When 'Jersey Shore' meets 'Twilight': Tanning coffin beds?

By Elizabeth Snead

June 20, 2010 2:26 PM ET

ABC has just released this pic of "Jersey Shore" star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino doing his finest Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) from "Twilight."

If this is any indication of the hilarity of the "Jimmy Kimmel Live: Twilight Saga: Total Eclipse of the Heart" special, airing Wednesday at 10 p.m. ET, we may ~~DVR~~ miss it.

What else will they spoof? Jersey Edward pumping iron in the gym? Or Jersey Edward trying to climb trees and race through the woods carrying Snooki (as Jersey Bella) on his back? The guid could totally pull his back out.

To be honest, we love the idea of a tanning coffin. It might help with those annoying giveaway sparkles that pop up like freckles whenever vamps catch some stray rays. Maybe Edward just needs a good base. But frankly, we liked it much better when vampires slept in earth from their homeland. Whatever happened to that part of the ancient legend?

Other vampire lore included people wearing crosses to ward off vampires, sunlight destroying bloodsuckers, not being able to see vamps' reflection in mirrors, vamps hating garlic and turning into bats at the flap of a wing.

And since when do vampires walk underwater? So undignified. Bella Lugosi and Christopher Lee would be absolutely horrified if they watched "Eclipse."

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