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5 Depressing Realities Behind Popular Reality TV Shows

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Les Jones

At Cracked. The saddest one was that so many people on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition wind up losing their new homes: One family, which had a new home specifically designed to help their developmentally challenged son, was forced to put … Continue reading →

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Dave Hester Alleges Fakery on a Reality TV Show, the Completely Naive Hardest Hit

Posted on December 12, 2012 by Les Jones

The Storage Wars celeb Dave “Yuuup” Hester filed a civil suit against Storage Wars producers and A&E. What’s his beef against them? Hester’s litigation papers not only set out his complaints and demands to be protected from lawsuits that could … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Reality TV

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Les Jones

I caught some reality TV shows over the holiday weekend. Gold Rush – about a bunch of guys prospecting for gold in Alaska – was pretty good. Fairly low on the drama llama quotient and with a decent amount of … Continue reading →

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Jesse James explains all reality TV celebrities, ever

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Les Jones

“They’re just kinda retards that got put on TV.” – Jesse James in a promo for American Chopper

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There’s a TV show called Jersey Shore. Have you heard of it?

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Les Jones

Sunday between Simpsons episodes I watched 30 minutes of Jersey Shore, with Snooki and The Situation. It’s a reality TV show about a bunch of twenty-somethings in Jersey. Somehow I thought it would be more contrived. Like there would be … Continue reading →

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