A Surreal Beginning

A Surreal Beginning Part 2

This one has a 'Survivor' twist to it. With none other than Survivor's favorite "witch", Jerri Manthey doing the "Jeff Probst" role! The Surreal gang is competing for a night in the outdoors in a furnished tent with a cooking chef.

Stars Under the Stars

The Surreal gang have a Talent show for charity, Hosted by the great Monty hall.

Backyard Talent Show

The gang head out to Las Vegas, Corey has a meltdown, Hammer and boys dance at FatBurger. The girls go out to a strip club. Then go to church the very next day to pray for Vince who has lost his "faith".

Sincity to Saved

The Surreal gang go on a "Man-Hunt" to find a date for Brande. She then picks the guy and proceeds on a "Surreal Blind Date" Corey continues to have "drama" on the phone with his fiancée.

Brande Needs a Man

The housemates play softball; Corey Feldman's wedding plans cause stress.

Softball/Pre-wedding Jitters

M.C. Hammer officiates at Corey Feldman and Susie Sprague's wedding; Hugh Hefner and a bevy of blondes attend the celebration; the housemates say goodbye.

Corey's Wedding

The new Surreal gang meet and personalities clash right away. They settle in and go shopping for groceries and then go to a Moroccan restaurant for dinner.

Can't We All Just Get Along

The gang work at a local diner for charity with none-other than the late great Gary Coleman as their manager! Surprise cameo by Todd Bridges as a customer. Then the gang makes and give away brownies to the neighbors.

Mel's Diner

The gang have a Surreal Seance with Psychic Cheri Mancuso. Then they put on a Surreal play for children with funny and disastrous results. Trishelle has a bit much to drink and confesses her love to Vanilla Ice.

The Children's Play

The gang, except Ron, attend Tammy's book-signing and are amazed at her following. Ron stayed home to prepare his Backyard BBQ Booty Call Party. Among the invited guests are, Andy Dick, Rick James and Cleetis Mack of Digital Underground.

The Good, The Bad & The Porn Stars

Everyone, except Tammy, is happy after finding out they have been invited to a nudist resort; nude volleyball; karaoke bar.

Nude Resort

The gang's last day and night together. They go out shopping for goodbye gifts. When they get back, they get a surprise as they're guests on Sally Jesse Raphael's new show "Dirty Laundry".

Dirty Laundry

Dave Coulier, Flavor Flav, Jordan Knight, Brigitte Nielsen, Ryan Starr and Charo move into a Hollywood mansion together; Flav cannot remember his roommates.

Six Degrees of Irritation

Flavor Flav and Brigitte Nielsen get closer and bond. The Surreal gang have dinner one on one to get to know each other better.

Strange Love

The roommates participate in a battle of the bands with aspiring teen musicians.

Battle of the Bands

The Surreal Gang take a road-trip to San Diego to see Charo perform her show. One problem:only one room! So it's gals vs guys in who makes more money and gets the room. Brigitte "falls in lust" with one of Charo's male dancers from her show.

Highway to Hell

The Surreal Surfing Life! Our gang learns to surf and learn other things about themselves in the process. Flav is fed up with Brigitte's flirting with other men.

Surf School

Rock and Roll (at least that's what Ryan hopes)! It's time to make a hit record. Jordan puts on his producer shades and the Surreal Lifers are ready to make some magic happen. Jordan quickly turns dictator and does not allow for creative input from Charo or Ryan, creating the ultimate pop song, or in Charo's words ""a crazy salad"". Ryan will not sell out and sing pop. She storms out of the studio leaving the rest of the cast in suspense about whether she will return to contribute her vocals to the record.

Making the Single: Part One

The gang has only four hours left to complete their single "Live My Life". Can they pull it off?

Making the Single: Part B

Spooky Surreal Life Ghosts! The gang go to a abandoned mental hospital with Ghost-hunter Dr. Larry Montz. A truly scary episode. Perfect to view on Halloween! Dave goes solo, Charo with Jordan, Flav with Bridgitte and Ryan does not do it.

Haunted Hospital

The Surreal gang get a "Family Portrait" taken. When they get back home, they get a surprise: Sally Jessy Raphael is waiting for them to go live with her "Dirty Laundry" show. And a lot of "secrets" are revealed.

The Surreal Gang have one final dinner together before they all go back to their 'Real' lives. Who gets to take the Surreal Doggy home? Hmm...

Last Supper and Goodbyes

The roommates discuss their experiences in the house.

Best & Worst

Surreal Lost Moments: #1:Sick Puppy,#2:Jordan Strikes Out!, #3:Snack Attack, #4 Hopeless Homemaker, #5: Shop Suey it! #7: It's Alive! #8;Boo-Boo Graph. #9: Love Machine.

Lost Moments

A checker cab driven by reality TV Ã¼ber-fan Kathy Griffin picks up each of the housemates and drops them off at the house. Chyna runs amok, stealing, moving things, thigh-mastering and generally causing chaos. Da Brat's afraid of being in the house with has-beens. Chris tries to maintain the peace when Verne tells Chyna that her private room is his (""it's in my contract""), and the others wonder what it is they've gotten themselves into.

