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The Surreal Life

7.0(11)
First Aired:January 9, 2003
Seasons:6 seasons
Episodes:58
Status:Ended

The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in Glen Campbell's former mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks. The format of the show resembles that of The Real World and Road Rules, in that the cameras not only record the castmates' participation in group activities assigned to them, but also their interpersonal relationships and conflicts. The series is also likened to The Challenge in that previously known individuals from separate origins of entertainment are brought together into one cast. The show's first two seasons aired on The WB, and subsequent seasons have been shown on VH1.

Cast

Tawny Kitaen

Tawny Kitaen

Self

C.C. DeVille

C.C. DeVille

Self

Steve Harwell

Self

Andrea Lowell

Andrea Lowell

Self

Sherman Hemsley

Sherman Hemsley

Self

Alexis Arquette

Alexis Arquette

Self

Maven Huffman

Maven Huffman

Self

Seasons

E1A Surreal Beginning

60m

Jan 9, 2003

E2A Surreal Beginning Part 2

60m

Jan 9, 2003

E3Stars Under the Stars

60m

Jan 16, 2003

This one has a 'Survivor' twist to it. With none other than Survivor's favorite "witch", Jerri Manthey doing the "Jeff Probst" role! The Surreal gang is competing for a night in the outdoors in a furnished tent with a cooking chef.

E4Backyard Talent Show

60m

Jan 23, 2003

The Surreal gang have a Talent show for charity, Hosted by the great Monty hall.

E5Sincity to Saved

60m

Jan 30, 2003

The gang head out to Las Vegas, Corey has a meltdown, Hammer and boys dance at FatBurger. The girls go out to a strip club. Then go to church the very next day to pray for Vince who has lost his "faith".

E6Brande Needs a Man

60m

Feb 13, 2003

The Surreal gang go on a "Man-Hunt" to find a date for Brande. She then picks the guy and proceeds on a "Surreal Blind Date" Corey continues to have "drama" on the phone with his fiancée.

E7Softball/Pre-wedding Jitters

60m

Feb 13, 2003

The housemates play softball; Corey Feldman's wedding plans cause stress.

E8Corey's Wedding

60m

Feb 20, 2003

M.C. Hammer officiates at Corey Feldman and Susie Sprague's wedding; Hugh Hefner and a bevy of blondes attend the celebration; the housemates say goodbye.

E1Can't We All Just Get Along

60m

Jan 11, 2004

The new Surreal gang meet and personalities clash right away. They settle in and go shopping for groceries and then go to a Moroccan restaurant for dinner.

E2Mel's Diner

60m

Jan 18, 2004

The gang work at a local diner for charity with none-other than the late great Gary Coleman as their manager! Surprise cameo by Todd Bridges as a customer. Then the gang makes and give away brownies to the neighbors.

E3The Children's Play

60m

Jan 25, 2004

The gang have a Surreal Seance with Psychic Cheri Mancuso. Then they put on a Surreal play for children with funny and disastrous results. Trishelle has a bit much to drink and confesses her love to Vanilla Ice.

E4The Good, The Bad & The Porn Stars

60m

Feb 8, 2004

The gang, except Ron, attend Tammy's book-signing and are amazed at her following. Ron stayed home to prepare his Backyard BBQ Booty Call Party. Among the invited guests are, Andy Dick, Rick James and Cleetis Mack of Digital Underground.

E5Nude Resort

60m

Feb 15, 2004

Everyone, except Tammy, is happy after finding out they have been invited to a nudist resort; nude volleyball; karaoke bar.

E6Dirty Laundry

60m

Feb 22, 2004

The gang's last day and night together. They go out shopping for goodbye gifts. When they get back, they get a surprise as they're guests on Sally Jesse Raphael's new show "Dirty Laundry".

E1Six Degrees of Irritation

60m

Sep 5, 2004

Dave Coulier, Flavor Flav, Jordan Knight, Brigitte Nielsen, Ryan Starr and Charo move into a Hollywood mansion together; Flav cannot remember his roommates.

E2Strange Love

60m

Sep 12, 2004

Flavor Flav and Brigitte Nielsen get closer and bond. The Surreal gang have dinner one on one to get to know each other better.

E3Battle of the Bands

60m

Sep 19, 2004

The roommates participate in a battle of the bands with aspiring teen musicians.

E4Highway to Hell

60m

Sep 26, 2004

The Surreal Gang take a road-trip to San Diego to see Charo perform her show. One problem:only one room! So it's gals vs guys in who makes more money and gets the room. Brigitte "falls in lust" with one of Charo's male dancers from her show.

