Jersey Shore - General Discussion

[Ss55]

I may be in the minority but Mike just cracks me up - both back in 2013 and now in 2024. Same with Snooki. I find these fools entertaining and I love that they have somewhat matured into responsible parents. Where is Snooki’s shore house located?

edit: never mind I just read her house is in Toms River 

Edited March 16 by Ss55

[Artsda]

So Angelina engaged, talking to ex and guy she cheated on ex with and sliding into married men's DMS?

She should take some responsibility get help and take time off the show like Ron has. They obsession with her jealousy of Sam is horrible. 

Sam had a house before, her contract wasn't signed with Angelina.  The show a d network wanted her back for years and tried.  Angelina would not be there had Sam said yes so maybe she should be bowing down to her. 

 

Edited March 16 by Artsda

[Blondie]

So refreshing to have an episode without the toddler!  Didn't miss her  one bit.  

I think they would have a fantastic time if she just stayed absent.   

Deena looks good in her glasses.

[Kathy]

Yes, it definitely was more peaceful without Angelina.  I definitely could use a vacation without her.

[aghst]

It just started.  Ron arrived for the Nashville weekend.  Angelina may yet show up.

The flights were arranged for them, all business or first class, they got chauffeured to the airport.

They could have arranged for Angelina to arrive separately.

Sammi is going to navigate.  Of course she is, she signed up for it when she signed the contacts to come back to the show.

Snookie said more than once that they should give Ron a second chance, as they did with Mike.  I don’t recall the first season.  Didn’t seem to take long for them to accept that Mike had changed.  First, there was no drama that he’d be with them all the time.  It was only a question of whether it was going to be the same dynamic, with them all snarking on him given his past.  They joked that he was the Incarceration.  But he won them over, showed that he had changed.

[snarts]

Mike was already sober when they started filming Family Vacation. He's been sober since 2015 and the show came back in 2018.  While we watched the legal ramifications of his issues play out on the show, personally, he was already in a good place and the roomies could see he was a changed man.

Contrast that Ron whose issues really began in 2018, right when the show started filming (although one could certainly argue he's had issues for much longer). He was arrested in 2019 for assaulting his baby mama, then again in 2021 for assaulting his new girlfriend. Not to mention his substance abuse issues that may or may not still be ongoing.

I'm not saying Ron doesn't deserve another chance from the roomies but he really hasn't addressed his issues head-on like Mike did. To me, it's apparent watching the show, that Mike's a good guy at heart and acted like an asshole due to the drugs/alcohol. Whereas, not clear yet whether Ron's an angry abusive asshole even when sober. 

[Blondie]

Mike raiding the pantry at the girls rental was a typical  big brother move.   Ha ha ha.  

I really  enjoy the  drama free scenes.   I don't  miss the  screaching and  theatrics Angela brings to the mix.  Everyone else has grown up and matured. 

[Artsda]

I was enjoying Nashville and Pauly without Angelina.

[aghst]

Snookie started online and the. Went brick and mortar?  So any level of TV fame and you can make money from peddling tacky junk, like Kristin Cavalieri trying to get her name out there.

Vinny wants to refrain from porn in case he meets his “gal” soon.

Pauly is gossiping to the AC repair man.  Does he not talk to Nikki any more?  And a neck pillow?  He’s flying commercial?  He’s not flying first class?

Guido and country music culture would seem to be a bad fit.  Why would people going to Nashville buy JS paraphernalia.

But this whole QVC and sales of reality show merchandise are baffling.  Anyone regularly on TV can get millions of followers and use that to hawk crap.  Like Craig from Southern Charm with the dumb pillows.

The appetite for kitschy Americana is immense.  Speaking of kitsch, they think the jacket Mike was wearing with the tassels hanging from the sleeves was stylish?

Maybe guido and country western does mix.

They go to an old movie theater whose name is spelled like one of the senators from Arizona, not the former astronaut guy, the other one.  Semi-literacy is cool!

Deena and Nicole should get higher salaries than the rest because they’re willing to get loaded and give them more footage of drunken antics than the rest of them.

Sammi cutting Vinny down to size was good.

