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Fewer than 100 people show at open casting call for MTV’s ‘Jersey Shore’

ATLANTIC CITY — It might be a ratings juggernaut and a cultural phenomenon, but the beach blanket bacchanal known as “Jersey Shore” came up surprisingly short in Atlantic City today.

Fewer than 100 people showed at an open casting call for the MTV reality show at Harrah’s Resort Atlantic City, where recruiters spent more than nine lonesome hours waiting for hopefuls in a ballroom.

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