afkidd Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 they are playing a stereotype that has been around for a long time...casino, godfather, goodfellas, etc. it's funny, bottom line, and they get paid to live life...that's even more hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I'll admit I've never seen the show, but I have friends who watch it and love it. From what they tell me, I think I can describe the success of the show (and, well, most reality TV really) in 1 word: Schadenfreude Now I won't comment on the show because I haven't seen so much as a single minute (save for gifs of Snookie getting punched and "The Situation" glaring at somebody off camera), but I will say "**** The Real World" (which I have seen a few episodes of) for allowing the explosion of "reality" TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Anyone see the pictures of Snooki getting arrested for public intoxication? HILARIOUS! pictures are here: http://www.thesuperficial.com/snooki-got-arrested-07-2010/0730-snooki-arrest-11 I can assure you the Chilean community is shamed by this out of control little monster. If they needed a Chilean on the show they should have gotten Leonor Varela instead :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnhay Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 What's up with this "This person represents the Italian community", "this person represents the Chilean community" etc. Neither country have anything to do with these people. I don't look at an ******* American and say "He represents all Americans." I never realized how bad Snooki looks. I got to the ass shot on in the link, and Firefox crashed appropriately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 What's up with this "This person represents the Italian community", "this person represents the Chilean community" etc. Neither country have anything to do with these people. I don't look at an ******* American and say "He represents all Americans."I never realized how bad Snooki looks. I got to the ass shot on in the link, and Firefox crashed appropriately. :twitch:Damn she is SHORT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spartacus87 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I'll admit I've never seen the show, but I have friends who watch it and love it. From what they tell me, I think I can describe the success of the show (and, well, most reality TV really) in 1 word:Schadenfreude Now I won't comment on the show because I haven't seen so much as a single minute (save for gifs of Snookie getting punched and "The Situation" glaring at somebody off camera), but I will say "**** The Real World" (which I have seen a few episodes of) for allowing the explosion of "reality" TV. When the Real World first started, it had a point. There weren't any other shows that took real everyday young adults coping with things like their homosexuality, AIDs, alcoholism, drug abuse, etc., and put them together in a house to see how they interacted and grew. It was an interesting social experiment MTV had going at the time. Now it's become a parody of its former self (which isn't surprising since it's going on 24 seasons now, kind of hard to keep it running that long), and it's filled with obvious stereotyped casting without any of the honesty that the original seasons had. Jersey Shore is different though. First, there aren't any condescending ultra-liberal/ultra-conservative douchebags to lecture others on their lifestyles, spoiled southern belles who can't cope with doing chores around the house, or anyone with automatic prejudice against certain roommates because of their religion/skin color/economic status/etc. It's just a group of people who love to drink, party, and have fun, and they actually get along pretty well and seem fairly genuine (although obviously, with the success of the first season, their individual characters have maybe grown out of control in this second season for the sake of TV ratings). Second, MTV knows what this series is and what it's all about, and there's no hiding it. It's absolute trainwreck television with no other point than to turn off your brain for an hour while watching some guys explain their strict "gym, tan, laundry" routine before they hit the clubs and try to avoid drunkenly hooking up with ugly girls. I don't think all brainless TV is good- most of it sucks. Something like "The Real Housewives" is garbage. But Jersey Shore, for what it is, is fairly innocent and just some mindless pop culture fun. If it beat you over the head with a bigger message or took itself seriously at all (like The Real World still tries to do), that would be different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Just wanted to say that a woman at work today described Jersey Shore as the "best TV show ever"...without a hint of sarcasm. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heidenreich Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 I never realized how bad Snooki looks. I got to the ass shot on in the link, and Firefox crashed appropriately. Funneling coca colas on the Seaside Boardwalk will fatten you up pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 Just wanted to say that a woman at work today described Jersey Shore as the "best TV show ever"...without a hint of sarcasm. That is all.:insane:EDIT: 24 Daily Show/Colbert Report CSI Franchise Numb3rs Kenan & Kel/All That Pro Wrestling Sports Home Improvement Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain Just off the top off my head, and look how many I grouped together (lke "sports"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiingspadee Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 :insane:EDIT: 24 Daily Show/Colbert Report CSI Franchise Numb3rs Kenan & Kel/All That Pro Wrestling Sports Home Improvement Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain Just off the top off my head, and look how many I grouped together (lke "sports"). Lost? Sopranos? X-Files? Jackass? Seinfield? The