I remember back in the day when I thought The Love Connection with Chuck Woolery was the best on tv. Then along came the show Change Of Heart. Those were fine and dandy but the shows only consisted of the daters only talking about their dates...then along came Blind Date, probably my favorite show on tv right now. The captions are hilarious and the dates are often better when the couples don't like each other. It's even better when they are drunk. Right now I'd have to rank Elimidate a distant second. I've seen The Fifth Wheel a few times...it's ok. It was actually produced by the makers of Blind Date. Any thoughts? os
Don't forget about Shipmates! I don't believe I've seen an episode of Shipmates that didn't end in a fight. I do enjoy change of heart, elimidate, and blind date. good stuff. Watching the jealousy on the faces of the couples on Change of Heart is classic.
I thought Chuck was the man as well, but this new breed of dating shows has left the connection far behind. Blind Date, the 5th Wheel, Elimidate, and shipmates are all great, especially Blind Date. MTV has some nice additions as well with Dismissed, who usually always has good looking eye candy to watch, and Taildaters is the ****.
I have to go with the Fifth Wheel. Pure evil and it has the great Aisha Tyler hosting. These shows (Blind Date, the wheel, Elimidate, Change of Heart, Shipmates) make it seem like there are millions of underemployed models out there, doesn't it? Dumb people R hot!
CHEATERS! That show rocks! I love the "Confrontation" Those are great! Aside from that, elimidate and change of heart are pretty good.
FD Khan-- We can finally agree on something! Tommy Grand from Cheaters is the man. He can skillfully exploit distraught lovers while at the same time earning their trust and confidence! amazing stuff I wonder how many hours those clowns from Cheaters sit in their car waiting for "the suspect" to emerge from the apartment? they must spend weeks taping that stuff.
How come every single date on "Change of Heart" comes off looking like the two daters are soulmates and think the other is the most attractive person on the planet? This can't be real! They've never had dates where they dislike the other person or were indifferent (like "Blind Date," which seems much more real) anyone seen MTV's "Taildaters?" Its pretty funny... they even had a male homosexual couple dating last week... now i'm not homophobic, but seeing the two guys strip to their whitie-tighties, give each other massages, and peck on the lips was just too much for me to handle... I felt rather queasy!
Blind Date is the ish. My fiancee and I could watch that show for hours. Home of the biggest morons, losers, and shallow women on the planet. Don't these people know that they're PURPOSELY being set up with polar opposites for the amusement of the TV audience? If a woman's turn-offs are "shallowness, midgets, and attention-craving hooligans," who does she honestly expect to be hooked up with? Uhhh... a shallow, attention-craving midget. The woman will obviously be pissed, but boy does it make for good ratings! That Roger Lodge is one suave guy, too... One thing, though. They now only air 2 dates per episode instead of 3. That really irks me. They show 1 date, commercial, 2nd date, commercial, teaser for "Hall of Shame" segment, commercial, "Hall of Shame," then the credits. 2 dates isn't enough. I just have to give a shoutout for DisMissed, because the girls are usually pretty hot. The problem is that the show gives America's youth a real bad name. Dumb, shallow girls hooking up with guys they don't even like (after meeting them 5 second earlier) in order to "win" against the other girl (who also uses slutty seduction to counter the other girl). Sends a bad message, IMO...
Anybody remember "Bzzzzz"? I thought it was entertaining enough, even though the host was kind of wacky. Usually I watch Change of Heart now. It's always good to see couples bickering back and forth on tv. Makes the relationship with your mate seem much better !!! Cod
I remember "Bzzzz"... I really liked that show, the platinum blonde host was probably the bubbliest person on TV... I liked how the tables turned in the last second and the person that won the date with the contestant had a chance to cancel the arrangement and win a prize instead... that was awesome! I was trying to remember the name of that show in my original post, but couldn't... Leave it to the BBS to refresh a guy's memory. Thanks!
