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LAist Watches Laguna Beach, What's It To Ya?
LAist tries not to play favorites. So for those who just are haters of Laguna Beach and all the O.C. stands for, enjoy the above clip of a MadTV skit on the tenn-popular show that has just launched its third season.
For those who can't get enough, we encourage you to pop the Laguna Beach, Season 2 DVD on your netflix or grab from your fav. tenny bopper. The DVD relives all the moments of the gang's senior year. Oh the DRAMA.
It actually made LAist so incredibly glad that we're not in high school anymore. Sure it would be nice to be under your parents checkbook again and look flawless in a bikini, but do you remember caring so much about what other people thought. Or if you didn't, going out of your way to show and prove to everyone that you didn't care one bit of a damn.
So it should come as no surprise that these sneaky teens from just over an hour south went out of their way to ruin relationships of others, bitch people out at every moment, gossip about just about everything and in general make ours mouths drop in shock. On the plus side, after a long day at work when your brain is just mud and you can barely get up off the couch to pay the delivery man, play a little bit of Laguna Beach and let your mind wander to the days of yore and stare at the little teens and laugh about their drama. This DVD is a guaranteed time suck, but who are you kidding, for some people that is exactly what they're looking for.
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