Top 5 Real World moments?

[PeppyGPhiB]

So, I was just reading about how Stephen from the Seattle season of MTV's Real World finally came "out," and I couldn't help but go back in time and remember his infamous SLAP.

It got me to thinking (again) about how good the Real World used to be.
Remember when Beth, Cyrus, Eric, David and Coral lived in the Real World house - not just Challenge shows?

What are your "top" moments from the show?

Here's a few of my favorite moments to get us started:

5. London: Neil gets his tongue practically bitten off while performing on stage with his band.

4. L.A.: Aaron makes a big deal about how he'd never pose for any cheesy calendar...then his roommates discover he once posed for a "Men of UCLA" or similar calendar. They blanket the house and outdoors with his photo spread.

3. San Francisco: Pedro's and Sean's committment ceremony.

2. Seattle: Irene "outs" Stephen while exiting the house for the last time, which prompts him to uncover the stuffed animal he's taken from her and throw it into Puget Sound...then of course he runs after her car, opens the passenger side door, and slaps her in the face.

1. Miami: The shower scene when Flora, Dan and Sarah are eavesdropping on Mike, Melissa and the bartender in the shower. Flora tries to climb through the tiny bathroom window and gets stuck halfway.

ETA: OK, I just gotta' add, check out how much more mature everyone seems (compared to recent casts) in just part of this episode from the L.A. season: http://youtube.com/watch?v=aKEO9E-9tnA

[PM_Mama00]

Season 1 NY... Heather B was walking the dog and the dog took off, she tripped and fell and Julie was cracking up. I always remember that.

[Sister Havana]

NY Season 1: After Becky, Heather, and Julie got the letter informing them that they were going to Jamaica, Heather and Julie called random people out of the phone book to tell them they were going to Jamaica.
Also, the joke the other six played on Kevin when they all switched personalities: Julie was the slut, Andre was the country boy, Norman the kleptomaniac hippie, Eric pretended to be gay.

Miami: The Dan/Melissa fight. "Was it yours to open up you stupid bitch?" "DON'T EVER CALL ME A BITCH!"

Boston: Montana/Vaj breakup phone call. "WHORE WHORE WHORE!"

Seattle: The David/Kira drama, including the big meltdown in the car.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

NY Season 1: After Becky, Heather, and Julie got the letter informing them that they were going to Jamaica, Heather and Julie called random people out of the phone book to tell them they were going to Jamaica.
Also, the joke the other six played on Kevin when they all switched personalities: Julie was the slut, Andre was the country boy, Norman the kleptomaniac hippie, Eric pretended to be gay.

Miami: The Dan/Melissa fight. "Was it yours to open up you stupid bitch?" "DON'T EVER CALL ME A BITCH!"

Boston: Montana/Vaj breakup phone call. "WHORE WHORE WHORE!"

Seattle: The David/Kira drama, including the big meltdown in the car.

YES!!!!! All those, but especially David/Kira!

[Munchkin03]

See, this is the REAL Real World. I stopped watching halfway through Hawaii. Each number corresponds to a season on the show:

1. Heather B: "I got my towels from the JCPenney Collection and Eric DIDN'T!"

2. "It wasn't not funny!" I couldn't otherwise stand Tami (the world's only homophobic AIDS worker), but this was FUNNY.

3. Rachel's MOM! That woman cracked my isht up. "Racial, you got a tattoo? You low class, low income, you name it."

4. Remember when Neil's girlfriend gave him the pig's heart with a nail in it?

5. Dan and Melissa's fight was hilarious. Another bird I couldn't stand.

6. Eh, Boston was kind of boring.

7. Seattle? I have to say it was the "SLAP!" heard round the world.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

1. Heather B: "I got my towels from the JCPenney Collection and Eric DIDN'T!"

I don't know why this is so freaking funny, but it is.

Re Boston: How could you forget Vaj calling Montana when he found out she slept with someone else? "WHOOORRRRRE!!!!!" If that was offered as a ringtone, I would so buy it.

[Senusret I]

I cosign on every one of those!

I'd like to add my favorites from the early years:

1) Julie and Kevin's epic race war!

2) Tami telling David "It wasn't not funny!"

3) When Norman dated Charles Perez!

4) When Kameelah hung out with the AKAs and Alphas in Boston! She strolled, too!

5) When Dan called Melissa a stupid b.......

