Jersey Shore

This show is pretty amazing. I went to College with so many people like them, it's hilarious to see them get their own show.

Yeah, being from the area, I had to watch this. The fact that most of the cast is not from Jersey assuages the pain a bit, though I'm embarrassed for anyone in Manalapan that their contribution to the show is The Situation. Way to represent, Manalapan! (FUCK, do I HATE that guy! Who the hell talks about themselves in the third person and has to weasel his nickname into every statement he makes?)

Just like KidNtheHelmet, I went to college with a bunch of Guidos/Guidettes, but at least those knuckleheads had the decency to be "connected", whereas today's Guidos are more posers than anything else. Used to be able to pick 'em out in the college parking lot by the muscle cars parked in the really good spots.

I agree MTV pussed out (when don't they?) by not showing Snooki getting clocked - blown opportunity to drive the point home that hitting women is flat out WRONG - they'd have gotten far more media attention for the issue if they showed it, and made a statement like "We wanted to show that such incidents aren't pretty, aren't funny, and shouldn't be kept secret anymore. Women deserve respect, etc. etc. etc."

Anyway, what's the over/under on Ron and Sammi's relationship making it to the end of the season? Apart from Vinny and Paul, they're the only ones who don't piss me off like the rest of the cast does.

Oh, and go, duck phone!

*Makes obligatory joke about lack of abs earning the nickname of "the incident."

Seriously this show is both terrible and great at the same time. Trainwreck like in making me not look away. The Situation, holy fuck is that guys ego inflated.

Jersey Shore shows how to go through life without realizing that you're a parody of a human being.

Yes, the hat says "Pornstar in Training".

I agree 100% on everything you said. The Situation is the most compelling figure on television right now. For a guy to have that much of an ego to be broken down by Sammie Sweetheart like that was great to watch. He has to be the most insecure egomanic in the history of the world.

Fuck I wish I could find the link, but I read some article about people boycotting the show because it's offensive to Italian-Americans and residents of New Jersey. The comments were hilariously unanimous in saying, "yeah i dunno lol this is how every italian-american in jersey is like."

Count me in as a newly converted fan.

OK, now I'm jealous (sadly shamwows his bald pate).

Douchebags have been running that fucking haircut into the ground for damn near a decade now!!! (Maybe more?) Seriously, my god. When in the fuck will they stop?!

Not until they stop running into drunk whores who will fuck them at the first sight.

A friend just sent me a link of Snooki flashing her thong while doing gymnastics on the dance floor. I haven't seen a full episode yet, but people keep sending me the links. That's all I need to see.

http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/d84...-audition-tape

yes the show displays some pretty awful walking stereotypes, (i know cuz i also tuned in) but it inspired my man bobby bottleservice to send in his own audition tape.

Jersey Lawmakers want MTV to cancel show.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Kristin Cavallari from The Hills kissing The Situation's abs. Look at Snooki's face!

I watched this show once and got herpes.

What's interesting is those four are the only ones doing appearances (that I've seen, anyway). The other three -- Ronnie, Vinny and Sammi -- don't seem to be interested, or are unable, to cash in on their new found reality fame.

Yeah, he just strikes me as a good guy who's 21. He wants to go out, meet girls, etc, but he's not part of the freak show. Which is good.

The best part is that nobody realizes that the more they protest the more attention and potentially newer viewers they'll draw in.

But I think the only way to settle is to battle is out on the dance floor, fist pumpin...fighting the beat.

So I watched a marathon of this over the weekend. I'm kinda hooked. It also turns out that a good friend of mine knows Vinny. They live in the same neighborhood and my friend's mom taught Vinny in grade school.

Also came in here to post this. Pauly D gives Michael Cera a make over.

I saw that on Huffington Post. Pauly D needs to go away.

Oh man, so I caught like 4 episodes at the hotel when I was away last week during New Year's.

Jesus... can't look away. What a fun trainwreck.

