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House of Oz. (TV).


Sure, British rocker Ozzy Osbourne has bitten the heads off bats and been called satanic.

But now he has other problems. His 17-year-old daughter just got a tattoo. His 16-year-old son is being picked on at school. His neighbors keep him up all hours of the night--playing folk music folk music: see folk song.
folk music

Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural.
, of all things.

Meet The Osbournes, MTV's latest reality show. After The Real World on March 5, MTV MTV
 in full Music Television

U.S. cable television network, established in 1980 to present videos of musicians and singers performing new rock music. MTV won a wide following among rock-music fans worldwide and greatly affected the popular-music business.
 will begin showing the results of its months-long stakeout stake·out  
n.
Surveillance of an area, building, or person, especially by the police.


stakeout
Noun

Slang, chiefly US & Canad a police surveillance of an area or house

Verb
 in Osbourne's Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities.  mansion.

While other reality shows feature ordinary people in extraordinary situations, MTV is trying the reverse.

The show is an ambitious version of MTV's Cribs, which tours the homes of popular musicians. Among the highlights: When the Osbournes pack up to move to yet another mansion, the camera pans to a stack of cardboard crates. One is labeled "linens," another, "dead things."
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Title Annotation:Meet The Osbournes, television show by MTV
Author:Rutenberg, Jim
Publication:New York Times Upfront
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1USA
Date:Feb 25, 2002
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