Best. Day. Ever.

Friends, tomorrow is a good day. Nay, a great day. For tomorrow marks the beginning of yet another installment of the finest, most penetrating bit of television known to couch-atatoes like yours truly.

Yes. It's time for Real World /Road Rules Challenge: The Duel II.

And yes, I like it even more than American Idol (well, not including Kris Allen, natch).

I can unabashedly say that I think this is the best show on TV hands down. The "cast" is made up of former cast members of various Real World and Road Rules seasons, sometimes including the one that will have just ended. Better yet, the Challenges have taken on such a life of their own, that there are even cast members who started... on other Challenges.

I can't tell if these people are the most brilliant sycophants of the pop culture obsessed public, or the saddest specimens of humanity. Probably a bit of both. There are people well into their thirties who still come back to the show, hungry for more humiliation and catfights, and other ridiculous exposure. There are people who need to win the not-always-worth-it money prize at the end so that they can start their lives. And there are people who do these challenges who are so eager to "compete" (because they sucked at anything NCAA?) that they work out non-stop to so that they are in fighting shape on the show.

So basically, it's a show about young not-really-all-that-famous, beautiful, dumb-as-brick people returning to the spotlight where they know they will be made fun of and know that the producers intentionally make it as stressful as possible so that they fight with each other... all in the name of money and fame that doesn't even exist. Because they can't seem to do anything else in life. Seriously.

Expect tons of blogging. Because you don't need to watch the show to understand just. how. crappy righteous. this. show. really. is.