Quickie: Get your MTV on, shopaholics

Posted on January 2, 2008 8 Comments

A casting agent contacted me about interviewing to appear on a MTV True Life: I’m addicted to shopping show. I don’t really fit the bill, but I know some of you out there are dealing with a lot of debt and trying to overcome your spendy shopping habits. So here is the contact info and casting call, if anyone would like to apply.

PS. This does not mean I’m advocating becoming a shopaholic to get on MTV. Nor do I endorse shopahol-ism in any form. We’re all about recovery from shopahol-ism at The Budgeting Babe. For real, yo.

True Life: I’m Addicted to Shopping

Studies estimate that as many as 17 million Americans are addicted to shopping. Is your closet packed with never-worn clothing, the price tags still in tact? Do you always have to run out and get the latest jeans or the newest accessories featured in Vogue? Are you maxing out your credit cards and drowning in bills? Are your friends and family concerned about your shopping addiction?

If you can’t control the urge to shop, even at the expense of your job, your relationships or your finances, MTV and Gigantic! Productions want to hear about it.

MTV’s True Life is a long-running, award-winning documentary series where young people share their stories in their own words. We hope that, by allowing people to tell their stories and communicate directly with their peers, we can impact the way people interact and engage with the world they live in.

If you appear to be between the ages of 16-25, and would like to share your story, please email us at casting@gigantic.tv and be sure to include your name, location, phone number and a photo.
Since 2001, Gigantic! Productions, a New York City-based production company, has been producing hard-hitting, award-winning documentary programming for networks such as MTV and CMT. Please visit our website: http://www.gigantic.tv/ to find out more.

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8 Responses to “Quickie: Get your MTV on, shopaholics”

  1. Stephanie
    January 2nd, 2008 @ 9:21 pm

    hmm, does being a shopaholic mean you’re addicted to shopahol?
    :)

  2. Nicole
    January 2nd, 2008 @ 9:36 pm

    I think probably so. Shopahol is a powerful stimulant, you know.

  3. amaranta
    January 3rd, 2008 @ 1:34 am

    This sounds just like that show Big Spender!

  4. Canadian Saver
    January 3rd, 2008 @ 10:27 pm

    I love that more and more of these shows are making it on tv… In Canada we have one called Til Debt Do Us Part and Maxed Out (the first one deals mostly with couples, the second one with single women). I love watching!

  5. Money Blue Book
    January 3rd, 2008 @ 10:31 pm

    Is there a show for financially responsible frugal savers? Nope, I guess not…would be a boring show I suppose. All the various “..oholics” get the best gigs. :)
    -Raymond

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  7. SFGal
    January 11th, 2008 @ 11:04 am

    I just sent in my application for that True Life. They probably won’t pick me, but I definitely have the age and shoppaholic thing going for me. Thanks for the info.

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