I think my head is going to explode
If this wasn't scripted, then I think a small part of my trust in humanity died tonight.
I went over to my parents' home this evening to do a little bit of work on their computer (they've been having some problems with an application that runs in the background and seems to be gobbling up system resources). In payment for this service, my parents bought me dinner. While eating, my parents watched a reality show I'd never heard of until tonight.
It was called 'Beauty and the Geek.' As near as I can tell, the show pairs up academically gifted young men (engineers, technology Ph.D's, and the like) with somewhat dimmer, but pretty, women. The women are given tests in which they have to perform a task (after the guys have taught them for a while) like putting together electronics. The guys have to perform a task equally out of their normal skill base (after some tutoring from the women), such as getting women's phone numbers or engaging in an effective workout.
In the episode my parents watched, the announcer/narrator/host guy told the guys what their task was, and then turned to the assembled women. Their dialogue was so classic that it surely must have been scripted. It went like this:
Host: "This, ladies, is a toolbox. It contains... Shocker! Tools."
Girl 1 to Girl 2: "What're tools?"
Girl 2 to Girl 1: "What's shocker?"
I went over to my parents' home this evening to do a little bit of work on their computer (they've been having some problems with an application that runs in the background and seems to be gobbling up system resources). In payment for this service, my parents bought me dinner. While eating, my parents watched a reality show I'd never heard of until tonight.
It was called 'Beauty and the Geek.' As near as I can tell, the show pairs up academically gifted young men (engineers, technology Ph.D's, and the like) with somewhat dimmer, but pretty, women. The women are given tests in which they have to perform a task (after the guys have taught them for a while) like putting together electronics. The guys have to perform a task equally out of their normal skill base (after some tutoring from the women), such as getting women's phone numbers or engaging in an effective workout.
In the episode my parents watched, the announcer/narrator/host guy told the guys what their task was, and then turned to the assembled women. Their dialogue was so classic that it surely must have been scripted. It went like this:
Host: "This, ladies, is a toolbox. It contains... Shocker! Tools."
Girl 1 to Girl 2: "What're tools?"
Girl 2 to Girl 1: "What's shocker?"
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