MTV's The Real World

My favorite T.V. show is the Real World on MTV.  This show is a reality show as the title infers and most people have heard of the show because it has been on air since 1992 and is usually popular with a younger audience.  The purpose of the show is to document six selected people that do not know each other before the show, as they are put in a house in a major city.  This situation usually creates a lot of drama that people can enjoy because most of the roommate’s time is spent in the enormous house without a T.V. or cell phones.   Their only means of communication is one telephone and one computer.  When the roommates are not in the room, they are usually out at bars, which also creates a lot of drama and entertainment for the viewers to enjoy.  Alcohol usually creates a lot of the unnecessary drama and I am sure it is provided by the producers and MTV to make the show more interesting. 

The reason I enjoy watching this show is because of all of the stupidity that is displayed.  It is very entertaining to watch these people make fools of themselves.  I think it is also entertaining because they choose people to create awkward situations.  For example, they will have a deeply religious person in the same house as a homosexual.  Most of the roommates have differing opinions which makes things interesting.  Another appealing aspect is that they usually choose attractive people.  Sometimes these people have relationships before they go on the show and they almost never succeed in making it the six months.

The Real World is currently in a season that takes place in Boston.  The roommates include: a Mormon, an African American conservative, an Iraq war veteran, a model, a dancer, a Latin homosexual, a transsexual, and another girl that does not have anything extraordinary other than a tattoo sleeve.  This is a very interesting combination of people and provides a lot of entertainment.  The four guys are constantly pulling pranks on the girls such as buying a rat and putting it in two of the girl’s beds.  There are a lot of conflicting interests and lifestyles that make this season very interesting to watch.  The show is on every Wednesday at 9 P.M. and you can start watching the show at anytime throughout the season since there is no plot.  I highly suggest watching this show for some good entertainment on a weekday. 

Corona Commercial

The commercial that sticks out in my mind is very simple.  It is an advertisement for Corona.  The commercial takes place on a beach, as most of them do, and all it is, is a Corona sitting, by itself, on a table in between two beach chairs, with a lime sticking out of the top.  There is no one around.  No one is even in the commercial.  This allows the person viewing the commercial to feel like they are actually there and it is their beer.  The creators of the commercial possibly wanted the viewer to think that having a Corona is the same feeling as sitting on the serene beach.  The commercial just gives a feeling of relaxation and serenity.  There is nothing that stands out, which in turn makes it stand out.  I remember seeing it the first time and being confused.  That’s why it stuck out in my mind; it was so simple that it was different from other commercials.  It most likely also stands out in my mind because I can relate to the feeling and emotion that the commercial is trying to evoke.  I go to Florida a few times a year, and it is very similar to the scene produced.  There is nothing but the sound of waves, seagulls, and pelicans with the exception of a few people walking or running by on the pure white sand.  This commercial does a good job of name recognition with the label displayed toward the camera and it seems to be a well made commercial, even though it is very simple, so people watching would recognize Corona as a high quality beer.  Although I am not of age yet, I can see how this commercial would make its viewers want to purchase this product.

I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

The book I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell is about an egocentric young guy that goes on drunken adventures and documents them as entertainment for everyone.  He started documenting these adventures on his website tuckermax.com and after he got so much publicity he wrote this book.  The man is completely utterly insane and yet I find myself unable to put the book down.  The book keeps the reader very interested in what moron things his friends and he will do next. 

            My best friend, Cameron, introduced me to this book while we were down at his Florida house over Christmas Break.  His older sister gave it to him.  She reads about a novel a day.  She basically reads like it’s her job, and she somehow heard about this guys website and book and decided to figure out what it was all about.  She read the book and for some reason thought that it was a good thing for her little brother to read.  I borrowed the book while we were down in Florida and I would read it anywhere I could, in the boat, on the dock, or on the beach.  I almost finished the book before the trip was over but when I got back to dreary Illinois, I saw that a revised and expanded version came out so I purchased the book for sixteen bucks at Barnes and Noble. 

            A quick overview of the book is that it’s about Tucker Max, a son of an incredibly wealthy attorney.  Tucker went to University of Chicago for undergraduate school and then to Duke Law School.  He is an insane genius.  After breezing his way through law school he realizes he hates law and loves writing.  This was after he started the website.  So now he makes millions of dollars by telling his drunken adventures of debauchery and promiscuousness.  I would highly recommend the book to any guy in college.  There is no way that you will not enjoy it.  The book is easily related to, either you will relate to it, or you will be able to relate a moron friend to it.