| There's a new reality TV display hitting the airwaves | | | | appear stolid rather than sensible but it's that stolidity |
| known as "The Bachelor Pad." This display is hosted | | | | that suggests the stability and sense of purpose. It |
| by a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader named | | | | says to numerous people that "great things have |
| Melissa Rycroft. Shades of days gone by! | | | | happened here." This is why numerous banks in little |
| The bachelor pad has most likely usually been viewed | | | | towns have usually had this kind of appearance to |
| as a myth as much as it has been a reality. For each | | | | present as their public face. |
| and every Hugh Hefner there have most likely been | | | | But one of the most typical kinds of Bachelor Pad truly |
| one hundred Joe Schmoes. Some bachelor pads | | | | reflects the reality that most bachelors are in their |
| happen to be furnished using the latest modern | | | | mid-twenties and just out of college. If the bachelor is |
| furniture from Ikea and wall-to-wall shag carpeting. | | | | lucky, most of his furniture is in one piece (depending |
| Other people happen to prefer homes furnished with | | | | on how numerous were the parties he had when he |
| Victorian era antiques including antique Persian rugs. | | | | was in college). Pride of place may be a papasan chair |
| Yet other people (and most likely one of the most | | | | or futon. There's most likely a TV, maybe a large |
| typical aspect) are furnished with a mix of thrift store | | | | screen hi-def to watch the NFL or NBA games. |
| chic, hand-me-downs from family and boards and | | | | Bachelors from thirty or forty years ago may have |
| concrete blocks from the local lumberyard. | | | | had the top of the line stereo equipment although |
| The TV display most likely will have the more modern | | | | today's bachelor might lean much more to the video |
| appearance as that would fit the desire to keep points | | | | game set-up. |
| light and airy in look. The modern appearance, using the | | | | Nevertheless the Bachelor Pad TV display sets up, the |
| light and airy look, is most likely looked at as much | | | | risk is going to be the presentation. If points are |
| more from the California style, whereas the heavy | | | | presented in an unrealistic fashion, then the mockery |
| Victorian antique furniture and antique Persian rugs | | | | will commence. But if they go with a lot of realism, then |
| evoke much more of an East coast, formal drawing | | | | it will most likely not be interesting sufficiently to gain |
| room, Gothic look. | | | | the required (and desired) ratings. |
| To numerous folks, nevertheless, the Victorian | | | | Modern furnishings, Victorian antiques, or college |
| appearance, complete with vintage rugs, evokes an | | | | cast-offs, whatever path the producers select, the |
| era of responsibility and maturity. It might occasionally | | | | hope is that individuals watch. Will you be tuning in? |