DC ExtraTime Funny File: A Lohan Beach Club VIP Becomes A Cookie Monster(?!)

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It was at this time last year that those in the TV industry and fans like us were anticipating MTV's answer to Vanderpump Rules, starring a much bigger name celebrity wise than Lisa Vanderpump. Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club brought VIP's from America together with the Mean Girl herself as she aimed to add a successful European summertime beach hangout in Greece to her resume some fifteen years after the one movie role which has defined the career of this one-time child star.
   The club itself was a success that summer of 2018 when it was filmed there, but it was afterwards that Lindsay, right-hand man Panos Spentzos and her team decided to redirect their attention from Mykonos... and the skepticism that the season's most-notable VIP, Challenge and Real World star Kailah Casillas, had towards LiLo was enough for MTV to make their show a one-and-done deal... only adding another chapter to her always fascinating life that was tailor made for the tabloids.

Mike (right) with Billy of
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A notable figure from that summer at the Beach Club was West Hollywood bartender Mike Mulderrig, who was described as "the life of the party" who grew up in a Jersey Italian family and who had just come out prior to flying to Europe. In working at the same Abbey bar in WeHo where his fellow Beach Club VIP Alex Moffitt and three of those from the bar's own reality show who then went onto Ex On The Beach (Murray & Cory on Season 2, Billy Reilich on Season 3), he proved to be a valuable asset to Lindsay's team long... right until before summer in paradise ended.
   When two cast members of Jersey Shore's British cousins Geordie Shore -- 13-season veteran Sophie Kasaei and out & proud Nathan Henry -- came to Mykonos in the next to last week in town, as it was all season the VIP's had to be on their best behavior along with offering both the UK clientele and guests the top-class service any beach club aspires to have. Sure, Mike and the other VIP's did just that in the ladder, but it was when Mike decided to take off his pants and bare it all naked on a beach that also included families & children there, it all changed for him. The next thing he knew, he was on his way out as one of those who were fired from the Club, and was on the next plane ride back home.

Well before he went to Greece and after the shine of that club & the TV show has faded away, Mike has found YouTube to be a regular avenue to entertain his followers -- something that wasn't mentioned much on TV but has allowed him to perhaps become the show's most successful castmate, other than Kailah of course. The nearly 200 video goodies he's posted there have been viewed over 7.2 million times by his now over 100,000 subscribers.
   His channel's synopsis reads, "The self proclaimed big brother of the internet, hoping to help teach and inspire his viewers through unrivaled honesty and relatable content. Mike hopes to give a voice to those who feel silenced, and speaks on hard topics such as growing up as part of the LGBTQ+ Community. MikeMGTV is a safe space on the internet for anyone looking to engage, laugh, and receive unrivaled advice that may not be available otherwise."
   The videos Mike has posted there range from him recapping the Beach Club episodes as he sees it, to laugh out loud content that's certainly NSFW... and the time where he flew from the west coast on a day off back home out east to surprise his dog on his birthday. But several times, he's also put on that serious face and shared his own life backstory, including the day he came out to his parents, how he's dealt with the mistakes he's committed, and the stereotypes he deals with as a bisexual man.

For a recent video Mike posted there that was of our interest, it brings up an important milestone in television history: fifty years ago last month, a landmark program that was spawned by the act of Congress that created American public television, Sesame Street, debuted on PBS. The series' combination of live action, sketch comedy, animation and those who are part of the greatest group of puppetry to every generation who have grown up with it, the Muppets, have seen Sesame Street become the benchmark for children's television and integrating an educational element to it that continues to entertain kids today, adding a second broadcast home a few years ago in where another Jim Henson production, '80s show Fraggle Rock, once roamed at HBO.
   Along with his YouTube star status, Mike hosts a podcast on the side, and on a recent episode his mom was a guest of his where Mama Mulderrig shared a story about her son loving cookies so much when grew up, that he even stuck some of them in his clothes. Below, Mike shares his story about him becoming his family's own Cookie Monster, and even becoming one himself on YouTube... we caution you before checking out that this is not exactly kid-friendly.

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