Video: Reality-show idiots make blogger weep for mankind
posted at 9:13 pm on December 17, 2009 by Allahpundit
Nothing I can say will prepare you for it so I’ll just quote Jonah Goldberg, who wrote the following before this episode of Leno aired, “Even if they all put their heads together, it’s doubtful they could beat a carnival chicken at Tic-Tac-Toe.” Little did he know. Don’t pretend like you don’t know who they are, either. You’re watching the show. We’re all watching the show.
The best part is at the end, but if you can’t wait that long, at least watch to the point where they show the picture of Biden. I’ve long suspected it was true but not until tonight was I certain: China’s total victory is assured.
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I can’t wait to watch the punch heard round the world. Come on AP, how can you not heart Snooki?
Lance Murdock on December 17, 2009 at 9:16 PM
Which one goes to jail, which one will o.d. and which will come out with a grainy homemade sex video?
Daveyardbird on December 17, 2009 at 9:19 PM
Makes Chris Christie’s win in NJ even more astounding.
And, yes, it’s VP Krohn from now on!
SouthernGent on December 17, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Actually, some of us have no desire whatsoever to watch such a show.
uknowmorethanme on December 17, 2009 at 9:21 PM
This really isn’t a hoax? Please. tell me it’s an elaborate joke.
Greg Q on December 17, 2009 at 9:21 PM
Oooh I love this game!
Mike will do the first, Snooki the third, and somehow Pauly D has already done all three.
Grafted on December 17, 2009 at 9:22 PM
Watch it. Once you watch, you can’t not watch.
Allahpundit on December 17, 2009 at 9:22 PM
MB4 on December 17, 2009 at 9:23 PM
Based on the videos Crowder and folks make, asking questions of people on the street, I wasn’t really surprised. Actually, I was more surprised that that actually guy knew Biden and Edison.
pifactorial on December 17, 2009 at 9:23 PM
wow. the denver dam….
skree on December 17, 2009 at 9:23 PM
I rather enjoyed that.
Forget about it! Forget about what? I already forgot. :-)
Ordinary1 on December 17, 2009 at 9:24 PM
MTV got an attack of Teh Pusseh and edited out the punch. You’ll never see it air.
The Lone Platypus on December 17, 2009 at 9:24 PM
I don’t think they will want to spend the money to re-tool their forced labor camps to accommodate complete idiots…
Seven Percent Solution on December 17, 2009 at 9:24 PM
The Situation actually came off reasonably capable, which isn’t saying much. Not sure what irritates me more: her hair, height or her stupidity. Mom and Dad….who was at the wheel while she was growing up?
lamaestra57 on December 17, 2009 at 9:24 PM
It is scarry the level of stupidity displayed by these three young people. No wonder Obama polls so well with this age group.
farright on December 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM
The show is addictive.
Thumbs up to Jay Leno and these kids for making my day. After all this misery with the health care bill and Obama, this clip brought humor to my day.
I must add, I’ll never see Qaddafi the same way again.
cubachi on December 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Lionel Ritchie! And she didn’t finish in last place. Amazing. None of them could even get “old blue eyes”? A bunch of posers.
Mallard T. Drake on December 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM
Apparently, like George Galloway and Billy Ayers, this trash is not allowed across the northern border.
BL@KBIRD on December 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM
The scariest part of all of this is in a few short years these morons are going to be running the show. That’s right ladies and gentlemen take a good long hard look at your future decision makers. If you think the country is in trouble now, wait until these freaking tools take the helm. Makes you want to cry doesn’t it?
milwife88 on December 17, 2009 at 9:26 PM
We’re all watching the show.
We are…its the train wreck we all enjoy. After following the health care drama everyday, we can all use a laugh.
lamaestra57 on December 17, 2009 at 9:27 PM
Here’s “the Situation” everybody. You can’t stop watching the Jersey Shore. Once you watch it you can’t not help but wanting more, more, more! Also I want to add that Snooki is quickly becoming America’s favorite retarded munchkin.
Lance Murdock on December 17, 2009 at 9:27 PM
True story: If I ever drop the AP alias, I’m changing it to “The Situation.”
Allahpundit on December 17, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Cheney almost shot Bush. LOL! The show airs tonight.
txag92 on December 17, 2009 at 9:28 PM
True story: If I ever drop the AP alias, I’m changing it to “The Situation.”
Allahpundit on December 17, 2009 at 9:28 PM
Well, The Situation is as dumb as a box of rocks. Just sayin.
txag92 on December 17, 2009 at 9:29 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
AP, you should change your twitter avatar to “The Situation.”
Lance Murdock on December 17, 2009 at 9:30 PM
I hope I’ve done a better job with my sons and their knowledge of what is happening in the world. This was unbelievable.
