Because Really? Who Doesn't Love Guidos and Guidettes?

There appears to be a new fascination with the Garden State, New Jersey. There is the installment of the Real Housewives of New Jersey and now a show I was recently turned on to on MTV called Jersey Shore. I know, I know... MTV. I thought that I had outgrown my TRL, Real World, Road Rules days, but this - this is a show that you must stop and watch not matter how ridiculous you think MTV programming is these days. Because really? Who doesn't love Guidos and Guidettes?

At this point you may be asking what is a Guido/Guidette. Simply put its about half of the Jersey population. Picture this - a man of Italian descent, gold chains, tan (think more orange like an Oompa Loompa), spiky hair, roided out body and a crazy ridiculous accent. That is a Guido. And a Guidette? The female version except she's not roided out, but probably has some fake "bubbies" as the Housewives of New Jersey would call them. They also have this whole different language which I like to call Guidish. For example, instead of saying that they are attracted to someone they say they are "vibin'" on someone.

The show basically follows eight stranger Guidos/Guidettes who were picked to live in a house, have their lives taped, work together and find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real.... hey wait doesn't this sound familiar? True the geniuses at MTV, who in my opinion started the whole reality TV phenomenon, just put a new spin on an old fave the Real World. Why they didn't just do a Real World New Jersey is beyond this blogger, but I guess that's why I don't make the millions. Anyhow, the show follows these Guidos/Guidettes during their summer at the Jersey Shore or Seaside Heights. They live together and work for some t-shirt shop which apparently is a stressful job, who knew? They each have goofy nicknames such as "JWoww", "The Situation", "Sweetheart" and "Snooki" (or Schnookie, Snickers, etc. as her roommates can't quite remember something as difficult as Snooki).

As you can imagine the drama abounds. On the first night, Snooki (aka Snickers, Schnookie) becomes the house drunk trying to make out with all the Guidos in the house and eventually passes out before everyone else leaves for the night. The next morning she claims that she is not that type of person, she just acted that way because she wasn't used to not being the center of attention. She then feels left out and even almost quits the show before Sammi, or Sweetheart reaches out to her and says that she can tell that she's not really that type of person. (Really?! Because I am going to go with she is TOTALLY that type of person.)

The hook-ups are plentiful. You can just tell that they are all vibin' on each other and by the end of the show at least all of them will have had sex at least once on camera. That is a given. Mike, "The Situation" makes it known that he is vibin' on Sammi, and she even seems to be in to him, but then she randomly ends up with Ronnie, another housemate. You can imagine how hurt "The Situation's" ego is. All I can say is that I wouldn't want to be at the receiving end of any of these Guido's roid rages so Sammi and Ronnie best watch it.

While this looks like just another Real World, the show promises to be nothing if 10x the drama than the Real World because apparently that is what happens at the Jersey Shore. What do you expect when you mix copious amounts of alcohol, roid rages, and bitchy girls? Sounds like a recipe for success to me.