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Saturday, January 5, 2013
10:53 am
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****Please welcome Auditiongasm winner, Dashley!!
Hey Gasmii! I’m Dashley, and I’m so excited to be losing my Official-Recapper-on TVGasm virginity. Auditiongasm was a tough fight, but I love this site. I feel like it’s a community.
Here’s my disclaimer going into Buckwild: besides the obvious reasons to disdain the people on this show, I may go beyond that with some personal stuff. True story: I have an ex-boyfriend who fancied himself a redneck. He hunted, fished, drove a pickup truck, was a volunteer fireman (complete with inexplicable facial hair,) listened to nothing but country music, didn’t care about reading or politics, even had a hound dog. He had never left the state of New York, but still: he was a redneck, and proud of it. Fair or not, all this was incredibly annoying to me. So if I seem to be giving these people even less credit than they deserve, well, that’s why.
Episode 1: F*** The Neighborhood
In the first five seconds, we are introduced to the premise of the show. We see a girl jump naked off a railroad bridge while a voiceover says “West Virginia is a place founded on freedom. The freedom to do whatever the f*** you want!”
We meet:
Shain, AKA Gandy Candy: He tells us that they call him that because “it’s trick-or-treat all year round.” He does this while thrusting awkwardly toward the camera.
Anna: Who is chill, but known to get into a fight or two.
Joey, AKA Justin Beavers: (I wish to GOD I had made that nickname up myself.) He doesn’t know about the Justin, but “you KNOW I know about the beaver.” Which, by my interpretation means that he’s probably a virgin. And needs a haircut.
Cara: The new girl in town (meaning she didn’t grow up with these people, in this town, but MTV cast her because the people who were already there weren’t pretty enough.) We know her by her five-inch heels.
Tyler, AKA Prettyboy: He likes to clean up for the women. We do get a shirtless shot of him that’s not totally unwelcome.
Shae: She’s a Southern belle, but likes to think of herself as one of the guys.
Ashley: Around here, she’s known for trouble. We see her screaming at her mom on the phone. That doesn’t seem that troublesome compared to the stuff some of the other cast members seem to be doing.
They’re all just out of high school, and they’re either partying, having fun in college, or working hard for a living.
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Great recap! I’m just waiting to see if Leah from teen mom 2 will make a guest appearance on the show
I am so glad someone is recapping this show. Welcome to the family, Dashley!!!
I got as far as the muddin’ without the “g” and then switched to something else. Glad to see you stuck it out and your recap was much better than the show! Welcome aboard!
There are ghosts of dead rednecks crying right now….
LOL Thanks for the nice words, guys! Please stick with me – I’m so happy to be recapping this show, because opportunities for snark are abundant. HOWEVER, I’m starting to think it’s going to cause me to need therapy. I’ll use all the support I can get!
This show scares me. Not the ‘boo’ type of scary, but that this is the next generation growing up in West Virginia. At least they are very happy to stay in their own state. I have never understood WV, you get a speeding ticket for going 3 miles over the speed limit but all this stuff happens. But I have heard they like to target out of state plates.
I do not under stand where the Willy Wonka nickname came from. That lady was crazy. When MTV moves into a neighborhood, they usually have to get the permission of the town/city. And if they get enough neighbors saying they don’t want them there, MTV is not allowed to move in. This happened to Snooki/Jwoww a couple of times. Also, to appear un-pixilated on MTV, you have to sign a consent type form. You could totally tell that the neighbor spent a lot of time getting ready for her big tv appearance. Overall, it was a big set up by MTV, aka totally fake and they were always going to move into the other place,
I don’t know how many episodes I will make it through of this show, but now that it is being recapped, I might be able to just stick with recaps.
My first guess, after seeing the picture of the neighbour, is that \Willy Wonka\ is a veiled racial slur – as in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory — possibly suggesting that she is crazy as well as being black. I admit that I might not jump to that conclusion if these people didn’t come across as being so generally ignorant (and proud of being ignorant) in the first place. And yeah, them being from West Virginia factors into the stereotype as well.
