I voted for season 10, not because I ever watched it, because when I was a kid real world was boring, my jam was road rules, but because former WWE champ Mike "The Miz" Mizanin was on that season.

I miss the days when people older than 22 could be on the show. I'm sure I'll still watch bits of this if it's in Portland - might see people I know in the background - but it sure would be cooler if the cast wasn't comprised of children.

If they really want to make it real, they'll be unemployed.

I'd go NY and SF one and one-a, LA second and the underappreciated Boston as third best. Across the board I loved the Kevin Powell, Heather B, the southern girl and cheeseball-but-likeable Eric Nies ensemble better than the SF crew, but the SF show had the best human being ever to appear on the show (Pedro) and his story arc was truly affecting. The republican girl and Puck were awful but entertaining, yet I could never vote anything with Judd Winnick best.

My true story (true story!) involving the Seattle cast: I was living there at the time they were filming, and what I assume was an attempt to humanize, the producers brought them into volunteer at our AIDS non-profit for a few hours, with cameras of course. The footage never made the show because those revolting fucks groaned, bitched and groused the whole time they had to be there. For only 2 hours. At an AIDS non-profit.

So screw you if you vote for those petulant Seattle turds.

"Because not even Occupy Portland gives a shit about anything that happens past 82nd Ave."


Fuck you, Bobby, no really fuck you and fuck your stupid ass poll too!

Chico: As someone who until just very recently lived on 117th & Ankeny for 7 years, just a few blocks from 122nd & Burnside (and before that, an apartment complex on W. Powell in Gresham, and before that, an apartment complex on 162nd and SE Stark) - trust me: Hardly anybody in what Portland considers "Portland" gave a shit about us out there. They still don't.

I think the Mercury needs to offer a prize for the first person to bring back photos of the house in question. My money is on Washington High school (REALITY SHOW PITCH: 'Real World' meets 'Fear'; David Giuntoli hosts).

Is the Real World still the only reality show to produce a U.S. Congressman? (Sean Duffy (R-WI) from RW Boston who married Rachel from RW SF).

I loved the first season in NYC. They were older and more established in their careers, so it gave a better sense of who they were rather than watching a bunch of twats get drunk on camera for several hours. The SF season is also a favorite, especially because of Pedro. I bawled like a baby when he passed away.

Please put Michael Krupp in the house.

too bad the age cut off is 22... damosa would be quite the entertaining houseguest.

Joneser, poor Joneser. Judd is merely an assemblage of good-guy traits meant to make long-term relationship-obsessed girls swoon. Scratch the surface and you'll find nothing but a nefarious hack. HE'S THE WORST KIND OF MONSTER!

Hey Roscoe how about fuck you?

Bobby, why no love for RW: London? Remember when dude got his tongue half bit off? And someone sent him a pig heart for Valentine's Day?

London was clearly the best. Though Miami was hysterical.

Zed: London was mostly boring (I believe London & LA were the last two seasons to have anyone near or over 30 as part of the cast) aside from Neil getting his tongue bit off. That was also the season where a Portlander finally made it on the cast. He spent most of his time eating cereal and sleeping. Maybe the most deadweight castmember of any of the seasons. Which probably means he's the most mentally healthy of any Real World veteran.

The only other Portlander I can remember off the top of my head was Brynn from Las Vegas. She was the one known for hopping in a hot-tub with Trishelle and making out with her on the first night there.

Miami was great for the scene of Flora falling through a window trying to eavesdrop on two other castmembers boning, while Dan cackled like a madman at her.

...what?

Portland native and Grant High alum Jay Frank was on the London season. Pedro and Puck were the worst people ever on the show. I had my photo taken in the spot where David sissy-slapped Irene. The drunk girl on the Hawaii season looked alot like Tupac Shakur.

Key West is the last good season, I think we can all agree on THAT, but it's a crime against RW humanity to exclude Hawaii (that smarmy genius Justin! Amaya! Ruthie!) and London (I thought until last week Chris Hardwick was still dating Jacinda!).

Which is the one with the peanut butter? Real World was never the same after Peanutbuttergate.

I guess I should read the article.

In fact, everyone on season 3 except Mo was incredibly irritating. This was the first season that I noticed people playing to the cameras more. I did like it when they re-united the first 3 seasons and Heather B totally punked Kenny Anderson's wife from season 2.

Beck may want to recheck facts - unless there were more than one 'seasons' in a year, it started in '92.

They should live above the Red & Black. Either that or in the empty upstairs apartments and long-closed bar next door to the Oregon Theater on Division.

San Francisco was best. Though I had a certain affinity for London because I was basically unemployed and doing nothing while watching unemployed people do nothing.

After that, so far as I remember, is when they made them get fake jobs and reduced the maximum age to make sure that it was as annoying as possible.

I might watch it if it's in Portland. After all, there aren't that many episodes and I've watched a few episodes of Grimm. It can't be any worse than that. Right?


.....Right?

I didn't realize they were still doing this after Jersey Shore. I don't think anyone will care, except Portlanders, who will hate-watch it.

I remember The Stranger encouraging people to sabotage RW: Seattle. People would heckle the cast at nightclubs, etc.

The Mercury needs to add a prize for whoever photobombs them first.

Here's a thing, from last year's Fertile Ground festival:

LETTERS TO BRUCE - by Jay Frank
VENUE: Mezzanine, Gerding Theater at the Armory,128 NW 11th Ave, Portland OR 97209
DATE: Jan 28 @ 10pm
TICKETS: $10 – at the door, cash only

Playwright and performer Jay Frank returns to his hometown with “Letters to Bruce,” 17 years after drawing national acclaim for his one-man show “Bedroom,” written at the age of 17. “Letters to Bruce” explores the themes of fame, sickness, the elusiveness of history, and the intimacy of mentorship. At its heart is a “play within a play,” conjuring the mysteries and lies surrounding a murder and kidnapping of a century ago. Jay’s awards include the Presidential Scholar in the Arts Medal and the highest honor in Writing given by the National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts. “Bedroom” received a reading and exhibition in the Smithsonian Museum, while Jay remains best known for his time on MTV’s “The Real World – London.”

See what happens when Portland stops being polite,
AND STARTS GETTING REAL.