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2012 endings: What we won't miss at all
Columnist Patt Morrison filled us in on "What she'll miss most" -- including Twinkies, author Ray Bradbury and David Beckham in shorts. Now, here's her list for what she won't miss.
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"Jersey Shore" the TV show
This poor excuse for a cartoon and great excuse for keeping fresh batteries in your channel changer managed to lower the bar on "reality" TV on MTV. It also boosted the fortunes of tanning bed and hair extension salons -- at the same time that it abased notions of "yute culcha" and did more to stereotype Italian Americans than all six seasons of "The Sopranos." Gov. Chris Christie was so offended by the show (and by so many non-New Jerseyans posing as same) that he vetoed a production tax credit for it. Although it's gone, "Jersey Shore," like a creature in a sci-fi movie, still has monstrous reality-show spawn gestating away somewhere in development ...
Above: "Jersey Shore" cast members attend a panel, "Love, Loss, (Gym, Tan) and Laundry: A Farewell to the Jersey Shore," in New York on Oct. 24. ALSO: What we will miss -- Jersey Shore, the actual place |
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LaLuna at 7:51 AM January 02, 2013
Too bad the Kartrashians aren't on this list. I'd be happy to never hear/see any of them again. Ever.
eek2424 at 7:47 AM January 02, 2013
The bad part is, this pig of a show has opened the gates for something 20 times as trashy to come out right behind it.
Dodgerblog at 11:01 PM January 01, 2013
Whats wrong with McKayla?
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