THE
THE LARGEST SPEED DATING EVENT IN THE WORLD AND IT'S HAPPENING TONIGHT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
THE MATZO BALL ONLINE FOUNDER
OF THE MATZO BALL ANDREW
RUDNICK JOINS US THIS MORNING
FROM FLORIDA. GOOD MORNING TO
YOU, ANDREW. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME. MUCH APPRECIATED.
YES. YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS
SINCE THE 1980S. THIS IS
AWESOME. IS IT TOO LATE TO
PARTICIPATE IF YOU'RE SINGLE? I
KNOW IT'S NOT TOO LATE IN SAN
DIEGO. IT'S EARLY. SO WE HAVE
WE HAVE ROOM AVAILABLE. WE ALSO
ARE RUNNING IN THE EVENT THAT
THE CHRISTMAS EVE EVENT
REGIONALLY DOES SELL OUT. WE DO
RUN THE JEWISH MELTING POT
WHICH IS CHRISTMAS DAY WHICH IS
BASICALLY THE ENTIRE WORLD.
MORE OR LESS BROKEN DOWN BY AGE
CATEGORY. SO IF THEY CAN'T
PARTICIPATE IN TONIGHT'S EVENT
REGIONALLY THEY CAN CERTAINLY
PARTICIPATE ON CHRISTMAS DAY
ALTHOUGH THEY'LL BE MEETING
LIKE MINDED SINGLE PEOPLE FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD MORE OR
LESS. ANYONE WHO WAS JEWISH
LIKE MYSELF KNOWS LOTS OF ALL.
MARTIN AWESOME. THAT'S RIGHT.
WELL, YOU. I MEAN YOU'RE
ALREADY IN THE TRIBE WAS BORN
INTO IT BUT THIS MATZO BALL
VIRTUAL EVENT TO THIS DATING
ONLINE DATING THING THAT YOU
HAVE GOING ON NOW THIS YEAR
IT'S NOT JUST FOR JEWS, IT'S
FOR EVERYBODY. IT'S RIDES. IT'S
KIDS. IT'S GEARED TOWARDS JEWS.
I MEAN WE NEED YOU BACK. IT'S
CHRISTMAS EVE, HOWEVER.
HOWEVER. YES, WE ARE. IT IS
OPEN EVERYBODY. BUT YOU KNOW,
MORE OR LESS IT'S PEOPLE THAT
ARE LOOKING TO MEET SOMEBODY
ELSE AND THAT'S LIKE MINDED.
OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO HOW DOES
THIS WORK? TELL ME ALL ABOUT
IT. SURE. AGAIN, WE'VE BEEN
DOING THE MATZO BALL ON
CHRISTMAS THE LAST 33 YEARS IN
YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY IN MAJOR
NIGHTCLUBS. IT'S MORE OR LESS
UP UNTIL NOW IT HAS BECOME MORE
OF A SOCIAL EVENT WHERE WE
DIDN'T PUT ANY KIND OF PRESSURE
TO HAVE THEM ENGAGE IF THEY
DIDN'T MEET WHATEVER IT WAS A
NICE TIME ONE OF THE NICEST
NIGHTCLUBS IN YOUR LOCAL AREA.
SO THIS YEAR WITH THE PANDEMIC
WE WEREN'T WE WE COULDN'T
CREATE THAT NIGHTCLUB
ENVIRONMENT ONLINE. SO WE HAD
TO TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER. AND
YOU KNOW, CRISIS BREEDS
OPPORTUNITY KIND OF FORCED US
INTO THIS SPEED DATING PLATFORM
WHICH IS UNBELIEVABLE. IT IS
THE SOFT WAS INCREDIBLE.
BASICALLY WHEN THE LINK INTO
THE ROOM THEY'RE GOING TO BE
MEETING WITH 15 TO 20 OTHER
SINGLE PEOPLE IN THEIR AGE
RANGE AN AREA THAT FOR A FIVE
MINUTE DATE. OK. SO THEY'RE
GOING TO GO THROUGH 15 TO 25
MINUTE DATES IN WHILE THEY'RE
IN THE DATE OR EVEN AFTER THE
DAY. THEY CAN CLICK MATCH OR
NINE AND AT THE END OF THE
ROUND. ANYBODY WHO HAS MUTUAL
MATCHES WILL CONNECT WITHIN 10
MINUTES AFTER THE ROUND IS
OVER. SO TONIGHT WHERE PROBABLY
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE I DON'T
KNOW THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND DATES
AMONGST ALL OF THE PEOPLE.