Office? where were these in your list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 Lost? Sopranos? X-Files? Jackass? Seinfield? The Office? where were these in your list?I just said off the top of my head.I forgot Lost. Watched the first ep of the Sopranos; didn't to anything. X-Files I've only seen a few. Jackass is as bad. Seinfeld is overrated; Michael's a racist and Jerry's a slimeball. Never saw Office. Forgot Fox animation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiingspadee Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 I just said off the top of my head.I forgot Lost. Watched the first ep of the Sopranos; didn't to anything. X-Files I've only seen a few. Jackass is as bad. Seinfeld is overrated; Michael's a racist and Jerry's a slimeball. Never saw Office. Forgot Fox animation. You gave Sopranos ONE EPISODE? WTF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 You gave Sopranos ONE EPISODE? WTFIt didn't hold my attention like 24 did from the beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 I just said off the top of my head.I forgot Lost. Watched the first ep of the Sopranos; didn't to anything. X-Files I've only seen a few. Jackass is as bad. Seinfeld is overrated; Michael's a racist and Jerry's a slimeball. Never saw Office. Forgot Fox animation. I would add House and Dexter to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 I would add House and Dexter to that.Don't watch either (though from the commercials, House seems like an asshat), though my parents and sister like Dexter.Oh yeah, American Gladiators (hell, if nothing else, Gina Carano>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Snooki). Also the spin-offs "Knights and Warriors" and "Battle Dome." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destino Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 :insane:EDIT: 24 Daily Show/Colbert Report CSI Franchise Numb3rs Kenan & Kel/All That Pro Wrestling Sports Home Improvement Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain Just off the top off my head, and look how many I grouped together (lke "sports"). That is a horrible list. Pro Wrestling?! No. I'd rather watch Jersey shore than lubed up men in underwear fake fight. Home Improvement? Is that even still on? You also left out Man vs Food, Criminal Minds, and Futurama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistertim Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 That is a horrible list. Pro Wrestling?! No. I'd rather watch Jersey shore than lubed up men in underwear fake fight. Home Improvement? Is that even still on?You also left out Man vs Food, Criminal Minds, and Futurama. And The Tick. Hey What? Hey! What?? HEY! WHAT??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 That is a horrible list. Pro Wrestling?! No. I'd rather watch Jersey shore than lubed up men in underwear fake fight. Home Improvement? Is that even still on?You also left out Man vs Food, Criminal Minds, and Futurama. Yes pro wrestling; Home Improvement this is ever; Futurama true enough; haven't seen the other 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjah Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 We ran into some of the Jersey Shore kids in Seaside tonight. I had no idea who they were. We were just looking for some classic Skee Ball. They had an entourage and cameramen and bodyguards and a crowd of fans following them down the boardwalk. When they went into a shop, the bodyguards kicked everyone else out. You know: reality. At dinner we sat near a college-age girl and her family. She was such a fan of Jersey Shore, she had breached the tightly crafted security perimeter of a shop in order to get a picture of Dweezil or The Dilly-o or whichever guy was in there looking at shirts at the time. Her cunning plan was to use the shop's completely unguarded side entrance. Incredibly, this worked. She got a decent shot as she was bodily "led" out to the boardwalk. So she called the TMZ hotline from her dinner table to try and sell the photo for $500. They didn't answer. She left a message. I was not terribly surprised to witness this conversation between her and the server: GIRL: Can I get the quesadillas in vegetarian? SERVER: Yes. GIRL: What about the spring rolls? SERVER: Sure, we can do those vegetarian. GIRL: What about the wings? [awkward pause] SERVER [and everyone else at the girl's table]: :yikes::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::applause: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostofSparta Posted August 1, 2010 Share Posted August 1, 2010 :insane:EDIT: 24 Daily Show/Colbert Report CSI Franchise Numb3rs Kenan & Kel/All That Pro Wrestling Sports Home Improvement Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain Just off the top off my head, and look how many I grouped together (lke "sports"). :gang: How could you forget Deadliest Warrior?!?! :hammer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 :gang: How could you forget Deadliest Warrior?!?! :hammer::doh::doh1::shot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r3dsk1ns4L1fe Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 The Wire is the best show ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhoRUSupposed2Be Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 I find Jersey Shore very entertaining. Considering Snooki doesn't know whether she wants to be small or medium-plus size. It's really a shame though, she is half-decent when she's not all over herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ACW Posted August 2, 2010 Author Share Posted August 2, 2010 she is half-decent when she's not all over herself.She's the only one who'd BE all over her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sticksboi05 Posted August 2, 2010 Share Posted August 2, 2010 Jersey Shore is stupid. You really have nothing better to watch on a weeknight? In the digital cable era? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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