Reality shows, particularly of the woman-meets-man/ cardboard cutout meets plastic-filled magnet of shallowness variety, have reached a new pinnacle. This new version of the Dating Game, called Conveyor Belt of Love (did Flava Flav name this?), puts a new spin on speed dating. (By spin, we mean reality show creators must be spinning a wheel or playing MadLibs to come up with ideas, which might actually be a good thing.)
The ABC show, which airs immediately after The Bachelor, starts out with male contestants on a conveyor belt (yes, for real), rolling them out one by one, with each having one minute to impress a female. The chosen items men are moved aside if the women likes them, if not, he moves along (to be reshelved?)
Fast forward 50 years when everyone is embedded with microchips and sadly, this could be how relationships begin. Let's hope not!
The show, by producer Tom Shelly, is supposedly a one-time thing, but it sounds just quirky enough to come back for more. Stay tuned...
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