Howdy all,
I turned on the tv and this is what I see.
Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire?
A wedding is guaranteed after 50 women compete to become the wife of an unknown wealthy man, who will narrow the field based on answers to his questions and advice from his friends and family. Jay Thomas is the host; Leanza Cornett provides backstage coverage.
What do you think of this…
I find it to be extremely creepy. Was having the guy’s family members vote on the contestant’s answer suppposed to add an element of wholesomeness?
Well I ashamedly confess that I watched about half of it, surfing in and out. Out of the initial 50 there was one true hottie whom I myself would have happily married on the spot. (She made it to the final 5.) So did another woman who I would have bet money that he would pick, sort of a all-American girl.
Strangely, he did not pick either; he went for the overtanned gym rat with the big beak. Zero on his part. But c’est la vie; it’s his money and his life and if he wants to take advantage of certain women’s need for a rich man then more power to him, the goon. For a goon he was.
Did anyone see his 2 buddies? Jeez Louise, I thought I was watching “The Sopranos” through a “Kids in the Hall” lens. I think the FBI needs to take a look at those 2 characters.
I’m a loner, Dottie … a rebel.
I just couldn’t figure out what the Millionaire’s motivation was. He didn’t seem to be particularly undesirable, at least not to the point where he would have to bank on his wealth to get a bride he’d never met(on national television no less). I was expecting someone who had inherited a lot of money(ie someone completely inept at doing anything, completely spoiled, etc etc) or perhaps a computer geek millionaire(not to insult anyone who is in either of those groups, but that was what I was expecting), but nope, he was a self-made millionaire(real-estate i believe) without any obvious drawbacks involved. I have no idea why this was necessary for him to find a wife the way he did…(a way guaranteed to only net a gold digger…)
Gotta voice my opinion laughing…
I am old fashioned …I cant see sleeping with someone that I am not married to …But I would not marry someone that I didnt know…and then have to sleep with them please…A lot of those women were beautiful and smart so why…
More proof that TV rots the brain.
Hi dansir,
Good to see you here !
As for the show, umm what can I say, execpt, wierd ?
You know how I feel about marriage. It is much too serious a commitment to choose your spouse on a tv show without ever meeting them first.
Ayesha
We didn’t watch the show at my house. That will not stop me from posting the following funny story about it: My husband and son are addicted to “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire” – they watch it every time it’s on. Today I was upstairs coloring my hair when I heard the commercial for “Who Wants to Marry A Millionaire.” My son spoke up, “Dad, wanna watch that one too?” I came to the top of the stairs and announced that this show would never be played on a TV that I own. Specifically, I stated, “In our house, marriage is NOT a beauty contest.” My daughter looked up at me (dye on my hair, no make-up, wearing a sloppy hair-dyeing sweat suit) and said, “Well, that’s obvious isn’t it?” Brat. Takes after me. 
Jess
Remember the Straight Dope credo: It’s all about wiping out ignorance, not coddling the ignorant.
Jess,
I laughed out loud…now I think I will go to bed…
Howdy Aeysha,
Thanks for the welcome…
I think the 19yr old with the big boobs just made it to the semi-finals so he could see her in a swimsuit. I was a little suprised the other blonde didn’t win over the “gym rat” but I’m not a multi-millionaire so what do I know about picking random strangers to be my wife.
I also found the whole thing a little creepy and wonder what you do on your honeymoon after that. I’m sorry, but jumping in the sack with the woman who sold herself out to marry me for life just doesn’t sound like I had pictured my honeymoon turning out.
“I guess one person can make a difference, although most of the time they probably shouldn’t.”
See, it’s stuff like this that cause French people to sneer at us!
…send lawyers, guns, and money…
Warren ZevonThe only way I figure it is that she looks like a 45 year old Millionaire wife. People would expect to see her next to him. I imagine he anticipated some social stigma about being married to a 19 yr. old covergirl. WHAT A YUTZ!! I should give him some credit though, not everyone’s wife is a war veteran…
Sweet Basil
Let me get this straight: you’re worried what a bunch of mopes who believe Jerry Lewis is a GOD think about us?! Are you nuts? They’re French, for cryin’ out loud! Yeesh!
StoryTyler
“Not everybody does it, but everybody should.”
I thought it was the most stupid & moronic tv show I have seen in a long time.
Now there are 49 women you can look up their phone numbers on the net who want to marry someone.
The guy had a bald spot in the videos, but not during the show. What happened to it?
Doesn’t one woman have a nice pair of shoes?
The guy may be multi-millionaire, but thats only on paper & property. Didn’t mention his liquidity at all & his plane was pretty cheap. Anyone notice that? No Lear jet? lol.
Hope she doesn’t have to put out on the honeymoon, she just met him for Pete’s sake.
Can anyone imagine letting their daughter do this. I realize at some point in time mine will do as she wants…but she would have to drag me around the stage . I would be holding her leg kicking and screaming…laughing…payback for some of her temper tantrums.
Are they going to turn this into a series? The guy was chosen from about 100 millionaires who were interested in getting married this way. I’d consider doing it for a hefty percentage of the advertising revenue. Also, I heard on the radio this morning that the guy did it because he wanted some serious ego stroking.
(in best Pepe Le Pew voice)
“Ah, madamoiselle Americain, we may be les mopes, but we are such romantic and dashing mopes, n’est-ce pas? Please have some more of our overpriced wine and cheese that smells like peoples’ feet…”
Regards,
Cheval Bleu
…send lawyers, guns, and money…
Warren ZevonI also found this show to be quite disgusting. My wife told me that she didn’t want to watch it, but when I went in the living room, guess what was on? I watched the second half of the show and the major attraction for me was seeing how far the show would go.
I also was suprised that the millionaire picked the “gym rat”. The other four women were far more attractive and if you are marrying a woman after a two hour show, you might as well pick a cute one. A thought occurred to me after he picked the “gym rat”
[theory] Is it at all possible that the millionaire had already been dating this woman before the show started? Maybe all the other women were just plants so that in the end he would “pick” his girlfriend to marry. I found it unbelievable that a millionaire would need to find a wife this way. Maybe he decided he was going to marry this woman anyway, but decided to make a game show out of it on fox. Anybody else think of this possibility? I suppose it would be pretty hard to cover this up though! [/theory]
“It’s like banging your head against a wall because it feels so good when you stop.”
This discussion is an interesting example of cultural relativism. In particular, everyone is being adamant that marrying for money is a Bad Thing.
But until fairly recently (the past couple of hundred years), this was the prime determinant of whether the male was prime Husband Material. Romantic considerations were pretty much secondary. Arranged marriages were pretty common, and most of them were based on considerations of dowry, land entitlements, the husband’s earning, and so on.
If you assume that someone did a reasonable job of screening the candidates,
and both parties are consenting, there’s nothing inherently wrong with the idea of marrying a millionaire.
Doing it on TV for ratings – that’s pretty sleazy though.
I saw about 9 women I would have married based on looks alone, shallow of me, yet honest. Some made it, some never even got a second look. BUT HIS TASTE SUCKS!!!
DARVA??? DARVA!!! is this her military code for Dead AND Revived Vaginal Assistance?? Cause I cant see why he turned down an application and structural engineer with a hot body, for THE GYM RAT!!!
OOh that makes me soo frustrated. Thank God my fiancee is what I wanted in a wife, otherwise I’d have to go raise a Million and pull the same stunt.