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- (woman) Hey, there. How's it going?
- (man) Hold on. Rewind that. Get back to the bus.
We're going NEXT!
- (woman) You rude piece of trash.
- Because she didn't win a race?
What the [censored]? - (React) Are you single?
- I am. (chuckles) Unfortunately.
- I am newly single actually. - You know, that's a good question.
(laughs) Somewhere in between. - (React) Do you like
to watch dating shows? - Dating shows? Um...
I used to watch one when I was a kid.
I forgot the name, though. But I don't really
watch those as much. - I am pretty familiar.
I was a big fan of the Bachelor growing up.
- Do they still exist? - (React) Over the years,
there have been a lot of outrageous dating shows.
- Sure. - (React) And with the newly revamped
Paramount Plus and other streaming services,
many people are being exposed to some of the outrageous shows,
especially the ones that aired on MTV in the mid-to-late oughts.
- Ohhh. - Oh my gosh! Okay.
So, I had an ex who was super into Rock of Love
and Daisy of Love. - MTV? I didn't even know
dating shows were at MTV. I thought it was just for music videos
and some other reality shows, but not necessarily dating shows.
- (React) Do you have any dating horror stories?
- I don't know. I've never dated anyone
in my entire life, so no. - (React) I thought it might be fun
to take you through some of the most outrageous dating shows
from MTV. And then, we have a few that are not from MTV.
- Okay! - Okay.
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- I'm Nick. I'm 19, and I'm a clothing designer
looking for my perfect muse.
- Wait! I kind of remember this, like in the back of my mind.
Maybe I've seen some YouTube uploads. - "Breeds Siberian Huskies."
Got you. That's quite the combination, Jenna. Okay.
- Yeah, I-- the bus-- I saw the bus,
and that's immediately what pulled me back in.
- I don't know. You know, that doesn't seem right.
- Wait, is she gonna run in those high heels? Oh, god.
- Also, I definitely have seen this show,
because I specifically remember that bus.
- (Nick) We're going next! - Oh my god.
It's so awkward to watch. I just-- ugh.
- That was literally just based on looks just then?
- Does she have to run too? Or is this a new challenge?
- Okay. What? Interesting. - (Nick) Driver, pull up. Next!
- Why not? - You know what, Nick?
I'm gonna next you! (chuckles) Like...
- Dude, this is bad for him! This is so bad for him.
- If that was a real thing, I'd be like, "Are you kidding me?
I ran in heels. Like, what?" Yeah.
- (React) Next aired on MTV from 2005 to 2008.
- I feel like I've seen this. - Wait! Oh my god!
This was pulled from my memory. - (React) In this show,
one contestant goes on blind dates with up to five people.
At any moment, the contestant can yell "Next!"
If the contestant chooses not to say next,
they would give their chosen dater $1 for every minute
that they lasted on the date. - See, I kind of don't like that part.
- Well, I low-key hate the concept of the show.
They're paying those girls trash, dirt money that they're telling them
that they're worth whatever male validation they get.
- It's just so bad and so mean. Why you gotta do girls dirty
like that? - I feel like it sets them up
for failure, 'cause no one-- there's that money prize,
and they wanna probably try to make it last as much as possible,
so they can get the money. And I don't know,
it doesn't seem like it's setting them up
for any kind of potential relationship,
but I guess that's the point of the show, so...
- (React) You ready for the next one? - Let's get it.
- Yes.
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- Okay, we got, like... oh! - (man) All right.
Looks like we just showed up to house number one.
So, we got an apartment complex here. Pretty nice.
- (woman 1) It's my apartment. - I thought it was Jesse McCartney,
'cause I-- ugh. I was gonna be-- I'm like, "Oh my god!" Okay, no.
- (man) Let's check it out. - (woman 2) Number one.
- (woman 3) One. - Look at them literally
in the back of a van. - Oh, okay! Wait, no!
