Speed Dating Meets Material Handling
To those of us who spent last night watching TCU play Boise State in the Fiesta Bowl, we made the wrong decision. Airing at the same time on ABC was a new reality show, Conveyor Belt of Love. Think of it as speed dating meets material handling.
A series of single men rode a conveyor belt to the middle of a stage, where their dating worthiness was judged by five single ladies. The women could ask questions of the men and elect to go on a date or let them pass on the conveyor and out of the way forever.
Had I known about this sooner, there is no doubt that I would have penciled this in as must-see tv and definitely would have alerted you to it in this space. As it is, we’ll each have to settle for this clip.
I’m not much for “reality” shows, particularly reality dating shows, and my official review of this one is that it’s about as good as you’d expect. But, hey, whatever gets material handling out into the mainstream, right?
For now, this was a one-time special show made to conicide with the premiere of the new season of The Bachelor. That’s probably enough.
Tags: conveyor, engineered systems, material handling, pop culture
June 24th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
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