{"id":3629,"date":"2017-02-15T21:59:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T02:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=3629"},"modified":"2017-02-16T01:15:22","modified_gmt":"2017-02-16T06:15:22","slug":"prospect-of-new-seaside-heights-reality-show-blindsides-officials-stirs-anger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2017\/02\/prospect-of-new-seaside-heights-reality-show-blindsides-officials-stirs-anger\/","title":{"rendered":"Prospect of New Seaside Heights Reality Show Blindsides Officials, Stirs Anger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3630\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bamboo-630x370.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"Bamboo Bar (File Photo)\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3630\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3630\" src=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bamboo-630x370.jpg\" alt=\"Bamboo Bar (File Photo)\" width=\"630\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bamboo-630x370.jpg 630w, https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bamboo-630x370-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bamboo Bar (File Photo)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A Seaside Heights bar advertised a casting call on social media Wednesday for a new television reality show reminiscent of &#8220;old school VH1 and MTV&#8221; to be filmed in the town, apparently without notifying officials or seeking a film permit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The potential for another reality show being filmed in the borough after a significant push by the town to shake off negative publicity spurred by MTV&#8217;s &#8220;Jersey Shore&#8221; came as a surprise to officials, who were not notified of the announcement, published by Bamboo Bar.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Anthony Vaz said his administration will oppose any television show that &#8220;paints a negative picture of the community.&#8221; Vaz last year announced a <a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2016\/04\/seaside-heights-may-recommend-redevelopment-condemnation-for-three-blocks-on-the-boulevard\/\">redevelopment effort<\/a> aimed at building family-friendly amusements and de-emphasizing the borough&#8217;s reputation as a party destination.<\/p>\n<p>Vaz said the borough&#8217;s filming ordinance would require any production company to obtain a permit approved by the mayor and council before they could film in public, or on the beach or boardwalk. The advertisement for the casting call states the show, tentatively called &#8220;I Love Summer,&#8221; to &#8220;follow the roommates of a house who work on the beach during the day and at the Bamboo Bar at night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The casting call asks those seeking to be in the show to be single, &#8220;of all ethnicities&#8221; and be &#8220;expressive and outgoing.&#8221; It states those who want to audition should come to the Bamboo Bar, owned by John Saddy, 10 p.m. this Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbamboobarseaside%2Fposts%2F1298142930253596%3A0&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"502\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Attempts to reach Saddy were not successful. The production company proposing the show is listed as &#8220;18toLife Productions,&#8221; however no website, social media page or tax record exists for the company, according to a search by Shorebeat.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement by the bar stirred anger among some residents and visitors, who said they do not want to the &#8220;Jersey Shore&#8221; portrayal of the town to re-emerge.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I hope this is not real,&#8221; said Jean Coccaro, a homeowner and local photographer, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/44664699737\/\">Seaside Heights Boardwalk Facebook group<\/a> page. &#8220;This town is finally heading in the right direction &amp; this will turn the tides!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vaz said borough officials are continuing to investigate the situation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2017\/02\/prospect-of-new-seaside-heights-reality-show-blindsides-officials-stirs-anger\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Seaside Heights bar advertised a casting call on social media Wednesday for a new television reality show reminiscent of &#8220;old school VH1 and MTV&#8221; to be filmed in the town, apparently without notifying officials or seeking a film permit.&nbsp; The potential for another reality show being filmed in the borough after a significant push [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,3,5],"tags":[1019,33,558,1020,20],"class_list":["post-3629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-lavallette-government","category-seaside-heights","tag-bamboo-bar","tag-jersey-shore","tag-mtv","tag-new-reality-show","tag-seaside-heights-nj-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/bamboo-630x370.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgsn9q-Wx","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}