So Who's Watching the Golden Bachelor?

[NOTSMC]

I confess. I do, on occasion, watch "reality" tv. Like Below Deck and that's about it. Anyhoo. Read about the Golden Bachelor. Seventy something year old guy, widowed six years ago, not ready to give up on a relationship yet. So they have all these 60 to 70 something year old women auditioning for the Ms. Right part. OMG - most of them look really good for any age but the stuff they did to grab his attention...like the women who came with a basket of eggs, said her eggs were still fresh, loves chickens, did a chicken dance and squawked like a chicken. One women who said she was very Zen when nervous and her Zen word I guess is *uck. One who said she was in her birthday suit, ripped off her outer dress to reveal a skin colored dress underneath, crap I've forgotten the rest. The cast includes the token women of color and my favorite Aunt Chippy who is 85 and came in stretch pants and nondescript top. She is Jimmy Kimmel's aunt and the only one I could actually stand.

I'm about ten minutes in now and have an overwhelming urge to grab the Olay and apply ir generously to my creepy neck.

 

[Gilligan]

Strawberry shortcake beats a basket of fresh eggs every day of the week.

 

[NOTSMC]

Wow - he picked all the women of color - hmmm some of them looked really older. Six of them going home including the women who work a track suit and came with pom poms. And Aunt Chippy who fell asleep on the sofa. I love her.

 

[NOTSMC]

Strawberry shortcake beats a basket of fresh eggs every day of the week.

I don't know Gilligan, I think this woman actually laid those eggs.

 

[Grumpy]

I don't know Gilligan, I think this woman actually laid those eggs.

So.... the Hens are still around, eh?

 

[Bann]

I couldn't. I've never watched it anyway, and I'm in the age range, too, but... yeah nope.

 

[RoseRed]

Didn't watch it, no interest. But I believe it was Gutfeld! that did a segment on it. They should some of the women and their antics. You forgot about the one dressed as an old lady with a walker. She tossed it aside and tore off her house coat and wig.

I would never go on any of those reality shows.

 

[NOTSMC]

Didn't watch it, no interest. But I believe it was Gutfeld! that did a segment on it. They should some of the women and their antics. You forgot about the one dressed as an old lady with a walker. She tossed it aside and tore off her house coat and wig.

I would never go on any of those reality shows.

Oh it got even more cringeworthy after that. Real ick factor going on.

 

[RoseRed]

Oh it got even more cringeworthy after that. Real ick factor going on.

Ya. No thanks.

 

[Gilligan]

I would never go on any of those reality shows.

 

[DaSDGuy]

Not interested. Just another bunch of kids.

 

[PrchJrkr]

Reality TV is for people who have nothing better to do with their lives, IMHO. Mommy Dearest is cooped up by herself all day and can't see very well any more. She watches game shows from the 70s and calls them "racy".

Fiance has Roku and we watched a "shelling" show last evening as we worked on our adventure list. Who ever thought a foot massage and an hour of watching someone else collecting seashells could be so enlightening and rewarding?

 

[NOTSMC]

Reality TV is for people who have nothing better to do with their lives, IMHO. Mommy Dearest is cooped up by herself all day and can't see very well any more. She watches game shows from the 70s and calls them "racy".

Fiance has Roku and we watched a "shelling" show last evening as we worked on our adventure list. Who ever thought a foot massage and an hour of watching someone else collecting seashells could be so enlightening and rewarding?

I feel the same way about reality tv.

 

[lucky_bee]

I would never go on any of those reality shows.

a girl I went to high school with tried out for the Bachelor a few times. Didn't surprise me in the least. She was a bully and very much into that "look" with long fake hair, fake teeth, fake nails, fake tan, fake personality, etc. She liked attention. She seemed to think auditioning for it would give her some clout and I was honestly just embarrassed for her

 

[RoseRed]

a girl I went to high school with tried out for the Bachelor a few times. Didn't surprise me in the least. She was a bully and very much into that "look" with long fake hair, fake teeth, fake nails, fake tan, fake personality, etc. She liked attention. She seemed to think auditioning for it would give her some clout and I was honestly just embarrassed for her

Attention whore.

 

[PrchJrkr]

Some people will whore themselves for money or fame. I believe it's a mental defect and have pity on them, but it's better than becoming a mass murderer. Live and let live and all that rubbish.

 

[lucky_bee]

Some people will whore themselves for money or fame. I believe it's a mental defect and have pity on them, but it's better than becoming a mass murderer. Live and let live and all that rubbish.

That's what I always assume, karma will inevitably get them. I still wish I'd swung a little harder at her nose in the 11th grade. Would've at least made her plastic surgery bill slightly higher.

 

[SamSpade]

I've never cared for "reality TV shows" because no matter what, it's scripted. You know this the moment they have the cast member looking directly into the camera and explaining the situation. Normal conversation is disjointed, goes all over the place, people interrupt, they're not clever or witty. And there's more silence than a TV show will tolerate. No, it MUST be partially scripted or it just wouldn't be entertaining.

A "typical" day at a beach isn't a swarm of models and hardbodies. They only appear from time to time.

If you film a group of people who aren't mugging for the camera - you're going to get the back of people's heads. THAT is "reality" because it's the perspective you are likely to have, IN reality.

The ONLY thing that comes close to reality shows - that I reluctantly watch - are the cooking shows (and I only watch, because my wife does), and only because they sometimes screw up. Again, there's no way they're scrambling at the very last second to plate.

While it might be emotionally uplifting to know that someone can find love - real love - again, in old age - there's no draw for me.

 

[NOTSMC]

I watch because I enjoy watching people make jackasses out of themselves. It's a train wreck to me, you're horrified but you can't look away. That and no one dies. Golden Bachelor is no exception. Felt sorry for the guy at first because he genuinely seems to be mourning his wife but within minutes the ick factor came into play and the whole thing reeks of desperation.

It's an interesting concept - everything on television is pretty consistent with youth, beauty, younger generation. It's kinda refreshing to see older people with crepey necks, flabby arms, three double chins, and waaaay too much makeup compete in a dating show.

Love is harder when you get older.

 

[Clem72]

The only reality show I ever really "watched" was early seasons of American Idol, and a few episodes of the Osborne's. There was an episode where Ozzy keeps hearing a phantom sound and eventually finds it's his Ronco Rotisserie. I almost died laughing, I had that exact same experience with the exact same product.