I am sure Snooki is a nice girl but if my sons bring home an airhead like that, they are toast. Lionel Richey? Really? I had to admit I did laugh at that one.
manateespirit on December 17, 2009 at 9:30 PM
I’m pleased to say I have no idea who these people are and I don’t watch their show.
powerpro on December 17, 2009 at 9:31 PM
It’s even worse than you thought. These examinations of a Public School Education give you a dramatic foretaste of what Public Health Care’s results will be like.
Dr. Charles G. Waugh on December 17, 2009 at 9:31 PM
You know I see stupid all the time in the news. Why would I want to waste my time? I’d rather rotate my tires in freezing rain in a speedo than watch this show. These idiots: are they products of liberal public education or Catholic school? I’m thinking public school.
Driefromseattle on December 17, 2009 at 9:32 PM
I couldn’t make it past the introductions. I’ve never even heard of the show, haha. I’ve never liked “reality” shows and ever since the first real world, that show lost me my faith in humanity.
Mord on December 17, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Here’s the punch.
txag92 on December 17, 2009 at 9:32 PM
Having lived in a number of places throughout the nation, I met the most ignorant, self-absorbed, provincial people in New York and New Jersey.
I also met some of the brightest, aware, and capable folks there as well.
But the doofi of that area stick most clearly in my memory.
Scribbler on December 17, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Dude…!
“Hot Air”“The Situation”Seven Percent Solution on December 17, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Oh man I pissed my pants.
moc23 on December 17, 2009 at 9:36 PM
Ding dong, their brains are dead.
Dark-Star on December 17, 2009 at 9:36 PM
I get the digest version on The Soup.
Kafir on December 17, 2009 at 9:37 PM
?
This isn’t Paris Hilton’s stale act done for the thousandth time? Carol Channing and “Say Goodnight Gracie” come to mind but I go back no further than Charo.
Marcus on December 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Now you know why I go to Cape Cod in the summer.
JammieWearingFool on December 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM
What’s wrong with The Krohn?
Guardian on December 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM
Not even the most lockstep Catholic school student I knew was this astoundingly ignorant. Naive to the point of jaw-dropping about certain things…but not anything like these dopes.
Dark-Star on December 17, 2009 at 9:38 PM
You know the sad part? For the people that usually come on these Jaywalking bits, these people were actually pretty smart. And I wouldn’t be surprised if half of the members of Congress couldn’t identify Qaddafi.
Jeff M on December 17, 2009 at 9:39 PM
…Oh dear.. I fear Darwin is weeping in his grave tonight…
Razgriez on December 17, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Kind of like Desperate Housewives? Because I swore I would never watch such a thing and then I watched. And I can’t stop. And it ticks me off when it isn’t on.
I’ve never heard of this show before this evening and now I guess I’ll have to watch that too.
scalleywag on December 17, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Snooki is straight up nasty. She looks like she was beaten by a pissed off Mary Kay rep. She needs a belt sander to take her makeup off. Unless of course, in true “Jersey” fashion, it’s tattoed on. God help the moron who marries that disgusting nasty mess. My biggest worry is that these people can procreate.
milwife88 on December 17, 2009 at 9:41 PM
To a degree, this is scripted. The Lionel Richie graphic gives it away. They’d have to have somebody have those two graphics already ready to put it up that quickly, much less Photoshop a composite of the two in one image. Maybe they have pictures of Lionel Richie just lying around, but to me it just breaks any illusion that the answer was extraneous.
Granted, it may have been done in post-production, as the show isn’t live, but they do get an extra audience laugh out of the photos put side-by-side. Though that could have been done in post-production, too…
CarpeFishem on December 17, 2009 at 9:44 PM
AP, you and I truly live in separate worlds.
No, really.
applebutter on December 17, 2009 at 9:44 PM
heh, I’m guessing you are not a fan.
scalleywag on December 17, 2009 at 9:44 PM
I have no idea who any of them are. I guess that means that I win something.
29Victor on December 17, 2009 at 9:45 PM
milwife88,
I am so freaking stealing that.
Mike Honcho on December 17, 2009 at 9:45 PM
Jesus wept.
This is what happens when you let unions take over your schools.
This is a PRIME example of why I homeschool.
AW1 Tim on December 17, 2009 at 9:46 PM
A “The Situation” P.
Enoxo on December 17, 2009 at 9:47 PM
“Who is the greater fool, the fool or the fool who follows him?”
29Victor on December 17, 2009 at 9:47 PM
I don’t get the fuss.
Thing is that many of the questions presented concerned strictly European matters (Where’s the UN? What’s the name of the Pope? Where was Reagan’s “wall”? Who is Muammar Ghaddafi? etc).
Let me tell you that, had this been candidates from any European country, they’d not scored a single point on anything American or concerning world-affairs. I’m not exaggerating.
