Finally caught up on 'Real World' episodes. More and more improv stuff seems to be seeping into the show each week, although it largely revolves around attendance.

Still this week was very iO West heavy (I barely had to fast forward at all). An important improv lesson was learned. Don't perform drunk.

Drunk Real World Member: Dude, I'll probably perform better because I'm wasted.

He didn't. He stumbled into scenes, waved his arms a little and stared blankly. MTV did a good job of underscoring how painful these moments can be by letting the moment play silently, with no music in the background (probably the only moment of non-music in the whole episode, if not the entire history of the show/channel). The friends/gross-hangers-on in the audience winced in pain. So, yes, a reality television moment that rang pretty true.

In the second half of the episode, though, the guy apologized, got his shit together and hosted a night of improv (introducing all the groups). He seemed to take it seriously and do a good job. Cue victory music.

You know it's easy (and fun) to roll my eyes at these folks, and yes, hosting is a pretty small thing, but... I don't do it. So, he's got that one on me.