Throwback Thursday: MTV's The 70s House!

Since it is Thursday and I was slacking last week, so therefore robbed you of an amazing Throwback Thursday post, I am coming to you now with what could be the very BEST Throwback Thursday post EVER.  Okay, well, that might be pushing things a little.  I’m actually going to reminisce on a very, odd reality television show that lasted for one season on MTV.  This show was called MTV’s The 70s House.  Man, this show was weird.  You almost have to wonder what/who inspired this.  This show ran during the summer of 2005 and there are pretty much zero traces of it anywhere on Youtube, or anywhere online for that matter.  I watched this show the whole way through and remember the main idea of the whole thing, but if I had to tell you any details, I’d fail miserably, so this post is sponsored by Wikipedia and Google, amongst various other websites.

For those that are 70s challenged,
here is a picture of a dial rotary phone!

Like many other reality TV shows, this one took twelve contestants and stuck them in a house together, kinda like on Big Brother.  But no, this was different from Big Brother!  This was very different.  This house was 70’s themed and forced these people to live as though they were actually IN the 70’s.  They weren’t allowed to use cell phones or many other technologies, they were forced to dress in 70s attire, and they even had to speak in phrases that were used in the 70s!  If I remember correctly, they strongly enforced all of these rules with no allowance in mess-ups.  If the people wanted to call home, they had to use one of those dial rotary phones, you know the ones.  (Fun fact:  I’ve always wished that dial rotary phones were still "cool", as I think it would be so fun to use them on a daily basis.  Pushing the button’s on my iPhone’s touchscreen is so passé.)  Each episode one or two people would be cut as they tried to find which contestant was “the most 70s.”  And let me tell you, these people SERIOUSLY WANTED to win.  I’m talking extreme dedication.  What does this title bring you, besides the fact that I’m sure the winner received money, you ask?  I DO NOT KNOW!!  That is what is so great about this show!  Man, I wish there were episodes of this somewhere online.

The cast of "MTV's The 70s House"

Throughout the entire course of the show, at random times, a “Hustle alarm” was played and all the remaining contestants would have to stop what they were doing (even at times, sleeping) to get up and do the Hustle. If you are 70s challenged, I have included the link to a Youtube video of what the Hustle looks and sounds like.  There were a couple people that played the role of hosts, but for the majority, communication to the contestants was done through a voice called Oscar.  I vividly remember the sound of Oscar’s voice to this day..

Oh!  I’m kidding about money being the prize.  Wikipedia lists the prize of this show as “a prize package from HP, a 2005 Voltswagen Beetle, and a trip to Europe.   Which is good I guess, but I still think these people who did the show are absolute crazies.   I don’t even need to give recaps on where these people are today.  None of them went on to do anything, and for all I know they are now living in the 80s!   But to tell you the truth, that’s not a bad life choice per se, as the 80s were filled with fabulous movies and music! 

Challenges on this show included dodgeball, rollerskating, and Operation, so you can only imagine how truly exciting this show was!  But dropping the sarcasm, I truly do think I liked this show.  Granted that I was approximately thirteen years old.  I do remember the rest of my family thinking I was insane for liking it, but what can I say, I’m a huge sucker for bad reality shows.  If you remember this show, please please leave a comment or some form of feedback, because as of now, I feel very alone in the fact that I watched this trainwreck.

Alright, that's about it for this TBT.  I hope you found it GROOVY, BABY!