To give you one concrete example:
In Germany they had a survey on college-equivalent students. One task was to identify on a map and name the 16 (!) states of Germany.
Less than 10% of students could identify more than half of the states.
I’m confident to say that from the pool of European, Indian or Chinese reality-show contestants, none would know that the UN HQ is in New York, they’d not identify the Pope (“Hey, isn’t that the evil Emperor from, uhm, that American series, Star Trek or something?”), and they definitely would confuse Gaddafi with Michael Jackson.
So, really, I don’t get the point of this post. If you believe that American adolescents are exclusively dumbed down, you’ve never been to Europe or India or China, evidently.
Niko on December 17, 2009 at 9:48 PM
Nope, it’s stupid women like this that make us look bad. This is on overseas and trust me when I say that this is how the rest of the world sees us. I remember when we were stationed in Holland, we were asked several times if American’s are like the guests on the Jerry Springer show. It was embarrassing and so is this. Ugh, they need to take it off the air. I’d rather watch paint dry.
milwife88 on December 17, 2009 at 9:48 PM
I’m gonna go with “Snooki”, “Snooki”, aaaaand “Snooki”.
fusionaddict on December 17, 2009 at 9:49 PM
Which one becomes an AGW scientist, which one becomes a US Senator and which one a Nobel Peace prize winner?
farright on December 17, 2009 at 9:54 PM
I just can’t bring myself to watch. I lived in NJ for 3 years. I came across enough of these brain dead idiots on a daily basis to last a lifetime.
ZeeMI on December 17, 2009 at 9:54 PM
Punch? What punch, Platypus?
OhioCoastie on December 17, 2009 at 9:56 PM
Good thing I dont gots cable.
El_Terrible on December 17, 2009 at 9:57 PM
“Teachers” of the NEA, UFT, AFT–Take your bow! Nice work. Not to absolve the parents of these simps, but a hundred years ago immigrants whose parents spoketh not a word of English were properly educated by dedicated p.s. teachers. That was before the goonions and their marxist ideology eliminated personal achievement from the curricula. Damn them to hell.
Western_Civ on December 17, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Yeah, That didn’t make me smile :: ))
those kids are grrrreat.
Observation on December 17, 2009 at 10:01 PM
The only thing that people like that are going to be deciding is if that #8 with and extra order of fries needs double bagging.
You have to believe there are some younger folks out there with something on the ball or we are lost.
BigWyo on December 17, 2009 at 10:01 PM
And no one remembers those on-the-street interviews with Obama voters last November?
That, and this latest “reality show” quiz bowl, and a few other such recorded events, are not the exceptions anymore. They are commonplace.
The greatest nation in the history of mankind peopled by a growing body of morons who can whip you on Wii or the X-Box, but couldn’t tell you to save their own lives who represents them in Congress, or in which electoral district they reside, or take a blank map of the world and fill in the names of more than a handful of countries on their own, or make change for a twenty after a $7.67 purchase without difficulty, if at all.
And they have the right to vote, and do….and we get what they want…at least this last election indicates.
I’m getting up towards 60…and I fear for my kids and my grand kids and what sort of nation they will live in in a few decades. That movie, Idiocracy, has become a portent of the Nation to come…as these “reality show” quiz bowl contestants clearly demonstrate.
coldwarrior on December 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM
On another note, I think “the Situation,” is probably smarter than Wolf Blitzer.
El_Terrible on December 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM
I thought that was a giveaway, too.
mikeyboss on December 17, 2009 at 10:02 PM
Probably one of the few great things about this place is we don’t get MTV.
Pass.
hawkdriver on December 17, 2009 at 10:03 PM
+10
The Soup rocks….
BigWyo on December 17, 2009 at 10:03 PM
D*mmit,Global Warming has impeded by ability here
in Conservative Occupied Canada to watch the video,UGH!!!
canopfor on December 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Who’s smarter, “The Situation” or Wolf Blitzer, host of CNN’s “The Situation Room”?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVC28oemocA
Phildorex on December 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Every one beat a path to vote for obozo and straight filthocrat ticket, I assure you.
Dad, are you licking toads?
I’m not not licking toads, son.
Lanceman on December 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Nah. I watched 15 minutes of one episode and knew that was enough. Although, I do watch every Real World/Road Rules Challenge, so I can’t really talk.
Emily M. on December 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Don’t ever bother getting it unless you can pay for only the exact channels you researched and have decided you want. Otherwise, it’s still the same game: 1000 choices on, and NONE of ‘em worth a hoot.
Dark-Star on December 17, 2009 at 10:05 PM
Probably one of the few great things about this place is we don’t get MTV.
Pass.
hawkdriver on December 17, 2009 at 10:03 PM
hawkdriver: Ahoy,whats the word from the front,and how
are you do’n eh!:)
canopfor on December 17, 2009 at 10:05 PM
The best was Howard Stern asking how they felt about Obama’s running mate Sarah Palin.
