The cast of MTV’s Jersey Shore are playing hardball and want a pay raise. The guidos and guidettes who brought weekly laughs to MTV this fall and winter are slated to return for a second season, but only if they get a pay bump. Even though they’ve only charmed audiences one time around, they claim to be more popular then The Hills and think they should be compensated as such.

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Page Six reported today that Snookie, The Situation and friends are asking for $10,000 an episode now.

“They want $10,000 an episode, arguing that the stars from ‘The Hills’ get $100,000 per episode and that show doesn’t even rate as high. They’re hanging together like the cast of ‘Friends’ and saying if they don’t all get the pay increase, none of them will return.”

Let us pray this is a classic example of 15 minutes of fame. Please, please, please.

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