So don’t be surprised; that greasy layer floating in the hot tub is not your imagination, it’s just the residue of a few Italian sausages soaking a little too long. And who knows, maybe it’s good for your skin.

The kids from MTV’s Jersey Shore are back with a second season after receiving roughly a million percent pay raise, they announced this morning.

As the group of Jersey’s best sat on the set of the Today Show this morning, they announced there would be a second season — as they may have to put aside their college studies and pursuit of law degrees, now that they’re getting a raise.

Apparently, when Snooki got punched in the face last season, that episode was worth about $200 per person (it’s unclear if medical expenses were covered as well).

Now, each will get about $10,000 per person — though the group declined to give out specifics. However, MTV could have the option to pay them with tanning beds and gold chains.

Matt Lauer, an aging hipster — though the fact he has a job sort of disqualifies him  — seemed equally impressed and disgusted with the group of young Italian Jerseyites. (This is entirely the appeal of the program — so expect secret Jersey Shore viewing parties throughout Williamsburg, where everyone will start saying how they watched it before it became big.)

The Jersery Shore cast could care less, as they collectively thought about how many hours of tanning each would earn with every bleep, punch and dumb bell pumped. They can all sleep well; knowing that they’ve done more to advance Italian Americans throughout the nation since the Sopranos.

Photos from MTV.com

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