Once the room conflict has been resolved, the cast gathers for ""Dinner on Adrianne,"" which will forever change the way the cast feels about sushi, particularly Verne, who shows a big ""perve"" can be in a small package. Later, Jane and Adrianne go skinny dipping, while Verne drinks too much and passes out. Chris, the new father to this wacky quasi-family, carries Verne to bed, only to get a bizarre ""nose-job"" from the soused dwarf.

The Surreal Seven (a.k.a. It's In My Contract!)

The cast is challenged beyond belief to take care of a bunch of kids from ages 5-6 yeard old through day care in order to raise money for charity of $1000.

The Kids are All Wrong

The cast goes camping; Verne faces difficulty with an activity; a campfire bonds the cast as a family; Joanie confesses about a shocking event from her past.

Horses, Dwarves & Bears, Oh My!

As the cast returns back from their camping trip they find out that their house has no been turned into a spa. Unfortunately the spa is albeit one run by a man with a questionable approach to issues of personal space. After they've had their chakras stroked, everyone, except Verne, decides to celebrate Chris's birthday with an impromptu visit to a strip club. And, in a surprise late night revelation, Adrianne spills the beans to Brat about her crush on Mr. Brady.

Three Crushes

Adrianne continues to pursue for Chris' affection, but still not getting much of a response back. Meanwhile, the cast heads to VH1 offices where they try to get a development deal going so they can create a new series---giving us the chance to meet the mysterious Missy and watch as she and Chyna Doll pitch their ""Man-Eaters"" concept to a befuddled executive panel. Adrianne and Chyna Doll wrestle and Chris confronts Adrianne's outrageous behavior.

Celebrity Pitch Fest

Date night for the Surreal Life cast! A winged Ron Jeremy sets up a dating game for the castmates. Sparks fly as the couples love or loathe their new partners because some-like Adrienne-are still pining over other houseguests.

I'm With Cupid

The cast members discover that they've got 24 hours to prepare for shooting a Kung Fu epic entitled Seven Celebrities Of Death. As neophyte director Jane struggles to keep it together, they team is suddenly interrupted by a surprise visit from Chyna Doll's boyfriend Sean, who refuses to leave the house without Chyna Doll and threatens to grind the whole Surreal experience to a halt. Da Brat and others in the house catch an attitude with Sean.

Seven Celebrities of Death (1)

At the movie set, Jane struggles to bring her vision to the silver screen, confronting slow-moving actors, technical problems and a mini-mutiny in which Jane learns the harsh reality imposed by the clock. Fighting back a meltdown, the cast members pull it together, manage to do their stunts, say their lines, and get the project in the can.

Seven Celebrities of Death (2)

The cast goes to the race track in the morning that day before they leave the house. It's that time of the season where Sally Jessy Raphael comes ""The Surreal Life"" house with a live audience and sits the cast down for ""Dirty Laudry"" where the cast hears things that they didn't know.

A series of clips are shown that never made the final cut to television......until now.

Burning Questions

The cast shares their final night together. Jane waits for Da Brat to apologize to her, but finally confronts her. They argue at dinnre and everyone else feels like their on a slow train wreck. Da Brat says she apologized to Jane, Jane sees differently. Meanwhile, Sean calls Joanie and Joanie gets very sad. Marcus comforts her, but he thinks of her only as a sister. Da Brat & Jane finally agree that they both just wanna be friends, and all is better. The cast leaves, and Verne flips us the bird as he's on his way out.

Get Out!!

The Surreal Life is back for a fifth season with a new house and a new bunch of celebrities.  â€œSurreal Life Securityâ€, Andy Dick meets each celeb at the door and performs a security check before allowing them to enter the house.  The pressure gets to Andy as he snaps and calls it quits before the last cast member arrives.  Surprise!  Itâ€™s baseball bad boy Jose Canseco!  Rounding out the rest of this seasonâ€™s cast are motocross superstar Carey Hart, self-proclaimed first ever supermodel Janice Dickinson, Sandi Denton a.k.a. Pepa from the hit rap trio Salt Nâ€™ Pepa, supermodel Carpice, comedic actor Bronson Pinchot from Perfect Strangers, and The Apprentice villainess and beauty queen Omarosa Manigault Stalworth.  Will this be one big happy family or turn into a family feud?

No Way, It's Jose

The seven new castmates compete in a bowling league against a mentally handicapped team. Tensions continue to fly between Janice and Omarosa, when Omarosa sees Janice making fun of the other team.

Sunshine Strikers

The Surreal Life cast has to put together a burlesque show at a Hollywood nightclub. Jose Canseco is thrilled about the challenge, and even uses the opportunity to explore his feminine side. But some of the cast, particularly Janice Dickson is not excited over it. Janice becomes more and more isolated from the rest of her housemates.

Take It Off

The celebrities get their next assignment - rebuilding a backyard for a battered women's shelter. Omarosa is designated as the team leader, a job that the other members of the group quickly reassign to Carey, who has had experience in landscaping. By the end of the day, despite complaints from Janice and a power trip from Omarosa, the cast completes the job and is given the ulitimate reward when they see the faces of the women and children.

