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"The Bachelor" on ABC (1 Viewer)

Which is more likely to happen first with the TV show The Bachelor?

  • Show gets canceled

    Votes: 69 63.9%

  • producers cast a black man as The Bachelor

    Votes: 39 36.1%
  • Total voters
    108
While the creepy brothers aren't wrong, its really not Ben's (or any bachelor's) fault that the girls on this thing get brainwashed. You want to blame someone, blame the producers.
 And lets be honest, if your sister is dumb/desperate enough to give up months or her life to chase some dude she "met" on a heavily edited TV show, she had problems long before she met him.

The date with Amanda and her family came off really bad to me. It was pretty obvious that they just wanted to get footage of him with the kids for emotional effect. It was incredibly awkward and forced. I thought it was really exploitative of the children. I just pictured some producer behind the camera yelling "Great Ben!!! Now PICK UP the BABY!!!!!!!".

 
Ben looks like he is about to crack. Dude had a cold sweat rolling thru the entire two hours. Caila was the only woman that he seemed comfortable with. Whiskey Library date was just odd. There was no dynamic there. The JoJo family visit was ridiculous. He should have told the overbearing brother to shut up. Heck, JoJo should have told the dude to butt out. Ben will never win with this clan unless he lives out of state. He looked like he was going to throw up.

Cutting Mom was obvious. Producers were angling at the drama with two little girls. That was lame. Hope the best for the dude but something tells me that this is going to end awkwardly. Caila is probably in the number 1 slot at this point but if he marries her he will marry the whole entire family. Like - the 25 cousins from out of the country will be living in your house for half a year kind of closeness. Lauren B is probably a strong second place but that date was odd. She does look to him to lead. Seems like a nice normal family situation. The problem is, does Ben have the sack to take the lead? Too bad for the JoJo situation. Smoking babe. Creepy family.

1. Caila

2. Lauren

3. JoJo 

 
No comments on JoJo's mother?  If I'm Ben, I take 1 look at JoJo's future and cut her on the spot.

Also, that entire day was a disaster.  Lets open with exboyfriend drama, then head over to meet the family who immediately grill him at the dinner table, then individually grill him, then gang up on him at the end.  Oh, and Jojo's mom looks like a some sort of duck human hybrid and she drinks straight from the bottle while her weirdo sons treat Ben like he's Hitler for being on the show and the Dad trys super hard to say something nice but ultimately fails.

Yeah, she's got a nice rack, but I'm letting her go on the spot.

 
They should save family visits for when its just the final two and then they should have the Bachelor meet both families at the same time in the same room.  That would be entertaining.  

 
BroncoFreak_2K3 said:
Caila's mom and the braces....
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Yeah, but still....she's aged really well.  Gotta take a peek at  mom to see how daughter is going to hold up and I'll tell you, braces in all, Caila's mom - Call me. :wub:

But jesus hopping christ on a pogo stick, anybody over the age of 4 calling their mother 'mommy' needs a cooter punch back to Manilla.  So awful.

I still don't quite understand how Lauren B. spent all season talking about being from California and then WA LA, her hometown date is in Portland?  The hell?  And honey, they are Food CARTS, not Food Trucks.  Not here.  

Still angry at how much booze they left behind at the MWL.  Something really wrong with those two.

 
I'm just glad that Ben did the smart thing and ditched the ugly girl with the kids for the hot one with the horrible family.

Dad telling Jo-Jo's mom that she was in fact on TV and shouldn't be drinking from the bottle was hilarious.

Her brothers were downright creepy.

"We're really attached to Joelle"

"We love every single thing about her"

I'm sorry, but no sibling loves "every single thing" about another sibling.

 
Yeah, I got a strange incest vibe from the brothers, especially the one in the red shirt.  He was kissing on her like an eager puppy licks its owner.  Really awkward.  

