Parker: Things not so polite and proper in 'Real World'

By Penny Parker, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published August 9, 2006 at midnight

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Larry McDonald, VP and GM of JR's gay bar on 17th Avenue, found out that dealing with the Real World was a real drag. On a recent Thursday night, a number of cast members of the MTV reality series filming here visited the bar and behaved badly.

"The whole cast got drunk," McDonald said. "Two girls asked a bartender to have a three-way with them, but he said he wasn't going to be known as the guy who goes home with the Real World cast. They were all upstairs doing body shots on the bar."

"Jeremy" (his show name), the cast member who was supposed to start working at JR's four nights a week, came in with the crew that night and assumed (mistakenly) that he could drink for free, according to McDonald.

The place was packed (Thursdays feature half-price drinks) and one of the cameramen ended up getting hit on the head with a glass or a bottle, McDonald said.

"I told them not to come in on our busiest night when I signed the contract," he said, "but they wouldn't promise us they wouldn't."

So Jeremy's job at JR's ended before it started. "I haven't seen or heard from them since that night," McDonald said.

Phone calls Tuesday to the public relations firm representing Real World were not returned.

JOKE'S ON US: Denver attorney and stand-up comedian Frank Schuchat sent me some new material about our beloved town:

• With the Tattered Cover now on Colfax we will have the most literate hookers in the country. That should help us get the Democratic Convention.

• MTV's Real World is filming in LoDo. I've got news for the kids: Twenty years ago LoDo was the real world.

• I missed the "Body Worlds 2" show at the Museum of Nature & Science. But if it comes back to town in a couple years, I'll definitely go. Even if it's not the original cast.

CELEB SCENE: Major movie star Paul Newman is rumored to be heading to town this weekend for the Grand Prix of Denver. Newman is half-owner of the Newman-Haas racing team. Also, Malcolm In The Middle's Frankie Muniz is expected to be vrooming at the Grand Prix as a driver for Formula BMW.

CHICKS TIX: The Dixie Chicks concert, originally set for Sept. 24 at the Pepsi Center, has been moved to Nov. 27. Tickets for the September date will be honored on Nov. 27. Those who cannot attend the new date should seek refunds at the place of purchase. Tickets are still available through Ticketmaster.

CHEERS: The Denver Broncos Cheerleaders are throwing a 2007 calendar release party from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Aug. 17 at the Cowboy Lounge, 1941 Market St. The $25 cover charge includes a copy of the calendar (shot last month in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico), Budweisers and appetizers. More info: 303-292-4071.

BAR BASH: Local vocals Opie Gone Bad will entertain during Thirsty Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday (natch!) at the Strata Bar in the lobby of the Hyatt Regency Denver, 15th and Welton streets. There will be $2 draft beers, $5 mojitos, $5 parking and free eats.

EXTRA, EXTRA: Comedian Carlos Mencia has added a third show to his previously sold-out stint at the Buell Theatre. Both shows on Sept. 15 are booked, but tickets for a Sept. 14 show go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday through Ticketmaster.

EAVESDROPPING on a man talking about an attractive woman: "Is she a stickler about being married?"

Penny Parker's column appears Tuesday through Saturday. Listen to her on the Caplis and Silverman radio show between 4 and 5 p.m. Fridays on KHOW-AM (630). Call her at 303-954-5224 or e-mail parkerp@RockyMountainNews.com.

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