Trying To Figure Out The Bachelor

Posted on February 17th, 2009 10:47am by Glenn Hunter
Filed under Entertainment, Local News

Laura’s likely to weigh in on this later, but I tore away from O’Reilly and Hannity last night long enough to catch The Bachelor “reality” show, where Melissa, the Dallas contestant, is in the finals to win the hand (or some part) of Jason. This show is a Hefnerian Everyman’s fantasy; are women seriously into it? Two observations: The bachelor is super-slick and obviously not to be trusted; when the surviving beauties tell him they “love” him, he just sort of smiles and mumbles. Then, he gets to pork spend a night in the “Fantasy Suite” with not just one, but all three of the ladies (separately). Now, each of these gals has got to know that if he spent the night with her, he likely did so with the others too–don’t they? But when our hero gives one of the lovelies the old heave-ho, she’s torn up because she thought they had the “real thing” going on? Gotta be a script.

25 comments

  1. Oh Glenn. You may as well attempt to understand dark matter, or wormholes, or quarterback ratings.

    @ 11:02 am on February 17, 2009

  2. pork? that makes me laugh

    @ 11:38 am on February 17, 2009

  3. I hate that I have to explain this as I would rather be explaining quantum physics but here goes: The Bachelor cannot let on how he really feels (love or not in love) because that would ruin the show. Yes, they know he is spending the night with all three but again, that is the show. It doesn’t mean he is porking all three or any of them for that matter. We watch because it is a train wreck ever time.

    @ 11:47 am on February 17, 2009

  4. “The bachelor is super-slick and obviously not to be trusted; when the surviving beauties tell him they “love” him, he just sort of smiles and mumbles. Then, he gets to pork spend a night in the “Fantasy Suite” with not just one, but all three of the ladies (separately)”

    Sounds like real life to me.

    @ 11:54 am on February 17, 2009

  5. Just hang out long enough at the bar at the Ritz to see the same reality show.

    @ 12:03 pm on February 17, 2009

  6. I think this was my life from age 21-26

    @ 12:13 pm on February 17, 2009

  7. He “tore away from O’Reilly and Hannity” to watch “The Bachelor”!!!!

    Sorry. I’ll try to monitor Glenn’s viewing habits in the future.

    @ 12:51 pm on February 17, 2009

  8. Aren’t O’Reilly, Hannity and the Bachelor all equal in terms of engendering incredulous reactions?

    @ 12:52 pm on February 17, 2009

  9. Laughing in response to “Glenn’s long suffering wife” comment. That’s a good wife. Hahaha

    @ 1:16 pm on February 17, 2009

  10. @Troll Doll: There are suspicions that all three programs are heavily scripted.

    @ 1:26 pm on February 17, 2009

  11. I had an incredulous reaction when I heard on O’Reilly that not one member of Congress read the entire stimulus bill before they voted for it.

    I was equally surprised when I heard that on ABC, NBC and CBS … oh wait … they never reported that fact.

    @ 1:40 pm on February 17, 2009

  12. @PR – Who are you and why do you keep posting irrelevant comments on this blog?

    @ 1:58 pm on February 17, 2009

  13. does this mean permission is given to air some dirty Melissa laundry?

    @ 2:33 pm on February 17, 2009

  14. @Chris – YES!!!

    @ 2:38 pm on February 17, 2009

  15. The draw is to watch a bunch of superficial women throwing themselves at a complete stranger who is described as a real catch. Is intimacy possible beneath the glare of the lights and the unblinking scrutiny of the cameras following every date and profession of love? Hardly. The fascination lies in watching a bevy of beauties wax hysterical over a man they do not know. The funny outtake on last night’s episode featured Jason farting in the bubble bath while his playmate pretended it was adorable. Ugh.

    @ 3:00 pm on February 17, 2009

  16. On thing’s for sure: That show is O’Reilly’s fantasy.

    @ 3:39 pm on February 17, 2009

  17. Wait…the women are the only ones you’ve deemed superficial?

    Hmpfh…how about the guy who has decided to find a mom for his toddler among all those females?

    @ 3:42 pm on February 17, 2009

  18. Oh, and don’t awaken PR. He doesn’t know that not one member of Congress read the intelligence estimates before the Iraq war. And that was only about 90 pages! The stimulus bill was more than 1,000 pages.

    @ 3:44 pm on February 17, 2009

  19. I’m with Troll Doll. But I believe everyone who has watched more that 20 seconds of a Bachelorette PROMO is superficial.

    @ 4:08 pm on February 17, 2009

  20. Long Memory,

    Actually I recall Hillary and John Kerry reading the Iraq war intelligence — they cited this as their reason for voting for it.
    Love you, PR

    @ 5:03 pm on February 17, 2009

  21. Speaking of heavily scripted – from Reality Steve:

    Jason picks Melissa and proposes. He breaks it off with her on TV during the After the Final Rose show – informing her he’s been seeing Molly behind her back.

    The is much supposition that the whole thing was planned and all three parties were in on it. Odds are that Melissa is the next Bachelorette. At which time she’s do something even worse that Deanna or Jason!

    @ 10:34 am on February 18, 2009

  22. Ok Louise…………tell me this is not what happens!!!!

    @ 3:54 pm on February 18, 2009

  23. I feel this show is such a put down of women and I would hope everyone is getting a pay check for their acting. If not I feel realy sorry for their parents who have to live in the real world.

    @ 9:40 pm on March 2, 2009

  24. i THiNK JASON iS A WHACK JOB!!!!!!!!!

    @ 5:35 pm on March 3, 2009

  25. well this is soooooooooooooooooo GAY!

    @ 5:39 pm on March 3, 2009