Date #4: Andrea

Andrea C.: First out of towner (waaaay out of town) date for Bachelor Rickmeister.



Date Recap: It looks like since she had just arrived in L.A. two hours earlier and probably had no place for Bachelor Rick to pick her up, they decided to meet at their date destination. Drum roll, ready for this . . . the TV game show "Let's Make a Deal!" Woot woot! They appear to hit it off right away standing in line and delight in explaining to their line buddies that they are on a blind date and that Bachelor Rick is "The Mormon Bachelor!" I have to confess, that if I was standing in line waiting to be on a game show and the people in front of me said they were "The Muslim Bachelor" or "Methodist Bachelor" I would probably laugh and think they were cuckoo. Then again, did you see what the people behind them (and in front of them, for that matter) were wearing? Pretty sure they were cuckoo, too. So everyone is in good company. Moving on . . . Andrea pulls out "D.C./patriotic" gear for the two to costume up in. The tie-dye kinda hurts my eyes, but somehow with this date it doesn't seem to matter what they're wearing. They both seem to be quite enjoying each other, especially evidenced when even though they didn't make it on the show, they still walk out smiling and holding hands. Awwww. Their next stop is dinner at a local Mexican place where viewers learn that a sister of Andrea's actually applied for her to be on TMB. There's an interesting twist! The date ends with hugs and huge smiles from them both.

First Impression: Beautiful girl, great personality, seems quite "accomplished" as Bachelor Rick described and possibly even "stellar."It's always mind boggling that girls like this are still single. What is wrong with men?

Surprises: This girl seems a little too, how shall we say it, quality, successful, maybe even too NORMAL, to do something like this. But considering she didn't actually apply on her own to go out with Bachelor Rick, she could possibly be the best sport in history of this show. What's that you say, this show doesn't have much of a history? Whatever.

Second Date Potential: High but also low. Let me explain. Under normal circumstances, I don't know why Bachelor Rick wouldn't want to go out with this girl again. But these aren't normal circumstances. She lives in D.C. Would she fly out to L.A. again or would Bachelor Rickmeister take the giant leap across the whole of the United States to go out with her? What is Rick really willing to do for love?

TMB Excitement Level: Whoa. Off the charts. "Awesome, totally awesome" or something like that. To this point, he seems more enthused by this girl than any other so far and during his post-date interview he couldn't wipe the smile off his face. That's definitely a good feeling to have after a date.

Creativity Points: Gotta give her a 7 at least. Maybe an 8? First off, she flew 3000 miles to go out with the guy. Second, a TV game show? Who wouldn't love that?

Final Thoughts: This girl seems cool. Too cool for school. Too school for cool? Maybe too cool for Bachelor Rick? According to the comments people left under their date, apparently their next date has already been sponsored by a cake company in D.C. So, who wants to see Bachelor Rick make a real effort for love? Let's see how far he's willing to go for love--no pun intended (was that even a pun?)!

So, are we dead on, or dead wrong? What do you think?