Utahns on "Real World: Brooklyn": Episode 5
It was business as usual for the two Utahns on “Real World: Brooklyn” this week. Baya Voce-Hoffman doesn’t do much. And Chet Cannon is sort of the clown prince of the house.
He just doesn’t seem to be aware of it.
Baya’s only moments come in the form of her commenting on the lives of other cast members.
When Scott brings home a couple of different girls, she says, “I think it’s kind of funny.”
When Baya talks to Iraq war vet Ryan about his friend’s suicide she says, “I don’t know how anybody could go into Iraq and not come home with some sort of trauma attached to that.”
Chet, meanwhile, continues to provide the comic relief:
–Chet and his bromantic buddy, Ryan, still don’t get that pranks are childish and unfunny. When Ryan ties JD’s shoelaces together, JD squirts shaving cream on Ryan and Chet — pretty stupid, but they had it coming to them for all their previous stunts.
–Chet is still obsessed with sex. Interviewing the band Hey Monday for the Web site friendsorenemies.com, he asks one of them, “If two groups could have sex and create a band, what two would compose this offspring, Hey Monday?” And then he asks the group’s sole female if she’s sleeping with any of the “four strapping young lads” in the band.
Chet thinks he’s doing great. Then his boss has to tell him, “Try not to make fun of the band” while interviewing them. Duh.
–Chet’s roommate, Scott, is in their room talking to a girl. Chet enters, passes gas, interrupts and generally acts like he’s about 9.
–Chet goes to Times Square, hoping to take a step on the road to his dream job. “One of the main reasons that I came out here to New York was so that one day I could become the new host of TRL,” he says. Then he’s told MTV canceled “Total Request Live.”
(Editor’s note: The cancellation was not a surprise and was announced months before the show actually ended.)
Chet is, nonetheless, stunned by this news. “How am I supposed to host a show that’s just been canceled? Oh, it’s just total bummer,” he says.
–Chet, clearly jealous of Scott’s success with girls, writes “The Unofficial Guide to Scott Dating.”
–Chet insists he knows more about fashion than his roommates. They, however, are smart enough to know how dumb he looks when he puts on his thick, horn-rimmed glasses and red bow tie to go interview Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz.
“You look like Orville Redenbacher,” Ryan says. And he’s right.
–With a little stroking from Wentz, Chet is convinced he’s a great interviewer. “I’m doing what I love. I’m interviewing celebrities. That’s all I’ve ever wanted to do, and now I’m doing it. I really do feel like I’m in my element,” he says.
From what we can see . . . not so much.
Stay tuned . . .