# New dating show: a couple on a blind date meet each other naked?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [May 20, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822 "2014-05-20T13:20:39Z")
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### Author:  [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2014, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/1 "2014-05-20T13:20:39Z")
I must see this! But I can’t figure out what it is called, and Google is no help. [This](http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/20/can-maya-rudolph-save-the-variety-show.html) is where I heard about it:
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> A dating series is about to air, for Pete’s sake, in which a couple on a blind date meet each other naked.
Anyone know more?
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/2 "2014-05-20T13:40:18Z")
Is it Naked and Afraid? That’s been on for a while now.
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### Author:  [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/3 "2014-05-20T14:04:52Z")
> **[VH1 Orders ‘Naked Dating’ Series (Exclusive)](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/vh1-orders-naked-dating-series-680908/)**
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> The 10-episode weekly series hails from the producers of “Extreme Makeover.”
First hit for “naked dating show”
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### Author:  [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2014, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/4 "2014-05-20T16:15:18Z")
Aha! Thanks. Your search ended up using the title as the first two words. I was googling based on the phrase in my subject line, which got a lot of hits for the show Blind Date.
I don’t see how a man could go on that show, no matter how good a shape he was in. It’s like the peril we guys face in adolescence when wearing sweats especially, but magnified. Especially given that, you know, there’s a presumably attractive naked woman in front of you. I would need some sort of anti-Viagra to even consider this, LOL.
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/5 "2014-05-20T16:22:06Z")
The cure for that was illustrated in _There’s Something About Mary_.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2014, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/6 "2014-05-20T18:13:04Z")
You’re assuming that avoiding visible signs of arousal is something they’re trying to do.
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### Author:  [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/7 "2014-05-21T00:36:21Z")
> [@SlackerInc](#):
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> I don’t see how a man could go on that show, no matter how good a shape he was in. It’s like the peril we guys face in adolescence when wearing sweats especially, but magnified. Especially given that, you know, there’s a presumably attractive naked woman in front of you. I would need some sort of anti-Viagra to even consider this, LOL.
Well, yes, but it’s not like she doesn’t know in advance that he’s a man and she’ll be naked. If he gets upset at a standing ovation under the circumstances he’s well rid of her.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/8 "2014-05-21T02:08:11Z")
It’s like the actor who apocryphally said to his co-star before filming a nude scene: “One of two things is about to happen, and either way, I apologize in advance”.
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### Author:  [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/9 "2014-05-21T03:12:43Z")
Don’t know about this show, but I came in to suggest what you might be referring to was the naked survival show.
Now sure of the name of it, but the idea is that a man and a woman meet naked and have to survive a month together in the jungle.
It is a pretty strange show. The first time I watched it, the guy tapped out after the first day. They couldn’t get a fire started, and the bugs ate him alive the first night. The second time I watched it, the woman got out after the first day for the same reason.
I think the idea is if one of them makes it, they win a bunch of money. But since they are dirty and they stink, sexual attraction isn’t as much of an issue as you might think.
This blind naked dating show seems to be an interesting concept, and i would think the guy would have to have a strong ability to think of something other than her naked body to get through the show without some censoring.
Does the guy actually have to deal with this? I can’t imagine they would have unattractive people on the show, and if I saw an attractive female naked in front of me, I can’t imagine being able to keep things down in front.
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### Author:  [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/10 "2014-05-21T06:39:15Z")
I’ve heard about that “Naked and Afraid” show, and while there might be similar issues, it sounds like such a terrible ordeal as to make that concern fade a bit into the background.
Love the clever wordplay from some of you guys: “down in front”, “standing ovation”. And there’s the Catch-22 as \*\*Chronos \*\*points out. Because, yeah: it’s not as though she can \*blame \*the guy for the “standing ovation” (and BTW that \*Something About Mary \*move doesn’t work very long on me, which perhaps means I’m oversexed?); but it would still just be embarrassing–at least for me.
I guess since it’s on VH-1, we won’t necessarily see for sure what happens in this regard, but I would hope there would be some reference or hint.
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### Author:  [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/11 "2014-05-21T06:45:57Z")
OK, guys, I think you’re misreading how straight women think about the male genitalia. You don’t particularly want to show up flaccid in this context, OK?
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### Author:  [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/12 "2014-05-21T06:55:40Z")
Good to know. But still, given that they are not supposed to be instantly rolling in the hay (presumably) but attempting to do normal blind date type stuff (just while happening to be naked), won’t it be awkward for the guy’s member to just be bouncing around?
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/13 "2014-05-21T13:36:37Z")
Well, yes. But it’d also be awkward to be naked in the first place. They’re not trying to avoid awkwardness. Awkwardness is the whole point of the show. Make money off of other peoples’ embarrassment.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/14 "2014-05-21T13:45:42Z")
Maybe they’ll use the level of the man’s “attention” as a gauge to see if the date should proceed. Sort of an applause meter with his peter.
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### Author:  [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/15 "2014-05-21T13:48:34Z")
> [@Telemark](#):
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> [VH1 Orders 'Naked Dating' Series (Exclusive)](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/vh1-orders-naked-dating-series-680908)
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> First hit for “naked dating show”
The strangest part about that story is that they referred to VH1 as a “music-themed cable network.”
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/16 "2014-05-21T13:57:13Z")
> [@Stink Fish Pot](#):
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> Don’t know about this show, but I came in to suggest what you might be referring to was the naked survival show.
“Naked and Afraid” on the Discovery Channel. The naughty bits are blurred out so thoroughly that they might as well be wearing swimsuits, though.
Another reason for the lack of sex on the show might be the presence of the camera crew.
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### Author:  [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/17 "2014-05-21T13:58:42Z")
LOL, **Happy**.
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### Author:  [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/18 "2014-05-21T14:06:08Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> “Naked and Afraid” on the Discovery Channel. The naughty bits are blurred out so thoroughly that they might as well be wearing swimsuits, though.
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> Another reason for the lack of sex on the show might be the presence of the camera crew.
Naked and afraid. Thanks.
Yeah, the camera crew would get in the way of sex. But can you imagine how bad they would smell?
The poor woman would have to go a month without shaving her pits, her legs and any other parts she shaved, and their hair would be greasy and matted. I just can’t imagine being naked and permitting every insect of the rainforest to have me for dinner. Not to mention my junk flapping around and finding itself in all sorts of bad situations.
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### Author:  [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/19 "2014-05-21T14:15:51Z")
It’s amazing the Cro-Magnons ever procreated. They must not even have known how disgusting they were.
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### Author:  [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2014, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-dating-show-a-couple-on-a-blind-date-meet-each-other-naked/688822/20 "2014-05-21T14:36:34Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#):
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> OK, guys, I think you’re misreading how straight women think about the male genitalia. You don’t particularly want to show up flaccid in this context, OK?
Better than if he shows up erect, takes one look at her, and then goes flaccid.
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