I think Ryan was gone for a little over a month. Don't remember exactly though. I could go back through my email and probably figure it out, but that's too much work.

Was not implying the manufactured anything just commenting on how boring the cast was that he left with 1/3rd of the time on the show left and they couldn't come up with basically anything to show for the last 2 of 12 total episodes as a result. I actually really liked the characters but they got along too well and didn't go nearly crazy enough in New Orleans to make for a great RW season.

NOZECANDY,

Funniest thing from filming/working on the season?

Any good stories of locals trying to fight with the crew?

Noze,

How often did you talk with interact with the cast (I'm assuming its strongly discouraged)?

noze,

- does anything ever happen during the season where someone specifically requests that it not be shown on TV and their request can be granted

- what was something else that was pretty interesting that happened that MTV didn't show? anything viewers would find interesting to know that can't be known from MTV's depiction?

- do cast mates commonly talk to cast on a daily basis? ive seen on other seasons or challenge aftershows where girls will talk about how hot certain camera guys are or something

- do cast mates ever have sex without the covers on them? all the time that sex/fooling around is shown on real world its shown under the covers, but it seems unlikely that cast mates only have sex under the sheets for the entire 3 months or however long they're there for since you can't do all the positions or do as much as you'd want.

- was it known and confirmed behind the scenes that Ryan took the pills for sure and was lying? was there anything to that story that wasn't shown?

I'm not sure what they showed since I ended up missing about half the season, but some of the funniest things I saw were Eric sneaking into Preston's room when he was with his boyfriend and scaring the **** out of them while simultaneously getting donkey kicked in the face, Knight throwing on his Borat swimsuit (which was heavily edited for obvious reasons) since none of us saw him change then he just kind of wandered into frame wearing it, and there were some good moments on slow nights of us messing around with them either by screwing with the lights, opening and closing doors/windows, scaring them from behind with the boom mic, or just hiding around corners when we knew they were coming.

There were tons of good moments and hilarious drunk conversations, could probably think of some more.

This is pretty touch and go. You aren't supposed to become friends with them, but a certain amount of conversation obviously is going to happen. Interaction was nightly, even if it was just a mic change or something like that. They get to learn pretty much everyone's names though and some other basic stuff throughout the season though just by putting things together. I talked to them much more extensively after the show wrapped/began to air when I would see some of them out from time to time.

I'm sure there are some things, but nothing ever came up like this. There were times (mostly near the beginning) when they would ask for privacy or to have their mic taken off or something, but those were shot down by the producers since that stuff is 99% of the time what we want to see.

I didn't watch a good bit of the season so I don't really know, but if you had specific questions about stuff you were curious of I can probably answer it if it isn't too invasive.

Cast talks about crew a decent amount. We'd overhear conversations they have about us quite a bit, like who they want to bang, etc. Just random speculation and gossip for the most part, which is pretty funny to hear.

They were actually pretty good about this, I didn't see anything utterly crazy going on that they obviously wouldn't be able to show. The shower was a pretty popular spot as well and it was pretty much assumed the nights that they would sneak off away from camera (and get fined) that they were banging.

I actually kind of forgot if we ever actually knew for certain what happened there, didn't really pay attention to it because it bored me. Ryan was obviously the most likely, but who knows for sure. From what I saw I think they showed all the major points of that, since I know the producers were interested in anything involving Knight's old addiction because they apparently have never had a story like that before on the show.

Noze I have a few questions.

In earlier seasons of RW like the original season of RW New Orleans Kelly missed a ton of time in the house because she stayed with her boyfriend at the time. Is this no longer allowed unless they get special permission from the producers of the show?

What was there weekly stipend?

During the finale we saw Knight and others at the finished house. How much time did they really work on it? Did they only come in for the early building stages we saw on a episode and then return for the last day that was show on television for film segments? Or did they actually work on it throughout the show even when the camera was not running or not shown on tv?

That season aired when I was like 13 so I don't really know the extent of it, but based on what you have said, no it isn't allowed. They have a curfew.

I think I heard $300 or so but I could be off. I'm sure all of them used some money from home accounts or just became credit queens.