So much buildup for the arrivals.  What made JS work was how spontaneous the cast was, so that it came across as unscripted compared to other reality shows.

 

 

[Blondie]

I kind of questioned if Mike's jacket was more feminine than masculine  but didn't want to  offend anyone. 

[Artsda]

15 minutes ago, aghst said:

Pauly is gossiping to the AC repair man.  Does he not talk to Nikki any more?  

I think she was done with being on camera after the Angelina wine situation.  So she wouldn't be doing the skit about the gossip. 

[JenLily]

This was an utter waste of an episode. Just an hour-long commercial for Uncommon James, Daniel Diamond and Snooki's shop. If you're going to force Sammi (and your viewers) to deal with Ronnie, just bring him on the show and get on with it already.

[RealHousewife]

2 hours ago, JenLily said:

This was an utter waste of an episode. Just an hour-long commercial for Uncommon James, Daniel Diamond and Snooki's shop. If you're going to force Sammi (and your viewers) to deal with Ronnie, just bring him on the show and get on with it already.

Seriously, how long are they going to tease Ron showing up?

[Artsda]

Sammi is engaged.

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/C5PcdojtXgr/?igsh=MWZudTV2czA4bzBm

 

[TattleTeeny]

On 3/29/2024 at 10:52 PM, aghst said:

Guido and country music culture would seem to be a bad fit.  Why would people going to Nashville buy JS paraphernalia.

 

I don't know anything about it, but I feel like people in Nashville (and wherever else that isn't NJ) might appreciate JS merch more than people who actually live here?

Edited April 4 by TattleTeeny

[Artsda]

All that build up for that? I thought they'd talk but I don't blame Sam for not wanting that.  The abuse we saw, plus didn't see isn't going to go away. 

Still Angelina being psycho to watch.  

[Blondie]

2 hours ago, Artsda said:

All that build up for that? I thought they'd talk but I don't blame Sam for not wanting that.  The abuse we saw, plus didn't see isn't going to go away. 

Still Angelina being psycho to watch.  

She's like a volcano.   She'll erupt.   The nasty little  comments she makes are idiotic.  The guys are on to her now.   I  think  Mike is the only one who has the nerve to discuss it with her.   I hope Ronnie does though.   He already has her number.

[aghst]

8 hours ago, Artsda said:

All that build up for that? I thought they'd talk but I don't blame Sam for not wanting that.  The abuse we saw, plus didn't see isn't going to go away. 

Still Angelina being psycho to watch.  

Mike observed that Sam being silent and not looking at him indicates there's some emotions there.  Did he say hate, love, indifference?

I can see the first two but not indifference.

That's what Sam is trying to project, that she's moved on, she's in a good place in her life.

But is it denial or repressing something.

Fact that Vinny mentioned the note and that ticked her off suggests something is going on.

I don't think she still has feelings for Ron but her trying to play it off like she has no emotions for him may be denial too.

She thought she was ready for it, that she could coexist with him within the big group.  But it's not so easy if she shuts down almost completely while he's around.

Maybe she'll argue with Angelina so she doesn't have to think about it, though all the roomies are poking, saying "awkward" every few minutes.

[thesupremediva1]

Angelina's delusion is strong.

"Sam's Back" was a year-long campaign because Sam needs to make a name for herself. Angelina herself singlehandedly brought Sam into the house. Sure Jan.

I honestly can't believe the gall of her to say that SHE MADE SAM THE MONEY THAT BOUGHT HER A HOUSE. What an absolute twit. She's embarrassing herself, not Sam.

She must be paid to act this way and keep drama rolling, because the show would be canceled otherwise. Sam gave ZERO to the Ron encounter drama that they were hoping for. Without Vinny hamfistedly working overtime to make it awkward for cameras, it wouldn't even have been worth a teaser.

Big ol' nothingburger of a trip.

[Blondie]

Ha ha ha!  Even Ronnie  has Angela's victimhood figured out.  She. Is. A. Toddler.

Please don't renew her contract. 

[Kathy]

Angelina tires and stresses me out just watching her.

[Artsda]

She's not even entertaining to watch. She's the most favorite? Sure.

She needs to be gone. 

