MTV’s ‘Real World’ casting in Philadelphia

    Because we have not yet embarrassed ourselves enough, Philadelphians are being called for casting to The Real World. This is one contest we’d be OK with a Philadelphian losing.

    NBC10 reports MTV scouts will be at Fado in Center City next Saturday eyeing up Philadelphia’s . . . best and brightest?

    In recent months our youth have donned a red body suit and disrupted a Phillies game, pulled each other’s hair out in H&M and thrown a slice of pizza at a car. Two of those incidents were televised, and now we’re talking about a show designed for debauchery.

    Let’s leave the televised mess to that group in New Jersey

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