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Talking Mission Hill - Andy Vs. The Real World (or The Big-Ass Viacom Lawsuit) (Patreon)

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2020-05-08 04:01:00
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Mission Hill rolls on with an in-depth parody of something that was once extremely relevant, but now only exists as a nostalgia piece: MTV's The Real World. Those of you who lived through the '90s were no doubt captivated by season upon season of aimless youths picked to live in a house and have their lives taped, and even Andy French succumbs to this siren song when the series starts taping in Mission Hill. Listen in as we explore how well this episode takes on the godfather of reality shows, and prepare to be shocked and horrified by how much The Real World knowledge occupies our brains. You've never heard two middle-aged men remember TV so vividly!

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Mickey

It might not have been as relevant 5 years ago but I am pretty sure Theo Von was on the original Challenge series haha I was hoping that would come up so I could hear your thought on Theo. Politics aside, he was my favorite character and his humor still gets a laugh out of me with some of the ridiculous things his brain comes up with on the spot.

littleterr0r

I was trying to remember where I heard the title "Poet Anderson" before and then it came to me that the graphic novel is based on a short film co-written and co-directed by Tom Delonge of Angels & Airwaves, Blink-182, and alien investigation fame.

Matt Bixler! Hello!

Henry can at least take comfort in saying "Chavo" and making John Darnielle proud.

littleterr0r

Perfect timing for this episode! Somehow my girlfriend and I started talking about The Real World last night and how we wanted to watch the Portland season to see how much the city has changed but as you guys said, it's impossible to find anywhere. I'm 39 so I started with the first season in New York but she's ten years younger so I think for her it was maybe San Diego. Also, nice shout-out to Terrace House. We got hooked on that show from a friend that we were staying with in Japan and it became a nightly ritual for us to sit around after dinner watching it together.

littleterr0r

Portland is pretty much ruined by now or at least really close to it. I feel like even a lot of what Portlandia said about the city is gone now or at least greatly changed and it's even further removed from the Portland that Chuck Palahniuk wrote about in his book Fugitives and Refugees. I moved to Portland in 1993 with my family because my dad got a job at Intel so I've seen a lot of changes during that time.

littleterr0r

Also, I forget which season it was but one of the early ones had an aspiring deejay in it and one time that guy played at a club in Portland that I worked at right out of high school. He was definitely billed as "that one deejay from The Real World" and I think his name was Berlin.

Angel Young

The Philadelphia season of the Real World (I forgot what year this is I just know people didn't want the show there) took place in what is now a major Linux based cloud computing company called Linode, which hosts a lot of tech events in Philadelphia. When the company had an open house a few years ago to celebrate moving to Philadelphia, I was able to take a tour there. The circuit breaker which had all of the rooms is still labeled. You can't live at the Philadelphia Real World House but you can apply for a job there. You just have to know a ton of Linux.

Casey Jones' Podcast

Do you guys have any thoughts on the upcoming Scooby Doo feature that's coming out next week? It has the Blue Falcon (and I assume Dynomutt) in it, which immediately intrigues me.

Joe Hodgson

MTV must have had an extremely friendly deal with record labels who submitted videos to them. It speaks to how powerful the network was as a means of promoting music because it seems like they were able to not only use those videos freely, but the music from them as well in all of their programs. And following the Beavis and Butt-head episode earlier this week, I've been paying attention to what is on the guide for my cable box when I pass MTV. Based on my limited research, that network just runs Rob Dydrek's "Ridiculousness" 24/7.

Kris

Yeah... I can't argue with Bob about portland Our rent keeps going up and they keep building luxery apartments that stay vacant for months on end

Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag

Since this week's episode of WAC was about the revival season of Beavis and Butthead (and how it did a great job of returning while striking a balance between being stuck in the past or too different/modern), I have to wonder how Mission Hill would fair if it does end up returning. Could they move up the timeline and pick up where they left off with some modern trappings without fucking the show up too much? Would resuming with it set around 2000 be possible without losing some of the interestingness of it discussing contemporary pop-culture and social trends? Hopefully, whichever way it might turn out, they put some good thought into it. And I know I'd go along for the ride to see if it works. -- Also, I'm part of the "15 years younger than Bob and Henry" crowd and I have to report that as soon as you said "American Dragon Jake Long" I was like "oh hey, great show." I have not seen it in YEARS, so I can't say if it holds up or not, but I enjoyed it a lot when I was younger, and certainly watched more of it than I ever saw of The Real World. That being said, I knew enough about it through cultural osmosis to still find a lot of fun in this Mission Hill episode, and you guys talking about it for added context was good too (as always).

SilkiePJ

I never watched The Real World but it was definitely one of those shows I absorbed through cultural osmosis. I remember it very distinctly from this episode, Clerks: TAS, and a Chapelle's Show sketch that I don't know if it ages all that well. This was one of my favorite episodes of the series and I'm glad Bob/Henry could detail all the individual shout-outs the show was doing to various hosts. Also I would absolutely love it if you all did a WAC on The Oblongs. It was another great one-season wonder that I caught via Adult Swim that has such a talented cast and was super funny.

Micah

Henry's Judd Winick comic comment confirms some of my suspicions. I coincidentally started reading Judd Winick's Exiles run when I got a complication for cheap. Its not bad but not very good either. I don't know how much is the age of it. While I remembered he was from the Real World, I had originally assumed he was more notable otherwise

Sabrina

I loved all the Real World talk! I definitely remember watching those Real World marathons. My secret TV shame is that I still religiously watch The Challenge, which is now in its 35th season. It has gotten so trashy but I’ve been watching it for so long that I just can’t stop!

Gabe

I'm a bit too young to have gotten into The Real World, but I am way deep into Terrace House. Apparently it's currently at "make up drama to fill out an episode" levels of trash, though it at least disguises itself well more or less. I will say that anyone into the Netflix series should look up the 100+ episode original series. Definitely feels a lot less scripted and is worth the time suck.

Jillien Conneen

In the suburbs of Baltimore here and yes, people still steal car radios. Someone tried to steal the tires off my car in my driveway back in December. I unknowingly drove from Baltimore to Philly and back on loose wheels due to that! Thankfully nothing extra bad happened in all of that.