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MTV
Real World:
Real World Reviews
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BrianX
Magazine says: A
LOT of drama right from the start!
Rating: N/A
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Jennifer Grijalva
Brooke LaBarbera
J. Davis Mallory
Colie Edison |
Alex Smith
Tyrie Ballard
Stephen Nichols
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Review/Commentary
- The
season is only partially done and
there has been tons of drama! More
details soon.
- Two
African-American guys on the show at
the same time is a first.
- Given
that the last season never real went
anywhere, this is quite a change!
Items
of interest
- MTV
Real World Denver filming ended
September 2006 and began
airing in 2007.
- The
cast lives in the LoDo (Lower
Downtown) district.
- How
many of you thought about pretending
to be on the Real World while
partying? During the Denver season,
a fake film crew and phoney cast
members went clubbing and managed to
fool hundreds of people! Read
more here.
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BrianX
Magazine says: Nothing
really happened here.
Rating: 
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Cast |
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Janelle
Casanave
Jose Tapia
Tyler Duckworth
Svetlana Shusterman |
Zach
Mann
Paula Meronek
John Devenanzio
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Review/Commentary
- Overall,
this was a pretty boring season.
- I'll have
some more words of wisdom soon.
Items
of interest
- MTV
Real World Key West launched
February 2006.
- The
cast and crew had to keep moving
because of the hurricanes.
- MTV's
filming of Real World Key West
pissed off the neighbors who saw it
as a nuissance.
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BrianX
Magazine says: A
season with decent ups and downs.
Rating: 1/2
| The
Cast |
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Melinda
Stolp
Johanna Botta
Lacey Buehler
Danny Jamieson |
Nehemia
Clark
Rachel Moyal
Wes Bergmann |
Review/Commentary
- The
interplay between between Melinda
and Danny was one of the focal
points of the season.
- The
cast certainly did its share of
partying this season.
- Each
season the Real World casting agents
pick people an an attempt at trying
to find a certain chemistry among
the housemates. The Real World
Austin season had a good mix.
- About
Melinda... wow, can she ever look
bad?!
- Three
alcohol-related, police-involved,
events
- The
cast worked on a covering 2 bands at
the South by Southwest Music
Festival.
Items
of interest
- Melinda
and Danny are apparently really
engaged.
- There
was tons of off-camera end and
post-season drama... we need more!
- MTV
Real World Austin, Texas began
filming in early 2005
and premiered June 21, 2005.
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BrianX
Magazine says: This
season was ok although there wasn't much
drama
Rating:
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Cast |
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Shavonda Billingslea
Landon Lueck
William "Willie" Hernandez
Karamo Brown |
Melanie
Silcott
MJ Garrett
Sarah Burke
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Review/Commentary
- It's
great that Jon Bon Jovi was involved
in the playground project and kudos
to the MTV Real World Philadelphia
cast for building it.
- We
really see how parents can influence
their kids psychologically with
Sarah's mom being so mean. No wonder
she has eating disorder issues.
Still, Sarah is a sexy babe and
she's not fat, despite what her
mother says. Maybe her mother is
insecure that Sarah is so hot so she
puts her down to compensate. Who
knows?
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- MJ
hooked up with a girl he picked up
at a bar in the Real World house
closet. She wasn't
bad but I think it's hilarious that
she had the money to pay for the fake boobs which
got her the attention she wanted,
got her action on Real World, and then
she claims to have had no money for
a cab to get
home.
- Karamo
and that guy he was seeing... when
they were sitting outside the
house... perhaps bad editing but
what the hell was that all about?!
- Melanie
gets into trouble just for talking.
People should cut her some slack
because she means well but speaks
her mind. I have very high respect
for that.
- The
MTV Real World Philadelphia cast
works for the Philadelphia Soul Arena Football team.
- July
2004: More criminal activity, as in
the San Diego season... a barroom
brawl.
- May
2004: MTV Real World Philadelphia
seems to be causing a lot of heat in the
city. The police officer that was hired
to guard the house was beat up by 3
fellow police officers who were off-duty
but wanted to get in the house and on
the show. In fact many restaurants are
posting signs telling MTV Real World to come eat
there.
- March
2004: Bunim-Murray which is the
company that produces MTV Real World pulled out of Philadelphia
for season 15. Apparently there were
union issues related to the company's
hiring of non-union workers (who work
for much less $$) to renovate the living
space which was the former Seamen's Church Institute in Old
City. But by early April, an agreement
was reached and they are filming once
again.