I don't think the single mom is ugly. :shrug:

 
Just not seeing this connection with Caila.  She seemed invisible until this last show.  :shrug:   I've come around to the idea that JoJo might be the second "I love you" (Lauren is obvious), though I thought previously that she was more of a buddy.  I agree with whoever said that's going to be bad form that will bite him in the ###, though.

 
krista4 said:
Just not seeing this connection with Caila.  She seemed invisible until this last show.  :shrug:   I've come around to the idea that JoJo might be the second "I love you" (Lauren is obvious), though I thought previously that she was more of a buddy.  I agree with whoever said that's going to be bad form that will bite him in the ###, though.
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Sometimes invisible isn't bad.  She didn't do anything to jeopardize her odds nor create tension with the other girls.  I think his eyes might have opened a bit to her on the hometown date for a few reasons:

1)  Small, quaint town Ohio is very similar to small, quaint town Indiana.
2)  She's successful in a field very similar to his.
3)  She is close to her family, which is absent any sibling drama.
4)  She's really pretty and seems to be bright.

 

 
Da Guru said:
What are the odds Cailas dad met her mom at a massage parlor?
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lolz....

Seems to me Caila's family moved around a lot, right?  Dad's in manufacturing of plastics, which lends itself to Asian connections for labor.  Probably has a factory somewhere over that direction.

 
Worst part was all the delicious looking filipino food that was presented and then they immediately went off for the private discussions.  I'd have been like #### that, let's eat first.

 
Haven't read the whole thread, but has anyone mentioned the sheer testicular fortitude of JoJo's step-brother Ben being high and mighty about the Bachelor when he was a contestant on Ready for Love and proposed to a woman on that show?

 
JoJo's Brother: "Man, Ben, you're such a jerk for getting all these women to fight over you for a proposal."

JoJo: "Are you talking to yourself again?"

 
Scoresman said:
Worst part was all the delicious looking filipino food that was presented and then they immediately went off for the private discussions.  I'd have been like #### that, let's eat first.
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YES!   Totally agree.  And frigging Ben didn't have the good manners to put his napkin in his lap.  

 
Henry Ford said:
Haven't read the whole thread, but has anyone mentioned the sheer testicular fortitude of JoJo's step-brother Ben being high and mighty about the Bachelor when he was a contestant on Ready for Love and proposed to a woman on that show?
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Ahh, that's why he looked so familiar! 

 
General Malaise said:
lolz....

Seems to me Caila's family moved around a lot, right?  Dad's in manufacturing of plastics, which lends itself to Asian connections for labor.  Probably has a factory somewhere over that direction.
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The Bachelor does seem to draw some wealthy contestants. 

 
General Malaise said:
Sometimes invisible isn't bad.  She didn't do anything to jeopardize her odds nor create tension with the other girls.  I think his eyes might have opened a bit to her on the hometown date for a few reasons:

1)  Small, quaint town Ohio is very similar to small, quaint town Indiana.
2)  She's successful in a field very similar to his.
3)  She is close to her family, which is absent any sibling drama.
4)  She's really pretty and seems to be bright.

 
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Those are all logical ideas, and I'm often wrong about Bachelor/ette predictions.  I still can't believe Kaitlyn actually chose Shawn.  :X   Just not seeing the strong connection between these two when you watch them together.  Could be editing.

Maybe she'll be the next Bachelorette.  They haven't had a brown-ish one, have they?

 
I think Kaitlyn and Shawn are actually actually still together and considering marriage.

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I feel like Caila is by far the most normal one of the bunch left and she would be my choice.  It's easy to forget that a normal, healthy reaction to rushing into such a serious relationship on reality TV is to be hesitant which she has always been.  They will edit the show to cast a more favorable light on the fairytale falling in love immediately stories, but that is all bull####.  Saying I love you after a month or so of this should be difficult if not impossible to do.  

Plus, adobo and pancit everytime you visit the in-laws.  

 
Da Guru said:
The Bachelor does seem to draw some wealthy contestants. 
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Makes sense. A bunch of spoiled broads who grew up with everyone telling them that they're a princess just waiting to be swept up by Prince Charming. Then when it doesn't happen by the time they're 27, they figure they might as well have the fairy tale love story on TV.

