Yo Momma is an American television show based upon insulting one's
mother. Creators, executive producers and hosts are Wilmer Valderrama,
along with Sam Sarpong (Seasons 1 and 2), Jason Everhart and Destiny
Lightsy. The show was produced from April 2006 to December 2007, and,
as the title suggests, used "yo momma" jokes; many episodes featured
guest appearances from rappers.In conjunction with Yo Momma, MTV
launched YoMomma.tv, a Web 2.0 community dedicated to increasing
viewer engagement with the program, and heavily promoted during Yo
Momma episodes. Site users construct a profile and upload their own yo
momma jokes (or "disses"), and attempt to boost their rankings on the
site by challenging other users to "Battles", exchanges of uploaded
disses between two users. Both disses and Battles are voted on by the
user community.A corollary feature is "Let's Bully", which allows
users to send insults over e-mail using an avatar of the user's face
superimposed over modifiable clip art. The Let's Bully feature was the
subject of an article in Adweek Magazine.
mother. Creators, executive producers and hosts are Wilmer Valderrama,
along with Sam Sarpong (Seasons 1 and 2), Jason Everhart and Destiny
Lightsy. The show was produced from April 2006 to December 2007, and,
as the title suggests, used "yo momma" jokes; many episodes featured
guest appearances from rappers.In conjunction with Yo Momma, MTV
launched YoMomma.tv, a Web 2.0 community dedicated to increasing
viewer engagement with the program, and heavily promoted during Yo
Momma episodes. Site users construct a profile and upload their own yo
momma jokes (or "disses"), and attempt to boost their rankings on the
site by challenging other users to "Battles", exchanges of uploaded
disses between two users. Both disses and Battles are voted on by the
user community.A corollary feature is "Let's Bully", which allows
users to send insults over e-mail using an avatar of the user's face
superimposed over modifiable clip art. The Let's Bully feature was the
subject of an article in Adweek Magazine.
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