Mystery's new reality series, 'pick up artist' on VH1

[Sinatra]

Understand that most people will not watch this program. This country still takes a puritan view about sex. And according to them, we are in the wrong. We are doing what most men only dream about.
I do think that you are right, we are the only people watching his show.

[Twitchy]

Actually, I know several girls who watch it. One of the girls I am dating actually called me this week and wanted to know if I watched a show called "The Pickup Artist". I told her I had never heard of it.

She said it was funny, guys were kissing peaches on it. Then she said her and her girlfriends loved the show. I told her it sounded stupid. She said it must be a girl thing.....

[NobodyUKnow]

She said it must be a girl thing.....

Oh yea, it most definately is a girl thing =)

[Mojo]

^

We've had a substancial increase in people requesting www.myspace.com/dallaspua to be added as a friend. Interestingly, the majority are women.

[Twitchy]

Why talk about this on a forum of guys? Turn it into an opener....

"Hey, have you seen the show on TV called 'The Pickup Artist'? My friends and I were debating - do you think it is watched more by men or by women?"

[holyskeleton]

and be ready to answer the question "are you like a pickup artist or something?"

[Finesse]

answer, "Yes, little do you know, but you will in bed with me, in t-minus 1 hour.(look at watch)"

[Archaeopteryx]

answer, "Yes, little do you know, but you will in bed with me, in t-minus 1 hour.(look at watch)"

I like that. I'd add "Unless you fuck it up and lose my interest of course..."

[Sinatra]

Has any one seen this week episode and is willing to comment on it?


I am glad that the episode stated what being a PUA is really about. I remember that Neuromancer and I came to the same conclusion.

I like the fact that being a PUA is not about picking up women. Picking up women is the main benifit of what we do.

[Rhody]

I am discouraged that my intuition is becoming correct. I am very skeptical about reality shows. With the exception of the very first Real World, I think it is impossible to get a "real" interaction among people who know they are going to be on television. These shows attract aspiring actors and attention whores. The producers want the show to be compelling, so they play games with editing and even the outcome.

A friend of mine told me that Cosmo is an aspiring actor. Supposedly, he had a myspace page that he was using to promote himself, but he made it private due to the show. I don't know if this is true for sure, but if it is, then everything Cosmo does is him portraying a character.

The show is getting very fake. For example, Pradeep threatening to quit and Cosmo being uncomfortable in a speedo seemed way too theatrical to me. I groaned when I saw Mystery say, "you have to escalate early in the interaction or you'll end up in that dreaded zone," and they all said in unison, "the let's just be friends zone!" That was so scripted, rehearsed, and gay.

Plus, the field tests are set up. There's no way a 70:30 female-to-male ratio naturally happens every week like that. And this past episode, they went to an outdoor cafe where there was one guy in the whole place.

My intuition is that Pradeep is going to win. The guy who seems like the biggest ass at the beginning is going to make the biggest gains at the end. They are clearly influencing the outcome, because one minute they said he would be picking one wing, and then the next minute Mystery says, "as you know, there will be no wingman this week." They gave no explanation for the change. Clearly, Pradeep picked Joe W to return the favor from earlier, but they already decided that Joe W was leaving. So they changed the rules to keep the "characters" they wanted in the television show.