 
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Scoresman said:
I feel like Caila is by far the most normal one of the bunch left and she would be my choice.  It's easy to forget that a normal, healthy reaction to rushing into such a serious relationship on reality TV is to be hesitant which she has always been.  They will edit the show to cast a more favorable light on the fairytale falling in love immediately stories, but that is all bull####.  Saying I love you after a month or so of this should be difficult if not impossible to do.  

Plus, adobo and pancit everytime you visit the in-laws.  
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Yup, totally agree here.  That food looked......amazing. :mellow:

 
TLEF316 said:
Makes sense. A bunch of spoiled broads who grew up with everyone telling them that they're a princess just waiting to be swept up by Prince Charming. Then when it doesn't happen by the time they're 27, they figure they might as well have the fairy tale love story on TV.
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That's what seems to be a bit strange about this season...most of the women are in their early 20's.  Not usually a time where marriage desperation starts to creep in.

 
offdee said:
That's what seems to be a bit strange about this season...most of the women are in their early 20's.  Not usually a time where marriage desperation starts to creep in.
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The show's contestant demographic is slowly shifting from desperate late 20's/early 30s husband chasers to early 20s millennials who feel entitled to their Prince Charming.  

 
General Malaise said:
Yeah, but still....she's aged really well.  Gotta take a peek at  mom to see how daughter is going to hold up and I'll tell you, braces in all, Caila's mom - Call me. :wub:

But jesus hopping christ on a pogo stick, anybody over the age of 4 calling their mother 'mommy' needs a cooter punch back to Manilla.  So awful.

I still don't quite understand how Lauren B. spent all season talking about being from California and then WA LA, her hometown date is in Portland?  The hell?  And honey, they are Food CARTS, not Food Trucks.  Not here.  

Still angry at how much booze they left behind at the MWL.  Something really wrong with those two.
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I agree about Caila's mom. Was the hottest mom by far, and the braces thing kinda turned me on :bag: .  Looked a lot younger than her dad TBH.   I couldn't help but think of Frogger seeing Jojo's mother. 

 
quasi-incestual brotherly relationship aside - "We're VERY close." - i thought JoJo was at the top of the list.

looks like she's got her own place, has a career, and generally seems "normal" within the parameters of an overproduced dating show.

and then she gets the two-page, handwritten(??) letter from her ex. and the roses. and then she calls him for Closure. and THEN tells Ben about it?

red. flags. everywhere.

she and her Brothers are going to be VERY upset when Ben brainwashes her into making with the sechs next week, and then gets sent packing. but i think this puts her in prime position to be The Bachelorette.

 
Quint said:
quasi-incestual brotherly relationship aside - "We're VERY close." - i thought JoJo was at the top of the list.

looks like she's got her own place, has a career, and generally seems "normal" within the parameters of an overproduced dating show.

and then she gets the two-page, handwritten(??) letter from her ex. and the roses. and then she calls him for Closure. and THEN tells Ben about it?

red. flags. everywhere.

she and her Brothers are going to be VERY upset when Ben brainwashes her into making with the sechs next week, and then gets sent packing. but i think this puts her in prime position to be The Bachelorette.
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JoJo is so far out in front of the other two for me.  I embrace the red flags!

 
Put me in the camp that says he ought to pick Caila. She'd be number one with a bullet if it was me choosing. I've liked her a lot ever since the date with the comedian where she was wearing that bikini in the hot tub. Now to find out her father is the CEO of a company is the cherry on top for me. 

Having said that I have no idea what he will do. I have successfully avoided all spoilers so far. Seems like it's between Caila and Lauren to me. JoJo being a prime fantasy suite kind of pick. 

 
tonydead said:
No, just no.

Your wives make you watch this with them I'm guessing?
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I watch it with my SO, yes, but I enjoy it thoroughly.  Pure escapism.  Plus, on The Bachelor, plenty of pretty girls (most of the time) to look at.  The Bachelorette is a tougher sell for me unless the lead is really cute and I feel like watching her all the time.  That hasn't happened since the first season I saw (Emily).  Desiree, while extremely nice and attractive, bored me silly and I didn't watch.  Andi was unpleasant but I did watch most of that season.  Kaitlyn skeeved me out and I dropped out after about two or three episodes. 

