'I fist pump and party with the best of 'em'

Oh “Jersey Shore,” you’re so bad that I love you. Seeing as how I watch every single TV show ever, it shouldn’t be a surprise that I’m obsessed with this awful reality show on MTV. For a show that’s received so many backlashes and for a cast that’s gotten so much hate, it’s no surprise that “Jersey Shore” was one of MTV’s highest watched shows ever.
When the commercials first aired for “Jersey Shore,” all I could ask was why anyone would want to watch some kid fist pumping with sweaty armpits, but of course my roommates and I had to watch the first episode and let me tell you, it was love at first sight.
This show is so bad that it’s awesome. Of course it’s trashy, completely and utterly not classy and sends out a bad message, but that’s truly what makes a reality show worth watching. My roommates and I laughed every other second at the stupidity that fell out of the cast’s mouths. The cast includes eight of the funniest people I’ve ever seen in my life. There’s Mike “The Situation,” Nicole “Snooki,” Jenni “JWOWW,” Pauly D, Vinny, Sammi “Sweetheart,” Ronnie and Angelina (she doesn’t count in my book since she left this masterpiece after the third episode).
In case you missed this fabulous show, here’s a recap of a few of my favorite lines. When Vinny caught pink eye, Pauly D claims he doesn’t know anything about pink eye but that “you can get it through the air.” When Ronnie goes to jail for knocking a kid out cold from just one punch, Snooki asks Sammi if they should call 911 to find out what jail Ronnie was brought to, to which Sammi replies “I don’t know, isn’t 911 for emergencies only?” See what I mean, MTV executives couldn’t even write this stuff, the dialogue is just that brilliant.
Even if you’ve never heard of “Jersey Shore,” or refused to watch the show, you’ve definitely heard of the “punch that was heard around the world.” Poor Snooki, the girl can probably qualify as a legitimate midget considering her height and was the only girl who kept getting into fist fights. While the cast was at a bar, some drunken man kept taking their shots and when Snooki confronted him, he punched her in the face. Although MTV originally showed the punch in the previews, so much controversy surrounded the fight that MTV felt it necessary to pull the punch from the show but aired the after effects. The man was identified and has since lost his job as a high school gym teacher.
The best part about “Jersey Shore” is that not one of the eight original cast mates is from New Jersey. Even better than that? Pauly D is from my hometown in Rhode Island. I drift from feeling brutally embarrassed to sometimes proud that a little guido from RI who spends 25 minutes a day on his “bulletproof” hair, now has this much popularity. All of the cast mates now get paid an immense amount of money (anywhere from $7,000-$10,000) for appearances at clubs and talk shows. The success of “Jersey Shore” has made MTV sign on the original cast for a second season with each of the cast members now making $10,000 per episode.