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I think I read somewhere about someone adapting Michael Apted’s British film series into an American version, but I think also maybe we’ve already got something like it in “The Real World/Road Rules Challenge.”
The “Challenge” edition kicking off tonight, “The Gauntlet III,” features a whopping 32 MTV vets, including Beth Stolarcyzk, 23 when she was tapped for “The Real World: Los Angeles” and 38 now.
We also get to catch up with Brooke LaBarbera, the hot anxiety disorder girl from “Real World: Denver” whose clips proved so popular on the “The Soup” last year.
And C.T. Tamburello, of “Real World: Paris,” who got sent home in the opening epiosde of last year’s “Challenge” because of an impulsive decision to sock Brooke’s gay former roommate Davis Mallory in the yap. (One of the curious things about the MTV reality shows? You get kicked off the show if you pummel a castmate, but the infraction rarely prevents you from getting invited back to a different MTV show.)
I wish they’d bring back more personnel from the early ‘90s. Wouldn’t it be fun to see Julie Gentry or Becky Blasband or Dominic Griffin or Cory Murphy or Kat Ogden back in those safety harnesses? (Or even actress Jacinda Barrett, who doesn’t seem as busy as she was two years ago?)
Here’s who is coming back. Note how heavily the show tips toward the more recent casts. (And away from the “Road Rules” franchises, now that that show has essentially gone the way of “Remote Control” and “Liquid Television.”)
FROM THE REAL WORLD: LOS ANGELES (1993):
Beth Stolarcyzk
FROM ROAD RULES: THE QUEST (2001):
Katie Doyle
FROM THE REAL WORLD: NEW YORK II (2001):
Coral Smith
FROM THE REAL WORLD: LAS VEGAS (2002):
Frank Roessler
FROM THE REAL WORLD: PARIS (2003):
Adam King
C.T. Tamburello
FROM THE REAL WORLD: SAN DIEGO (2004):
Brad Fiorenza
Robin Hibbard
FROM ROAD RULES: X-TREME (2004):
Jillian Zoboroski
FROM THE REAL WORLD: AUSTIN (2005):
Johanna Botta
Nehemiah Clark
Danny Jamieson
Rachel Moyal
Melinda Stolp
FROM THE REAL WORLD: KEY WEST (2006):
Janelle Casanave
Johnny Devenanzio
Tyler Duckworth
Paula Walnuts Meronek
Zack Mann
FROM RW/RRC: FRESH MEAT (2006):
Eric Banks
Diem Brown
Casey Cooper
Ryan Kehoe
Kenny Santucci
Ev Smith
Evan Starkman
FROM THE REAL WORLD: DENVER (2006):
Tyrie Ballard
Brooke LaBarbera
Alex Smith
FROM ROAD RULES: VIEWER’S REVENGE (2007):
Tori Hall
Derek McCray
Angel Turlington
Be reminded of what they all look like here.
No Trishelle, no Genesis, no Irene, no Ruthie, no Teck, no Horny Mormon Julie, no Miz, no Lori, no Tonya, no Cara, no Arissa, no Irulan, no Alton, no Ace, no Mallory, no Cameran, no Jamie, no Wes, no Lacey, no Svetlana, no Cohutta, no Kelly Anne, no Ashli, no Dunbar, no Parisa.
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Fox cancelled O.J. Simpson’s “If I Did It” special a while ago, but it’s going full speed ahead tonight with the American version of “Moment Of Truth,” which was cancelled in Colombia after one contestant admitted during a taping that she hired somebody to kill her husband.
Apparently there’s a polygraph involved, but I’m told this show goes a little further than “Meet My Folks” did.
If you want to win half a million dollars, all you have to do is answer 21 questions in front of friends and family without lying. Some of the questions:
* Do you really care about the starving children in Africa?
* Is your spouse the best lover you ever had?
* Are you attracted to any of your partner’s friends?
* Do you think you’ll still be married to your husband five years from now?
* Is there a part of your husband’s body that repulses you?
* Have you been faithful to your girlfriend?
* Have you ever thought your boyfriend Jeff might be gay?
* Have you ever illegally smuggled something into this country?
The show’s lead-in is the nation’s longtime number-one series, “American Idol.” I know the Ain’t It Cool audience is much too evolved to indulge such a repulsive enterprise, but what of the “American Idol” viewers, who do not always switch off when Simon Cowell rudely ridicules human beings before a nationwide audience?
"Moment of Truth": 9 p.m. Wednesday. Fox.
"The Gauntlet III": 10 p.m. Wednesday. MTV.
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