Jersey Shore Season 4 premieres tomorrow, August 4, and I'm sure I can't be the only "fan" whose curiosity has been piqued by the macaroni rascals' trip to Italy.

The extended preview for the season lets us know that this time around, for all of Italy's foreign scenery, the show will feature the same familiar antics we've come to know and (if not love, then...) laugh at: Fights, hook-ups, drunken mistakes, arrests and, of course, an unhealthy amount of fist-pumping. We may not learn too many new things about the cast, but we WILL learn some essential Italian as they attempt to be understood around the poor, defenseless country. Personally, I can't wait to learn how to say "smush" and "It's T-Shirt Time!" in another language.

Here's what to watch for when Jersey Shore hits Italy's shores this season:

The boys' turn for big drama:

Ronnie vs. Mike. The last few times there's been a scuffle in the house, it's been the girls' doing. This season, "they were doing the catfighting," says JWoww of the boys. The big fight will be between Ronnie and Mike, the latter of whose "situation" will turn dire when Ronnie's fists send him to the hospital. And (surprise of surprises!) apparently the fight started because of a tiff between the show's resident Romeo and Juliet, Ronnie and Sammi.

Culture clashes galore:

No gorilla juice-heads?! Says Snooki, "The Italian men here ... are much skinnier, like there's no Ron's walking around, and they dress different, like tight clothes and stuff like that."

An old gypsy woman will put a curse on Snooki. Wait, for real? Ehh, probably not for real. But that still sounds awesome.

G-T-L gets 86'ed. At least temporarily. Says Vinny, "We rarely made it to the gym. That's unheard of for us. But it's not really a big thing there. And these little weird streets that were built in the 1000s... going to the laundromat, you have to haul your luggage through friggin' Italian villages. That made us stop doing certain things in our routine."

The ladies have a hard time with self-maintenance, too. Deena and JWoww complained to ABC News that the lack of acceptable tanning and nail salons made their lives harder -- and paler.

They'll go on road trips and search for their "roots." From the New York Times: "They took a side trip to Riccione, a beach town on the Adriatic; the guys also went on their own to Sicily and the women to the Tuscan countryside. But with Florence's strict rules they didn't spend much time in the Accademia Gallery or visiting Fra Angelico's frescoes in the convent of San Marco. Instead they worked at the O'Vesuvio pizzeria just steps from the Uffizi and hung out in their vast apartment, which had been redecorated with a bathtub in the middle of the living room, chandeliers, damask wallpaper, and faux-Renaissance-style paintings of winged women and studly men entwined in suggestive poses."

Italian 101 (and XXX):

Deena will teach us the single girl's guide to essential Italian. Her favorites are "Mondo Caldo," and "Oh, corscioto o ne te te?" which translate to, "You're hot," and "Do you like the boobs?"

Mike will pick up the pick-up language, too. "I've learned phrases and ways to speak to women," the Situation says. "Sei dolce, you are sweet; sei carina, you are cute, sei bella, you are beautiful, andiamo a la casa, let's go to the house." And his purchase of a book called "Dirty Italian" means those are just the more polite phrases he memorized.

But the boys will still keep most of their company with hometown girls. "Jersey girls still found us," says Pauly. "I'll be honest, I brought home, I think one Italian girl, maybe. It might have been one Italian girl and about 35 Americans, I don't know," says Mike. Executive producer SallyAnn Salsano points out why we'll see more American companions with Pauly, Vinny and Mike in Italy: "American college students are far easier to get home at night than Italian girls."

More of the same (T-R-O-U-B-L-E):

Snooki in trouble with the law. Again. As we caught a glimpse in the trailer, Snooki made the mistake of getting behind the wheel in Florence. We'll see what led to the crash in which she hit her own police escort car and injured two officers, sending both to the hospital for their injuries.

This season, they're working at a famous Italian pizzeria. "Working" being a loose term for slacking off and picking up women, as usual. Says The Situation, "When it comes to work, everybody knows I'm going to slack."

Deena will almost fall off a bridge. HOLY PEPPERONI!

Are you going to tune in for Jersey Shore season 4 in Italy? If all that didn't get you interested to watch how the guidos will learn to survive in a foreign land, I'm not sure what would.

Jersey Shore premieres August 4 at 10pm on MTV. Check back at BuddyTV after the episode for coverage of the premiere's biggest, best and so-bad-they're-brilliant moments.

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