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Why “The Dating Game” never caught on in the Middle East

Posted on June 2nd, 2006 at 2:33 pm by Laurence Simon.

Filed under: Israel

“So, Prince Abdul, will you choose Bachelorette Number One, Bachelorette Number Two, or Bachelorette Number Three?”

“I take all three!”

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11 Responses to “Why “The Dating Game” never caught on in the Middle East”

  1. Eric J Says:

    And you really don’t want to see their version of Family Feud.

  2. This Blog Is Full Of Crap Says:

    Lunchtime conversations often result in odd observations……

    The question “What would they do on a Palestinian Price Is Right” results in an odd tangent…….

  3. Brian of London Says:

    Number one has hazel eyes, number two has brown and number three has sunglasses. The choice is yours.

  4. LastoftheBohicans Says:

    They did try Let’s Make A Deal once… The contestant didn’t like the prize he recieved behind door number two so he had his cousin run into the audience and blow himself up.

  5. scottage Says:

    Too funny….though I must say, Brandon, their eyes are all behind veils, who who knows what the color.

  6. chsw Says:

    Why are there no Palestinian comedians?

    They all bombed!

  7. Meryl Yourish Says:

    It is at this point in time that someone should probably point out this post is racist, sexist, Islamophobic, and, uh, um… pretty damned funny.

  8. cond0010 Says:

    I think Meryl’s on to me…

  9. soccer dad Says:

    http://abbagav.blogspot.com/2006/04/dating-game-condi-and-three-strongmen.html

  10. soccer dad Says:

    And did someone say Family Feud?
    http://abbagav.blogspot.com/2006/02/family-feud-clash-of-civilizations_14.html
    If you’d like more there’s always the Newlywed Game too.
    http://abbagav.blogspot.com/2006/05/newlywed-game-arabian-nights.html

  11. Elmira Viking Says:

    Reminds me of the Taliban Dating Service:

    http://www.kgov.com/gallery/20010911/TalibanDatingService.jpg

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