I'm 40 now but seeing this takes me back to coming home from school, getting a snack, and watching TRL and the real world. lol It was definitely a better time in my life that's for sure
To me it was my all-time favorite. I basically only watched a few more episodes after this season. The pre-2000 casts actually had intelligent people, as opposed to later seasons where it was all about getting drunk, fighting, and hooking up.
When Julie fought that woman and was like wow I lost, and Melissa was like, “well you fought a girl named squirrel”. I remember dying when I saw that and I hope I find that clip.
21:33 LMFAO legendary. Iconic moment. This should have included Melissa’s “Time out! Time the f*** out!” though. And the legendary Mardi Gras confessional. But what about the South Africa trip? Arguably the GOAT season behind the original New York and the original San Diego. Truly excited for the Homecoming.
Been watching the Real World Homecoming- New Orleans cause feeling nostalgic for the late 90s. One of the best times to grow up. It's crazy to see that whole crew in their 40s. Plus, always loved Melissa. Her personality is still infectiously fun and she was one of the first people of Filipino descent that I ever saw on TV.
David's insistence on turning his introduction into a music video no matter WHAT was so funny. "Can't you just say my name is David. I'm 22 years old. I'm from ...?" David: Ok but I'm gone have to "flow it" 🤨🤨🤷🏾♀🤷🏾♀🤦🏾♀🤦🏾♀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@jayj3000 paramount plus has it for free streaming right now. Although they cut the original music. Or you can fun the episodes on YT. It has like three episodes missing. But original music.
As someone from New Orleans, I remember being at a Mardi Gras parade one night, and passing by the Belfort, where the cast was all sitting out on the steps. One of my favorite seasons of the Real World. I still crack up thinking about when Melissa was in the car, and trying to get directions for Thrift City. Is it a four lane, no Tulane....ha, ha.
Come and be my baby tonight!!! Still a classic. And, full on Monet!!!! Danny and Paul!!! Wow I was 15/16 when this came out and I remember it like yesterday!!!
Definitely loved this season growing up. I just watched their homecoming season, but it’s been so long since I’ve seen this season lol. One of these days I need to rewatch it on Paramount Plus.
This season shaped me as a person, I was in middle school. First exposure to don't ask don't tell...so many great and difficult conversations were had. I think the Julie's of today would have a harder time. Of course with sm there's less excuses to say things like "colored" 🤯 I was very affected by these people though all of them and hope they're well. I remember looking up to Kelly Melissa and Danny in particular.
It’s so refreshing to see honest depictions of gay men on TV other than the super flamboyant and sassy gay men on TV now that perpetuate gay stereotypes
28:31 I've thought back on this scene so many times over the past 2 decades and laughed my ass off. Melissa was always such a character and her overreactions always cracked me up.
I ussd to love the Real World when I was younger. This is back when MTV or just TV in general wasn’t oversaturated with reality shows like it is now . I always wondered how MTV afforded these big houses .
I loved the bond & chemistry between Danny and Kelly. Their bond is what made me always want a good girlfriend who I could confide in as a gay boy. Melissa was my fav though.
Kelly calling David (a grown Black man) a “big ol’ boy” never sat right with me. Especially with her being from Deep South Georgia. But I loved Melissa and Danny. ❤
Everybody knows the music was like the eighth roommate; guiding important plot points & providing atmosphere. Sad to see even the original intro music has been replaced in addition to many other cues throughout the episodes that are (FINALLY) available on Paramount+ 😔 The Real World was/is a literal time capsule or yearbook for the 30+ & up club. I graduated high school the year the New Orleans season premiered, so I was looking forward to a COMPLETE rebroadcast of the episodes with everything intact, but Viacom insists on being cheap & not paying the artists/labels for the music licensing 🙄 So, here we are: A lukewarm "homecoming" of an otherwise great season of a legendary series
I agree about the music. When Julie boxes, Danny gets drunk on the float, and the the "Big Pimping" during Melissa's narration of David's fling added so much to the scenes.
@@FGC-ku4ez My sentiments exactly. I haven't watched all the episodes on Paramount+ as of yet, but just the first few minutes of Episode 1 was enough of a turnoff. The "Big Pimpin" Melissa/David Mardi Gras shenanigans was precisely the scene I was alluding to. It's not only a highlight of that season, but it's an iconic moment in the series as a whole. I'm glad I bought my bootleg dvd of the season years ago cuz if I was depending on this, I'd really be let down. Such a big middle finger to the fans
@@FireMadeFleshII I wish I'd recorded or downloaded the entire season when I had the opportunity years ago. This season marked an important milestone in my life, and the music was so fitting and memorable even after two decades, that I can't remember a specific scene without remembering it's music. I'm re-watching the series right now, and the generic music ruins it. They really dropped the ball on this one.
