Three of the Funniest Reality Television Shows

The year is 1992. MTV, the television channel known mostly for music videos, tries a new approach to lure in audiences: A reality show placing seven young individuals in a household where every move they make is filmed. The show – “The Real World” – mixed together controversial issues with lighthearted humor to launch the start of reality television.
Fast-forward two decades and the reality television show business continues to account for much of the programming today. With successful shows such as “Keeping Up with The Kardashians” and “The Jersey Shore,” reality television continues to redefine the epoch of today’s programming and is ushering a new school of television classics. Some of the funniest shows mix both scripted and non-scripted narrations to produce a wacky hour of television time:

• “Flavor of Love” – During the ‘90s, the rap group Public Enemy became stars with hits like “Don’t Believe the Hype” and “Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos,” which allured listeners with energetic beats and lyrics. After the band members went their separate ways, one member – Flavor Flav –landed his own television show on VH1. The premise seemed simple enough: Flavor Flav, the clock-bearing, energetic rapper with an anomalous fashion sense sought love from 20 potential contestants.
  The season packed plenty of crazy love games to win the affection of Flav. Cameras caught all the action from the steamy spa scenes to the name calling among the girls. Flav’s wild fashion sense and charming antics made for an hour of crazy, hilarious reality television. Mix in women trying to beat each other up and Flav stirring the pot for drama made you want to watch each of the three seasons that aired.
• “The Jersey Shore” – MTV managed to produce another hit with the success of “The Jersey Shore,” a series that followed the “Guido” lifestyle of eight individuals during their summer vacation at the Jersey shore. The show managed to spawn a culture phenomenon, introducing much of the lexicon of the show into pop culture.
  Viewers cry laughing at the antics of the housemates, while nodding their head to the humor of the phrases created. Viewers will learn the difference between “grenades” and “landmines,” phrases set aside for less-than attractive women. Watching the crazy antics the show male stars – Pauly, Mike, Vinny, and Ronnie – try to perform on women to get them to bed are hilarious. The show offers plenty drama, sex, drinking, and partying.
• “Jackass” – Crazy, over-the-top stuntmen perform a series of dangerous yet painful tricks to please the hearts of audiences. If you find pain hilarious, you’ll love “Jackass.” The original show aired in 2000 and continued to run through 2002 but, after a series of lawsuits and copycats, the show was not picked up for a fourth season. While the audio production may not be the greatest, the show managed to capture the essence of wild stunts in an attempt to make audiences laugh, enough so to lead to three feature-length movies.
  The cast includes of bevy of semi-professional skaters looking for quick thrills, from the likes of Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O and Chris Pontius. Stunts included Knoxville and company riding bikes down stairs in bunny suits, hiring elementary school children to kick a cast member in the groin and even riding around in shopping carts launching roman candles.

Sources
"Entertainment Weekly" (2012)

MTV (2012)

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