Real World: Hollywood

It's the Real World Hollywood, baby! We open up with dramatic music, shots of people like Hugh Hefner, and John Mayer...and then cut to a bunch of people screaming in their houses as they hear the news that they're going to be on the next season of the Real World! Everybody wants to be a star...

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How could they not cast a girl who dresses to match her couch?

We don't immediately go into any details about these peasants (keep reading to find out where the hell I came up with that one!), but we do for Greg, the internet winner. Did you know that one person got cast from internet voting? And it only takes three seconds of camera time with Greg for me to wonder who the fuck voted for him. Is it the same people who Danny and Melinda keep referring to as "fans"? He informs us straight away that America has chosen him because he is very attractive, a claim he backs up by rubbing Crisco all over his chest and then humping his way toward the camera in a pair of baggy white sweats. I don't know about the rest of you ladies, but I am super turned on. "I'm definitely going to try and sell myself while I'm here," he tells us. "Not like that," he adds, though quickly at the end.

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I'm keeping my receipt. I have a feeling I will be taking this back.

We hear a shrill blond girl tell us that she wants to be on TV. Then, an earnest looking brunette says that she aspires to be a journalist. An albino looking girl tells us she will be famous for her singing. One guy wants to be a high fashion model, one wants to be an actor, and the last one gives us "film production and / or acting." So, plain vanilla Real World pseudo-famous should be fine for him. What drives the dreadlocked dude is just his music. And then blondie tells us, "Bring it on Hollywood! I'm ready!"

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Not with that haircut you're not.

We see the intro, and then it's time for the sights and sounds of this years location, Hollywood! (California!) So we kick it off with sights of the ocean, which is nowhere near Hollywood. Oh, okay, now we're seeing freeway which is definitely Hollywood. Bumper to bumper? Dolls, we have arrived!

The first guy we meet is this year's big lug, named Joey, age 24, from Chicago. I shall call him Meathead. Meathead is in LA to become an actor. With his spiky hair and tough guy accent, it is clear that Meathead has been classically trained in the Stanislavski method, and will be pursuing work on Masterpiece Theater.

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Sense, Sensibility, and Lots o' Hair Product

Meathead knows that a lot of people move to LA to become actors, but he also has lots of confidence in himself, and a fabulously, articulate argument to anyone who thinks otherwise - "Fuck 'em." That's the spirit, tiger! Meathead's audition tape consisted of him pumping iron. He also gives us a tour of his diet, which is eggs, tuna and protein powder. What I'm loving about Meathead so far is that he seems so darn multi-dimensional.

The next person we meet dragging their suitcase along Sunset Plaza (ugh, how embarrassing) is Kimberly. Kimberly's twenty-four, from South Carolina, and wants to be an entertainment news reporter, she ticks off to us breathlessly. When did entertainment news reporter become a legit profession? Are they dissecting Star magazine in journalism school nowadays? Well, they should be!

Kimberly's cute from some angles, but overall she reminds me of Pumkin, that super skank who ran around naked all the time of Flavor of Love. Her dream job is to report on Lindsay Lohan's trips to jail. Dream big, sweetheart.

Meathead and Blondie meet up at Mel's Drive in - good down home cooking, but the least fabulous of all the locales on the Plaza. Like all Real Worlders in all cities before them, they are doomed to socialize only at the biggest tourist traps in town.

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Comments (22)

chickadee2586:

Stripper totally does look like an albino. Her hair is exactly the same color as her skin. Ew.

hollabackboy:

Greg probably was just brought in to be the villain. Trisha stirred so much shit last season, they probably wanted to make sure they had a trouble maker in the house. They say he was "picked online", but I really don't remember MTV advertising about picking a Real Worlder online. I think they just said that to create a division between him and the others from the start. I mean, you know how manipulative reality producers can be.

As for the other roommates :

Joey : Seems like a nice guy, with an apparently bad temper. He says in one episode he had a "problem" and I'm guessing it steroids (which may have caused his upcoming rage fits).

Blondie (can't remember her real name) : Not a huge fan of hers. I think the comment she made about Will she comes from the fact that she's ignorant and hasn't been around diverse people. She may not necessarily be a racist though.

Briana : She's alright. I'm not judging her based on her job, because that's kind of wrong. But her mentioning being in the "Top 45" on Idol was a little lame.

Will : Don't have a solid opinion on him yet. Although I did think it was wrong for him to judge Briana for being a stripper, at least he did apologize afterwards.


Sarah : Again, don't have a real opinion of her yet. She kind of reminds me of Sarah from Philadelphia (and not just cause of her name). Kind of random, and I'm not sure why, but she does.


Dave : Who? I don't really remember much about him, but he didn't get a lot of camera time. Hopefully he won't be the token "who's that?" roommate that get no camera time, because they are always just wastes of space.


Love or hate him, at least we can thank Greg for making this episode pretty interesting (or shall I say "prety" interesting). The personalities of the others didn't come through all the way, but it is only the first episode. Hopefully, this will be a more tolerable, enjoyable season than the annoying, childish "Sydney" season.

kelseym13:

good call on the blondie/pumpkin thing

hollagirl2:

just to claaaarify...
pretyboy was picked from an online contest regardless if you didnt know the contest was going on, doesnt mean it didnt exist...
the producers had nothing to do with it...
it was an mtv based contest. not a bunim-murray productions contest.

interesting recap... cant wait to see how the season progresses and if everyones lives up to their pegs.

kizik:

#2:

I don't know why you're being so nice. These people are your typical 20-something idiots. All of them, maaaybe except for Sarah and Will.

