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MTV Officially Runs Out Of Ideas For New Shows

If we hadn’t seen this ad with our own eyes last night on MTV, we would have never believed it to be real. Looks like the network has decided to base an entire reality series on a certain viral video about Jager bombs and new haircuts.

Yes, the upcoming series “Jersey Shore” will take a probing look at the fascinating sub-culture of the fist-pumping guido, a stereotype that has already been mocked to the point of exhaustion. In fact, MTV has already delved into this area a few times for its “True Life” series. Aren’t there some less annoying groups of people somewhere beyond the East and West Coasts that MTV could draw inspiration from?

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