 
Aerial Assault said:
I watch it with my SO, yes, but I enjoy it thoroughly.  Pure escapism.  Plus, on The Bachelor, plenty of pretty girls (most of the time) to look at.  The Bachelorette is a tougher sell for me unless the lead is really cute and I feel like watching her all the time.  That hasn't happened since the first season I saw (Emily).  Desiree, while extremely nice and attractive, bored me silly and I didn't watch.  Andi was unpleasant but I did watch most of that season.  Kaitlyn skeeved me out and I dropped out after about two or three episodes. 
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:X

 
If I were Ben I would've taken a selfie of myself giving a thumbs up while in deep, doggie style with Jojo in the fantasy suite and then send it to her two ######## brothers.  

 
Aerial Assault said:
Aerial Assault said:
I watch it with my SO, yes, but I enjoy it thoroughly.  Pure escapism.  Plus, on The Bachelor, plenty of pretty girls (most of the time) to look at.  The Bachelorette is a tougher sell for me unless the lead is really cute and I feel like watching her all the time.  That hasn't happened since the first season I saw (Emily).  Desiree, while extremely nice and attractive, bored me silly and I didn't watch.  Andi was unpleasant but I did watch most of that season.  Kaitlyn skeeved me out and I dropped out after about two or three episodes. 
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I watch it with my SO, yes, but I enjoy it thoroughly.  Pure escapism.  Plus, on The Bachelor, plenty of pretty girls (most of the time) to look at.  The Bachelorette is a tougher sell for me unless the lead is really cute and I feel like watching her all the time.  That hasn't happened since the first season I saw (Emily).  Desiree, while extremely nice and attractive, bored me silly and I didn't watch.  Andi was unpleasant but I did watch most of that season.  Kaitlyn skeeved me out and I dropped out after about two or three episodes. 
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this.

plus, it's a drinking game at our house.

this has been modified to fit Bachelor Pad (RIP) and Bachelor In Paradise

[SIZE=14pt]Emotional/Verbal[/SIZE][SIZE=14pt] [/SIZE]

  • [SIZE=14pt]Female Crying: 1 drink [/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Male Crying: 2 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Asking if a fellow cast member is there "for the right reasons": 2 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Saying, “I didn’t come here to make friends”: 3 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Threatening to sue fellow cast member: finish the drink[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Plugging an acting, modeling, or singing career: 2 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Singing song in front of two or more people: 3 drinks[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]Romantic/Sexual[/SIZE][SIZE=14pt] [/SIZE]

  • [SIZE=14pt]Open-mouth kissing: 1 drink[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Coitus: 3 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Denying coitus: 2 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Fraudulent denial of coitus: Entire drink[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Fraudulent claim of coitus: Entire drink[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Participating in threesome: Entire drink[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Intentional nudity: 3 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Unintentional nudity: 1 drink[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Hitting on the show’s host: Entire drink[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Revealing past career in adult entertainment: Entire drink[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]Violence[/SIZE][SIZE=14pt] [/SIZE]

  • [SIZE=14pt]Verbal Fighting: 1 drink[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Physical Fighting: 3 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Decisively winning physical fight: 2 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Throwing drink in someone’s face: 2 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Having unexplained black eye, fat lip, or bloody knuckles: 3 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Requesting to be assaulted (i.e. Come at me bro!): 1 drink[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Invoking show’s rules as only reason for not committing assault: 2 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Attempting to fight show’s host: 5 second chug from the bottle (wine/hard A)[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]Drugs/Alcohol[/SIZE][SIZE=14pt] [/SIZE]

  • [SIZE=14pt]Extreme intoxication: 3 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Vomiting: 3 drinks[/SIZE]
[SIZE=14pt]Early Departures[/SIZE][SIZE=14pt] [/SIZE]

  • [SIZE=14pt]Being kicked off show (outside of game play): Entire drink[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Threatening to leave show and not following through: 2 drinks[/SIZE]
  • [SIZE=14pt]Threatening to leave show and following through: 3 drinks[/SIZE]
 
Quite a hometowns ep. 