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Items
of interest
- William Hernandez
played Hector Carrero
in the TV show Ghostwriter (early
1990s)
- Sarah
has breast implants and jokes about
how expensive they are! Maybe she'll
end up in Playboy!
- The
Real World Philadelphia house use to
be a Maritime Museum
Real
World 15 Cast Websites
- A
cyber squatting company appears to
have purchased the domains of the
cast members.
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MTV
Real
World 14: San Diego
(2004)
BrianX.com says: A
decent season with hotties and one
psychodrama queen.
Rating:
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Cast |
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Robin
Hibbard
Frankie Abernathy
Cameran Eubanks
Jamie Chung |
Randy Barry
Brad Fiorenza
Jacquese Smith
Charlie Dordevich (mid-season
newbie) |
Review/Commentary
This season
was turbulent for the first half and
then slowed down towards the end. The
cast works as the crew of sailboat for
tourists, which they don't enjoy. They
also took a trip to Greece which rocks.
Greece is just so awesome!
One
of the more interesting points of this
season was that Frankie, who is
diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, leaves
the show a few episodes before the end
of the season. She is replaced by
Charlie Dordevich, whose Real World San
Diego appearance seems like more of a
cameo than anything else.
Frankie
has a lot of growing up to do but that's
to be expected since she is kind of the
young, lost of the season. Jacquese and
Jamie are good people and it's a wonder
why they were picked for the show. Both
are pretty low key. Cameran is a super hot southern belle who
also does not engage in any
overly-exciting behaviors. Although she
is flirtatious and you gotta love how
she enthusiastically exclaims "Yes,
mother! I have a vibrator!" in a
proud admission about her sex toy!
In
one of the most popular episodes during
the RW San Diego seaon was when by fluke, Robin and Brad were arrested
on the same night in two unrelated incidents. Robin was
arrested for punching some guy who was
standing in line at a nightclub. It
turns out he was a marine and obviously did it to
show that he is Mr.-all-powerful and
won't be a pushed around by a Real
Worlder (or "Fake Worlder" as
he or his friend called it). Too bad he was too dumb to
realize that he would become the
laughing stock of the show. Dude, can
the jealousy and get a life. He claims
that Robin went back into the club and
scratched his neck (something that was
not shown on TV). Ok, enough
of that.
Items
of interest
- Jamie
Chung recently had some sexy poses
in Stuff Magazine - July 2004 issue.
They a did a feature on the girls of
reality TV, which also included the
incredibly cute Kendal Sheppard from
MTV Road Rules.
- Robin
worked as a barmaid at Coyote Ugly
in Florida before appearing on Real
World San Diego. She's just so hot...
and you have to admit her fake
breasts look great! Too
bad she whines so easily!
- MTV
commercials looking for cast members
aired in July 2003 and MTV
Real World Season 14: San Diego premiered
in January 2004
- The
cast took a trip to Mexico but it
wasn't shown during the regular
season.
Real
World San Diego Cast Websites
- Frankie Abernathy Website
(The site was taken down)
- Charlie
Dordevich Website (Crap site, never
updated, so it's gone)
Real
World San Diego Links
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MTV
Real World 13: Paris, France
(2003)
BrianX
Magazine says: Ok at best.
Rating: 1/2
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Cast |
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'Ace' Clyde Amerson
Adam King
'CT' Chris Tamburello
Leah Gillingwater |
Mallory Snyder
Christina Trainor
Simon Sherry-Wood
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Review/Commentary
As predicted by BrianX Magazine, this season
went back to being more what people
are used to, cutting down on the blatant
and rampant sex in MTV Real World Las
Vegas. This season is ok at best. It
went along slowly with nothing major
happening.
Well, aside from CT's
Valentine's Day lie which was pretty
dramatic! Ace and Mallory trying to
dodge the camera was funny in that we
see her true side come out. You gotta
love the ridiculousness of people
fighting it out to be on the show and
then trying to avoid the camera. That's the real world!
Adam
hooks up with quiet a few women.
He seems like an unlikely
candidate to be the season's
player but he does become just
that. Of course, when you have
TV cameras following you
everywhere you go, there are a
lot of women who suddenly become
interested, even if they
wouldn't have been under typical
circumstances.
