HAMPTON — If you like getting into trouble on Hampton Beach during the summer, a major television production company may be willing to pay you to do so for a show whose description invites comparisons to the infamous MTV reality series "Jersey Shore."

HAMPTON — If you like getting into trouble on Hampton Beach during the summer, a major television production company may be willing to pay you to do so for a show whose description invites comparisons to the infamous MTV reality series "Jersey Shore."



According to an ad posted on the local Craigslist, a major production company is currently casting people ages 18 to 30 who summer at Hampton Beach.



"If you spend your summers walking the boardwalk with your friends and getting into trouble, we want to hear from you!" the ad says.



Responding to a request for information, Paul O'Malley, the vice president of casting and talent for Burbank, Calif.-based Authentic Entertainment, said he didn't want to make a big splash while the casting and development is ongoing.



But Hampton Beach officials are already thinking about what a show like "Jersey Shore" set on Hampton Beach could do to all their hard work promoting it as a destination for families.



"Oh, God. That doesn't sound good," said John Nyhan, president of Experience Hampton and chairman of the Hampton Beach Area Commission, immediately after hearing the casting call.



"If it's a program that would show negativity toward what we're trying to do down there in terms of a family beach, I wouldn't be in favor of it," he said.



Authentic Entertainment, according to its Web site, is responsible for such shows as "Toddlers & Tiaras" and "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," which are about child beauty pageant stars, and "The 750-Pound Man," which is about a man who hasn't left his bed in seven years "because his legs simply cannot handle the weight of his massive body," according to its description.



Nyhan said anything that would depict sex and drunkenness the like of "Jersey Shore" would be an inaccurate representation of what's going on at Hampton Beach.



Bob Preston, who is a member of the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce and owner of Preston Real Estate, said he thinks if a production company came looking for mischief, they likely wouldn't find it on Hampton Beach.



Doc Noel, president of the Hampton Area Chamber of Commerce, said he didn't want to express any opinion about the idea before talking to the members of the chamber. But he did say he would bring up the subject at a board meeting today.



Tom McGuirk, owner of McGuirk's Oceanview Restaurant, said he heard about the casting call weeks ago, but was skeptical.



McGuirk said he has a master's degree in mass communications in television from Emerson College and has worked for Paramount and Disney. He said there's a "pretty intense" set of permissions you need to film something for national TV.



Town Manager Fred Welch said he hadn't been approached for any filming permissions by Authentic Entertainment.



McGuirk said "it would be great to have a reality TV show if it was based off reality," because there are interesting characters on Hampton Beach. But he worried the crew would be more likely to ship in people from other towns, which was a popular knock on the casting of "Jersey Shore."



"What, are you going to get people from Worcester and Salem and get them to come up and cause trouble on Hampton Beach — and call them Hampton Beach people?" he asked.



"You cause trouble in your own neighborhood," he said.