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The Buried Life is an MTV reality show focusing on four friends (from L-R above: Duncan Penn, Ben Nemtin, Dave Lingwood, and Jonnie Penn) as they travel across America to complete a list of “100 things to do before you die.”
For every item they complete on their list, they help a stranger achieve one of their dreams and encourage others to go after their own lists.
Everywhere they go they ask the question: What do you want to do before you die?
There is no musical star bigger than Lady Gaga is right now. But does her hit song “Paparazzi” sound familiar?
Doc Blogstein: Music Detective isn’t saying that she copied him or was even influenced by him but he is reminded of “Cars” by Gary Numan when her hears Paparazzi.
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Here is this week’s Pop Culture IQ brought to you by Shout! Factory as heard exclusively on this week’s Radio Happy Hour:
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Q: Name the actor who played the delusional Professor John Nash in “A Beautiful Mind.”
A:Russell Crowe
Q: Name the TV show that featured a professor who was smart enough to build a radio out of a coconut but not able to build a boat to help his fellow castaways get home.
A:“Gilligan’s Island”
Q: Name the film and TV series in which John Houseman played law professor Charles W. Kingsfield Jr.
A:“The Paper Chase
This week’s contestant, Sascha Rothchild, choked on question one but redeemed herself on the next two to take home the DVD of Rhoda: Season Onestarring Valerie Harper.
Rothchild is the author of How to Get Divorced by 30: My Misguided Attempt at a Starter Marriage, a tongue and cheek and funny, yet practical memoir. While she’s not against marriage following her failed experience at the institution, she did tell us after winning the Pop Culture IQ that she is FOR divorce if you’re not happily married.
She advises against marrying for money but says that if you do choose to do so don’t sign a prenup because “then you’re just a moron.”
She also told us that she has a dog that she must walk five times a day.
The second season of MTV’s mega hit reality show Jersey Shore will not take place on the Jersey Shore. That much we know. But what hasn’t been determined yet is where The Situation, Snooki, Paulie D, Ronnie, Sammi, JWoww and Vinny will be spending there summer.
The Hamptons and Miami were two rumored locals. On last week’s show, Doc, Collette, Vinny and The Burl had another idea. They thought MTV should send the cast to another country. Then the Radio Happy Hour gang considered what type of international incident Guidos and Guidettets might cause and worried that perhaps President Clinton may have to get involved to diplomatically smooth things over.
This week, we heard what that scenario might sound like:
Transcript of above audio:
Katie Couric: Good evening. What started out as season two of a popular MTV series has turned into a tragic international incident leaving producers wondering if sending the cast of Jersey Shore to South Korea was a good idea. David Martin reports.
David Martin: Thank you Kaitie. The Situation is dead and two other stars of MTV’s hit show The Jersey Shore are in captivity after what is being called a tragic and unfortunate misunderstanding at the border of North and South Korea.
It all started Friday night when producers took the cast for a photo shoot on the border of the feuding nations.
Background: Korean talk
“I saw them do it,” a female bystander said through a translator “I’ve seen the show so I knew what it meant. Obviously the border police have never seen the show”
By “it”, she’s referring to “The Fist Pump,” a Guido dance move or mating ritual in the states but a show of force in North Korea.
Charles Armstrong, Director of the Center for Korean Research at Columbia University:
Professor Charles Armstrong: Producers obviously didn’t prepare the Guidos well enough in terms of local customs. Now they’re paying the price but I’m confident that the government will not rest until the two women are released.
David Martin: To that end, the Obama Administration will once again be leaning heavily on former President Bill Clinton who successfully negotiated the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee last summer.
Bill Clinton: I’ve been in constant contact with both JWoww and Snooki and each seem to be in good spirits. I spoke to J-Wow as recently as late last night and I felt really good about what she was saying.
David Martin: Katie, Clinton should arrive in North Korea tomorrow though he’d give no time table for their release.
Katie Couric: Have you been able to find out how JWoww and Snooki have been treated by the North Koreans?
David Martin: There’s some confusion about that. Reports surfaced earlier today that the girls were beaten and brutally raped but that JWoww and Snooki were simply calling the incident “a normal out.” Katie.
Katie Couric: Thank you. David Martin reporting in South Korea.
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