How did showtime at the Apollo fall off?

[JasonSJackson]

I can remember when showtime at the apollo was a show people planned their schedules around. It was a show where legit raw talent would come from all across the country to perform at for a huge black television audience. The hosts hosted (i'm not talking about them newer nikkas I.E. steve harvey..), keke sheppard was fine and the original sand man played his part.

It was almost a right of passage that performers had to participate in if they wanted to be in show buisness. The crowd was filled with real new yorkers/nikkas who honestly gauged the performances

Here's Lauryn Hill getting booed at 13


It was such an official show.........how did it fall off?

 

[ChrisDorner]

American idol took its ratings maybe?

I dunno when the show fell off so I dunno

 

[KinksandCoils]

It got old and other shows came out. Plus it was targeted for black people mostly.

 

[JasonSJackson]

It got old and other shows came out. Plus it was targeted for black people mostly.

The shows success was based on the talent pool that came on it and the audience candid grading of that pool. The host and other staff were replaceable. Also, the show was targeted for blacks but the honkeys were all over it. This show was an accurate gauge of talent and whitey knew it. That's why you'd even see a few of them come to the show to get judged. The ones that did well were damn near shoe in's for record deals (honkeys with black approval)

So how did the show get old?

 

[KinksandCoils]

The shows success was based on the talent pool that came on it and the audience candid grading of that pool. The host and other staff were replaceable. Also, the show was targeted for blacks but the honkeys were all over it. This show was an accurate gauge of talent and whitey knew it. That's why you'd even see a few of them come to the show to get judged. The ones that did well were damn near shoe in's for record deals (honkeys with black approval)

So how did the show get old?

It got old to viewers. It was an old show. I didn't say the show got stale. It literally had been on for quite some time

 

[JasonSJackson]

It got old to viewers. It was an old show. I didn't say the show got stale. It literally had been on for quite some time

What about it got old?

Did you actually watch it when it was at it's peek?

 

[EducatedBrothaFromTheBank]

every show falls off.

 

[Ricky Church]

show was too real.

now you got overly sensitive fakkits crying when they get booed.

 

[KinksandCoils]

What about it got old?

Did you actually watch it when it was at it's peek?

When I say it got old I mean that the amount of yrs it has been on makes it old... I'm not saying the show got played out and if the peak of the show was mid 90s than yes.

I liked the apollo

 

[MAKAVELI25]

I can remember when showtime at the apollo was a show people planned their schedules around. It was a show where legit raw talent would come from all across the country to perform at for a huge black television audience. The hosts hosted (i'm not talking about them newer nikkas I.E. steve harvey..), keke sheppard was fine and the original sand man played his part.

It was almost a right of passage that performers had to participate in if they wanted to be in show buisness. The crowd was filled with real new yorkers/nikkas who honestly gauged the performances

Here's Lauryn Hill getting booed at 13


It was such an official show.........how did it fall off?

LMAO, I love that shyt. nikkas was booing a thirteen year old bytch up there like:

I'm doing my best

Audience: Not good enough

 

[JasonSJackson]

LMAO, I love that shyt. nikkas was booing a thirteen year old bytch up there like:

I'm doing my best

Audience: Not good enough

and that was the beauty of it....

if it wasnt quality them nikkas boo'd.

Now you got these audiences that are on filled with suckers that will accept wackness or shyt they know isnt good because they dont want to hurt feelings....FOH.....this one of the main things that made apollo the apollo.

The more i think of teedot saying it simply got old the more annoyed i get at it. That's like saying that if Martin had been the same quality show it was when it came out it would have eventually fallen off simply because it got older. That's not true at all. It fell off cause the quality fell off.

 

[Da Jungles]

and that was the beauty of it....

if it wasnt quality them nikkas boo'd.

Now you got these audiences that are on filled with suckers that will accept wackness or shyt they know isnt good because they dont want to hurt feelings....FOH.....this one of the main things that made apollo the apollo.

The more i think of teedot saying it simply got old the more annoyed i get at it. That's like saying that if Martin had been the same quality show it was when it came out it would have eventually fallen off simply because it got older. That's not true at all. It fell off cause the quality fell off.

 

[JasonSJackson]

I'm not talking about the apollo now, I wasn't even aware that it still came on. Im speaking in general. Like them dancing with the stars shows, them americas idol. Have you ever heard a nikka get boo'd on those shows?

 

[Da Jungles]

I'm not talking about the apollo now, I wasn't even aware that it still came on. Im speaking in general. Like them dancing with the stars shows, them americas idol. Have you ever heard a nikka get boo'd on those shows?

Those shows aren't even built the same so it's no comparison.

 

[Bumrush Bros.]

it fell off when they stopped letting the crowd boo kids
yall know its true, sandman should have swept some of these untalented kids off that world famous stage