I know exactly what this show is! They did it with Zac Efron.
Yes, okay! Yeah, I'm excited. - Oh! Oh! I do know this.
I've seen this show. Hang on. What's it called?
- I like it when they put the girls together.
That's what I was thinking about the Next one too.
They were all together. - I saw the mess in the room,
and I'm like, "Oh, that's so embarrassing."
- Was he an actor too? - Oh, I thought he was
gonna go open those drawers. I'm like, bro, that's--
I don't... (chuckles) - Especially if someone's
coming over, if I didn't know-- like, a guy I don't know
is coming over, then I would've totally made my room.
- Whoa. A lot to unpack. I can't believe this is on MTV,
which is like national television. - (man) Gonna get my rubber gloves
for this one. - (women laugh)
(gloves snapping) - (man inhales deeply) All right.
- I wonder if that was set there by MTV for the joke.
- It kind of gives you insight into how people live
and how they are. And it reveals personality.
So, I don't-- I think it could be successful
in picking the potential person. Yeah.
- (React) This was Room Raiders, which aired on MTV from 2003 to 2009.
On the show, one guy or girl would get to raid the room
of three single potential dates while those three singles
watched from a van. - Okay, yeah.
- (React) The dater would then have to choose which person
they wanted to date based solely on what they found in their rooms.
At the end, the three singles also got to raid the dater's room.
- Okay, so a tic for tac type thing.
- Ohhh! Okay, so it could be like a sick room, and then,
you know, or it could be a really gross room
and then a really pretty girl or something like that.
- It is gonna tell a lot about you, but I don't know why you wouldn't
just purposely set up your room to be like a dating profile.
- Yeah, I don't know. That concept's kind of dumb,
because you're basing it off just the room and not the person.
Usually, it's the person, and then the room is not
too much of a priority. - (React) What kind of things
would you find in a room that you'd be like,
"I don't wanna date this person"? - That's a complete red flag?
An American flag. - (React) If we were to raid
your room, what would we find? - You'd find records,
Disney posters, a TV, a bed, and that's pretty much it.
- I'm proud to show my apartment off.
I have two walls filled with guitars hanging up.
- (React) All right. On to the next.
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- I'm Robert. I'm a physician. - Hi, Robert.
- And I'm Patty, a nurse. - Hi, Patty.
- (Robert) We have a beautiful daughter, Emily.
- Ooh, stuff with the parents. - (Patty) She's smart, funny,
and ambitious. - The parents set her up?
- (voice-over) This is Emily. She's dating Doug.
They've been seeing each other for four months, and Emily thinks
they're a match made in heaven. - Of course, the same girl
dates that dude. - I think I might've seen this too.
I don't know why. It's sparking something in my brain.
- (voice-over) He sits down with her parents,
and they watch the dates together. - Oh, no!
- (Doug) Oh, what the hell?! - (Patty) Ooh, you're gone!
- I don't think I'd ever let my parents pick.
- So 2000s. - I just really love the young 2000s.
"Loser boyfriend"! - I would be SOOO pissed!
Before you even ask, no chance in HELL
would I EVER go on this show! If I was dating a girl
and then her parents signed up for this show,
I would just break up. I'd just be like, "Yeah,
we're done, no. Sorry, bro." (laughs)
- (Emily) Doug. - Oh my god! I called it!
I called it! - (React) What did you think
about that? - I used to love that show.
I would still watch that show today just for the nostalgia aspect.
- This Parental Control aired on MTV from 2006 to 2010.
On this show, a set of parents are unhappy with their child's
boyfriend or girlfriend. And then, they choose two singles
to compete for the child's heart, and they watch with the boyfriend
or girlfriend as each of their choices goes on a date
with the son or daughter. - I just don't think
the choosing part-- like, choosing one
of the parents' picks makes sense. Like, stay single.
Oh, maybe, yeah, I wasn't dating the best person.
