re: #500 Feline Emperor of the Conservative Waste

Which appears to be because he acted in character at an MTV awards show they wanted treated seriously. Of course, since Clay was defined by that character why did you invite him to appear in the first place without the expectation that the character would act out. Next thing you know the White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner will invite Stephen Colbert.

I’ve no clue what convinced that having him come on, in-character, was a good idea. Even today, that shit can’t be played outside of premium cable channels because of how raunchy it is, but they seemed to think that having it on the VMAs in 1989 was a great idea.

I can only guess that they saw how popular he was with the “youth” and decided to gamble on him being able to control himself.