"Jersey Thing" answers the question, “What if reality TV stars were your next-door neighbors?” The reality stars descend on South Park (and half of the country) with their big hair, layers of makeup, hair-trigger tempers, over-the-top accents, muscles and tans.
While New Jersey takes most of the heat in this episode, it’s really a critique of America’s obsession with reality TV in general. At the time the episode aired, the depiction of Snooki as a gnome-like creature constantly looking to “smoosh smoosh” got most of the media attention, but scenes featuring the RHONJ cast are a lot funnier. The dinner party and salon scenes are the true highlights, encapsulating everything addictive and horrible about reality TV.
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