impossible offspring (referring to Mr. Krabs having a whale, Pearl, as a daughter) makes some sense.

One of life's greatest mysteries.

3 Best TV Couples You Can Never Be

Do you remember watching certain couples on TV shows and saying, "Hopefully my life will turn out the same way!" Well it doesn't. These are a few of the famous TV relationships you wish you could have, but never will. Prepare to be disappointed with life forever.

3. Cory and Topanga
Ahhh, the famous couple from Boy Meets World that withstood the test of time. When you were little, you watched them and said to yourself, "This is exactly how relationships work! I can't wait to find my wife when I'm 12 years old!" But  it doesn't, you don't, and you've now set yourself up for a lifetime of disappointments. 

Top 6 of 2012

I'm proud of this banner.

Now that 2012 is coming to an end, we can reflect on what has happened this year: we didn't perish in the fires of Mayan Hell, Curiosity lands on Mars, Whitney Houston died (no surprise there), The Black Eyed Peas didn't die, some famous couple got married, and Hollywood finally figured out how to make an acceptable movie.  Here at TBMP, we are going to look at the high points of the year and make you forget about the awful things that have happened, like The Black Eyed Peas I mentioned earlier.

Spongebob Squarepants - A Menace In Disguise?

SpongeBob SquarePants.  We all know him, unless you've been living under a rock for the past 13 years.  He is the lovable, pants-wearing, fry-cook, yellow sponge that entertains us with his nonsense and brings joy to children and adults all over the world.  This show provides dumbed-down humor for children, but still slips in the occasional adult joke to keep the parents interested, like SpongeBob warning Gary to not drop the soap in the shower.

He also makes you gay.

But, is SpongeBob actually a menace to children? A study proved that the fast-paced cartoon actually hurts a child's attention and problem-solving skills.  Hurts may be a soft word, the results show that SpongeBob kills the child's skills.  Children watching SpongeBob performed 55% worse than the ones coloring and 20% worse than the children watching Cailou.  I guess it makes sense when SpongeBob is compared to Cailou and coloring pictures that it may negatively impact cognitive abilities, but SpongeBob isn't made to be educational.