Reality TV is hitting all-time lows. I think the original Survivor had some good ideas but that's become too commercial. The first few seasons of The Real World were good but then the show and the people on it became too phony and weird. Gee, I guess it wasn't "The Real World" but the "I want to be on TV and will do anything you ask me to" genre. Now we're onto our latest craze: dating shows. At least the one where the guy gets the girls to make out with him and stuff is entertaining but would you want to marry him? Then there's the Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire? fiasco and this new Bachelor show.

It's on CNN for Crying Out Loud
I was just reading the CNN site when something caught my attention (because this is such important news, you know). It was a story about a guy picking the lucky girl he is to marry. First of all, I was surprised that this guy was from Missouri and not NYC or some other metropolitan area. This 28 year old banker from the Midwest couldn't find a chick so he had to go on TV? What the hell is wrong with this guy? I mean come on. I'm sure if he tried looking there are lots of pretty women from the "show me" state. He had to find a gal from New Jersey via this TV contest! I think he should have gone and read our advice column on picking up a date.

Bizarre New Mating Rituals of the Millennium
So the lucky last two girls went and met his folks. Wonder what his family thought of that. "Mom... Dad... I'm bringing home two women and I might marry one of them. Oh, yeah. And a big-ass TV crew and the whole world will be watching." Mom should have sent him to his room 'till he's 40.

Love and Marriage
He proposed and paid for the ring himself (guess one of the show's perks is you get that for free). Gotta love those Midwestern values. Who knows? Maybe they will get married. By the time I finished reading about this I found out this is actually the second installment of this freak show. The first guy hasn't married the "winner" yet! Hey, if I were that girl I'd have done a shotgun wedding by now.

So What Have We Learned From All This?
We watch some really dumb TV. What's even sadder is that this was up against the televised Victoria's Secret T&A parade. It's a sad, sick world we live in.

I guess there's hope for me and all the other single women on the planet. If we lower our standards and parade around on TV we could marry a dork, too.

Jennifer,
(single and loving it, but if you know of any rich men with really large and valuable comic book collections let me know!)