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TexasTowelie

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Sun Feb 19, 2017, 11:12 AM Feb 2017

No 'Jersey Shore' redux; beach town wary of new reality show

SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (AP) - Some residents of a shore town stung by MTV's "Jersey Shore" are wary about plans by a bar featured in that series to hold a casting call for a new reality show.

The Bamboo Bar in Seaside Heights is looking for "loud and fun" single people at a casting call Saturday.

The planned show is tentatively titled "I Love Summer" and would follow roommates who work on the beach during the day and at the bar at night, according to a Bamboo Bar social media posting.

Bamboo Bar owner John Saddy told the Asbury Park Press (http://on.app.com/2m2tDA9 ) that it's not as wild as "Jersey Shore," which debuted in 2009 and focused on a group of young Italian-Americans at a New Jersey shore house.

Read more: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_jersey/20170217_ap_cc016f523f974fd79688e7b0ae59739e.html

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