♪ music playing ♪
>> Doris: My name is Doris
and I'm looking for love.
>> Michel: What kind of woman
are you looking for?
>> I like sexy!
>> Oh.
>> Oh, yeah, yeah!
How you think you got here?
>> Doris: My name is Doris. I’m 78 years old.
I'm single and I'm looking for love.
I was married for 14 years to my first husband.
My second husband,
I was married to him for 10 years,
and then he passed away.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Darlene: She's a dedicated grandmother.
She's dedicated her entire life to her family.
Everything she does is about her grandkids
and her great-grandkids.
>> Michel: My name is Michel Sproles.
I’m a mother,
a wife, business owner
and a granddaughter.
>> Taylor: I'm Taylor York.
I’m a student and I am a granddaughter.
Darren is my grandson,
Michel, my granddaughter's husband.
He plays professional football for the Philadelphia Eagles.
>> Michel: [WHISTLE]
How do you all feel
about finding Granny a boyfriend?
Um, no. [LAUGHTER]
I think it's healthy for my grandmother
to find a companion other than her grandkids.
>> Darlene: She needs to be able
to have someone that she can confide in.
>> Doris: At this point in my life,
I think it would be nice to find a companion
or someone to go out with every now and then.
>> Michel: We just want the best for her.
She takes care of us,
so we've got to make sure we take care of her.
>> Taylor: My granny's just not
going to date anyone.
She's a prize.
>> Michel: My plan is to grill these guys.
I want to make sure that Granny is getting the best.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Michel: So, Granny,
what do you feel about going on a blind date?
>> Doris: Oh, my God,
I've never been on a blind date in all of my life.
>> Michel: What do you think
you would want in a guy?
>> Doris: If he could look like Denzel Washington, it's over.
It's done.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Michel: I would want someone for my granny
that is still active.
>> Taylor: Somebody who loves to dance.
>> Doris: I like a guy with a sense of humor.
>> Michel: A gentleman.
Someone that I know is going to open up the doors,
still believes in chivalry.
She's very family-oriented,
so I think that's important for her.
>> Doris: Sex is important in a relationship.
Yes, it is.
>> Taylor: It's not going to happen.
It's not there.
I'm not going to let her do that?
>> Taylor: Have sex.
>> Doris: This is hilarious.
>> Taylor: She doesn't need to.
>> Michel: What is it that you don't like in guys?
>> Doris: Somebody that thinks he's all that.
So, you know.
>> Taylor: Nobody who dresses like a pimp.
>> Michel: She doesn't want someone with a Jheri curl.
>> Doris: A scary curl.
And that means a Jheri curl that went sour.
I cannot stand for someone to be late.
>> Michel: If my granny had to support someone,
it wouldn't get past the first date.
>> Doris: Good girl.
That's right.
You were right on the money.
>> Michel: All right,
so, we're going to go through these bios
and this is going to be the "no" pile. 98 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:08, 520 >> Taylor: OK, over here.
>> Michel: And this is going to be the "yes" pile.
>> Taylor: No.
He looks youthful.
>> Michel: Yeah, he seems to be...
>> Taylor: Some spring in his step.
>> Michel: He's OK.
Maybe a little different for Granny,
but we could put him in the "yes" pile.
>> Taylor: Right, but still yes.
>> Michel: He has nice teeth,
but I don't know...
>> Taylor: Yeah, he does.
They look like his teeth.
>> Michel: Definitely a no.
No.
>> Michel: So, we like these guys,
so let's watch their videos.
>> Taylor: OK.
>> Lance: I love hip-hop.
Music is one of my passions.
>> Michel: And Lance likes cats.
>> Lance: Can't wait to meet you.
>> Michel: He'll go in the “no" pile.
>> Taylor: Yeah.
>> Levi: Love is something that I need.
Love is respect.
Love is something that you can't turn over.
Love is a flower.
>> Taylor: So this is Levi, I think.
He's age appropriate.
>> Levi: Levi should find love
because that'll add to his equation.
>> Michel: He seems like he might be a lot of fun.
