Newman Reviews MTV's Jersey Shore

Buried under a pile of used Hollywood Tans gift cards and empty whey protein powder jugs, there's something very interesting about MTV's new reality show Jersey Shore - and that is, the fact that it is completely, 100% accurate.

While I have only seen one episode so far from what I can gather the show will contain lots of drinking, fist-pumping and people being punched in the face (though to be fair, I can't tell if the punching in the face is actually just people walking into a fist-pump.) After the show aired, I knew it would not help our rep here in Jersey. It premiered right before we played West Virginia in football (and by "we" I mean Rutgers) and the insults their fans threw our way were obvious: "Hey, youz guyz going clubbing?" WVU fans shouted. (As a side-note: I am not even 100% sure this is an insult. No, I am not going clubbing? It's 10am and we're in a football stadium.) Any Jersey stereotype portrayed in Jersey Shore was ammunition for these two-toothed fans (Hey, it goes both ways.)

Do I like this situation? No. And, I don't like The Situation either for that matter - or anyone who refers to themselves in the third-person-nickname sense, but the fact of the matter is, Jersey Shore depicts exactly what happens in Jersey. Is this everybody in the state? Of course not. But, like all stereotypes, a group of people ends up representing an entire community. The truth is, you'll see guys resembling Sonic The Hedgehog with "Did you fall asleep in the tanning bed" girls at Jersey clubs.

So, while people from outside the state may make fun of us from Jersey because of this show, I say, just enjoy it. It's entertaining, and it's probably closer to reality TV than many reality shows out there. I've got it on my season pass. Now, who wants to go do Jager-bombs?