Ryan: (eavesdropping) Bleach? I think your family needs to die in a fire. Bleach has gotten to my brain? You would really say that?

Jemmye: Ryan, you and Preston need to work this out.

Ryan: Trailer trash!

I haven't seen this season but from the clips shown on other websites, Ryan deserves to be skewered. Sad to say but I gave up on this show about 10 seasons ago.

Ugh, it used to be so good.

It's sad that the old seasons aren't on DVD (thanks music licensing!), the old seasons are so far gone from what the show is now. I just imagine that The Real World went off the air in the early 2000s and what's on now is some cheap rip-off.

And do you remember that one documentary on MTV they did that started it all? It was different people, and only for a short time- maybe one night or a week? I can't remember.

Whether it was drunken Frankie shying from boats or searching for the moon or a barefooted Brad hitchiking home from jail, that shit was oh so very entertaining.

And don't forget Randy as the Mario Brother, or Boobin and her boobs! Ja and the jizm, and the rape. Oh the rape!

Best season eva.

Marked my TV Guide for tonight.

I stopped watching RW when the narcissistic behavior to stereotype/character study/fish out of water ratio shifted way to much to the former. Somehow I hoped this ep might give 3-5 minutes to the history of the city, from vanguard in the arsenal of democracy to the unique culture and character to Katrina and how the long suffering "Ain'ts" fans finally were cheering for a team that weren't ain't no more.

So what did we get? 3-5 minutes of self-absorbed drama, drinking and hooking up and me wishing more folks taking to the streets had vuvuzelas so even the closed captioning wasn't accurate.

Perhaps I'm misrecollecting the "golden age" of RW and how the city was the 8th roomate, but way to shit on New Orleans B-MP.

first of all, everybody knows about the Baccus parade. pretty much if you've heard they have parades, you know they do Baccus. so glom on to the fact that new orleans will push creative levels to where you get Barkus. this is exemplary of their unique culture- derivative of anything. there was also a shot of the jeanne d'arc statue. not quite sure if that scratches your city history itch. she never visited. i think it's a replica of the one on the place de la concorde in paris. the original joan was shown today on every lap of the final stage of the TDF. shiny!

the homosexuality and homophobia-- both in the bar and at their house-- is also a huge aspect to the culture. just another day in new orleans.

as for the football, i don't really think new orleans cares that they didn't used to be good. it's a city where flip cup and beer pong are probably much more important. sure, they threw parties, but they always do. i think showing the cast feeling comfy being #1 fans with face paint etc is a great representation. like st patricks, everyone was a saints fan that day. is drinking in the quarter and running out to the streets not enough of a display? what you saw is how it is for young visitors. the other version is huge vats of jambalaya in T-Bob's house, or the pirogue full of crawfish and boiled corn, but that's out in Metry and LaPlace, which are not photogenic. They were having parades every day, what more could they do to celebrate the Saints? the kids yelling who dat in the car pretty much covers it.

the one thing they didn't cover really well was the sex in the bathroom. what i mean is it seemed to be a upstairs in a french quatter apartment with balconies in a great spot. but it wasn't decorated-- so it wasn't like most of the fabulous balconies on parade routes. it seems like most of the trashy bars that have a balcony upstairs go through some trouble to give it atmosphere. but that place looked as if they just expected puke and looting, so kept it super simple and easy to clean. crying shame to waste such hot property.

the one sin this episode had was the subway sandwiches. if these kids aren't eating po boys, they must be getting the subway for free.