Bob Sambob

I'm pretty sure they only showed it on "The Shit They Should Have Shown."

Not to mention that "The Roadmaster" went on to become Dwight Schrute.

It's Juliet Litman doing the interviewing and it's a pretty straightforward interview.

"Real World: Hollywood" will be the next marathon ... not this weekend, but next.

"Real World: Denver" -- the season that gave my television genital herpes -- coming to MTV Classic on Oct. 22-23.

Buzzfeed has done an oral history of the Challenge. Some interesting stuff, indeed.

Does the special in question end with the Miz and Malik running down the beach and hugging each other? I haven't seen it in almost 14 years, but that's the one I was talking about.

I put together episode guides for all three BMP shows back around the time of the Real World Awards Bash in 2008, basically because I wanted to make sure I had collected all of the unofficial episodes and one-off specials on VHS tapes (back in the day, of course), because clip shows and reunions still very often get left off future DVD releases/iTunes/Amazon Prime (and, as we just found out with Key West, the marathons on MTV Classic). I used TV.com as a resource; the website has been revamped since then (some stuff is missing now), but it remains a pretty good resource. Anyway, I have two hook-up specials: One aired during RW Chicago around April 15 or 16, 2002, hosted by Syrus and Becky ("The Real World Hook-ups, Heartbreaks and Happily Ever Afters."). The other ("Real World/Road Rules: 19 Degrees of Reality TV Hookups") was hosted by Kevin and Malik of RW: Back to New York. This archived website lists the airdate as Feb. 14 or 15, 2003 -- which makes sense, re: Valentine's Day.

You'd think we'd get Seattle next since the new season about to premiere is also in Seattle.

Are the four states D.C., New England, Golden State, and East Carolina? They have sports teams! (tm Joey Tribianni)

I always remember the, I think, Civil War re-creation mission, where the Roadies got awakened at the buttcrack of dawn, and Effie just kept saying "I'm up ... I'm UP! OK?" like a little kid who doesn't want to go to school, and Timmy telling the guy running the mission, "Um, she's not fighting this war until she gets her coffee." Pretty funny.

It's been a long-ass time since someone referenced a BMP scene I don't remember. Christ, I NEED a RR: Europe marathon! There have been 31 seasons of "The Real World," there were 14 seasons of "Road Rules," and there have been 28 seasons of "The Challenge" (29 if you count the Spring Break Challenge, which I do, to a certain extent -- it's as much a Challenge season as "Road Rules All-Stars" was). That's close to 75 seasons of Bunim-Murray television content. And without questions, RR: Europe is by far the season I saw the least of. Back in the day, when they would show marathons all the friggin' time on MTV, this was the season that still rarely got shown. A marathon HAS to happen.

I doubt we'll ever get the casting specials. I'm pretty sure the casting specials were always made by MTV, while the show was produced by BMP and distributed by MTV.

Yes, I posted that. I'll be knocking out two of my personal long-lost seasons in one weekend. Depends on how you define "legacy" in this case. Kalle was on the first true Challenge, Jake was on the first true BOTSexes, then they moved on. And technically, RR Islands (and RW Boston) spawned the entire Challenge franchise with their two-episode crossover in Puerto Rico. They were the guinea pigs.

Yes, he's one of the people interviewed to replace Puck. Which means he's the one true Bunim-Murray godfather, if you will. Appeared on Real World in an organic way, inaugural Road Ruler, appeared on the first true RW/RR Challenge, hosted a Challenge, hosted the after-shows. He's done everything. The only person comparable is Eric Nies -- inaugural Real Worlder, competed on a Road Rules season (which is retroactively acknowledged as the first Challenge season), hosted a Challenge, competed in and won a Challenge season, co-hosted the 10th Anniversary Special.

I'm praying for a RR Europe marathon. I've been a pretty loyal RW/RR viewer from Day 1, but the seasons I know I still have huge gaps with are RW London, RR2, RR Europe, RR Down Under (I think), and RR Semester at Sea. Just how big of a gap, I'm not sure, but those are the BMP seasons I know there's episodes I've missed.

Real World: London marathon set for Sat. 9/3 Road Rules 2 marathon set for Sun. 9/4

Which proves that I invented a season in there somewhere. Pretty sure the two seasons I couldn't complete are actually the same season, and then I have the replacements mixed up between it and the X-Treme season.

