"The Buried Life"

Never thought I'd say this...but I saw a trailer for "The Buried Life," a new MTV reality show. And seriously, I got kinda teary-eyed.

The show is like a young version of "The Bucket List." With a huge element of Oprah-ism going on, too. Confused?

Well, four friends have a list of 100 things they always wanted to do...but every time they complete one of their goals, like playing basketball w/President Obama, they grant a wish for somebody else. For example, we see a young girl whose mom died in Hurricane Katrina, but she's never been to her mom's gravesite. Another example is an older gentleman with a 17-year-old son. But dude hasn't seen the boy since he was 2. Yep, somehow the four friends get them re-connected.

It's nice to see a show with those dynamics going on - you think it's just about 4 goofy white boys engaging in random chicanery...but then you see that it's much bigger than that. Kudos to whoever pitched this show!!!



And while I'm on MTV, let me just say that one of the great things about television is that it has the ability to expose us to cultures we don't see on a daily basis. And this "Jersey Shore" awesomeness? I really didn't know that Italian folks got it in like that. Like, from watching "The Real Housewives of New Jersey," I learned that those Italian women were some real gangsta broads. Like the Atlanta heffas are all talk, but those Italian women? Flippin tables at the family dinner and the one fat lady who's like, naw, bruh, u not gon come at my family like that, you gotta go thru me. I'm like, get it, bytch!

But what have I learned from "Jersey Shore?" Man...y'all go hard in the paint. Like, as a way of life. I just...didn't know.