Backyard Makeover Surreal Edition

An exhausted Surreal Life cast is not too happy when finding out their next challenge will be traveling to Gorman where they'll learn to ride dirt bikes. Jose admits he has a life-long fear of motorcycles as they suit up, rev up and compete for the title of ""Biker of the Day."" With Carey showing the basics, everyone has a good time, and Caprice walks off with a new mini-motorcycle. Later, an impromptu sexy, cross-dressing slumber party reveals Jose's feminine side.

Moto-Crossdressers

The celebrities play a game of baseball, with team captain Jose, against a group of Las Vegas celebrity impersonators. Although the final score is very close, the Surreal Lifers we love beat the Dead Ringers, including Barbara Streisand, Dolly Parton, Madonna, Elton John, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, and Jose Canseco himself! Later, the cast, finished with their pit stop, takes the improved Surreal Life charter bus to the Palms Hotel, where everyone goes to a club to party. But Janice parties harder than ever, ticking some of her fellow celebrities off.

Vegas Dead Ringers

The cast members compete for immunity in order to avoid being sent home from Las Vegas.

Voted Out Of Vegas

Janice and Omarosa disagree in front of the press; a portrait creates bad blood.

The Knife Incident, Part 1

The Knife Incident, Part 2

The cast returns from golfing to discover Sally Jessy Raphael and an audience in the mansion.

Dirty Laundry, Part 1

Sally makes an accusation; Omarosa defends herself.

Dirty Laundry, Part 2

Omarosa apologizes to Janice; cast members have a final dinner together.

The Last Straw

The Surreal Life 6 cast move into the mansion. Smart-mouthed bellhop Jimmy Pardo greets, insults and coerces our cast into carrying their own luggage as they check into a surreal motel.

Movin' On In

The housemates help film a video for Smash Mouth's “Story of My Life.”

Makin' the Video

Part 1 of two. The cast must do a TV news report, with Alexis as executive producer, Florence as anchor, Sherman as weatherman, C.C. doing the sports, Steve as field producer and Andrea reporting from a local winery.

Action News, Part 1

Part 2 of 2. The cast does a TV newscast, with Alexis and Steve producing, and Florence, Sherman, C.C. and Andrea on air.

Action News, Part 2

Part one of two. The house mates film talk shows in front of an audience, with Tawny vowing to reveal the real Florence and C.C. wanting to hit the bottle before he hits the stage.

Tawny Takes on Flo, Part 1

Part 2 of 2. The pressure is on to win the talk-show competition. Guests include Bridget the Midget, Marla Gibbs (“The Jeffersons”), a man with a 10-foot mustache and a 92-year-old bodybuilder.

Tawny Takes on Flo, Part 2

The housemates must form a hair-band to go up against cover band "Posin" in a battle of the bands. C.C. feels the pressure as he prepares to perform "Talk Dirty to Me", a song from his Poison days.

Battle of the 80's Hair Bands

The Surrealifers awake to find the living room rearranged for a group therapy session with in-house advisor, Florence Henderson as "Dr. Flo"! Can Maven face the truth about his pain? Will Andrea finally come clean with Florence when she is shown footage of herself aggressively badmouthing Flo? And, can Tawny cope with any advice or criticism given to her, or is this just one more reason for her to think Florence is "a pushy, pain in the ass"? It's the moment they've all been dreading, Mrs. Brady challenges them to come clean and face their biggest fears.

Flo's Final Word

The final morning finds the guests packing and reminiscing about their time at the Surreal Life Motel. Tawny spends most of the day sleeping and ignoring the rest of her cast mates. Later, tensions begin to bubble in the house as Tawny breaks up with her fiancé on the phone. In complete disbelief, the cast watches as Tawny throws her clothes off, and jumps into the pool naked. CC is left scratching his head and wondering what has happened to Tawny in the last few days. She has become completely erratic. Once reclusive and closed-off from the rest of the cast, Tawny is now skinny-dipping, and sensually kissing the other women on the lips. Better order some room service, it's going to be a very bumpy final night at the Surreal Life Motel.

Check-out Is At Noon, Parts 1 and 2

The Surreal Life is a reality television series that sets a select group of past-their-prime celebrities and records them as they live together in Glen Campbell's former mansion in the Hollywood Hills for two weeks. The format of the show resembles that of The Real World and Road Rules, in that the cameras not only record the castmates' participation in group activities assigned to them, but also their interpersonal relationships and conflicts. The series is also likened to The Challenge in that previously known individuals from separate origins of entertainment are brought together into one cast. The show's first two seasons aired on The WB, and subsequent seasons have been shown on VH1.

All Episodes of The Surreal Life

Browse all episodes of The Surreal Life

Season 1

A Surreal Beginning

Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/9/2003

A Surreal Beginning Part 2

Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/9/2003

Stars Under the Stars

Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/16/2003

Backyard Talent Show

Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/23/2003

Sincity to Saved

Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 1/30/2003

Brande Needs a Man

Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2003

Softball/Pre-wedding Jitters

Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/13/2003

Corey's Wedding

Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 2/20/2003