OK, I'm going to do this again. Try to name as many cast members from memory before I run out of steam: Mark, Kit, Allison, Shelly, Los Timmy, Christian, Effie, Emily, Devin Chris, Michelle, Belou, Antoine, Patrice Kalle, Jake, Vince, Erika, Oscar Dan, Tara, Anne, Noah, Jon, Roni Chadwick, Piggy, Susie, Kefla, Shayne, Christina Josh, Abe, Brian, Holly, Sarah, Gladys Veronica, Pua, Ayanna, Pawel, Yes, Shawn James, Theo, Laterrian, Msaada, Kathryn, Holly(wick) Steve, Blair, Adam, Ellen, Sophia, Christena, Jisella (Katie) Darrell, Shane, Eric, Rachel, Kendal, Sarah (Raquel) Dave, Donell, Abram, Cara, Christena, Marybeth (Chris) (Tina) (Nick) Patrick, Derrick, Danny (Jeremy), Jodi, Kina (Angela), Ibis (Jillian) OK, this was much easier than I expected, right up until I got to the seasons where they deliberately started to make the missions impossible to finish, just so they could kick people off and introduce new cast members. In fact, as you can see, I'm pretty sure I'm inventing a season that didn't exist, and since I refuse to look it up, I'm stuck. I originally had Christena as a member of The Quest (I forgot Sophia with the Afro). And lastly, I left the Viewer's Revenge season off since it began with a cast of all-stars. The Pit Crew (a forgotten Challenge feeder system) is all that matters, and the only ones that really left a mark were Tori (obviously) and, I guess, Dan (who did a Challenge or two) and Derek (who might be best remembered as one of the guys TRYING to hold C.T. back when he was trying to eat Adam's brain). I think Lamonte and Angel both did at least one Challenge. David was the big oaf who got booted off the show for leaking info (remember, the show was in real time with a "Big Brother"-esque tape delay). Ivory was the one who wanted to hook up with Kina. After that, I remember two members of the Pit Crew who I always thought looked bred for the Challenge but probably never got an invite because they never got on the RV: Jerry and Kristen.

Instead of typing it all out, this is the description of the latest episode of Sarah and Susie's podcast:

Repeating myself here, since this appears to be the right thread for this now: RW: Los Angeles marathon set for Sat. 8/20 Road Rules 1 marathon set for Sun. 8/21 And now, RW: San Francisco marathon set for Sat. 8/27

Moved

OK, I'll bite ... I'm just gonna go from memory until I get a brain block: Eric, Julie, Kevin, Heather B., Norm, Becky, Andre Dom, Tami, Jon, Aaron, Beth, David (Glen), Irene (Beth A.) Rachel, Judd, Cory, Pedro, Pam, Mohammad, Puck (Jo) Mike, Jay, Kat, Jacinda, Sharon, Lars, Neil Sarah, Cynthia, Mike, Flora, Melissa, Mike, Dan Sean, Cyrus, Montana, Elka, Kameelah, Genesis, Jason David, Nate, Lindsey, Janet, Rebecca, Steven, Irene Teck, Ruthie, Matt, Kaia, Justin, Amaya, Colin Melissa, Danny, David, Jamie, Matt, Julie, Kelley Malik, Kevin, Mike, Coral, Lori, Nicole, Rachel Keri, Cara, Aneesa, Theo, Kyle, Chris, Tonya Frank, Steven, Alton, Irulan, Trishelle, Brynn, Arissa Adam, Ace, CT, Simon, Christina, Leah, Mallory Brad, Randy, Jacquese, Robin, Cameran, Jamie, Frankie (Charlie) Landon, MJ, Karamo, Willie, Sarah, Shavonda, Melanie Wes, Danny, Nehemiah, Rachel, Melinda, Johanna, ((alt-rock hairdresser with disabled boyfriend)) Zach, Johnny Bananas, Tyler, Jose, Svetlana, Paula, ((black chick that got shocked in the chair on the Challenge)) Colie, Jenn, Brooke, Tyrie, Steven, Davis, Alex Isaac, Cohutta, Dunbar, Kellyanne, Parisa, Shauvon, Trisha (Ashli) Joey, Will, Dave, Greg, Brianna, Kim, Sarah, ..., ((young black guy)), (Brittni) Ryan, Chet, Scott, ((gay guy that smashed the table, name is initials)), Sarah, Katelynn, Baya, Devon Bronne, CJ, Derek, Ayiiia, Emilee, Jasmine, Jonnae, Joey Andrew, Josh, Mike, Ty, Emily, Callie, Erika, Ashley Knight, Ryan, Preston, Eric, Ashlee, Jemmye, McKenzie, Sahar Leroy, Dustin, Mike Mike, Nany, Naomi, Heather, Adam (Cooke) Frank, Zach, Nate, Ashley, Sam, Priscilla, ((smart black girl that never did the Challenge ... Alex?)) Robb, Swift, Brandon, Trey, Marie, Laura, ((super cute black girl with lots of attitude)) Johnny, Jordan, Marlon, ..., Averey, Jessica, Joi (Nia) OK, I'm stopping here. This is where the gimmick seasons start and it's too hard to think of all the exes and skeletons right now. And I couldn't remember where the eight-member seasons both started and ended. Still have the first 13 seasons locked in my brain. No problem. Took me a while to remember Melanie's name (the little blonde that had scabies or whatever). The last girl from Austin ... I can see her goddamn face. It's driving me fucking nuts. Ugh, the Key West girl ... made the great faces when she was gettting shocked in the electric chair on the Challenge, turned up again on Hollywood and dated one of the cast member when he was on the show. Ugh. Started tripping up regularly around Hollywood ... still can't remember one of the original girls and the replacement guy. Trainwreck season ... that and D.C. had no real Challenge presence, so outta sight outta mind. The gay dude from Brooklyn, hooked up with Tyler on the Challenge ... I can see his goddamn face too. Goddammit! The San Diego chick ... I remember she rejected Frank. That's about it. I think it's Alex. The St. Thomas girl was besties with Marie. All I got. I can see her face clear as a bell. And I'm missing an original from Portland, don't know if it's a guy or a girl. That's when it's time to tap out ... I refuse to look these up. I bet I can do the full run of Road Rules, too.

No, Laguna Beach is next week. Real World is 8/20 ...that's in two weeks.