Want your MTV? Too bad ... it's never coming back

I remember when the Real World was the real world, not a chance to go to an exotic locale and have a hot tub clusterfuck with six other people.

The good old days.

 

"The Real World" never had even the slightest little thing to do with the actual real world.

Scripted, concocted and contrived from Day One.

 

Starman is right. I loved the first Real World...would tape the marathons and watch them over and over and over again. I am not sure I ever got as into a show as I did that one. I wanted to do all sorts of holy unmentionables to Julie.

And then Spin had a big cover story about how the whole goddamn thing was--as Starman notes--scripted, concocted and contrived from Day One. The producers were trying to hook up Eric and Julie, but when Rebecca started fucking a producer, she was written out, b/c that wasn't cool. Everyone tried antagonizing Angry Black Man Kevin, but Andre the rocker's drug use was ignored. (His band: Reigndance. I need help) Nobody really knows what Heather or Norman had to do with anything, but Heather did meet Larry Johnson.

Anyway, I haven't seen an episode of The Real World since then, and the day I read that article was the day I really became a bitter young hack. Fuck MTV with a rusty spork.

 

And the picture gets a little clearer.

 

Oh like it wasn't already in focus.

 

We got you pegged, Droopy.

 

Sonofabitch. Guess you're still sore over the circumcision..............comment?

 

Teasing you about your medical ailment was like the siren song of Baldelli on draft day. Who can resist?

 

Pure, unfiltered gold. I like all flavors!

 

I'm still waiting for the Real World episode where they run out of alcohol.

 

I always thought the same thing. How "real" do people act when they have cameras following them 24/7?

And what's that douchebag Puck up to these days?

 

"120 Minutes" and "IRS' The Cutting Edge." I just wish they hadn't ghettoized all the cool stuff on Sunday nights.
A couple of faves from that era: