I have a sick fascination with Ted Nugent. It may be because I was raised on Freedom Rock. Between the ages of 10 and 16, almost every summer Saturday afternoon, I built skateboard ramps in my driveway while my stepfather tinkered in the garage listening to a Classic Rock station out of Denver, Colorado. I have no idea how many times I heard Cat Scratch Fever and Dog Eat Dog as a kid. It could also be because my parent’s best friends were a strange brand of hippy do-it-yourselfers who tucked their beards back when they went bow hunting. I still have a taste for venison.
But something in Nugent’s guitar licks must have damaged a very important part of my brain that was still in development, because I can’t bring myself to dislike him. I kind of view him as a lovable savage. I feel for him the way I feel about Blogtown trolls, I don’t necessarily like or agree with what they say, but that wouldn’t keep me from going to their vast compounds to fire assault rifles and drink beer.
So you can imagine how thrilled I was to read this news on Starpulse.com:
Runnin’ Wild… From Ted Nugent will debut on cable network
CMT in August. Each week, Nugent, a leading hunter and conservationist, and his 18-year-old son, Rocco, will teach three competitors survival rules.The competitors then try to survive on their own while Nugent and Rocco attempt to hunt them down
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Hell yes! We have truly entered the distopia dreamed up by Stephen King and myriad science fiction writers so long ago. Why, hello future. I was wondering how long it would take before human hunting became a staple of reality television! Of course the Nooge would be the one to fire the first (ahem) shot.
Okay, okay. I know hope the competitors aren’t going to actually be killed and have their pelts made into spangled breeches for Nugent’s next tour of Texas County Fairs. But still… How awesome is this show going to be, right? My guess… Really awesome.
Now please enjoy this poor quality clip of the Nooge in his glory days:
That is going to fuckin rock. Especially if they throw in some wang dang sweet poontang. Hunting chicks in loincloths!
Fuck yes!
Liberals for the Motor City Madman!!!!