FIST PUMP!

Jersey Shore is a reality TV series on MTV that follows eight roommates, similar to The Real World. The cast live, work and party on the Jersey Shore, the show began to run in December, and in January it was confirmed that there will be a Jersey Shore Season 2 (click for trailer) where the cast will be cold in their hometowns during the winter and snow, therefore escaping for a vacation in Miami.

"That's why I don't eat lobster or anything like that cause they're alive when you kill it."

When I first watched this show I was aware that it was probably just as stupid as everything else aired as "Reality" on MTV. However, I actually became obsessed with this show. I found it incredibly stupid, yet amazingly intriguing, it has the similarity to Pop music, though it's not in any way clever or talent driven, but pretty good. I found all the character's names absolutely hilarious, such as: Snooki, JWOWW, The Situation.

Each character is involved with some kind of drama in every episode, during the first season the roommates end up in prison a few times, have stalkers, get into fist fights with others and amongst themselves, hook-up, play practical jokes, party and of course, fist pump (click for an instructional video).

"We’re beatin’-up-the-beat, that’s what we say when we’re doing our fist pump. First, we start off by banging the ground, we’re banging it as the beat builds ‘cause that beat’s hittin’ us so we’re fightin’ back, it’s like we beat up that beat."

However, the show faced a lot of criticism from the Italian-American population because of the stereotyping and using the term guido. There was also some controversy over the "glamorizing" of tanning, the inappropriate subject matter and the violence. But I found this show extremely exciting, watching some drama and some actions satisfied me.