>> Taylor: Yeah.
So this guy's name is Rudy.
>> Rudy: My name is Rudy Benzer.
I like to play golf.
>> Taylor: He might be good for Granny.
>> Michel: OK.
So we're putting him in the "yes" pile?
>> Taylor: Yeah.
>> Michel: "Yes" pile, OK.
>> Taylor: Mm-kay...
>> Andy: My name is Andy.
Introduce me to your granny.
>> Taylor: No.
Next.
>> Phillip: Hello, I'm Phillip.
I'll bring life to someone who I hang with.
>> Michel: We could put him in the "yes" pile, too.
>> Taylor: Yeah, I like him.
He seems nice.
>> Michel: OK, so we have our final three:
Phillip, Rudy and Levi.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Phillip: Hello, I'm Phillip. My age is 68.
I grew up on the South Side of Chicago.
I did a lot of work in youth development,
community development.
In my younger years, I was an accountant.
My wife, I'm sorry to say,
passed away three years ago.
I am absolutely active and alive.
>> Michel: Hi. Michel, nice to meet you.
>> Phillip: Good meeting you, Michel.
>> Taylor: Hi. Taylor, nice to meet you.
>> Phillip: Taylor.
I'm Phillip, Taylor.
The question is not how to meet women,
the question is how to take it further.
>> Michel: So, tell us a little bit about yourself.
>> Phillip: I am a widower
with one adult child.
I like to dance for fun and exercise.
>> Taylor: Somebody who loves to dance.
>> Phillip: Oh, life is wonderful
when you're a grandfather.
>> Michel: OK, you just have one?
One grandchild?
>> Phillip: Yeah, just one.
>> Michel: So, really close to your family.
>> Phillip: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
>> Michel: She's very family oriented,
so I think that's important for her.
>> Michel: So, what's the perfect date for you?
>> Phillip: We'd go off to a nice dinner.
>> Michel: OK.
>> Phillip: Then we'd go dancing.
Always got to do a little dancing.
Then we might get close, who knows.
>> Michel: What kind of woman are you looking for?
>> Phillip: I like sexy!
>> Phillip: Oh, yeah, yeah!
How do you think you got here?
>> Taylor: I don't want to think about how I got here.
>> Michel: Are you still active?
>> Phillip: It don't stop, baby.
Wait a minute.
>> Michel: OK.
>> Michel: What have women said your flaws are?
>> Phillip: I don't have the stamina
that I used to have.
Yeah, I knew that would get you.
>> Taylor: Why should we let you go out with her?
>> Phillip: Because your grandmother
will see me as a good man.
>> Rudy: My name is Rudy.
I'm 84 years old and I'm single.
I got married on my prom night.
Me and my wife, we ran away to Yuma.
I was married 64 years.
I played professional baseball for the San Diego Padres.
>> Michel: Hi, how are you?
Michel. Nice to meet you.
>> Rudy: Hi, fine, how are you? Nice meeting you.
>> Taylor: Hi, Rudy, Taylor. Nice to meet you.
>> Rudy: Nice meeting you, too.
>> Taylor: Come on in.
>> Rudy: And I'm looking for a woman to steal my heart.
[Suitor #2, Rudy, Age 84 Favorite Hobby, Swimming]
>> Michel: So, tell us a little bit about yourself, Rudy.
>> Rudy: I have a granddaughter.
She's 35 and she's a teacher.
And then I have a grandson.
He goes to Boulder, Colorado, and plays football.
>> Michel: Did you ever play any sports or anything?
>> Rudy: When I got out of high school in '53,
I signed with the Padres.
>> Michel & Taylor: Wow.
>> Michel: What's the perfect date for you?
Where would you take our grandmother?
What would you have planned?
>> Phillip: I would imagine
we would talk about ourselves
and what she's done,
and what's going to be our plan for the rest of our life,
if we're together.
>> Taylor: What's your credit score?
>> Rudy: What?
>> Taylor: Your credit score?
Do you know, by chance?
>> Phillip: No.
>> Michel: Can you cook?
>> Phillip: Oh, I love to cook.