THAT'S PROBABLY ANOTHER
GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS
RIGHT THERE BECAUSE AGAIN 15 TO
20 YEARS PER PERSON WHERE WE'RE
EXPECTING OVER TWO THOUSAND
PEOPLE FOR THIS EVENT THIS
EVENING. OK. SO ANY ADVICE ON
HOW TO MEET SOMEONE TO MAKE AN
IMPRESSION? I MEAN IT'S
DIFFICULT AS IT IS TO MEET
SOMEBODY BUT NOW YOU'RE DOING
THIS VIRTUALLY TRUE AGAIN. YOU
KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, FIRST
IMPRESSIONS ARE ALWAYS MOST I'M
IN DRESS. DRESS WELL, BE
RELAXED. HAVE A GLASS OF WINE
WHILE YOU'RE IN THERE. TRY TO
CHILL, TRY TO BE FUNNY, YOU
KNOW, HAVE FUN. I MEAN IT'S
REALLY ABOUT HAVING FUN BECAUSE
YOU KNOW WHAT? THERE'S GOING TO
BE SOME PEOPLE YOU GOING TO
MEET THAT YOU'RE JUST NOT GOING
TO CONNECT WITH. YOU GET TO
KNOW RIGHT AWAY BUT YOU'RE
GOING TO MAKE A CONNECTION
WHETHER THEY BECOME WHETHER
IT'S A RELATIONSHIP, A ROMANTIC
RELATIONSHIP OR NOT AT LEAST
IT'S GOING TO BE A CONNECTION
WITH ANOTHER LIKE MINDED PERSON
WHO KNOWS WHERE THAT'S GOING TO
GO. SO FROM A NETWORKING
STANDPOINT, YOU JUST WANT TO BE
OPEN MINDED TONIGHT. HAVE FUN.
BE LOOSE. SMILE. YOU KNOW, BE
WARM. HEY, ANY SUCCESS STORIES
YOU CAN YOU CAN SHARE? I MEAN
YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR OVER
30 YEARS WHILE MYSELF. I MYSELF
I DIDN'T MEET MY MY WIFE AT THE
1997 BOSTON MATZO BALL OR SO I
COULDN'T SPEAK FIRSTHAND. BUT I
CAN SAY THAT BECAUSE OF THE
NATURE OF THE EVENT BEING AN
EVENT AS OPPOSED TO A WEEKLY
PARTY OR A MONTHLY EVENT.
PEOPLE DO LOOK FORWARD TO IT
ALL YEAR. SO PEOPLE THAT GO TO
WORK TEND TO BE YOU KNOW,
FOCUSED ON FINDING SOMEONE FOR
RELATIONSHIPS. THAT'S WHY THE
MINDS HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL
AND WE'VE HAD OVER THOUSANDS OF
MARRIAGES, YOU KNOW, OVER THE
COURSE OF 34 YEARS. I DO
ANTICIPATE AS A RESULT OF
TONIGHT'S EVENT BECAUSE OF THE
ENGAGEMENT AND BECAUSE OF THE
FOCUS IS GOING TO BE FAR MORE
RELATIONSHIP THAT ARE GOING TO
STEM OUT OF WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN TONIGHT. AND MY
PREDICTION IS THAT WITHIN 36
MONTHS THERE'LL BE ABOUT
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED BABIES THAT
CREATE IF YOU MISS THE MARK MY
WORDS RIGHT NOW AT LEAST 17
HUNDRED BABIES AS A RESULT OF
THIS ONE EVENT TONIGHT IS ONE
EVENT TONIGHT THERE'S GONNA BE
A BABY BOOM THAT'S FOR THAT
BABY BOOM. YEAH. OKAY. SO WHY
PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO A LOG
ONLINE REALLY QUICKLY MATZO
BALL AND TISA OLD BALL DOCK OR
MATZO BALL WORK THEY CAN
REGISTER THERE. THEY CAN GET
THEIR TICKETS THEY GET TONIGHT
WE'RE STILL AVAILABLE IN SAN
DIEGO WHERE A LOT OF HOT PEOPLE
COME INTO SAN DIEGO FOR THE
WELCOME MORE THEN OF COURSE
TOMORROW NIGHT. WHY DO YOU
THINK MATZO BALL AS OPPOSED TO
LIKE GEFILTE FISH OR SOMETHING
?THIS SOUNDS BETTER. THEY
SHOULD FILTER THAT. IT DOES.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT. ANDREW, THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL THE SINGLES
OUT THERE AND TO YOUR EVENT
DOES VIVE. WE NEED TO CHECK
BACK IN WITH YOU. YOU KNOW NEXT
YEAR AND SEE HOW MANY BABIES
ARE PROBABLY MORE