The Disaster You Hate to Love....But Can't Help Yourself

Think about the worst car crash you've ever seen...Good. Now take that mental image and combine it with alcohol, drama, sloppy drunk girls, drama, ridiculousness, corny pickup lines, hair product, spray tanner, gym, tan, and laundry and you still would not have all that MTVs Jersey Shore brings to its' addicted viewers every Thursday night.  Being extremely familiar with the area that this show takes place in, I'll be the first to tell you that not everyone creeps as hard as the Situation, funky chickens as hard as Ronnie, does their hair as hard as Pauly D, or works as hard at making a fool of themselves as Snooki does.  This combination of what should now be listed as somewhere between F and N-List celebrities has been bringing families around the TV for a third straight season.....OK, maybe not families as much as people who can't help but rubber neck as they drive past this seven car pile-up crammed into a house in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.  I'll admit that I am one of those people however, I am not a fan of how New Jersey is depicted on the show.  If people didn't already think New Jersey was a dump just from their experience on the New Jersey Turnpike or think it was full of rude, obnoxious people from watching the Sopranos or any mob movie, they absolutely should now.  While it makes for great TV, it is also hurting the already blemished reputation of New Jersey.  Yes, there are people in New Jersey like the Situation and Snooki, but not enough for the state to have a worldwide reputation of being "Ayo!" yelling, bat swinging wife beaters. Moral of the story, if you're not from New Jersey and meet someone from New Jersey, if they don't look like a fist pumping guido, don't ask them if they're a fist pumping guido.  Now excuse me while I go watch Jersey Shore.

--"The Dirtiest Player in the Game" The Nature Boy