The Buried Life
MTV's reality documentary series The Buried Life is called "The Buried Life." In each episode of the series, the four main characters, Duncan Penn, Jonnie Penn, Ben Nemtin, and Dave Lingwood, work toward the goal of accomplishing all 100 items on the list "100 things to do before you die." On January18,2010, the show's pilot episode was shown, and in the same year, the sitcom was given a green light for a second season. On October25,2011, The Buried Life made the announcement that they would not produce any additional episodes of the show. Despite this, the creators of the show claim that they are already hard at work on a "new and improved" version of the show for the network that will be based on the premise of the original series. On March27,2012, Penn, Lingwood, Penn, and Nemtin published their first book under the name The Buried Life. The title of the book was "What Do You Want to Do Before You Die?" The book shot straight to the top spot on the New York Times Best Sellers List the week it was made available to the public.