Wow I feel it now use to argue with my friends which one would u want to do the real world or road rules also the fashion lol first seven seasons where imo the best NY LA Boston San Fran Chicago Seattle I believe they did London in there too I know going to get killed then New Orleans um Vegas Hawaii New Orleans was last time watch and really cared
David was a very fake person. it was pretty obvious that he was tying to be that "too cool for this" guy and thought it would make him interesting and "mysterious". he tried way too hard to act like he was from the hood. He very much wasn't. Not even a little bit. you know how I can tell he's fake? when he first met Julie, he was all trying to be suave and flirty. then ice cold. he did the same with Melissa and tried to bond with her on that 'we're both black' narrative. And then he found out the Melissa was funny and nice with other castmates, and he got cold to her too. I know guys like him in real life. If you're hanging out in a friend's circle, and every female in that circle wasn't fawning over him, he had nothing to share, open up about, or contribute.
You all need to chill on race issues and just love people for who they are not color of skin. You all are making problems by focusing on those issues. I've dated and have friends of all races, in the end we love the ones that connect to us and life is ever changing and short so embrace each day.
I'm 40 now but seeing this takes me back to coming home from school, getting a snack, and watching TRL and the real world. lol It was definitely a better time in my life that's for sure
42 here...Same! ❤😊
Fiona Apple playing over the scene when they all arrived at the house is such a nostalgic sign of the times. Ugh…God takes me back lol. 😩😂❤
It’s Melissa bringing her own rice for me.
🤣🤣🤣😭. Shes half Asian right?
@@ndo533 Yeah, she's Filipino and Black
it's the fact that she brought toilet paper to the reunions for me
This was one of the best RW seasons.
To me it was my all-time favorite. I basically only watched a few more episodes after this season. The pre-2000 casts actually had intelligent people, as opposed to later seasons where it was all about getting drunk, fighting, and hooking up.
My fav!! Before they started manipulating story lines
@@FGC-ku4ez pretentious people …
Exactly, no cell phones either
100%
When Julie fought that woman and was like wow I lost, and Melissa was like, “well you fought a girl named squirrel”. I remember dying when I saw that and I hope I find that clip.
21:33 LMFAO legendary. Iconic moment.
This should have included Melissa’s “Time out! Time the f*** out!” though. And the legendary Mardi Gras confessional. But what about the South Africa trip?
Arguably the GOAT season behind the original New York and the original San Diego. Truly excited for the Homecoming.
Yeah what is that..I can't find that moment or episode anywhere! What's up with that? That was so exciting when I was young to watch lol
David was… incorrect lmao
Ah damn I just forwarded this to my sister before watching it and I texted her "time the fuck out!"
Been watching the Real World Homecoming- New Orleans cause feeling nostalgic for the late 90s. One of the best times to grow up. It's crazy to see that whole crew in their 40s. Plus, always loved Melissa. Her personality is still infectiously fun and she was one of the first people of Filipino descent that I ever saw on TV.
Same here. My best season. Not just because I’m from there, rather, a great collection of characters and personalities.
Oh God here we go
David's insistence on turning his introduction into a music video no matter WHAT was so funny. "Can't you just say my name is David. I'm 22 years old. I'm from ...?" David: Ok but I'm gone have to "flow it" 🤨🤨🤷🏾♀🤷🏾♀🤦🏾♀🤦🏾♀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cmon be my baby tonight 🎶 😂
Come on be my baby tonight LOL that song has randomly appeared in my head out of nowhere for 20+ years
Same. This was the first series I watched in it's entirety with my brother. It's still so fresh in my memory.
It has popped in my head randomly over the years and only now so I finally place where it’s from originally😂
the style on that blonde guy is peak 2003
Matt really dressed like that and thought it was fire; what an era
Honestly the glasses still go hard and he was able to rock it. Like the confidence.
@@JOEYLOVESMOVIES of ur a homosexual man yes they go hard lol
he looks cool, don’t be lame
@@lll000l00o you might have sugar in your tank bro
It is fire thoooo
I just watched this whole thing. Lol. Such good times. I was 17 at the time. Melissa was my fave.
17 at the time as well!! Seattle, Hawaii, New Orleans.... so many good memories. And I agree that Melissa was the best!
Lol where did you watch?
@@jayj3000 paramount plus has it for free streaming right now. Although they cut the original music.
Or you can fun the episodes on YT.
It has like three episodes missing. But original music.
@@kakumei77 oh wow thanks
Melissa was so damn funny. Maybe the funniest cast member ever. She always killed me with her impressions, especially of her mum and dad.
