Overrated
Radar's Overrated Hall Of Fame
See our picks, and nominate your own
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SUCK 'O THE IRISH Bono
Yeah, yeah. Everybody loves them. But we've heard enough about...
• JFK
• Diamonds
• The Winter Olympics
• Highly portable dogs
• James Joyce
• Invading extremist Middle Eastern countries
• British accents
• Babies
• Andy Warhol
• The First Five Commandments
• Philip Glass
• Jack Nicholson
• Switzerland
• "The Star-Spangled Banner"
• Horsepower
• Bachelor's degrees
• Breast implants
• Maya Angelou
• Convertibles
• Salman Rushdie
• Manhattan
• Princess Di
• Halls of Fame
We could go on. But that's your job. Post your own list below.
Related: Bono, Diamonds, JFK, Overrated
Posted by: Eli The Barrow Boy on September 17, 2007 11:07 AM
Overrated? Nick Denton! Gawker! and General Petreaus.
Posted by: Bellboy on September 17, 2007 7:07 PM
Prada
Sea Urchin
Amy Winehouse
Tapas
Chinese Cinema
New York City (yeah, deal with it)
Posted by: Goldbricker on September 18, 2007 12:19 PM
1. Hip-Hop
2. Football
3. Video Games
4. Star Wars
5. MySpace
6. Cigars
7. SUVs
8. Republicans
9. Democrats
10. James Frey
Posted by: Beerzie Boy on September 18, 2007 12:28 PM
Author Philip Roth
Book Prequels
Celebrity Endorsements
Celebrity Scientologists
Dane Cook
Designer Dog Breeds
DVD Boxsets
E-Bay
Editor Anna Wintour
Film Trilogies
Home Makeover Shows
Lord Lawrence Olivier
Model Kate Moss
Movie Tie-in Merchandise
New York Yankees
Oprah Winfrey
Pablo Picasso
Presidents John F. Kennedy
Skinny Jeans
The Beatles
The Dog Whisperer
YouTube
Posted by: SandanistaGidget on September 18, 2007 3:58 PM
US Vogue
Sienna Miller
Fall Out Boy
VMA's
Skinny Jeans
Google
CokeWhores
Rachel Ray
McDreamy
Willamsburg, BK
Trader Joe
Playstation Consoles
Rolling Stone Magazine
Kanye West
Katie Couric
Sesame Street
Posted by: aBeeverheusen on September 21, 2007 12:31 PM
I am delighted to see Prada made it to the Overrated Hall of Fame! Let's add the Danish royal couple Frederick and Spouse to this.
Posted by: selene32607 on September 22, 2007 10:59 PM
Oprah Winfrey
salon.com
Steven Spielberg
Harry Potter
David Letterman
The Beatles
The Village Voice
Soho
Katie Couric
Apple Computer
Posted by: Susie on September 26, 2007 5:59 PM
Bridget Moynahan
Laguna Beach
Criss Angel
Jared Leto
High School Musical
Nicole Scherzinger
Perez Hilton
Pete Wentz
Ugly Betty
Posted by: vintagelace on September 27, 2007 10:19 PM
The New York Yankees
Professional Basketball
Televised Golf
Soccer as a sport
Cycling as a sport
Huge custom built homes
exotic vacations in third world countries
Bill and Hillary
Barack Obama
Rudy Giuliani
Fred Thompson
Chris Matthews
Keith Olbermann
Dan Abrams
Democrats answers
Bush's stupidity
FOX news
youtube - not the site itself, but that it's part of presidential debates
Google as the greatest company since the dawn of man
Global warming as the greatest threat since the dawn of man
New York City
- restaurants,
- plays,
- TV shows,
- apartments,
- actors,
- models,
- artists,
- lawyers,
- investment bankers
- real estate developers
cooking shows
food "trends"
The Oscars
The Emmys
The Grammys
the MTV awards
film festivals
movies
television
the internet
cell phones
small dogs as fashion accessories
Rosie O'Donnell
Britney Spears
Disney kids
iAnything (pod, phone, etc...)
Celebrities and Paparazzi
skateboarding
video games
"street" culture
Rap
Hip-Hop
Punk
Posted by: thaneoh on September 28, 2007 1:06 AM
Los Angeles
New York
Miami
Paris
Berlin
Posted by: Bellboy on September 29, 2007 7:06 PM
Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Miami, Berlin, London
Posted by: Bellboy on September 29, 2007 7:08 PM
• Jesus (for someone made up, he sure gets a lot of press)
• Pink Ribbons (who's really profiting here?)
• iPod (what happened to firewire sync and the power adapter? What's next? Battery and headphones not included or perhaps, iPod Classic Black and White?
• Avatars (stupid)
• My Space (yawn)
• Processed food (we're slowly eating ourselves to death. Hey-pass me another Kellogg's Ceral Straw!)