First, love the budget cuts.  We begin in Orange County, where Ben hits the beach with Amanda and her brood ($0).  Next up, it's Portland (*not* Marina Del Rey), where Lauren steers him to a food cart and then the Whisky Library, where they leave their drinks unfinished (?) and Lauren has hers out of a crystal wine glass (??) ($15-20).  Over to Hudson, OH, for some coloring (this was cute) and then building a toy house ($0 - in fact Caila's dad should have paid them).  THEN we have the Disaster of Dallas, where Ben arrives in the wake of a stalker with an excellent sense of timing (and ABC's signature on its rights agreement to use his voice) at Joelle's apartment ($0), then visits her crime syndicate family to get abused by her two creepy brodooshes for being part of a reality show whose silly premise the more attack-oriented bro tried to rip off on NBC a few years back.  Meanwhile, Mom slugs champagne from the bottle and Dad Hitlers it up ($0 excluding dignity).  

Whew/oof  

Caila continues to strike me as about as genuine as the plastic house they built.  Maybe she's a terrific gal, but I somehow seem to be immune to her charms.  Her mom was very nice, though.  Meanwhile, Joelle (I refuse to call her by that dumb nickname) is sexy as hell but wow, the baggage/drama.  Lauren B is pretty but sometimes I feel that she has no chin and a Marco Rubio-style personality void.     Sorry to see Amanda go but that wasn't happening.  I did like how after being dumped, she asked why he brought her "all the way out here" (to Agoura Hills from Orange County, about an hour's drive, maybe two with bad traffic) for the rose ceremony.  

Ben seems tired of the whole thing.  Curious to see what drama (if any) erupts. 

 
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Aerial Assault said:
Quite a hometowns ep. 

First, love the budget cuts.  We begin in Orange County, where Ben hits the beach with Amanda and her brood ($0).  Next up, it's Portland (*not* Marina Del Rey), where Lauren steers him to a food cart and then the Whisky Library, where they leave their drinks unfinished (?) and Lauren has hers out of a crystal wine glass (??) ($15-20).  Over to Hudson, OH, for some coloring (this was cute) and then building a toy house ($0 - in fact Caila's dad should have paid them).  THEN we have the Disaster of Dallas, where Ben arrives in the wake of an stalker with an excellent sense of timing (and ABC's signature on its rights agreement to use his voice) at Joelle's apartment ($0), then visits her crime syndicate family to get abused by her two creepy brodooshes for being part of a reality show whose silly premise the more attack-oriented bro tried to rip off on NBC a few years back.  Meanwhile, Mom slugs champagne from the bottle and Dad Hitlers it up ($0 excluding dignity).  

Whew/oof  

Caila continues to strike me as about as genuine as the plastic house they built.  Maybe she's a terrific gal, but I somehow seem to be immune to her charms.  Her mom was very nice, though.  Meanwhile, Joelle (I refuse to call her by that dumb nickname) is sexy as hell but wow, the baggage/drama.  Lauren B is pretty but sometimes I feel that she has no chin and a Marco Rubio-style personality void.     Sorry to see Amanda go but that wasn't happening.  I did like how after being dumped, she asked why he brought her "all the way out here" (to Agoura Hills from Orange County, about an hour's drive, maybe two with bad traffic) for the rose ceremony.  

Ben seems tired of the whole thing.  Curious to see what drama (if any) erupts. 
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You should take over blogging this.  (RIP, Picklesblog.)

 
Not only is there JoJo but Lauren's family called her LoLo.

When it took so long for JoJo to realize that letter wasn't from Ben, I began to think maybe she isn't that smart.

 
tonydead said:
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I don't think this is the group of guys you want to challenge.  I'd say conservatively most posters in here have at least 50 IQ points on you.  You remind me of a HS classmate who thought it would be cool to go "gay bashing" in Dallas' Oaklawn area one night.  He ended up in the hospital.  Careful who you taunt...

 
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