>> Taylor: And why should we pick you
to date our grandmother?
>> Rudy: Because I'm very nice.
>> Michel: Someone that I know is going to open up the doors
or still believes in chivalry.
>> Rudy: And handsome.
>> Michel: OK.
>> Rudy: And I think she would go for me.
>> Michel: OK.
>> Taylor: All right.
>> Levi: Hi.
Levi, I'm 68.
I'm a country boy with city instincts.
I'm from the country
and I came to the city to get more work.
And I did.
I've been married twice and divorced twice.
Put the wig on, baby,
because I'm going to love you through that wig.
>> Levi: Hi, how are you?
>> Michel: I'm fine, and yourself?
Michel, nice to meet you.
>> Levi: Nice to meet you, too.
>> Taylor: Hi, Taylor. Nice to meet you.
>> Levi: Nice meeting you, Taylor.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Michel: Tell us a little bit about yourself.
>> Levi: I'm 68, I've been married twice,
>> Michel: Married twice.
>> Levi: I'm a carpet cleaner
and I'm a painter.
>> Michel: You're just a jack of all trades.
>> Levi: But master of none.
>> Michel: But that's not a good thing.
>> Levi: Why?
>> Michel: To be the jack of all trades
and a master of none?
You want to master something.
>> Levi: I master everything that I do
but I'm not the jack.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Taylor: The silver tooth?
>> Levi: When I smile, then she's hypnotized.
>> Taylor: Is that the same with the Jheri curl?
The soul glow?
>> Levi: The two of them, so that's beautiful.
>> Michel: She doesn't want someone with a Jheri curl.
>> Doris: A scary curl.
>> Michel: Why should we pick you
to go on a date with our grandmother?
>> Levi: I'll make her laugh
and she going to fall over on me
and you're going to know it's over then.
She gonna laugh, ha-ha-ha,
and she going to fall over on me.
>> Michel: That's not like her.
>> Levi: Wait a minute,
wait a minute, that's not all.
You've got to have more of them there for me
because I've got more for you.
>> Taylor: OK, so we need to find out
who we're going to pick to go on this date with Granny.
>> Michel: Well, we've gone through the profiles,
we're down to three.
>> Taylor: OK, well, how about Rudy?
>> Michel: I don't know, Rudy seems a little boring.
>> Taylor: He's just timid.
He's just a little shy.
>> Rudy: I would imagine we would talk about ourselves
and what she's done.
>> Michel: We'll see.
>> Taylor: I guess.
>> Michel: Levi, he seems like a lot of fun
and still a nice guy.
So I think she should go out with Phillip
because he seems the most like Granny.
>> Phillip: Your grandmother will see me as a good man.
>> Michel: But I feel like we should ask my mom.
>> Taylor: We need a third opinion?
>> Michel: Yeah.
>> Taylor: Hi, Auntie.
>> Hi.
>> Michel: How are you?
We're trying to figure out
who to choose for Granny to go on this date.
>> Darlene: I think Phillip.
I say that because he looks like he's real easygoing,
like he's relaxing and he'll calm her.
So we want to make sure she's comfortable.
That's the most important thing.
>> Michel: So, Phillip?
>> Taylor: I say Phillip.
>> Michel: OK, Phillip it is.
>> Taylor: OK.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Doris: What do you think of this?
>> Taylor: It's a lot of patterns.
>> Doris: Yeah.
>> Michel: Nah, Granny, I don't like that one.
>> Taylor: I want something with more color and more skin.
>> Doris: It's kind of cold outside.
>> Taylor: You don't want to be sexy?
You don't want to be nice and sexy for your first date?
>> Doris: The only skin I'm going to show
is the skin on my face.
>> Taylor: Oh, my gosh.
>> Doris: Well, what do you think of this?
>> Michel: I like that one, Granny.
>> Taylor: When you're going lawn bowling,
it's white.
I like that one.
>> Doris: This it will be.
This is what I'm wearing.
>> Taylor: Nice.
>> Michel: You've got this, Granny,
just relax and be yourself.
I'm sure he'll love you.