Shipmates! Best episode was when Arnie got slapped by that big "hairy lipped" chick from New York. that was wild. Another good one was when the guy made up his own vocabulary and kept asking his date, "how ya balls doin'?" and saying, "Ship-Erutz! Ship-Erutz!"
TLC has a show called "A Dating Story"...it's sorta Blind Date-lite. They spend the first 1/2 introducing the 2 people getting ready to go on the date. The last 1/2 of the show is the actual date. The couple are more realistic (not strippers, actors or models). I think it comes on around noon with back to back shows. os
The shipmates (edit: dude) is HILARIOUS. And he has my name too which makes him a badass by default. The best dating show is Blind Date, because there aren't stupid gimmicks. It's just two people who are never compatible going out. OHHH i sooo wish I could be on that show. I would **** that shti up. I'd pick my nose and my ass...it'd be hilarious. And promote products, maybe wear a t-shirt with the name of my place of work. Hell yeah.
Here comes another one: Dating is a sport in the reality show 'Single' By ANN HODGES Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle TV Critic New York's single women have seen entirely too much of HBO's Sex in the City. But on Sunday's new reality series on WE: Women's Entertainment, they're not just watching it -- they're living it. In fact, they're working overtime at it. Single in the City stars a bevy of young and restless females on the prowl. And, the show said, there are five women to every man in New York. "New York is the world capital for gorgeous singles," the narrator boasted. "Everyone works hard and plays hard. Dating isn't just a social activity. It's a competitive sport." These women are downright scary; guys should run for their lives. "It's all in the attitude. If you haven't got it, you shouldn't come here," instructed Leoni, a sleek and sexy 27-year-old professional at the game of getting a man. Leoni works days as a private eye's "decoy," luring unsuspecting husbands whose wives think they're straying, into what is known in Leoni's specialized trade as "the honey trap." Leoni is very good at her job, and she's good at tracking her own men, too. As the narrator told us, "Leoni likes younger men, and has a string of them." Single in the City dispatched its cameras to spend "a hot and heavy summer" with this select group of "feisty, frank and upfront" women and observe their mating games. The job of the women is to strategize and evaluate their nightly conquests for the cameras. (This was filmed last summer, so the World Trade Center is in the skyline shots.) Natasha is another of Sunday's man-stalkers -- a giggly "charismatic ex-pat" from England with a broker's job on Wall Street, an insatiable shopping habit and an army of men on her trail. "Multitasking," she called it. "Everything you hear about New York being the perfect place to be single is true," Natasha gushed at the start of her nightly bar-and-cafe crawl. "In London, they'll just stare at you -- what do you do with that? Here, they come over." Yes, they do. Wendy is the one with the dog small enough to fit in a tote bag. Lucky helps her strike up conversations at the bar or in Central Park. She works for Animal Fair magazine and promises she'll never be interested in the same "boy" for longer than nine months. Allison is a 6-foot-1 model who cries a lot and sleeps around, by her own admission. Her men pay their dues, however, by listening to her litany of personal needs. "I'm not talking about love. I just want to like who I'm sleeping with," she wailed. "There's sensitive stuff in here. ... I want him to love me more than I love him, so I feel secure." Allison's "date from hell" Sunday is a cheeky loser with an ego to match her own. Lauren is an exuberant attorney-singer-interior designer, whose girlfriends tell her she intimidates men. She's a BAP (Black American princess), she said -- and don't anybody forget it. The self-styled barracudas are all in their 30s, and one has a rich Mr. Big in her life. She and her pals move en masse to his million-dollar getaway pad to try trophy-hunting in the Hamptons. By now, you're either worn out or into it. Going after Mr. Right -- or Mr. Right Now -- is just one great big mad whirl. Who knows where this chase will take us next? But is it fun to watch? Well, maybe you had to be there. Single in the City, 9 p.m. Sunday on WE: Women's Entertainment. Grade: C+
