GTL – Gym, tan, laundry. Just one of the many phenomenons made mockingly famous by the now infamous crew of MTV’s The Jersey Shore. With Nichole “Snooki” Polizzi’s fuzzy orange slippers and drunken escapades and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino’s excessively flaunted six-pack, it seems that the so-called “guido” and “guidette” cast of seven always manages to find a new and wild way to entertain. But with the second season already headed into its fourth episode of the summer, it remains to be seen whether the instant fame and fortune brought by the show’s overall success will overshadow the raw and unscripted amusement which first embodied the allure of The Jersey Shore.
In The Jersey Shore’s first season – filmed in Seaside Heights, NJ – some of the footage and events captured were so hilarious and jaw-dropping that it was stuff even the hot-shots at MTV could not make up. Snooki gets punched in the face by a grown man, The Situation and his sidekick Paul “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio give unattractive girls they encounter the nickname “grenade” – both examples of some of the rather embarrassing but still hugely entertaining things that went down at the Jersey Shore in 2009. Many make fun of the cast and detest them for bringing an even bigger bad rep. to the Jersey Shore, but the show is like a bad train wreck; something that people do not wish to enjoy, but still cannot tear their eyes away from.
Now in its second season, the crazy kids of The Jersey Shore return to wreck havoc and turn heads in Miami, FL. Things do not seem to be much different – with petty cat fights still breaking out in the house and random, hilarious, drunken hook-ups taking place every night – but with the cast now open to fame and attention, Jersey Shore fans can only hope that Snooki and her pals continue to keep it real and “Jersey” in front of the cameras.
The second season was filmed this past winter and the third season is already in the works back in Seaside Heights – the problem being that The Jersey Shore crew is so recognizable and widely known that they now cannot walk down the boardwalk without a mob of crazed beach tourists or fans following their every move. Snooki’s arrest for disorderly conduct in late July was already broadly covered on many entertainment blogs and outlets. Seaside Heights is a notorious hangout for young partiers and it is not uncommon to find intoxicated individuals roaming the boardwalk at all times of the day. Could it be that things got out of hand and Snooki happened to be the one arrested due to the swarms of people taking note of her every move, drawing the cops’ attention to her “situation”?
The third season already sees house frenemy Angelina Pivarnick replaced with Snooki’s friend and partner in crime Deena Cortese, but if MTV hopes to keep the legend of The Jersey Shore alive, it might be time to sadly retire the old cast and bring in a crop of freshly tanned newbies. It does not seem that the success of The Jersey Shore will continue if the cast believes themselves to be as popular as Jersey’s own Bon Jovi.
Check out how The Jersey Shore fist pumps its way through Miami on Thursdays at 10 p.m. (ET/PT) on MTV.
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