Let me take some time, work on myself, you know?
That makes a little bit of sense. But all their-- oh, man.
I don't-- that's some toxic... - (React) Do you think that
there's a lot of scriptedness? And do you think any one
of those shows is more scripted than the other?
- I think they're all almost 100% scripted.
- I mean, it's probably scripted and fake,
but it's also funny. And I would do it.
- I swear I remember hearing about Parental Control
back when I was-- I remember that name for some reason,
just in the back of my head from somewhere. I don't know where.
- (React) The next two shows are not from MTV.
This one is called Mr. Personality.
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- (voice-over) What happens when one extraordinary woman...
- (woman) I've sort of made my mark, as small as it may be.
- (voice-over) ...who has only dated men the ordinary way...
- (woman) I'm very cautious with relationships.
- (voice-over) ...must pick the love of her life...
- (woman) I am certainly ready to fall in love.
- (voice-over) ...without ever seeing his face.
- What?! - This one's giving weird vibes.
So slow. - (woman) It really is like
living in a fantasy land fairy tale. - That is SO uncomfortable!
- That must get really uncomfortable, because those masks look really...
uncomfortable. (chuckles) - Oh, they have different colors.
(chuckles) That's funny . - I would burst out laughing
every single time I saw this mask!
- Oh, god! That's just creepy! It's like dating burglars.
- This is giving Bachelor-like vibes. I just couldn't kiss those guys
in that mask. - (React) This is Mr. Personality.
It aired on Fox in 2003 for only five episodes.
And it was hosted by Monica Lewinsky. - Oh! Interesting. Okay.
- (laughs) - Odd choice. Like, what? Okay.
- (React) The men had to wear masks for the entire show
except for a special dark room, where the man would remove his mask,
and the woman was allowed to feel his face.
- What is this? Dude, what's that [censored] movie,
where the chick's blind, and she has to feel the guy's face
and he's slightly deformed? - That's uncomfortable.
- That's weird, first of all. I don't like it that...
these are all benefiting the man. - This doesn't seem that bad.
I'm gonna be honest, the masks are hilarious.
I don't know if I can get over that part.
But the concept, it all works. It's there. (chuckles)
- (React) This last one is a little newer,
but what kind of dating show connoisseur would I be
if I didn't show it to you? - It's gotta be Love is Blind
or the Bachelor or something like that.
- (voice-over) 12 American girls searching for love have moved
into an English castle to meet an ordinary guy,
who is pretending to be a prince. Welcome to the fairy tale.
- Do they think it's Prince Harry? - I forget the name of this show,
but as soon as I saw the house, I've definitely seen this. Like...
- Okay, wait. Low-key, I wouldn't be on this one.
I don't know. - What's gonna happen at the end
when he's like, "Psych! I'm just a construction worker"?
- (host) One of you will be elevated to the crown suite.
- (Meghan) She's so... - You know, I don't-- I'm not sure
he actually looks like Prince Harry, but at the same time, I wouldn't know
exactly what Prince Harry looks like, so maybe it's him with the haircut.
- (React) This is I Wanna Marry "Harry."
It has become something of a cult classic.
- Um, I mean, crazy concept. - The show doesn't seem crazy.
I mean, other than the portion where you're lying
that you're a prince. - (chuckles) I get why.
- (React) Of all these shows, which one was your favorite?
- Uh...
Which one was-- I think the mask one is pretty interes--
It's just funny. - Parental Control.
- Believe it or not, I think Next. (chuckles)
- (React) And which one was your least favorite?
- Probably-- even though I used to watch Next...
or the Parental Control. - I'm probably not ever
gonna watch these shows on my own. - You know what?
I don't think reality dating shows are that much different
than dating apps in your life. You get a quick profile,
you're like "Yeah" or "Nah." Like...
- So, again, I ask, what's gonna happen when he's like,
"Psych! I'm not royalty. I'm a construction worker"?
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