The scene of her on the phone with OnStar pretending to be her mom may be the funniest thing I've ever seen. I still laugh until I cry watching it now
@@meganlee7445 My all time favourite scene of hers!!!.... "24 hours?!!! You work that long?!!" 🤣🤣🤣
@@dannyboy1990 “two lane or three lane? Oh, a street name. I’m so silly”
@@meganlee7445 Mercy and Shorty! Loved them!
I was coming into my teens during this season and RW:NO was such a big deal. We all wanted to be as bold & wild as Melissa lol great memories
As someone from New Orleans, I remember being at a Mardi Gras parade one night, and passing by the Belfort, where the cast was all sitting out on the steps. One of my favorite seasons of the Real World. I still crack up thinking about when Melissa was in the car, and trying to get directions for Thrift City. Is it a four lane, no Tulane....ha, ha.
Along with the great cast...the soundtrack for this season (along with Seattle) was f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c!
Yes! It's too bad that they changed so many of the songs because of copyright reasons in the Paramount+ streaming.
That feeling of dejá vü that hits watching these is so crazy-I’m right back to when I saw this season for the first time all over again.
Wow I was 15 when this aired and remember it so well...my fav Real World season and the soundtrack...aww man...im crying now
Come and be my baby tonight!!! Still a classic. And, full on Monet!!!! Danny and Paul!!! Wow I was 15/16 when this came out and I remember it like yesterday!!!
"Come on, Be my baby tonight " I'm crying🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Definitely loved this season growing up. I just watched their homecoming season, but it’s been so long since I’ve seen this season lol. One of these days I need to rewatch it on Paramount Plus.
Dave when they’re presenting themselves on the television network had me 💀
Ol wannabe r Kelly lookin ass
My favorite season of all time… yet I’ve never watched it in order. Good ole pre streaming days lol
Tokyo was wroooooong about his video presentation 😂😂
Dude the music in the back....incubus...Fiona apple...I miss this
The year 2000 when dog robots where are thing.
This season shaped me as a person, I was in middle school. First exposure to don't ask don't tell...so many great and difficult conversations were had. I think the Julie's of today would have a harder time. Of course with sm there's less excuses to say things like "colored" 🤯 I was very affected by these people though all of them and hope they're well. I remember looking up to Kelly Melissa and Danny in particular.
Watching this made me ridiculously happy. Thank you!
First time I think I've seen these faces in 20 some years. This is some unexpected intense nostalgia.
It’s so refreshing to see honest depictions of gay men on TV other than the super flamboyant and sassy gay men on TV now that perpetuate gay stereotypes
David understood how to stand out from the crowd and be a tv personality!!!!
Wow before Katrina.
And before 9/11
And Julie thought she could wrestle Coral lmfaoo
Julie had, and apparently still has, an overinflated ego and no sense of self. I can’t even with her.
@@April235E Someone who disappeared off the grid for 15 years with no social media and left her church. yeah, she is egotistical. Get outta here.
@@kakumei77yet she was on the reboot trying to falsely accuse someone you gtfoh
I was just in New Orleans. I saw the Belfort. Super cool. Probably my favorite of the Real World seasons. The French Quarter is just gross now.
Best season!! Peak Real World. Danny 4ever!!
28:31 I've thought back on this scene so many times over the past 2 decades and laughed my ass off. Melissa was always such a character and her overreactions always cracked me up.
Incubus playing in the back ground
I relate to Melissa bringing her own rice
I do too. I like that long grain rice
The young adults in the Real World: New Orleans are doing their job in TV broadcasting. : )
20:57 😂😂😂 classic Melissa
I miss this type
Of reality tv
This is when I never watched this show before until I watched their moments on MTV Vault's RUclips channel. : )
I ussd to love the Real World when I was younger. This is back when MTV or just TV in general wasn’t oversaturated with reality shows like it is now . I always wondered how MTV afforded these big houses .
I can't wait to watch this real world homecoming
Technology in 2000. A robot dog
Wow, it's got the original music. HOpefully that means what airs on Paramount plus soon will have it's music intact! Big surprise.
Unfortunately it doesn't 😕
RIP Anne Rice tho
I loved the bond & chemistry between Danny and Kelly. Their bond is what made me always want a good girlfriend who I could confide in as a gay boy. Melissa was my fav though.
scoobydoo dabooda,lol. always a delight
Sheesh take me back to these good ol simple days
Julies constant weird smile enraged me
🤣🤣😭
She’s the worst. She got way too much airtime.
@@April235E way too much
ME TOO, it's creepy she looks like a lunatic and even more so now.
Kelly calling David (a grown Black man) a “big ol’ boy” never sat right with me. Especially with her being from Deep South Georgia. But I loved Melissa and Danny. ❤
I always felt the same way
She didn't mean any of what you are projecting
Does intent matter to you? She meant nothing by it. Sometimes you have to let things go.
That isn't what she meant. Also, she's from Arkansas not Georgia.