Simon was almost never
around. CT has maaaajor anger management
and maturity issues. Mallory is cute and
it's too bad she didn't really
go anywhere in terms of
"character
development" if you can
call it that! Leah is also cute
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Items
of interest
- About
45,000 people applied to be on this
season
- The
Real World Paris house is actually
30 minutes away in a town called Le
Vesinet
- The
show began filming in January 2003
for about 4 months
- Leah
was a communications major at the
University of Maryland
- Mallory
turned down a full soccer
scholarship at Iowa State to be on
the show
- Adam
attended Stanford University
- Can
you believe that Ace's real name is
Clyde?!
- Inferno
update: Ace! What happened to you??
On the MTV Real World Road Rules
Challenge: The Inferno, Ace had to
compete one to one with the loser
going home. Ace stuck his head in an
aquarium full of bees and after
about .0002 seconds, he gave up and
ran into the resort's pool, leaving
the Road Rules challenger to win.
What the hell was that?!
Real
World Paris Cast Websites
- AceAmerson.com
(Apparently shut down)
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MTV
Real World 12: Las Vegas
(2002)
BrianX Magazine says: Season of
shallow people with weird names
Rating: ?/5
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Cast |
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Trishelle Canatella
Alton Williams
Arissa Hill
Brynn Smith |
Frank Roessler
Irulan Wilson
Steven Hill
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Review/Commentary
MTV Real World Las Vegas is very
different from what we are used to
seeing. I'm not overly impressed with
the characters this season. I get the
impression that the producers chose the
most shallow and apparently dumbest
people they could find. There are no gay
or lesbian people, although Trishelle
(wow! hottie!) appears ready to hook up with anyone.
Then again, everyone got action. I'll
add more details some other time. Well,
maybe. I didn't watch all that many
episodes this season since I didn't care
for the people at all. Maybe in an MTV
Real World Marathon, we'll see.
Items
of interest
- This
season was the most watched in MTV
Real World history
- Joining The Real World Los Angeles' Beth
Stolarczyk, The Real
World Miami's Flora
Alekseyeun, Road Rules Semester at Sea's Veronica Portillo
and Road Rules Quest's Jisela Delgado, who all posed for Playboy in May
2002, are Trishelle and Arissa. They
are in the
"Playboy: Girls of Reality
TV" DVD which went on sale in
October 2003. Click
here to check out Playboy: Girls of Reality TV
- You
have to admit that the shoots were
HOT! Great curves...
- The
Real World Las Vegas cast lived in a
suite in the Palms Hotel and Casino
Resort. Now that they have moved
out, the hotel charges $7,500 per
night to stay there. Britney Spears
has since stayed there.
- In
the Real World - Road Rules
Challenge, Trishelle fell off a bike
and down a hill. She looked pretty
bad, with bruises all over face.
- Trishelle
has become something of a celebrity,
having been on MTV Punk'd and the
MTV Extreme Challenge "The
Gauntlet". She was on the WB's Surreal Life
(another reality TV show) that
included porn star Ron Jeremy and Tracy
"bitchy brainless Baywatch
bimbo' Bingham, among
others.
- A couple of Trishelle's
quotes from the Surreal Life:
"Everyone in America thinks I'm
a total slut" and "I like
to drink a lot."
- Trishelle
on the MTV RW-RR Challenge had a fit
when she saw her ex-boyfriend, Mike
"The Miz" from Real World
10, go after other women at a
nightclub.
Real
World Las Vegas Cast Official Websites
- Trishelle's
official website:
TotallyTrishelle.com frequently had technical or
administrative issues and was taken
down.
- Arissa's
Website
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MTV
Real
World 11: Chicago
(2002)
BrianX
Magazine says:
Season of Goddesses and
Missed Opportunities
Rating: 1/2
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The Cast
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Aneesa Ferreira
Cara Nussbaum
Chris Beckman
Keri Evans |
Kyle Brandt
Theo Gantt
Tonya Cooley
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Review/Commentary
After
the pathetic 10th season, I think MTV
wanted to spice things up a little by
encouraging everyone to have sex - sex
books are all over the place, most of
the characters are very attractive, and,
well lets pause for a second... Keri
(far left on pic below) and Tonya (far
right on pic below) are just so
incredibly hot. If I had to pick one,
I'd choose Keri since she looks much
cooler than Tonya who's from Walla Walla
Washington making her naive to big city
living and the fact that she's so damn
whiney about everything. Ok, I know
she's ill but then stay home and don't
come on the show. Jesus H X! Actually,
the truth is that I felt for her the
entire season up until the very end
where she ADMITS to being a major liar and
telling people what they want to hear so
she can get what she wants. She's a
psycho! This season soooort of came
together in the end so I'll give this
cast a thumbs up. I think I'll add more
about this season as I reflect further
on it!...