Blondie's comments, though probably inspired by pure naivete, made me want to strangle my TV. Greg's "peasant" comments left me aghast and disgusted.

Dave and Meathead are just so f*cking stupid it hurts.

blahblah:

Oh how I wish this were ANTM, because Briana (sp?) is in desperate need of a makeover episode.

To be continued...

blahblah:

I like Briana, although good call on her being a drama queen. She seems nice, though.

Funny how Will started out liking Ms. Albino then immediately switched to Sarah because he likes "the chase". So...because stripper = easy in Will's mind, he lost interest. When I first saw him, he was wearing biker shorts at the Real World Awards. Not cute. At all. But after watching this episode, I think he's a cutie. The hair gets in the way.

I started out thinking Prety was hot but...not so much anymore. Bad attitude destroyed his hotness for me. He's a total actor. The bored disinterested look is such a pose.

Sarah's ignorant and boring. Ditto Blondie (what's her name again?) and Dave.

Joey's a sweetheart who needs to cut back on the steroids..er..I mean protein shakes, yea that's it.

CB, your judgmental recaps are still annoying but at least you don't have Parisa around anymore for the cheap go-to punchline.

MichyPr:

"he's outside talking to the Stripper and Goody about how Prety's no tough guy, and better not talk shit to him cause he comes from a house where he got beat up every day. Oh, was he living with the Stripper? "- LMAO I loved it. Great recap CB :)

I think all the male roommates are cute, the only thing I didn't like about Joey were his ears and that he kind of reminds me of Dopey from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Greg is f*cking hot!!! and so is Dave IMO. Don't really like any of the girls, maybe what's her face Blondie. Briana is ugly and looks skanky, also what's up with her wardrobe? She went clubbing in those jeans and flip flops? WTF? ugh she's a mess. Anyways, this season looks promising,, let's hope for the best.

HereKittyKitty:

Blahblah, I second the comment about CB's recaps, but I am still 100% ready to give her a second chance this season because her recaps are still hella funny. This sounds really crazy, but I feel like you hate brunette's CB? First Parisa, and now Sarah? Maybe I'm crazy, but again I'm totally willing to give these recaps a second chance.

Greg is really annoying, but I agree with CB about him doing it for attention and it working.

Will is really hot, and that music producer thing is a lot more realistic than the normal "I want to be an actor" bullshit the rest of them have going for them.

I liked Sarah initially, but I'm not sure anymore.

Male and female Blondie are both just blah.

Joey... roid rage might be interesting to see on TV? Beyond that, they could have picked a cuter meathead.

I'm not judging Stripper because she's an "exotic dancer", I'm judging her because she seems like an abusive, attention seeking ho. She seems nice despite her orange weave though.

lovepr:

What's with guys on reality tv and their wierd names for people?

Raheim on Paradise Hotel had his "government" and he was "secretary of defense", Bobby on Hell's Kitchen is a "four star general" or something stupid like that, and now Greg with his "associates" and "peasants". It's getting really annoying...why can't they just say people??

chickadee2586:

ChickBomb, I just wanted to say the I LOVE your recaps. I don't know why haters even bother posting. You're my favorite TVgasm recapper.

nflow:

for the record, Briana's hair is not a weave it's BRAIDS.

plus, I think she is going to make the season interesting

leslie_pcc:

Weave or not, her hair still looks like plastic and matches her skin. I'm not saying that makes her a bad person or anything, but come on...don't strippers make good money? She should try spending some on a good colorist.

VegasDarling:

I love when people complain about a recapper being judgmental yet post quite a few paragraphs of their own judgments...hello irony!

And the Pumkin/Briana comparison is one of the most accurate observations ever. All these girls belong on Flavor of Love, and the guys (especially PretyBoy) should be on I Love NY.

HollaBackBoy - I was totally thinking the same thing about Meathead and the steroid thing too! I have a feeling A Very Special Episode About the Dangers of Steroids is coming up.

bulletproofheart:

" really don't remember MTV advertising about picking a Real Worlder online"

IS THAT POSSIBLE? MTV advertised it to death. They did special showing who was "in the lead," and everybody was a douchebag.

naijababe623:

"i shall cut them with my plastic rolex" LOL

p.s. loved the justin bobby quote.

hollabackboy:

I guess you guys are right. Maybe I'm just a conspiracy theorist. :]

But I honestly don't remember that contest being advertised, so I thought it was kind of suspicious. Because everything is not always exactly what it seems on reality tv

wormfood33:

anyone else think that dave looks exactly like wes, who looks exactly like abram? i know real world casts for stereotypes, but could we at least get some that don't look like long lost triplets?

chelle:

Looking forward to an entire season of judgemental hilarious bitchyness, Chickbomb, off to a fantastic start!

I don't remember all the advertising either, but will definitely take everyone's word for it! :)

biji:

The stripper does look like an albino....can we name her Albina for the rest of the season? LOL

biji:

Stripper does look like an albino. That was my very first thought and thats all I call her. Albina should be her name!

preppyboy:

she looks like an albino because she is albino. When black people are albino they dont look as white as white albino people. Her skin is more yellowish white. And not all albino people have red eyes.

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