[nittanyalum]

Yeah, I'm all about The Real World: The Early Years, too. It was a much different show, IMO. Now every season it just seems an effort to one-up the last season in amount of alcohol ingested, random hook-ups, fights and cursing. The first couple seasons seemed so tame in comparison, but in some ways it was more interesting because you got to know them more as people and how they were really relating, not just all their screaming and slutting and slurring. I think the Vegas season was the beginning of the end that turned the series into what it is today. They also tackled/allowed some braver issues in those early years too, it seems like. So here are some things I remember after co-signing everything that's already been said above:

1. Season one, Julie joking that Heather might be a drug dealer because she had a pager.
2. Season one, they went to the pro-choice rally in D.C.
3. Season one, Julie spent the night with the homeless.
4. Season two, Tami getting an abortion.
5. Season two, the first roommate "kick-off", David.
6. Seattle, Puck with his fingers in the peanut butter -- eww! (well, Puck himself, EW)
7. Seattle, Pedro.
8. San Diego, the rumored rape (http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/...ory.php?s=2035) that the show basically ignored
9. Hawaii, Ruthie driving drunk.
10. Boston, the David/Kira thing was epic in the car, she actually lost her job over that relationship, but she wasn't the first -- remember the director from the first season that hooked up with Becky on their trip to the Bahamas? I think he chose the nookie over his job too.

[ComradesTrue]

^^^ I had totally forgotten about Julie thinking Heather was a drug dealer! Yes, very funny.

I remember the Seattle cast... one of the VMI guys (not the one with Kira) had a girlfriend that was sooooooo needy. She drove me crazy. He seemed rather normal... I never could figure out why he never dumped her.

And I co-sign nittany... it was so much interesting before... there were actually issues and topics, as opposed to drunk fests and hook-ups. Yes, Vegas was definitely when the show took the left turn. Thank you Trishelle.

Rachel from San Francisco has been one of my favorite characters cast members. It was great to see her grow as a person, explore new ideas, and she married Sean from the Boston cast.

[PeppyGPhiB]

I actually think the downfall really started with Hawaii. It jumped the shark when on the first episode half the cast got naked and jumped into the pool. And that Kaia chick drove me nuts with her bohemian yet holier-than-thou ramblings.

[Sister Havana]

Oh yeah, "It wasn't not funny!" was CLASSIC.

I also remember in Season 1, they went to a Jerry Brown campaign rally and then Norman painted his 800 number on the wall of the loft. I can't see any of the more recent casts doing anything like that.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by Sister Havana

Oh yeah, "It wasn't not funny!" was CLASSIC.

I also remember in Season 1, they went to a Jerry Brown campaign rally and then Norman painted his 800 number on the wall of the loft. I can't see any of the more recent casts doing anything like that.

I'm trying to remember the last time a cast felt passionately about any social issue. In fact, I would settle for a cast that simply had a discussion or two about politics or displayed general knowledge about politics and current affairs.

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

I actually think the downfall really started with Hawaii. It jumped the shark when on the first episode half the cast got naked and jumped into the pool. And that Kaia chick drove me nuts with her bohemian yet holier-than-thou ramblings.

Remember that Hawaii episode where Amaya's freaking out because she thought she mighta had an STD?

Years later, the guy she was involved with still gets shit for it.

I can watch Season One over and over again. I was only in Junior High then, but it was so deep and hit on so many issues. I remember wanting to start some kind of petition/letter writing campaign to keep this Real World cast on the air longer!

Gimme a break, I was 12!

[SoCalGirl]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Yeah, I'm all about The Real World: The Early Years, too. It was a much different show, IMO. Now every season it just seems an effort to one-up the last season in amount of alcohol ingested, random hook-ups, fights and cursing. The first couple seasons seemed so tame in comparison, but in some ways it was more interesting because you got to know them more as people and how they were really relating, not just all their screaming and slutting and slurring. I think the Vegas season was the beginning of the end that turned the series into what it is today. They also tackled/allowed some braver issues in those early years too, it seems like. So here are some things I remember after co-signing everything that's already been said above:

1. Season one, Julie joking that Heather might be a drug dealer because she had a pager.
2. Season one, they went to the pro-choice rally in D.C.
3. Season one, Julie spent the night with the homeless.
4. Season two, Tami getting an abortion.
5. Season two, the first roommate "kick-off", David.
6. SF, Puck with his fingers in the peanut butter -- eww! (well, Puck himself, EW)
7. SF, Pedro.
8. San Diego, the rumored rape (http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/...ory.php?s=2035) that the show basically ignored
9. Hawaii, Ruthie driving drunk.
10. Seattle, the David/Kira thing was epic in the car, she actually lost her job over that relationship, but she wasn't the first -- remember the director from the first season that hooked up with Becky on their trip to the Bahamas? I think he chose the nookie over his job too.

Had to fix it.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

Had to fix it.

Woops! Duh! Thank you! They're all mushed up in my head.