I’m not a big fan of reality TV in general, so let me admit that right out of the gate. It tends to bring out the worst in people.. .. think Housewives of ANYWHERE, The Bachelor, Jersey Shore, etc. . However, this most recent trend in reality TV… is OMG so Freak’n UNREAL! Well it IS real, and even though I sound like a blithering idiot here.. OMG so Freak’n UNREAL! What I really mean is GROSS. and… SERIOUSLY? Caps are annoying, aren’t they? So is naked reality TV.
Funny article I did not write …. “Romance is dead, right? VH1 figured out its been alive and well the whole time we’ve been mourning the loss, and wants everyone to know that getting naked while you date is how you find it. Enter the new series, Naked Dating.
VH1 has picked up the unscripted series for 10 weekly episodes, each centering on a man and a woman each dating two different (but equally nude) suitors. At the conclusion of each hour long episode, the contestants look back at their (naked) dates, and choose whether or not they want a second outing. So, basically, take The Dating Game, subtract clothes, and bam: you’ve got yourself some – Naked Dating – .”
I wish I could say that this is the only show of it’s kind. If you’re into this kind of thing, you can also catch Naked and Afraid, Naked Castaway, Naked Vegas and Buying Naked.
I actually watched one episode of Naked and Afraid – where contestants meet each other nude in some remote location, each gets a tool (no pun intended!) they think they will need for 21 days of survival in some freaky remote location.. kinda like naked survivor. This guy below shoulda asked for sunscreen – he got a severe sunburn on his very first day and most of the survival work for the first five days was left up to the woman on the right. She was a trooper and probably saved their naked behinds from crying uncle.
*sigh*
I don’t know about you, but even in my most stellar young days of unblemished unwrinkled unchildbirthed years, I would not want to meet a possible suitor stark naked, first thing. Kinda takes all the surprise element right out of the equation.
Then again…. maybe that’s not such a bad idea. If only being stark naked would bare everything.