• Gangsta sports figures (you 'ain't' poor and beaten down so get over it)
• Films based on classic TV shows (hasn't anyone heard of the word, "original"?
• 9/11 (stop picking at the scab or it will never heal)
• Katrina (the government is NEVER going to make things right)
• Parents who kill their kids and lie about it for media attention (repeat after me--lethal injection)
• Realtiy TV (now there's an oxymoron)
• Bottled water (@#$$%#)
• Self-checkout lanes (we're just taking jobs away from people)
• Walmart (paying slave wages to people who lost their previous jobs to self-checkout lanes)
Posted by: thomasallen63 on October 1, 2007 12:56 PM
Overrated:
Sunday Night Football
Monday Night Football
Thursday Night Football
Atlanta
DE Jr. (NASCAR)
Budweiser
Sam Adams (Brewed in Cincy)
Stoli
OJ autographed book
Worm Paintings
Posted by: joethemurph on October 1, 2007 8:16 PM
STEVEN FUCKING SPIELBERG
George Lucas
The Beatles (2 down 2 to go)
The Eagles
9/11
Hip Hop (is DEAD)
Academy Awards
The Grammys (big time)
Pinkberry
Ronald Reagan
Kanye West
Star Wars (sucks)
Star Trek (sucks squared)
Quentin Tarantino
Posted by: Mifro666 on October 1, 2007 11:06 PM
Kanye West
50 Cent
Battle between Kanye West and 50 Cent
Madonna
Britney Spears
Lindsay Lohan
Paris Hilton
Usher
Amy Whinehouse
Lily Allen
George Michael
Posted by: Greg Creamean on October 2, 2007 9:35 AM
Bill O'reilly
moveon.org
both houses of congress
nasa
angelina jolie
blunts
baseball
msnbc
botox
the view
donald trump
hillary clinton
los angles
new york
new england patriots
the united nations
Posted by: lotusluv on October 2, 2007 3:37 PM
The United States of America
Posted by: Lucica on October 2, 2007 7:42 PM
Elvis
Facebook
Elvis
The Beatles
Elvis
Elvis
Elvis
Posted by: Mustache on October 3, 2007 5:37 PM
ipods
iphones
ipod touch
ipod nano
i-anything!
also
Bears
Posted by: komander on October 3, 2007 6:32 PM
Bill O'Reilly
Bil and Hillary
Rudy of NY (I can't remember how to spell his name)
pay per view boxing
Rush Limbaugh
the Governator
the Kennedies
Congress even at 11%, it's too high
George "W"
Obama
Glenn Beck-he asked why he didn't make the list, so I'll name him
the war in Iraq
the soon to be war in Iran
conservatives
liberals
oh what the hell........politicians and politics
retirement,,,,,,,,,,,I have too much time to post on sites like this
Posted by: ttwty on October 5, 2007 2:40 PM
Lists.
Posted by: pvaras on October 6, 2007 12:49 AM
Every user who are making their list.
Posted by: roy on October 7, 2007 4:23 AM
Pink Floyd
Leo di Caprio
Argentina
Barack Obama
Republicans
The French
Star Trek
Mc Donalds
Vince Vaughn
The Moon Landing
Al Gore
90% of the Best picture winners
Rudy Giuliani
The Rolling Stones
Bill Gates
Pepsi
Right Christians
Adam Sandler
...
It could go on for ever
Posted by: maxisos on October 8, 2007 4:11 PM
"Every user who are making their list.
Posted by: roy on October 7, 2007 4:23 AM"
Please note that grammar is _not_ overrated!
Posted by: Lucica on October 9, 2007 8:09 PM
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
Posted by: Greg Creamean on October 16, 2007 5:01 PM
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
Tyler Perry
Posted by: Greg Creamean on October 16, 2007 5:02 PM
Mario Batali
Brazilian music
MoveOn (Democrats' so-called left auxiliary)
Al Gore
Thomas Friedman
Jon Stewart (Colbert's better)
Michael Bloomberg
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (a gaseous bore)
Spring Awakening (incredibly overrated)
Judd Apatow
heterosexuality
Posted by: giorgio on October 16, 2007 8:08 PM
reese witherspoon
natalie portman as the new audrey hepburn (gamine beauty!)
hipsters
anything related to coldplay, chris martin, gwyneth paltrow
the new atheism(TM)
david beckham (himbo)
pete doherty
science
girliness
america
a.m. homes
justin timberlake
renee zellweger
penis size
douchebags in power
your 20s
fame
Posted by: svetlana on October 21, 2007 12:45 AM
All-Time Overrated:
James Bond movies
The Grateful Dead
Law & Order
Saul Bellow
Rudy Guiliani
Golf