I had a crush on Dr Peter !!!!
🎶 Come on be my baby tonight🎶
David sniffed it right out the gate 1:42
Omg the robot dog lol wow lol
I loved this season and all the seasons. My fav season is Miami season 6
David - the original O BLOCK member
wait! They used "immortal" by Kittie as a back track!!! my inner goth kid just freaked out.
As a little gay boy, I was deeply affected by Danny 😍
Good content
Everybody knows the music was like the eighth roommate; guiding important plot points & providing atmosphere. Sad to see even the original intro music has been replaced in addition to many other cues throughout the episodes that are (FINALLY) available on Paramount+ 😔
The Real World was/is a literal time capsule or yearbook for the 30+ & up club. I graduated high school the year the New Orleans season premiered, so I was looking forward to a COMPLETE rebroadcast of the episodes with everything intact, but Viacom insists on being cheap & not paying the artists/labels for the music licensing 🙄
So, here we are: A lukewarm "homecoming" of an otherwise great season of a legendary series
I agree about the music. When Julie boxes, Danny gets drunk on the float, and the the "Big Pimping" during Melissa's narration of David's fling added so much to the scenes.
@@FGC-ku4ez My sentiments exactly. I haven't watched all the episodes on Paramount+ as of yet, but just the first few minutes of Episode 1 was enough of a turnoff.
The "Big Pimpin" Melissa/David Mardi Gras shenanigans was precisely the scene I was alluding to. It's not only a highlight of that season, but it's an iconic moment in the series as a whole. I'm glad I bought my bootleg dvd of the season years ago cuz if I was depending on this, I'd really be let down. Such a big middle finger to the fans
@@FireMadeFleshII I wish I'd recorded or downloaded the entire season when I had the opportunity years ago. This season marked an important milestone in my life, and the music was so fitting and memorable even after two decades, that I can't remember a specific scene without remembering it's music. I'm re-watching the series right now, and the generic music ruins it. They really dropped the ball on this one.
Julie should’ve been charged with attempted murder for what she did to Veronica on The Challenge
People can say what they like, I have always been convinced that David is gay. And its never been more clear than in the homecoming season.
Did she say Ann Rice was the most famous person in New Orleans?
Said most famous artist lol
Big ol boy.... Word
What season was this again?
99.5 percent Mormon? What was the other .5 percent?
Ski bums and athletes
I heard this is the next reunion on paramount plus!❤️❤️❤️ (first like and comment)
There is already a trailer
@@kakumei77 where?!
@Jason ruclips.net/video/KuF3inzFEuU/видео.html
@Jason yup!
Wow I feel it now use to argue with my friends which one would u want to do the real world or road rules also the fashion lol first seven seasons where imo the best NY LA Boston San Fran Chicago Seattle I believe they did London in there too I know going to get killed then New Orleans um Vegas Hawaii New Orleans was last time watch and really cared
We’re they getting paid ?
Yes. They said they got $5,000 each.
@@FGC-ku4ez at the end ?
@@FGC-ku4ez it was a contract ?
„It was insane, she was supposed to be joking around.“
She was. That flailing was cringe.
What’s season number is this
9
That’s cab looks so old
good times
11:40 He looks like the black version of Russell Crowe.
Does anybody else think that Danny comes off as fake in the way he speaks? He really does for me.
He acts like he knows he's attractive.
David is embarrassingly bad
some scenes look so scripted. like when they were watching david sing on video.
David's flow was aweful. I know flow music and that wasn't. It said nothing about him.
Are they living in the house from AHS : Coven???
Nope, the coven house was the Buckner mansion and the rwno house was the Belfort mansion.
Danny was maybe the hottest man in the world for 8 months.
David's real 7 segment was beyond cringe. Matt and Melissa were actually pretty good.
David shouldve been fired for putting that intro in that video. Smdh
Like looking back at the fashion from 2000. Baggy clothes were in . . . even on women.
David was a very fake person. it was pretty obvious that he was tying to be that "too cool for this" guy and thought it would make him interesting and "mysterious". he tried way too hard to act like he was from the hood. He very much wasn't. Not even a little bit.
you know how I can tell he's fake? when he first met Julie, he was all trying to be suave and flirty. then ice cold. he did the same with Melissa and tried to bond with her on that 'we're both black' narrative. And then he found out the Melissa was funny and nice with other castmates, and he got cold to her too. I know guys like him in real life. If you're hanging out in a friend's circle, and every female in that circle wasn't fawning over him, he had nothing to share, open up about, or contribute.
I couldn't stand matt
You all need to chill on race issues and just love people for who they are not color of skin. You all are making problems by focusing on those issues. I've dated and have friends of all races, in the end we love the ones that connect to us and life is ever changing and short so embrace each day.
Man that was a problematic thing to say.
Lolollll