MTV approached the shows production company, Bunim/Murray, about a spin-off, and the idea forRoad Ruleswas born.
along with executive producer Jonathan Murray, look back on the journey fans will never see.
Id rather do that than sit in the house and bitch at each other, you know?
Credit: MTV
HEATHER BEACH MACLEAN:I literally got off the plane and they were filming me.
A tape recorder was on the table, and somebody got slipped a note: Play the tape.
And that was the first Welcome toRoad Rules.
Shani Rosenzweig, Heather Beach Maclean, and Mark Long (Bunim/Murray)
Your clue is you must disembark; you must go somewhere that is a combination of your last names.
LONG:The pilot didnt have an RV.
We traveled in a minivan.
Shani Rosenzweig and Mark Long (Bunim/Murray)
We didnt have GPS it was all maps.
It was pretty funny.
When we got to Catalina, we were sent to an Arabian horse ranch to make money.
I remember saying, I will not shovel manure.
Cut to me shoveling manure.
One night we camped in a campground… one night we slept in a barn loft with bats.
LONG:Even though it was only a week, it was kind of a good story line.
MACLEAN:I was secretly engaged, but I hadnt told anybody.
Then when I saw the pilot, I was like, Oh, Im supposedly in love with Mark.
And me and Shani are fighting over him.
My husband and I officially got married two weeks after theRoad Rulesthing ended.
ROSENZWEIG:Mark was really smart in the way that Bunim/Murray was really smart.
He knew that they needed a story line.
No ones getting completely drunk, theres no hot tub.
Its sort of a kinder, sweeter, more innocent time.
Murray is still producing reality television for Bunim/Murray.
Rosenzweig is now a partner in the talent division at United Talent Agency.
Maclean appeared on the 2004 reality seriesThe Rebel Billionaireand is aNew York Timesbest-selling author.
Long remains a reality TV star and entrepreneur.