Okay, so I was born and raised in WV (but no longer live there). Anyways, the whole premise kind of annoyed me. These people live about 10 minutes from one of the largest cities in the state. I really thought they would cast more ACTUAL country people. Where I grew up, a 2 hour drive is a trip to the mall, not a “road trip”. There are no clubs where I grew up. There’s the local VFW that has a bar and a dance floor, but that’s pretty much it. I’m just not really amused watching people act like country hicks, then drive into the city in 5 minutes. They actually HAVE stuff they can do living that close to civilization. We did shit like swim in the back of pickup trucks (yes, I have done that) because THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE TO DO. No movie theaters, no malls, not even a Walmart within 30 miles. I wanted to see country kids making up shit to do because they didn’t have any other options, not because they are just idiots with a camera pointed at them.
/rant over. Sorry.
But, yeah, there is a shirtless tractor thing. Not necessarily a redheaded thing, but anytime you see a guy under 30 driving a tractor, they’re probably shirtless.
I also don’t believe any of them “just recently graduated from high school”. How are they drinking in clubs? I can’t imagine any drinking establishment allowing underage kids to drink and it be filmed on their property. They have to be 21 at least.
Shain is probably the only “real” West Virginian on the show. I mean, we have normal people, but most of the rednecks are more laid back and nice (if not a little slow) then crazy and mean like the rest of them. I kind of like Shain…he reminds me of my cousins (who knows, he probably is. I literally had to only date people from outside my county in high school because I am related to almost everyone there.).
But yeah, I got the hell out as soon as I graduated high school. A lot of people there have no intention of ever leaving the state or seeing anything beyond their backyard the they’re totally content with that.
I love Shain and the crazy neighbor. I also love the guy who talked her down by telling her she was sexy.
Ana needs her own business so she can stay out of Cara’s. But Cara was wrong for having sexing in Ana’s bed. She could have at least told her so she could change the sheets.
It was hilarious when the girls were arguing and Shain said “Did Tyler take the chips” and the other friend said “that sucks for you.” They weren’t concerned about the girls at all. LOLOLOL
“holler” huh—we call that an apartment buidling where I’m from—lean out the door and yell and believe you will be heard. Heard, yelled back at and prolly cops called too. Good times……….
I think the Willy Wonka thing came in because in the movie (not the book, which is much better) the Oompa Loompa’s had orange hair like the next door neighbor lady.
This show was a little funny for about 5 minutes. Way too scripted. I’ll give it another shot…
EVERYTHING about this show tries too hard. Which makes it suck. Had high hopes but MTV has so staged this red neck exhibition that there is no depth whatsoever – not that I’m looking for any type of depth from any MTV program but this is thin even by those standards!
Attention seeking whore – check, angry white girl who likes to fight – check, redneck olympics check and on and on. Yawn Zzzzz
I am so over people have to jump up and down declaring what is portrayed is not real.
Agreed Labowner. Too me it’s all scripted. It just depends on what you want to believe is or is not scripted.
The “neighbor” was hired by MTV, visiting friends who lived in the neighborhood. The fight was scripted. Fact.
The “local club” is m0re than an hour away from Sissonville, in the city that is the home of Marshall University, and also the second largest city in the state.
Not everyone in West Virginia dates their cousins. I don’t like your snarky comments about that. It’s stereotypical and rude.
I’ve lived in West Virginia my entire life and have never gone “muddin’” or even been on an ATV.
Four of the girls went to high school in the richest part of the capital city.
As far as I know, all of (or at least most of) the girls are currently in college. They are not “just out of high school.” They have been out of high school for 3+ years.
Well…I like the West Virginia idiots much more than the Jersey Shore idiots…so far anyway.