>> Doris: All right.
>> Michel: No kissing on the first date.
>> Doris: Gotcha.
>> Taylor: You look cute.
>> Doris: Thank you.
>> Taylor: Have fun.
>> Doris: All right.
[The Date]
♪ music playing ♪
>> Doris: Well, I'm here on a date,
and also here to do some lawn bowling.
I've never been on a blind date.
My worst nightmare would be that the date didn't show up.
[20 Minutes Late]
♪ music playing ♪
I'm kind of curious to know
who the person is and what type of person he is.
[30 Minutes Late]
♪ music playing ♪
[WAH-WAH-WAH]
I don't particularly care the lateness,
especially on a first date.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Phillip: How are you?
>> Doris: Hi, how are you?
>> Phillip: Very good.
>> Doris: It's good to meet you.
>> Phillip: I'm Phillip.
>> Doris: Hi, Phillip.
>> Phillip: It's good meeting you.
>> Doris: Good.
How has your day been going so far?
>> Phillip: A little crazy.
>> Doris: It's supposed to be a blind date.
What, did you drive with blindfolds on?
And you couldn't find your way?
Well, that's OK.
>> Phillip: I made a mistake.
I got confused and I got turned around and lost
and the next thing I knew,
I thought I had given plenty of time,
but I hadn't, and so I was late.
Have you ever done this before?
>> Doris: No, I haven't.
This is the first time.
>> Phillip: I haven't, either.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Vince: A little bit too wide.
>> Phillip: Good toss.
>> Doris: A little bit too wide?
>> Vince: OK, now you try.
You try one.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Vince: That's very good.
It's a little heavy, it's a little bit heavy.
>> Doris: When I saw him,
I was thinking, "Oh, he's kind of small."
A little skinny guy, but I guess that'll be OK.
>> Vince: We'll play it again.
OK, Doris, here you are.
>> Phillip: This is a challenge.
>> Vince: It is a challenge.
>> Doris: Let me try this.
♪ music playing ♪
>> Vince: Very nice, very, very nice.
>> Phillip: Oh, you've got it, girl.
You've got it.
>> Vince: Great shot, great shot.
Beautiful.
>> Doris: So, what do you like to do for a living?
>> Phillip: I am a worker.
I'm always trying to invent things and create stuff.
And I find that it helps me stay young.
>> Doris: Oh, yeah.
I can understand that.
>> Phillip: What about you?
>> Doris: Well, my time is spent
around my grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
>> Phillip: Wait a minute,
how old are you?
You look like you're my age.
>> Doris: I did marry young.
I was 19.
>> Phillip: What do I have to look forward to?
What is so wonderful about having great-grandchildren?
>> Doris: It's wonderful because you can spoil them
and send them back home.
Send them back to their parents.
I had fun today.
>> Phillip: There was definitely physical attraction.
Looking forward to seeing you again.
>> Doris: All right.
>> Phillip: OK, take care.
>> Doris: OK, bye.
>> Phillip: Well, I think it went pretty well.
Now, we'll see when I call her.
>> Doris: On a scale of 1 to 10,
I rate Phillip an 8.
>> Doris: Hi, how are you guys doing?
>> Michel: How was your date, Granny?
>> Doris: He was late.
>> Darlene: He was late?
>> Doris: Yes, he got lost.
And that's the reason why
when you're going somewhere for the first time,
you need to start off early.
>> Michel: Good thing is, we got her out of the house,
and hopefully this will open the door
for her to go on future dates.
>> Michel: I think you're trying to downplay it, Granny.
>> Taylor: I feel like you are.
>> Michel: I think you might have had
a little bit more fun than you thought
and you don't want to tell us.
>> Darlene: So, are you looking forward to the next time?
>> Michel: You think we're going to have a new grandpa?
>> Doris: Heck, no.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Darlene: OK, we're glad you had fun.
>> Taylor: Yes, we're glad you had fun, Granny.
>> Michel: You broke the ice on dating.
>> Taylor: Exactly.
>> Michel: The fact that we got her out on a date.
High five!