They're Back: The Jersey Shore Cast Is In Italy and We Have The Footage!

I don't care if people hate me for it; I don't care if I stand alone... but I love Jersey Shore.  I mean, like crazy guy driving around the local school seven times a day LOVE (too much)?  I understand the argument that these kids might be thought of as misrepresenting Italians, but let's face it.  Most of us have met Europeans (as in live in Europe and are from Europe) of about this age that are just as vapid, shallow, and sex-crazed as the Jersey Shore cast, so let's get over this "Italians are not like this" or "This is not representative of... whatever".  Bullshit.  There are stupid, shallow young people all over the world.  Just watch ONE episode of Geordie Shore.  Those Brits are even worse than the Jersey Shore cast.  Rant over.  Watch the video!  It looks like there might actually be a rumble between Ronnie and The Situation, although there is no explanation for why Vinny actually leaves the show (since we learned about a week ago that he left the cast and returned to the States).  If I may be allowed to speculate, I would guess that Mike smooshed Snooki and Vinny flipped out, since he realized after Snooki eventually breaks up with Jhionni that he's in crazy Italian love with her.

Catching Up With MTV UK's Geordie Shore

Yes, this guy is still called "Gaz"

I almost forgot this show was still on, but stumbling upon a photograph of Snooki looking depressed on dlisted reminded me that there was a show about drunken guys and gals more unintelligible and with even lower IQs than the guidos and guidettes of Jersey Shore.  As a reminder, Geordie Shore follows six or seven (honestly, this show is so laughable that I can't keep track) Newcastle natives as they bar hop from one hot spot to another, not unlike their Jersey counterparts.  The show is available for American viewers to watch on MTV UK, and I would recommend watching at least one episode so that you shake yourself free of the idea that stupid people only live in the States because, frankly, there are even stupider people elsewhere.  I watched the fourth episode of Geordie Shore and it is patently useless to recap what happened as the characters are not only difficult to understand, but they don't do anything but drink and go round and round to the same clubs like some sort of surreal hormone-infused carnival ride.

Jay and Gaz in deep thought: "Hmmm... Tash, Bang, or Swill?"

It's Here: The UK's Version of Jersey Shore: Geordie Shore

Alright, I actually sat through the first episode of Geordie Shore, which seemed more like a parody of Jersey Shore, than a legitimate reality show of its own.  Watching the show, I don't know whether to bemoan American cultural imperialism or to recognize that there are stupid orange people all over the world.  I wish I could tell you what happened in the episode but I could not understand the accents and there were no subtitles so I'm not entirely sure.  All I know is that these kids are called "Geordie" because they are from Newcastle and that, just like the Jersey Shore kids, they are mostly concerned with staying tanned, getting laid, and keeping fit.  The show honestly seems more like Big Brother or Bachelor Pad than Jersey Shore because basically there is a complete absence of anything resembling a personality in the characters and basically nothing really happens.  Obviously this is the first episode, but basically all that happened was the kids (whose names I don't remember.  I think there was a "Gaz" and a "Gregg") got really wasted and then hung out in the hot tub speaking unintelligibly.  That's about it, folks.  I wonder how many brain cells I lost watching this show???

I think "Gaz" might be the Pauly D of the show