Taken Out of Context

If you haven't been following the lively chatter on "Mrs. Poop's Evening Workout" here's what you missed.
The reality show taping at Mrs. Poop's gym in Fair Lawn really was Undercover Boss: Retro Fitness. Mrs. Poop took the kids that night but didn't really see much filming going on. And they certainly didn't get in the background of any shot.
But there is still a reason to watch the episode when it airs April 26.
As the commenters, including Jackie's mother, told us, Jackie (Jacqueline Colluci) got fired. One poster, claiming to be her best friend says Jackie was set up and made to look bad for entertainment purposes. What did she say? What did she do?



Now I have to see the whole episode to understand, but I certainly know reality TV is not reality, in fact much of it isn't even unscripted anymore. I do have a hard time believing that Jackie was a model employee and they were just looking for some fun so they fired her. I would believe though that she was asked leading questions, and pushed into venting about some bad customers.
I'm just sorry it turned out this way I would have much preferred the show to have found some single mom with a young sick kid in Fair Lawn to whom they could have bestowed thousands of dollars in gifts. A shame for Jackie and a shame for Fair Lawn.

Mrs. Poop's Evening Workout

Mrs. Poop normally works out in the mornings so that I have to take care of the little monsters and get them off to school. But on Monday night she is going to be at the gym in the evening.



The sign says a reality show is being shot at the gym, Retro Fitness, and if you want to work out during that time you have to sign a release. She is convinced it's Undercover Boss because Retro Fitness is a big chain and the show's usual gimmick is to tell the employees they're filming a competition show and the winner will be awarded a franchise.
I think the most likely thing is some small production company is shooting some dumb reality show it hopes will get picked up. But it could also be something like Real Housewives of NJ or Snooki and JWowww where they just need a 15-second gym scene.
Not sure what to think, but I hope whatever it is, they feature the gym's baby-sitting service because that's where Chase and Julian will be while Mrs. Poop mugs for the cameras.

Troy-Zan King of the Jungle

I've often wondered if I could be on a reality show. I like contests, games and testing myself. I can't do American Idol because I can't sing. I wouldn't survive Big Brother sequestered from my family for 3 months. But other than the hunger, I think I could do well on Survivor. But what kind of video would I make as an audition tape? What do the people who actually get selected submit?

Here's Troy Robertson's video, which got him selected, with a little help from his friends.



A Sports Illustrated Swimsuit photographer using swimsuit models in his video. Not sure I can compete with that. Oh yeah, and there's a good chance he's gay too.

Say Yes to the Excess

I recently noticed an increase of hits for a very old post about a creepy cop, which was being prosecuted by fellow Susan Wagner High School alumnus Autumn Levine.
After I did some sleuthing I deduced the interest in Autumn stems from her recent appearance on TLC's wedding show "Say Yes to the Dress."



This video is only a minute long. But we can learn a few things. She still talks like a Staten Islander. She loves dark eye makeup. Her future husband is very rich. And she probably did get fake tits since high school, as rumored.