E5Surf School

60m

Oct 3, 2004

The Surreal Surfing Life! Our gang learns to surf and learn other things about themselves in the process. Flav is fed up with Brigitte's flirting with other men.

E6Making the Single: Part One

60m

Oct 10, 2004

Rock and Roll (at least that's what Ryan hopes)! It's time to make a hit record. Jordan puts on his producer shades and the Surreal Lifers are ready to make some magic happen. Jordan quickly turns dictator and does not allow for creative input from Charo or Ryan, creating the ultimate pop song, or in Charo's words ""a crazy salad"". Ryan will not sell out and sing pop. She storms out of the studio leaving the rest of the cast in suspense about whether she will return to contribute her vocals to the record.

E7Making the Single: Part B

60m

Oct 17, 2004

The gang has only four hours left to complete their single "Live My Life". Can they pull it off?

E8Haunted Hospital

60m

Oct 24, 2004

Spooky Surreal Life Ghosts! The gang go to a abandoned mental hospital with Ghost-hunter Dr. Larry Montz. A truly scary episode. Perfect to view on Halloween! Dave goes solo, Charo with Jordan, Flav with Bridgitte and Ryan does not do it.

E9Dirty Laundry

60m

Oct 31, 2004

The Surreal gang get a "Family Portrait" taken. When they get back home, they get a surprise: Sally Jessy Raphael is waiting for them to go live with her "Dirty Laundry" show. And a lot of "secrets" are revealed.

E10Last Supper and Goodbyes

60m

Nov 7, 2004

The Surreal Gang have one final dinner together before they all go back to their 'Real' lives. Who gets to take the Surreal Doggy home? Hmm...

E11Best & Worst

60m

Nov 14, 2004

The roommates discuss their experiences in the house.

E12Lost Moments

60m

Dec 5, 2004

Surreal Lost Moments: #1:Sick Puppy,#2:Jordan Strikes Out!, #3:Snack Attack, #4 Hopeless Homemaker, #5: Shop Suey it! #7: It's Alive! #8;Boo-Boo Graph. #9: Love Machine.

E1The Surreal Seven (a.k.a. It's In My Contract!)

60m

Jan 9, 2005

A checker cab driven by reality TV über-fan Kathy Griffin picks up each of the housemates and drops them off at the house. Chyna runs amok, stealing, moving things, thigh-mastering and generally causing chaos. Da Brat's afraid of being in the house with has-beens. Chris tries to maintain the peace when Verne tells Chyna that her private room is his (""it's in my contract""), and the others wonder what it is they've gotten themselves into. Once the room conflict has been resolved, the cast gathers for ""Dinner on Adrianne,"" which will forever change the way the cast feels about sushi, particularly Verne, who shows a big ""perve"" can be in a small package. Later, Jane and Adrianne go skinny dipping, while Verne drinks too much and passes out. Chris, the new father to this wacky quasi-family, carries Verne to bed, only to get a bizarre ""nose-job"" from the soused dwarf.

E2The Kids are All Wrong

60m

Jan 16, 2005

The cast is challenged beyond belief to take care of a bunch of kids from ages 5-6 yeard old through day care in order to raise money for charity of $1000.

E3Horses, Dwarves & Bears, Oh My!

60m

Jan 23, 2005

The cast goes camping; Verne faces difficulty with an activity; a campfire bonds the cast as a family; Joanie confesses about a shocking event from her past.

E4Three Crushes

60m

Jan 30, 2005

As the cast returns back from their camping trip they find out that their house has no been turned into a spa. Unfortunately the spa is albeit one run by a man with a questionable approach to issues of personal space. After they've had their chakras stroked, everyone, except Verne, decides to celebrate Chris's birthday with an impromptu visit to a strip club. And, in a surprise late night revelation, Adrianne spills the beans to Brat about her crush on Mr. Brady.

E5Celebrity Pitch Fest

60m

Feb 13, 2005

Adrianne continues to pursue for Chris' affection, but still not getting much of a response back. Meanwhile, the cast heads to VH1 offices where they try to get a development deal going so they can create a new series---giving us the chance to meet the mysterious Missy and watch as she and Chyna Doll pitch their ""Man-Eaters"" concept to a befuddled executive panel. Adrianne and Chyna Doll wrestle and Chris confronts Adrianne's outrageous behavior.

