As a former Bachelor candidate myself I feel I need, no, must, comment on last night's premier of The Bachelor. The guy who is the Bachelor was my year at Duke; I knew of him but didn't know him personally.
Anyways, my thoughts on what is likely to be the only episode I'll actually watch:
- It was amazingly uncomfortable to watch him greet the girls. I thought my 30th birthday was bad (moving across the country to a town with no friends), but being forced to meet 25 rabid and likely over-the-top aggressive girls would have much, much worse.
- That said, 4 of the contestants are from Charleston (or Hilton Head), and that's pretty optimal.
- This was my big takeaway: why the hell did they have him driving a Saleen S7? For the uninitiated, this is a custom supercar that sells for a touch over $500,000. Don't get me wrong, it is an amazing automobile (0-60 in under 3 seconds), but if you are going to pick out a super-car to improve the image of the Bachelor, why not pick something that is immediately recognizable by most people. What's wrong with a Ferrari F430? Or a Lambo? Or Bentley? Or, keeping it American, a Ford GT? You really need to be a car geek to know what a Saleen S7 is. And I don't think the Bachelor's audience is full of car geeks.
- BTW, if he owns that car, I'm joining the Navy tomorrow. Or running an Ironman.
- Seriously, budget is no constraint and you don't pick this? I wouldn't want to be on that show anyways.
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