>> it's on mtv. they rerun it a million time.e d-list" is on tuesdays on bravo. >> larry: what makes "jersey shore" special? >> snooki. >> larry: i know it's popular. >> the situation. the way the house at the jersey shore has a certain smell and sheen from filth and too many one-nighters. the way they fight and make up. >> larry: do you think things are really that way on the jersey shore? because the jersey shore has some very nice places. >> it has some very nice places. but don't mess with me. i've played those markets many times. they can be rough. hey, you're funny, what's next. it's that kind of a crowd. it's like they love you and look at you like you better make me laugh or i'll kill you on the way out to the car. >> larry: you took your show to washington. >> yes. >> larry: for an episode. what was that like? >> it was fantastic. i learned a lot about how things work on the hill. and i'm doing whatever i can to help repeal don't ask don't tell. i have many friends in the military after being to iraq and afghanistan and

you have been eaten by a giant angler fish onstage, crushed by a falling chandelier during a 2009 mtv show. do you think about dying? >> yes, i do. >> larry: at age 24? >> it's something i -- well, i dream about it a lot. i don't know. i suppose i could lie to you and not tell you the truth, but the truth is i do think about it. the angler fish in the show was actually my childhood monster. my big fear was of the angler fish. so it was kind of comical to use it in the show that i battle my childhood fear every night before the finale. but -- i don't know. i actually am good friends with deepak chopra who i speak a lot about to about my dreams. and he seems to think it's nothing to really worry about. he tells me i'm very creative and i should learn to embrace my insanity and not worry so much because i always call him and saying deepak, i had this most horrible, morbid dream. what does it all mean? he says you're just very creative. put it onstage. >> deepak is on this program a lot. he never worries about anything. he doesn't. >> he is a wonderful -- he is a wonderful person. i wish