Daveyardbird on December 17, 2009 at 10:06 PM
That was Sal in Harlem.
Lanceman on December 17, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Dad, are you licking toads?
I’m not not licking toads, son.
Lanceman on December 17, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Lancemen: Speaking of licking toads,and if you lick from
the wrong side,ick and ewwwwwwwww,and heres
yor video after licking!!
Barack O’Bollywood!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whx-0sBRks8
canopfor on December 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM
That Jersey Shore Nickname Generator is hilarious.
Mike “The Sausage Party” Honcho
Mike Honcho on December 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM
@AP I have no interest in watching that show. Period. Why would I want to subject myself to a bunch of sub-humans parading around like imbeciles?
This, however, is funny.
jimmy the notable on December 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM
For the survival of the republic, is there any way to take the vote from these people?
paul1149 on December 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM
That Jersey Shore Nickname Generator is hilarious.
Mike “The Sausage Party” Honcho
Mike Honcho on December 17, 2009 at 10:09 PM
Mike Honcho: I tried it out,my wife likes to call me
DickWeed from time to time,after plugging
it through the JSNNG,it comes out,
‘Natural Light’,veddy interesting!!:)
canopfor on December 17, 2009 at 10:14 PM
Note to canopfor: Don’t make Lanceman click on liberals!
Four pound of back-bacon
Three french toast
Two turtlenecks
And a beer in a tree.
Take off, you hoser!;)
Lanceman on December 17, 2009 at 10:15 PM
my $$ is on the carnival chicken
ted c on December 17, 2009 at 10:16 PM
Note to canopfor: Don’t make Lanceman click on liberals!
Four pound of back-bacon
Three french toast
Two turtlenecks
And a beer in a tree.
Take off, you hoser!;)
Lanceman on December 17, 2009 at 10:15 PM
Lancemen: 10-4,and don’t eat yellow snow,hehe!:)
canopfor on December 17, 2009 at 10:19 PM
Jesus Christ, what is wrong with you “conservatives”? Some guys are dying over in Afghanistan, and you pukes cannot even refrain from watching this culture rot? What conviction.
I love those that say you watch it because it is such a train wreck in some shallow attempt at covering up your own celebrity worshiping tendencies. Yeah, THEY are the idiots, yet you suckers are the ones giving MTV the ratings they need to continue this garbage.
Oh, and before anyone asks, I canceled my cable over three years ago.
ClassicCon on December 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM
This has got to be a joke – there cannot be three people that stupid!
Intrepid on December 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM
Haven’t seen snow in 20 years. Hope I never see it again.
Lanceman on December 17, 2009 at 10:20 PM
There are three good channels on cable.
Retro network (RTN)
AmLife
And FOX
Really is worth 93 dollars a month.
Lanceman on December 17, 2009 at 10:22 PM
A solid B+ between the three of them.
farright on December 17, 2009 at 10:24 PM
Lionel Richie. That’s so funny, it actually almost makes me want to watch the show, but I know it’ll be so sad that I’ll wish I hadn’t.
Tanya on December 17, 2009 at 10:27 PM
All those questions were either basic intro to American History high school level questions or what anyone who watches or reads any kind of news should know. I knew most of the history answers from high school (and I went to a public school). I can’t even believe they couldn’t name Biden or Cheney right away, that’s just insane.
HeroesforGhosts on December 17, 2009 at 10:32 PM
Hey AP, you and The Situation have a lot in common. Neither you or The Situation can get any.
Lance Murdock on December 17, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Hey, I used to get paid to do that! The money was fairly decent, but the hours were long if it was oil-based. ;)
Am I the only one in America who has steadfastly refused to watch any form of reality TV?
pookysgirl on December 17, 2009 at 10:41 PM
“Idiocracy” was not fiction.
PackerBronco on December 17, 2009 at 10:42 PM
Now that’s something Congress should take up…al la carte cable…You would see half of the crap that’s on right now wither and die.
BigWyo on December 17, 2009 at 10:44 PM
Please, please, please God don’t let them breed.
Jdripper on December 17, 2009 at 10:45 PM
Above average, Obama voters, still smarter than our VP.
Speakup on December 17, 2009 at 10:46 PM
Umm…from what I understand, that’s about 87% of the show….
BigWyo on December 17, 2009 at 10:47 PM
Alicia Keys reads at a 4th grade level.
Ortzinator on December 17, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Ya ain’t stupid if ya get paid fa dat.
Libya was before their time, but I loved the Lionel Richie answer anyway.
These kids were good sports… seriously.
Besides, often I don’t know where I am living.
Danzo on December 17, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Best Answer:
Definitely “Lionel Ritchie”… Too true; I can see it!
rcl on December 17, 2009 at 10:51 PM
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