Dream Real World Cast

Ok, Super just posed the best question that I’ve been asked in months. Who would be the six people from The Real World that you would most like to live with and have your life taped for the world’s entertainment? Thought about this the entire drive home from work. So, here is my dream season. All cast members are in their prime here at the age they were when the show aired.

Location: New Orleans. (Ok, that won’t be a surprise to anyone.)

Job for the cast: Marketing/working at the House of Blues in the French Quarter. This will be a combination of the Las Vegas work in a casino job with the Seattle work for a radio station job. I’d definitely enjoy it and it will be great dual promotion for MTV.

The Cast. I will follow the official Real World casting rules and have 4 guys, 3 girls, 1 minority and 1 alternative lifestyle.

First the guys.

EC: I’m going to be around 21 or 22, just finishing college and getting ready to become my own man. My role is going to be the naïve Midwestern guy who hasn’t experienced much of the world yet. Yeah, keep your snide comments to yourself.

Dominic (Los Angeles cast): Have to include the chain-smoking, Guinness drinking, always joking Irishman. He just seems like he’d be a blast to hang out and drink with night after night.

Norman (Original New York cast): My alternative lifestyle choice and probably one of the coolest guys who has ever been on the show. He’s in charge of the snide comments, making fun of everyone in the confessionals and keeping the rest of the cast from killing each other.

Teck (Hawaii cast): I have no idea why this guy is not a huge star right now. If there was one person who had breakout stardom written on him it’s this guy. And man, would I want to be wingman for this guy when you go out on a Friday night. He’d bring the attention of the entire place to your table just by his sheer presence. Even I would start to meet people by hanging out with him.

Odds of this group actually being cast together: Pretty strong, maybe around 80%. We cover a lot of the typical characters: naïve Midwestern guy, funny foreign guy, alternative lifestyle guy, and wild party guy. The only thing that we are missing is that classic model/actor type but we can probably survive without it.

Overall view of the group: I think we would set Real World records for the following: most time spent in a bar, most jokes cracked in the confessional, and least number of fights started. Not sure if it would make good television but it would be a blast.

Guys who just missed the cut: Neil from London (a guy I would really want to drink with), Syrus from Boston (overall cool guy), Kevin from the original New York (another smart guy) and Judd from SF (two reasons. 1) He now writes the Green Lantern comic book and 2) he pulled off the ultimate move by getting his castmate Pam to fall for him by having her then boyfriend help him out. It might be the smoothest/cruelest move in the history of television. I mean, just to have it shown on national television how you stole your wife from another guy. That’s priceless.)

And now the girls.

Kat (London cast): No doubt about it at all, she’d be my first pick overall. Smart girl from Washington state, funny as all get out, beautiful, always smiling and laughing, and she was a fencer. There really is nothing that’s not to like about her. Having her on the cast would allow me to also play the smitten Midwestern guy.

Rebecca (Seattle cast): I don’t know if many people remember her. She was the blonde singer in Seattle who actually recorded an album at Sir Mix a Lot’s studio. I always really liked her, was one of the few sane people on that cast. She’d be blast in New Orleans especially.

Julie (Original New York cast): Come on, those of us who are old enough to remember watching the first season kind of have to include her (even though I thought Becky was actually cuter). The young girl from Alabama who goes to New York because she wants to be a dancer? The comedy potential here is off the charts given who else I’ve assembled.

Odds of this group actually being cast together: Very low. I’m missing the insane drunk girl and the bitch. If I have to make a change to suit MTV’s needs then I’d like to replace Julie with Ruthie from the Hawaii cast because we’re going to need at least one more person buying rounds at the bar.

Just missing the cut: Becky from New York (I’m a sucker for a girl with a guitar, I’ll admit it), Jacinda from London (an Australian model, can’t beat that), Sarah from Miami (the skater chick. Probably the least MTV like person ever on the Real World. Thought that she was the only person on that cast that I could stand), and Genesis from Boston (I have no idea why. I just always thought that she was pretty cool).

Everyone, send in your ideas. Am I completely off base here? Did I miss someone? Should I have included the insane chick from the Seattle cast? Have I missed some great talent from recent years? Send in your ideas.