Anna is in Cara’s business because she totes (oh yeah I said it, I’m hip & cool like that) has the hots for Tyler herself and is jealous!
I just watched a bunch of kids having some fun. Could have been filmed in almost any state.
I get wicked pissed when someone makes a comment about where I pahk my cah in Boston too! No jokes allowed! PISSSSAH!
I actually thought this show was funny.
Ashley hates Cara b/c Cara’s the slut which is why she had to ‘get away from the drama’ from the summer. No one’s buying that shit sister. Sorry.
The guys are hilarious…I grew up in GA and NH…we swam in our fair share of pick up trucks too AND went muddin AND played with Catepillar equipment. I also shot slugs from a .22 with my Dad when I was 6.
That’s hick. WICKED HICK, GUY!
I’ll give this show a shot. Same premis but different idiots to watch, why not? Better than a Kardashian.
The show actually stated that they were just out of high school or something along those lines. I don’t see why they want us to think they’re 18-19 rather than 21-22, which they obviously are.
I wonder why they had to go to Huntington to go to a club? Maybe none in Charleston would allow them to film? Regardless, they still live just outside a fairly large city.
Whoops that’s Anna jealous of Cara…and Cara did that on purpose, clearly.
Lady, why do you care so much? It’s a show on MTV.
Sorry….I thought this was a website to discuss and comment on tv shows.
I was just stating my opinions like everyone else. Didn’t mean to bother anyone.
Lady your opinions seem to have a personal anger/hurtfullness slant to them. Not sure why you feel the need to defend the State of West Virginia. Personally I think the crosses placed every place imaginable in the state is way more fucked up than Buckwild.
Not sure what you want them to do at Wal-Mart either. Is that a hang out place in WV?
I feel ya, Lady : ) I haven’t watched the show…..and probably won’t….but even though you don’t live in WV anymore you gotta speak for what goes on around there. I’ve been around MTV crews who were filimg a pilot for a realtiy show back in 2009, and I’ve seen how fake it all is.
About the bar thing, there’s this article (originially posted on Reality Blurred) which might explain it:
http://www.wvgazette.com/News/201212150134
I’m sure there are many bars in Charleston, but since this guy backed out at the last minute, they probably had to haul ass to Huntington (Plan B)
@Labowner why do you feel the need to comment on the comments? After reviewing this string it seems you had something to say about others comments more than just sharing your own opinions about the show.
Comments are like assholes – everybody’s got one. You have every right to disagree with anybody’s comment but it’s when you seem to interpret their feelings, thoughts and what their intentions are – it cross over from differing opinions to just being a bully.
Less attacking and more snark.
I’m sure your gonna let me have it as it seems to be your style so let ‘er rip.
Peace, Love and Television…..
Where do I rip people Considerthis? Please show me instances of my being a bully.
Well I sat down to watch this show expecting to be annoyed at how WV was portrayed. I’m not a WV native, but I’m a graduate of West Virginia University; and while WVU is 2 miles from PA (and not so far from where I grew up in PA either), I’ve encountered plenty of people like the ones I see on Buckwild. To my surprise, it was mildly entertaining. I mean, I like it more than Jersey Shore….in that at least I can relate. MTV is notorious for twisting the truth…and making them seem like something they aren’t. I mean I grew up watching The Real World – Miami. And then when I moved there 10 years later, my life was so completely different than anything I saw presented there.
While people may be annoyed by these Buckwild folks; the crazy thing is, I appreciate them because they are a lot more real….in comparison to what MTV usually creates. These people aren’t drop dead gorgeous, they are short, out of shape, and talk funny. Sort of like 75% of America! I don’t know, maybe it will get worse (I’ve only seen two episodes), but I don’t think the show is so horrible and it definitely doesn’t need for the Governor to ban it because it makes WV look bad.
@Annie, thanks for posting that article. I think I fell a little bit in love with that bar owner–he sounds so sweet.