Pretty good, as far as over produced, micro-managed "reality" television goes, primarily because it's mostly hot guys. Thought the host was an ass for making fun of the guy from Kentucky.

I said I wasn't going to get hooked by another bachelor/bachelorette installment, but I watched last night because nothing was on and yikes, I'm hooked. Mostly because I think Jerry, the gallery owner, is HOT! He is so my type in my dream world where I can pick and choose people to fall in love with me.

Although, I still can't believe this bachelorette is the one that was once engaged to the Firestone guy from San Francisco. I guess it goes to show that if you fail once, try, try again. I guess I give her props for going through this whole process again, and she is fun and cute, but it seems weird recycling these people. Let's get some fresh blood!

Oh, jaydeen, I thought the host at the end was hilarious. Sure, it was making fun of the people in the south, but still, it was adorable. I kind of thought he was sexy afterwards for being so adorably goofy. (I know, I'm a sucker for a goofball. That's my reality world as opposed to the earlier one I described where I make hunks fall in love with me.)

fyi, my husband from my dreamworld...

My sister knows one of the guys (the NY attorney). We all thought he'd get voted off right away cause he's the only black dude, but he got a rose. Dunno why he wants to do something this lame. I wonder if one of the upcoming twists is that some of the dudes are gay. Fabrice sure is-- here's a screengrab of his bigmuscle profile.

Tom - the person of color always gets a rose in the first round of these bachelor/bachelorette shows. But almost always gets bumped in the next round. They always have one African-American, but almost never any latin, Asian or South Asian "contestants." Ryan, your sister's friend, actually seemed quite nice, smart and hot. What was he doing on there??? Is that Fabrice BigMuscle profile for real??? HA! Busted.

Batboy - agree with you about being sucked in, and about Jerry. Also liked the welder and the big guy who's dad was in the same frat as Jen's dad. Really looking forward to the Stu, stalker thread.

Fabrice=BigMuscle? Now who's living in a dreamworld? LOL Don't get me wrong, he looks great without his shirt on and he has a nice body, but I don't think he's the type of guys that the men on Big Muscle are looking for. Am I wrong? We've got some Big Muscle men on this board, chime in!

I think he'll last for just two more episodes.

Really wish I didn't have to say I told you so....

From the looks of last night's episode, the producers might be setting up fabulous Fabrice for a big coming out during next week's rose ceremony (I shudder as I type the name of that concocted little showpiece).

Jerry, Ryan, John Paul, Ben all still in the running. Good. Wendall, WTF?? must be a Chicago thang that I just don't understand.

[ January 25, 2005, 11:42 AM: Message edited by: jaydeenyc ]

I only saw 2 minutes of the show last night (I swear!), but wasn't Fabrice the guy who did the worst in basetball?

You mean the weekly "most dramatic rose ceremony yet." Every week they promo it as such; unless a rejected suitor comes back and guns down those with roses, it's just not that dramatic! wink

~Adam

I swear, I only clicked on this thread because Adam was the last one who posted to it and his posts are always worth reading...

The obvious question is WHY would a gay man go on a dating show to try to win the heart of a woman? And the obvious answer is because he wants to somehow parlay the exposure into a career in showbiz. Still, this utterly blows my mind.

Even though everyone has jumped to conclusions, has anyone even thought that perhaps the bigmuscle profile of Fabrice was done by someone other than him as a prank? For one thing, the guys on the show obviously didn't like him, and the odds of him putting up a profile and calling it "FabriceFromParis" (which is what the profile is named) and then listing his home town as New York (where the show was filmed... not where he actually lived) seems unlikely.

Anyone can get photos of someone and post a fake profile.

You have a point. Out of curiousity, I went to the site and couldn't find the actual profile. So either it's been deleted or it never existed, like the conspiracy theory you're suggesting. wink

I agree it's easy to make up a profile and post them, but how would the person get all those nearly nude shots of Fabrice? It really looked like he was posing for a personal ad, IMHO.

Here's a wonderful pic of Fabrice in Chicago Pride web site (courtesy of the Bert Show on Atlanta's own Q100).

Chicago Pride is a pretty good website, and I remember their recent feature on Fabrice.
As for the "Bachelorette", whatsherface makes me ashamed to admit I'm from Chicago. Wasn't she dating the Firestone tire heir?? Just put her on a day time soap opera already -- how could a woman that accomplished and good looking not have found an acceptable man yet??

So, were we really supposed to believe that Fabrice was actually gonna "come out" as Chris Harrison repeatedly teased throughout the episode? Just as I thought, Fabrice left before Jen was gonna boot his ass anyway...what a pitiful attempt at ratings.

[ January 31, 2005, 07:10 PM: Message edited by: dfwAggie99 ]

Fabrice isn't gay. He's just French.

Kinda like the British... wink

and male cheerleaders at Yale.