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watched the reunion show in amazement as
Tonya revealed that she had broken up
with Justin. I know! I know! I can't
believe it either! She was a little
shaken up during this special episode
where the cast gets together and talks
about the show and answers the
audience's questions. She said that
seeing herself act as such a bitch made
her see that she needed to make changes
in her life. Another surprising move
that's probably doomed to failure is
that Keri is engaged... like, uh, say
what?! Finally, the cast tended to agree
that Cara was not in fact the ho that
MTV made her out to be. Seeing their
conviction, I believe it. |
The Real World You Never Saw:
Chicago
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Items
of Interest and Analysis
- In
December 2004, Tonya Cooley posed
nude in Playboy's Cybergirls which
is their online
edition. While many other MTV Real
World and MTV Road Rules cast
members have posed nude for Playboy,
Tonya's photo shoot was somewhat
different. First, it doesn't even
look like her! Next, she has breast
implants but it's not really evident
in these pictures. Finally, while
the photos themselves are taken by a
great photographer, Tonya isn't as
appealing in most of them as you
might expect. Perhaps knowing her
personality clouds one's judgment.
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figures that Tonya would pose for
Playboy. You have to really want
attention to be on one of these
reality shows and once the shows
end, everyone tries to get in a few
more minutes of fame, some by posing
nude. Tonya certainly fits into the
attention seeking-world.
- Kyle
is now on a soap opera and does
commercials
- On
the 2003 Real World Road Rules
Extreme Challenge: The Gauntlet,
Tonya showed us why people think she
is so screwed up, regardless of her
external beauty. First, she
mentioned during her season of RW
that she had breast implants. When
Matt (RW New Orleans) comments on
how young girls/women tend to get
breast implants for self-esteem
purposes. Tonya goes ape-shit on
him. The truth us Tonya likely fits
right in with the self-esteem issue
crowd. She was being an ass.
Secondly, we see how she is a major
attention-seeker and a liar. She
majorly hurt her leg in one of the
challenge episodes and loudly
announced to her teammates that she
would be out for the next little
while. This was done in order to get
as much attention as possible as the
poor sick girl. When it is suggested
that she go to fight in the gauntlet
match (where she could lose and be
sent home), she denies that her leg
is majorly injured. Here's the
take-home message: Beauty fades but
dumb is forever.
Real
World Chicago Cast Websites
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MTV
Real World 10: Back to New York (2001)
BrianX
Magazine says:
Season of some losers
and some kinda cool people
Rating:
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The Cast
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Coral Smith
Kevin Dunn
Lori Trespicio
Mike Mizanin |
Nicole Jackson
Rachel Braband
Malik Stevenson
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Review/Commentary
This
series began in June 2001 - right when I
left of Europe - arg! Nonetheless, I
managed to catch most of the season in
re-runs. Too bad. This season sucked.
Some of the people in this season are a
such losers. Mike, the token middle class
white guy, is the only person of
interest on here and the other cast members
harass him to death, forcing him
to fall apart during a call to a friend
at home where he says something like 'I
don't know what's wrong but I'm less
than zero here' and the chick on the
phone can't believe it.
Eventually
Mike and Coral make peace which goes a
long way toward saving any respect I had
for the season and post-season during
the Real World - Road Rules Extreme
Challenge where they team up. The blond
18 year old going on 12 was a total
waste. Malik seemed kinda cool with that
'fro and all but that never went
anywhere. The B C chick was ok although
her singing was great at some points and
not so great at others. Maybe she
couldn't really sing on a professional
level, but with practice who
knows....she'd probably be good. That other girl,
Nicole, was... ugh, I can't even comment - I
wouldn't know where to begin and I would
probably piss a lot of people off more
than I care to.