[aghst]

They stretched out a spicy chicken eating contest over two episodes.

Obviously they are struggling to have something interesting happen.

They did an abbreviated GTL but they can't keep going to the well on that too much.  The guys are all in their mid 30s, most of them with parental duties and all rich so they can afford other types of diversions.

It was a nice gimmick in the OG show but they're reaching deep to resurrect pieces of guido lore.

So it's not surprising that they are encouraging this "feud."  Sammi doesn't seem to have the heart to act like a 20-something guidette, wagging her fingers in another guidette's face, swinging wildly at them.

She said a few episodes ago, "stop it, I'm a 36-year old woman" like she can't be acting like a kid any more.

Angelina knows that the only kind of personality she can bring to this is the parody of her resentful young self.

Producers like it because look at the footage they feature the most on this show now, always Angelina's beef of the moment.

Ratings must be good enough for them to keep featuring the same kind of drama over and over again.

Also good enough to give all of them except Pauly a very good upper middle class or better lifestyle.

But Pauly probably gets more bookings because of the show.  Or else he makes so much from his gigs that he wouldn't have to bother to keep doing the show.

[snarts]

I enjoy when they show glimpses of their every day lives and travel together as a group to random places like the cornhole tournament or the Poconos. When it's good, the show's like catching up with old friends.

I don't enjoy the contrived drama, the awkward pranks and nearly everything about Angelina. Vinny also gets on my nerves. At heart, he's just not a nice person and his moodiness brings down the group vibe. 

[Artsda]

10 hours ago, aghst said:

But Pauly probably gets more bookings because of the show.  Or else he makes so much from his gigs that he wouldn't have to bother to keep doing the show.

I don't think he needs the show, that's why he's barely around or shows up for one day and leaves for a gig. He has a contract residency with  MGM, Marquis, part of Tao at multiple places.

I think they need him. 

Edited April 21 by Artsda

[Blondie]

First of all,   why did Angela have the need to DM a bunch of the players?  (She's  supposed to be  engaged)  you  don't contact  random men like that unless you are  desperate for attention.   

Then she should have apologized to his wife.   But she didn't care cause she never admits to doing anything wrong.   

Which brings me to  her reaction to the  tik tok video.   Had she an ounce of humor, self realization that she screwed up, and pulled that stick out of her backside she would have gotten a  kick out of it.  But nooooo.    She runs her foul mouth, blows it out proportion and  once again  goes into  fight mode.  After all  she's a victim and the  star of the show.  

Nothing  nice and  supporting EVER comes out of her trash mouth.   Yet everyone is  supposed to be  supportive of her.   

She always has to bring the  drama.   Grow up already. And if she can't she needs to leave.

 

I can't wait to see Mike blow up next week.   

[thesupremediva1]

47 minutes ago, Blondie said:

First of all,   why did Angela have the need to DM a bunch of the players?  (She's  supposed to be  engaged)  you  don't contact  random men like that unless you are  desperate for attention.   

Then she should have apologized to his wife.   But she didn't care cause she never admits to doing anything wrong.   

Which brings me to  her reaction to the  tik tok video.   Had she an ounce of humor, self realization that she screwed up, and pulled that stick out of her backside she would have gotten a  kick out of it.  But nooooo.    She runs her foul mouth, blows it out proportion and  once again  goes into  fight mode.  After all  she's a victim and the  star of the show.  

Nothing  nice and  supporting EVER comes out of her trash mouth.   Yet everyone is  supposed to be  supportive of her.   

She always has to bring the  drama.   Grow up already. And if she can't she needs to leave.

 

I can't wait to see Mike blow up next week.   

She’s either truly delusional or the best producer plant of all time. 
 

[Artsda]

Surprised Mike is so angry next week. He hasn't gotten like that in a long time. 

After all Angelina has done, the ex husband talking to and wanting a baby with her, the ex she treated him on Obret or what ever his name is,  DMing married men.  Plus her calling the cops on him and all badly she's spoken about 2.0 he's still around why?  Bringing him on vacation. 

Angelina has major problems and Sam speaks like she got a lot of therapy and doesn't tolerate her behaviour.