E6I'm With Cupid

60m

Feb 20, 2005

Date night for the Surreal Life cast! A winged Ron Jeremy sets up a dating game for the castmates. Sparks fly as the couples love or loathe their new partners because some-like Adrienne-are still pining over other houseguests.

E7Seven Celebrities of Death (1)

60m

Mar 6, 2005

The cast members discover that they've got 24 hours to prepare for shooting a Kung Fu epic entitled Seven Celebrities Of Death. As neophyte director Jane struggles to keep it together, they team is suddenly interrupted by a surprise visit from Chyna Doll's boyfriend Sean, who refuses to leave the house without Chyna Doll and threatens to grind the whole Surreal experience to a halt. Da Brat and others in the house catch an attitude with Sean.

E8Seven Celebrities of Death (2)

60m

Mar 27, 2005

At the movie set, Jane struggles to bring her vision to the silver screen, confronting slow-moving actors, technical problems and a mini-mutiny in which Jane learns the harsh reality imposed by the clock. Fighting back a meltdown, the cast members pull it together, manage to do their stunts, say their lines, and get the project in the can.

E9Dirty Laundry

60m

Apr 3, 2005

The cast goes to the race track in the morning that day before they leave the house. It's that time of the season where Sally Jessy Raphael comes ""The Surreal Life"" house with a live audience and sits the cast down for ""Dirty Laudry"" where the cast hears things that they didn't know.

E10Burning Questions

60m

Apr 17, 2005

A series of clips are shown that never made the final cut to television......until now.

E11Get Out!!

60m

Apr 24, 2005

The cast shares their final night together. Jane waits for Da Brat to apologize to her, but finally confronts her. They argue at dinnre and everyone else feels like their on a slow train wreck. Da Brat says she apologized to Jane, Jane sees differently. Meanwhile, Sean calls Joanie and Joanie gets very sad. Marcus comforts her, but he thinks of her only as a sister. Da Brat & Jane finally agree that they both just wanna be friends, and all is better. The cast leaves, and Verne flips us the bird as he's on his way out.

E1No Way, It's Jose

60m

Jul 10, 2005

The Surreal Life is back for a fifth season with a new house and a new bunch of celebrities. “Surreal Life Security”, Andy Dick meets each celeb at the door and performs a security check before allowing them to enter the house. The pressure gets to Andy as he snaps and calls it quits before the last cast member arrives. Surprise! It’s baseball bad boy Jose Canseco! Rounding out the rest of this season’s cast are motocross superstar Carey Hart, self-proclaimed first ever supermodel Janice Dickinson, Sandi Denton a.k.a. Pepa from the hit rap trio Salt N’ Pepa, supermodel Carpice, comedic actor Bronson Pinchot from Perfect Strangers, and The Apprentice villainess and beauty queen Omarosa Manigault Stalworth. Will this be one big happy family or turn into a family feud?

E2Sunshine Strikers

60m

Jul 17, 2005

The seven new castmates compete in a bowling league against a mentally handicapped team. Tensions continue to fly between Janice and Omarosa, when Omarosa sees Janice making fun of the other team.

E3Take It Off

60m

Jul 24, 2005

The Surreal Life cast has to put together a burlesque show at a Hollywood nightclub. Jose Canseco is thrilled about the challenge, and even uses the opportunity to explore his feminine side. But some of the cast, particularly Janice Dickson is not excited over it. Janice becomes more and more isolated from the rest of her housemates.

E4Backyard Makeover Surreal Edition

60m

Jul 31, 2005

The celebrities get their next assignment - rebuilding a backyard for a battered women's shelter. Omarosa is designated as the team leader, a job that the other members of the group quickly reassign to Carey, who has had experience in landscaping. By the end of the day, despite complaints from Janice and a power trip from Omarosa, the cast completes the job and is given the ulitimate reward when they see the faces of the women and children.

E5Moto-Crossdressers

60m

Aug 14, 2005

An exhausted Surreal Life cast is not too happy when finding out their next challenge will be traveling to Gorman where they'll learn to ride dirt bikes. Jose admits he has a life-long fear of motorcycles as they suit up, rev up and compete for the title of ""Biker of the Day."" With Carey showing the basics, everyone has a good time, and Caprice walks off with a new mini-motorcycle. Later, an impromptu sexy, cross-dressing slumber party reveals Jose's feminine side.

