my summer guilty pleasure has ended! beauty and the geek

now that chuck is $125,000 richer, i'm sure he's meeting ALOT of women

who could have thought that the minds behind the uber lame punk'd would be able to come up with a relatively sweet and hilarious reality show about 7 mensa 'geeks' and 7 ditsy 'babes'. by pairing them up, these couples compete every week to learn from each other (social skills and fashion tips for the geeks. actual facts and basic knowledge for the beauties)

easily one of the most surprisingly entertaining tv shows of the summer, beauty and the geek finally finished it's run with kung fu brain surgeon chuck and fashion expert caitilin plowing their way through the competition.

along the way we got to see chuck lose his nosebleed habits when things got stressful, richard get kissed three times in his life, mindi proving that she's the smartest girl amoung all the other girls and cheerleader scarlett screaming at boy scout master shawn for not knowing how to pitch a tent (the real kind).

the adventures between these 7 couples have shown once again that if you scratch beneath the surface, you're likely to discover a wealth of gems. already working on season 2, this show has easily become a favorite of the summer.

other fun shows out now:
i want to be a hilton (hicks are not only hot, but they are funny!)
the 70's house (where kids thinking they're going to the real world are actually forced to live like it's the 70's the whole time they are competing with each other. the random hustle drills alone is reason to watch this funny show)
30 days (morgan spurlock's wonderful social experiment in which people choose to live for 30 days as someone else. so far a devout gun toting christian moves to the castro to live with gay men, a catholic lives life as a muslim and morgan himself lives on minimum wage for 30 days.)