Nathan on AV Club nailed it - the Ronnie-Sammie relationship is the best damn soap opera right now. Also should serve as a reminder to the ladies NOT to start shit up when your boyfriend is trying to do the class thing and walk away from a possible fight.

Nathan's right too - episode needed more Jwoww. Next week looks good - Situation gets clocked by a girl!

Drinking game:

Tip your glass everytime someone says "Yo".

I'd add: "bro" and "female."

Or everytime Snooky goes "Whaaaaaaah"

Raise your hand if you didn't see this coming...The Jersey Shore cast wants more money to continue.

Is The Situation worth 10k an episode???? I don't think so at all.

I think these kids are failing to realize their place in the hierarchy here. God love em for trying to cash in on their fleeting fame, but all MTV has to do (and what I expected them to do from the outset) is recast season two and tell Snickers to flash her thong elsewhere. Really -- aside from laughing at these morons, is this cast really that compelling to warrant a follow-up?

i only have seen a little bit of this show... about 10 minutes of an episode on tv.com, and the MEGATON PUNCH on youtube. I'm excited to delve into the entirety of this train wreck soon.

10k isn't much. If MTV wants them back they'll get it, or something like it.

My question is, why wouldn't they recast it? Isn't that the point of multiple seasons on these shows. Once these people get their 15 minutes it changes the whole dynamic.

Yes, Mtv must plant and harvest a new crop of douchebags/skanks every year. The circle of life is sad, but beautiful.

That's sort of how I figured it. This was not a show that had a situation (ha-ha) or a narrative that needs multiple seasons to explore. The Hills -- as loathsome as it is -- has a basic conceit that necessitates multiple seasons to explore. It's a soap opera with characters that have arcs. Pauly D and the Situation acting like retards is not an arc. There's no need for the Further Adventures of JWWOW. And now that the show is established, MTV can find even bigger douchebags to fill the original cast's shoes.

Essentially, the star of the show is the location and the thick-headed numbskulls that the Jersey Shore attracts. No one tuned in to find out if Snooki found the Guido she's always been looking for.

So, I've watched the first 3 episodes.

Hell, finding more guidos and guidettes for a second season should take MTV all of five minutes. Fuckers were all over the place before, now we got more and more knuckleheads emulating them in my neck of the woods. I swear, zombie invasions are less frightening, and you can shoot them in the head to stop 'em. Shooting a guido/guidette in the head does no damage, 'cause there's nothing in there to fuck up in the first place!

Jersey Shore reenacted by kids

Baby JWOWW saying "Ham" and showing her Lunchables to the camera made me do a spittake.

That was more entertaining than the real thing. The kid flashing his abs... classic.

He gets some shine in episode 6 for hooking up with the boss's girl after the boss had wined and dined her earlier that night. Same episode he gets freaked out by The Situation's sister for looking a little too much like... The Situation with a wig on.

Oh, I'm also loving The Situation's breakdown of military tactics for picking up girls in the club.

Just caught the reunion show. That was glorious. Now we know why only the Fab Four are making the rounds. Vinny, Ronnie, and Sammi pretty much have beef with the others, especially Mike and JWOWW. Vinny and Ronnie spent the whole show taking pot shots at Mike, Sammi smack talked JWOWW, and Ronnie and Sammi's break up live on air was an utter train wreck. I was so uncomfortable watching the break up I fast forwarded through most of it. Vinny's clip made him way more interesting the show that aired. His Michael Jackson outfit in one of the flashes was all sorts of hilarious. Pauly admitting his stalker chick followed back to Rhode Island was terrifying. Angelina just sitting back and watching them all trash talk each other was great. Thank you Jersey Shore for making me not feel so bad about my life anymore.

Complex Magazine's Jersey Shore Soundboard

All of these people need help. Serious help.

Ha! HA! Amazing!

"I mean the situation is gonna be indescribable - you can't even
describe the situation that you're about to get into the situation."

So hypnotizing.

'Kay now, which one is Snookie again?

It's rare that the nickname and the look of a person are just so perfectly fitting.