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were only 3 'events' that involved this
season that were meaningful. First, when
Malik goes on and on about how him and
Gisela (a chick he hooked up with from
Road Rules season 10, see Playboy pic
below) have a certain
connection and then she majorly disses
him and sleeps with a Road Rules buddy,
showing how she's a total psycho. The
second one wasn't even during the season
but rather during the Real World-Road
Rules Extreme Challenge when someone
comments about Mike/The 'Miz' (his
made-up wrestler alter-ego) and how the
Miz is really just Mike after he
swallows his own bathwater
(hilarious!!!!). And the third most
important event of this season was when
it ended, putting us out of our misery. |
The Real World You Never Saw:
Back To New York
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Items
of Interest
- Lori
was featured in Yoga Video
- Lori was seen making out with Kyle from
Real World 11: Chicago at the Whitehorse
Tavern in Boston. Someone reportedly took a picture and
Kyle gave her the finger! Nice guy that
Kyle...
- I
was at a bar in Boston a while back
and Lori was my waitress. I was
sitting in a booth with a friend of
mine from England who had never
heard of the Real World and as we
were ordering, I noticed that she
looked familiar. While ordering I
just blurted out "What's your
name?!". "Lori."
"Lori from Real World?"
"Yeah." At which point I
asked her a ton of questions. I
think she got annoyed. I promised
that I wouldn't reveal her
whereabouts.
- Lori
moved to LA in Sept 2003
Real
World Back to New York Cast Websites
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MTV
Real
World 9: New Orleans (2000)
BrianX
Magazine says:
Season of Character
Development
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The Cast
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Julie Stoffer
Jamie Murray
David Broom
Matt Smith |
Kelley
Limp
Danny Roberts
Melissa Howard
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Review/Commentary
This
is by FAR my favorite season/cast. The
entire season is interesting, has great
people, and the personality development
is truly what the show was intended to
be. It is a learning experience for all
and you get a real sense of the REAL
world. Even though David is the only
dork/trouble maker, you see how he is
working hard to get out of poverty and
is close with his mother which is very
respectable in its own right (and wow
can he sing!).
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the end of the show's season, Danny
was all
over the place as a representative of
gay people everywhere. He just seems
like a nice kid. Julie, the Mormon chick
from BYU put her schooling on the line
for the show and made it to Larry King!
She may cry every 2 seconds but she is
entertaining and definitely grows as a
person as she gets away from home and
sees the world. Matt
is kind of a strange mix between
punk, innocence and religion!
Kelley was probably on the show
least. |
The Real World You Never Saw: New
Orleans
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Items
of Interest
- In
May 2004, Kelley Limp got engaged to
Party of Five's Scott Wolf. So much
for the guy she fell for on
the show...
- If you only ever watch one season,
watch this one. It's the BEST.
- House address: 2618 St. Charles
Avenue
- Like
many Real World alum, Julie and
Melissa were giving talks about
their Real World experiences. It
turns out that Julie was badmouthing
Melissa so she could get gigs at
certain universities herself, and
after a huge blow out on Real
World/Road Rules Battle of the
Sexes, they don't speak to each
other.
- Danny
has been in just about every gay
magazine in existence
- Danny
was on an MTV show depicting his gay
relationship with Paul. It turns out
Paul comes from a military family
and was a high ranking officer which
was added pressure for him not to be
shown at the time. Well, now
everyone knows!
Real
World New Orleans Cast Websites
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MTV
Real World 8: Hawaii (1999)
BrianX
Magazine says:
No comment as yet
Rating: ditto
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Amaya
Brecher
Justin Deabler
Kaia Beck
Ruthie Alcaide |
Teck
Holmes
Matt Simon
Colin Mortenson
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Review/Commentary
I caught Real World marathon of this
season at my country house when
mainsteam Canada couldn't get it. This
season opened with Teck coming out of
the swimming pool in his birthday suit
to greet his new housemates and degraded
to Ruthie being sent to drug/alcohol re-hab.
The best part of this season for me was
Amaya for a number of reasons that I
won't share at this particular juncture.
Nonetheless, the season was
entertaining.
Items
of Interest
- Apparently
Ruthie lives in Brookline (Boston).
Friends and friends of friends of
mine claim to see her taking the T
regularly. The latest spotting was
December 2002.
- Teck
has been in other TV shows and
movies
- House
address: 3169 Diamond Head Road
- From
episodes of Road Rules - Real World
Extreme Challenge, Ruthie seems to
be quite the decent person
Real
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