Can't really tell you for sure since my shift wasn't there for mornings or early afternoons, but I think they spent a decent amount of time at it and I'm actually pretty sure they ended up working on more than one house. It was an ongoing project, nothing at all like a staged pop-in at groundbreaking then have them come back for a ribbon-cutting.

Thank you for answering my questions. I managed to come up with a few more if you don't mind.

In the original RW NO all the crew were not allowed to tell any locals who they were and had to make up stories about what show they were from. One of the main stories they used was that they were filming a show for the Discovery Channel about Doctors. lol The press and the people of the city didn't have a hard time figuring out who they really were. Has this changed since then? If not what did you tell people you were filming as I read in this thread that this was one of your jobs to coordinate events and get people to sign waivers.

Were the front entrance steps brutal for the camera guys? Did they go through a back entrance that was easier or did they have a lift or elevator to use?

During the original NO season they eventually had to get security 24/7 with a cop car inside the premise at all times due to people running up to the doorbell and ringing it up. Or the press trying to get photos in which the cop would tell the crew to keep the castmembers inside. This house looked more cornered off from view and harder to get in but did they have to go through these lengths?

How much time do the castmembers get on the computer? And what are their limits for it? They have no TV so do any of them try to sneak in watching tv shows on it? And did the cast ever complain and find it odd that RW allows computer access but not a TV?

Was there more to the Knight altercation where he got punched in the nose that wasn't shown? Did they have to have a house meeting or pull Knight to the side to ask him if he wanted her kicked out?

Will you be doing anymore seasons for the RW or have you received any other jobs because of your work on RW?

We didn't go out of our way to broadcast who we were, but it was pretty obvious, especially in bars. Anyone who signed a waiver knew what it was or were told, as the name of the show is part of the waiver they sign.

There were tons of entrances to the house, but if they had to follow the cast up the stairs then they just did it. It wasn't so bad.

This house wasn't on the main street the other one was (it was a block off, but still that matters), but we had security on nights they would regularly go out (Thursday-Saturday or so, more during Mardi Gras) that would go out with the camera crews to bars (to protect the crew) and/or chill at the house if the cast was hanging out there. The house is also gated and we were really on top of making sure the gate stayed locked. If people hung outside the front gate for any period of time taking pictures or whatever and the cops weren't around we would go outside and politely ask if they would move on. We couldn't tell them to obviously since it's public property, but most people were fine. The cops would help us keep people away too, and people obviously listened to them.

As much as they wanted. The audio on the computer was shut off, so watching TV would be pointless. Nobody ever complained about that specifically since they knew what they were getting into, just more general complaints about how they missed TV, cell phone, etc.

What happened exactly here? I forgot about him ever getting hit and don't remember anything about a meeting or him wanting someone kicked out.

More Real World, maybe not sure. Not this next season, but maybe. Yeah I've gotten other work from it, another reality show came into town and basically took the Real World staff list and called everyone from there who held positions that they needed. It's a good credit to have for sure.

Jayme punched Knight while he was in bed.

Oh, right. I kind of remember that. I wasn't privy to anything about her potentially getting kicked off, and I doubt it was ever under serious consideration. Jemmye and Knight basically were this season.

Looks like we will get to see some of the stuff you have talked about in this thread next week Noze like the camera guys scaring the cast.

Holy ****, this reunion episode is great so far. Ryan is bat**** crazy.

I never thought Knight and Jemmye would last past the show.

Holy crap, just watched the reunion. Ryan is even more crazy than I remembered, he was borderline existential.

So if someone wanted to just get on the computer and read 2p2 for hours on end they would be allowed to? Not saying anyone would want to but considering there's plenty of people who waste time in chat rooms or on forums like this one instead of TV it would seem that they should limit it for the same reasons they don't have a TV in the house.

Yeah if they wanted to they could, but the realities of 8 people sharing one computer and having plenty of stuff going on in addition to copious amounts of drinking meant that it never really happened.

Did you see yourself last night on the Sh*t they should have shown episode last night NozeCandy?

Nah I wasn't in any of that. Saw a lot of people I do know though, some hilarious stuff.

Ashlee Feldman coming on my radio show tomorrow. Any specific questions?