E6Vegas Dead Ringers

60m

Aug 21, 2005

The celebrities play a game of baseball, with team captain Jose, against a group of Las Vegas celebrity impersonators. Although the final score is very close, the Surreal Lifers we love beat the Dead Ringers, including Barbara Streisand, Dolly Parton, Madonna, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Jose Canseco himself! Later, the cast, finished with their pit stop, takes the improved Surreal Life charter bus to the Palms Hotel, where everyone goes to a club to party. But Janice parties harder than ever, ticking some of her fellow celebrities off.

E7Voted Out Of Vegas

60m

Sep 4, 2005

The cast members compete for immunity in order to avoid being sent home from Las Vegas.

E8The Knife Incident, Part 1

60m

Sep 11, 2005

Janice and Omarosa disagree in front of the press; a portrait creates bad blood.

E9The Knife Incident, Part 2

60m

Sep 18, 2005

Omarosa prepares to leave the house.

E10Dirty Laundry, Part 1

60m

Sep 25, 2005

The cast returns from golfing to discover Sally Jessy Raphael and an audience in the mansion.

E11Dirty Laundry, Part 2

60m

Oct 2, 2005

Sally makes an accusation; Omarosa defends herself.

E12The Last Straw

60m

Oct 9, 2005

Omarosa apologizes to Janice; cast members have a final dinner together.

E1Movin' On In

60m

Mar 19, 2006

The Surreal Life 6 cast move into the mansion. Smart-mouthed bellhop Jimmy Pardo greets, insults and coerces our cast into carrying their own luggage as they check into a surreal motel.

E2Makin' the Video

60m

Mar 26, 2006

The housemates help film a video for Smash Mouth's “Story of My Life.”

E3Action News, Part 1

60m

Apr 2, 2006

Part 1 of two. The cast must do a TV news report, with Alexis as executive producer, Florence as anchor, Sherman as weatherman, C.C. doing the sports, Steve as field producer and Andrea reporting from a local winery.

E4Action News, Part 2

60m

Apr 9, 2006

Part 2 of 2. The cast does a TV newscast, with Alexis and Steve producing, and Florence, Sherman, C.C. and Andrea on air.

E5Tawny Takes on Flo, Part 1

60m

Apr 17, 2006

Part one of two. The house mates film talk shows in front of an audience, with Tawny vowing to reveal the real Florence and C.C. wanting to hit the bottle before he hits the stage.

E6Tawny Takes on Flo, Part 2

60m

Apr 23, 2006

Part 2 of 2. The pressure is on to win the talk-show competition. Guests include Bridget the Midget, Marla Gibbs (“The Jeffersons”), a man with a 10-foot mustache and a 92-year-old bodybuilder.

E7Battle of the 80's Hair Bands

60m

Apr 30, 2006

The housemates must form a hair-band to go up against cover band "Posin" in a battle of the bands. C.C. feels the pressure as he prepares to perform "Talk Dirty to Me", a song from his Poison days.

E8Flo's Final Word

60m

May 7, 2006

The Surrealifers awake to find the living room rearranged for a group therapy session with in-house advisor, Florence Henderson as "Dr. Flo"! Can Maven face the truth about his pain? Will Andrea finally come clean with Florence when she is shown footage of herself aggressively badmouthing Flo? And, can Tawny cope with any advice or criticism given to her, or is this just one more reason for her to think Florence is "a pushy, pain in the ass"? It's the moment they've all been dreading, Mrs. Brady challenges them to come clean and face their biggest fears.

E9Check-out Is At Noon, Parts 1 and 2

60m

May 14, 2006

The final morning finds the guests packing and reminiscing about their time at the Surreal Life Motel. Tawny spends most of the day sleeping and ignoring the rest of her cast mates. Later, tensions begin to bubble in the house as Tawny breaks up with her fiancé on the phone. In complete disbelief, the cast watches as Tawny throws her clothes off, and jumps into the pool naked. CC is left scratching his head and wondering what has happened to Tawny in the last few days. She has become completely erratic. Once reclusive and closed-off from the rest of the cast, Tawny is now skinny-dipping, and sensually kissing the other women on the lips. Better order some room service, it's going to be a very bumpy final night at the Surreal Life Motel.

Storyline

The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in Glen Campbell's former mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks. The format of the show resembles that of The Real World and Road Rules, in that the cameras not only record the castmates' participation in group activities assigned to them, but also their interpersonal relationships and conflicts. The series is also likened to The Challenge in that previously known individuals from separate origins of entertainment are brought together into one cast. The show's first two seasons aired on The WB, and subsequent seasons have been shown on VH1.

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