This screen capture of a “Real World: Denver” promo will soon be all that’s left of MTV on YouTube.

– According to a CNN Money article published today, Viacom, MTV’s parent company, asked the popular video sharing site YouTube to remove all its Viacom-related content after they failed to reach a distribution agreement. That’s over 100,000 videos, including ones intentionally leaked by marketing companies for “The Real World: Denver.” That also means posts like this and this will soon be video-free, so watch them while you can (they’re still up as of 5 p.m. Mountain Time on Friday). Read the entire article right here.

Prepare for unforseen levels of sloth and petulance. Photo from MTV.com.

Here’s a post from Get Real Denver contributor Kathleen St. John. Read it and weep, peoples.

– Trouble’s brewing again on this week’s episode. Last time, big fakers Brooke and Stephen got out of five days of Outward Bound training and headed back to Denver, along with the genuinely sick-seeming Davis. The episode ended with Stephen and Brooke enjoying disgusting vodka-and-Pepsi cocktails in the hot tub and gloating over their escape…

8:00: The kids are up bright and early, preparing for their hike. There’s a little whining, of course, but off they go.

8:02: As they cross the 12,000-foot elevation mark, the whining and bitching increase. Colie even tries to wring out some tears…

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