In the 1970s The Dating Game would book celebrities and pop stars for their bachelors and bachelorettes, after all they looked good on TV and could deliver a media savvy performance. Did they actually go out on the dates? Who knows.
Believe it or don't, 13-year old Michael Jackson was a contestant on a 'very special' 1972 episode of The Dating Game. This was when he first attempted to escape his sick family with a top ten solo album, singing sweet chart-toppers like 'Ben' and 'Rockin' Robin' - years before he turned weird and white.
Just think if The Dating Game had set Michael up with 3 boys his own age he might have had the first appropriate relationship of his life.
BONUS: The Dating Game in '73 - won't the bachelorettes be pumped up to accompany Arnold Schwarzenegger on that romantic trip to Tijuana, Mexico?
"Just think if The Dating Game had set Michael up with 3 boys his own age he might have had the first appropriate relationship of his life"
ReplyDeleteI found this comment more offensive than the comment about him turning weird and white. I was also offended by your use of expletives for your new weblog News Regurgitator after discovering it at the old address for the TV Party weblog.
Why did you start News Regurgitator anyway, why is it located at the old address for the TV Party weblog, and why did you start using expletives at the old address all of a sudden (I had been visiting TV Party years and I cannot remember ever seeing expletives in your writings prior to News Regurgitator?
Sorry about that, the homepage had the wrong index loaded, it's fixed now. I appreciate your comments! Yeah, my sense of humor gets kind of caustic sometimes, I'll keep that in mind!
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