Love it or hate it the second season of “Jersey Shore” will debut tonight on MTV and quoting the network’s web site….”the eight housemates are back for another season of GTL, fist-pumping and battling grenades.” For those of you who do not watch or follow, GTL stands for gym, tanning and laundry which sums up the complex lives of these eight talentless individuals who have managed to carve out a nice living by being in the right place at the right time. Of the eight, six are from New York one is from Rhode Island and only Sammi “Sweetheart” Giancola is from New Jersey….Hazlet to be exact.
I’m assuming there are quite a few of you who really don’t know much about this and frankly don’t care so this morning’s segment is your Readers Digest version of what this is all about. The reality TV show was filmed last August in Seaside Heights and frankly most people did not pay too much attention as cameras followed these eight people around the resort town. They lived and partied in a house near the boardwalk and actually had to work shifts in a t-shirt store, again often in relative obscurity.
However that all changed with the episodes began airing in December on MTV. Some Italian-American groups expressed outrage over the way the show was promoted and the use of the word Guido. Seaside Heights officials said they had no idea the show would cast a negative light on the town and proclaimed not to cooperate in the future. None of that mattered
as far as viewers were concerned because the show became a hit, the cast members instant celebrities and Seaside Heights became known across the country. By the way there were only 9 original episodes but they garnered plenty of attention…so much so that the house near the boardwalk has become a landmark and tourist attraction.
Earlier this year MTV announced that there would be a second season of “Jersey Shore” but it would originate from Miami Beach. Original plans called for 12 episodes with half of them taking place in South Florida and then the other half would be back in Seaside. By that point borough officials were back on board because they realized it just might be good for business.
Anyway it turns out that there was enough Miami footage to get a full season of episodes and they begin airing tonight. Meanwhile the cast is back at the summer house in Seaside Heights and filming has begun for next year and reportedly they have a new cast member who is from New Egypt which I guess is about as close to the Jersey Shore as they’ll get.
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