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DISHARMONY AND ME Omar came in next, playing a Spanish folk song that seemed to strike a chord with all three women. Kimberly couldn't believe that Omar was still single. But as he explained, women tend to think of musicians as womanizers. He assured them, however, that this generalization was totally false where he was concerned. The truth is, none of the three needed much convincing where Omar was concerned. Lisa welcomed him to CUPID with a beaming smile. Frank, the next singer, had less luck with the ladies. But Frank quickly became an afterthought as tensions flared between Laura and Kimberly. Both women became annoyed when the other interrupted their critiques. Simon said he was not surprised by their falling out because "in real life, the friends fight." Luckily, the next man, a physical therapist named Ben, seemed to have a healing effect on all three women. After noting the size of his hands and all that might imply, the girls reached a unanimous decision: Ben was in as well. Apparently softened up by Ben, the girls didn't take long to vote in the next man either, a corporate strategist named Scott who charmed them all with a rap song he jokingly claimed his grandmother had taught him. After surviving her brush with the bright lights, Lisa admitted, "the guys in New York had a bit more attitude than I'm used to." But she was also clearly looking forward to seeing the six New Yorkers she and her friends had picked--Zach, Paul, Renda, Omar, Ben and Scott--in the near future when CUPID moved to LA. MASKED MADNESS "Wow, these girls are difficult to please!" So saying, Simon expressed much anticipation as the proceedings headed west. Brian picked up where he left off in New York, skeptically surveying the throngs of men gathering for a chance to meet Lisa. In the City of Angels, would Lisa find her angel? First up was Zachary, who stepped through the curtain and welcomed the girls to LA with knickknacks and flattery. Zachary's attempts to butter up the women failed miserably, and his audition ended abruptly when Laura stated, "You will leave, honey, if I have to escort you myself." But Zachary paled in comparison to the next suitor, Spike, who entered the audition clad in full gladiator costume. The girls made him take off the mask, then seemed unsurprised that he was 48 years old. Spike's age did not work in his favor, despite his claim that he'd earned every one of his years. Unfortunately for this gladiator, he received three thumbs down from the girls. ( Spike the Gladiator  )
SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Next came Robert, a fitness model from Austria who sounded remarkably like his fellow countryman Arnold Schwarzenegger when he told Lisa, "I've fallen in love with your picture and now I want to fall in love with you." Robert elicited giggles all around with his poetry, but ultimately Lisa was won over by his "Arnold Schwarzenegger charm." Laura and Kimberly were equally impressed with Robert's appearance, making it unanimous once again: Robert was in. Robert was followed by Errol, a 39-year-old African American trainer determined to improve race relations. As he told Brian, "I love white women!" But race relations took a nosedive when Errol told Lisa the most romantic gift he'd ever given a woman was a vibrator with his name on it: "I wrote it on the shaft." Errol's fate was sealed when he boldly declared, "I like watching porn." He then promised a horror-stricken Lisa, "When we get married we can make our own movie." "Porn guy," as Simon called him, was quickly voted out with three resounding no's. There followed a procession of guys who happily stripped down, revealing a variety of colorful underwear, but none of them seemed to have the right stuff to get past Lisa and her friends. ( Errol the Porn Guy )
A MAN AND HIS STICK The next Angelino through the curtain was a bag-piper whose playing left the girls thoroughly unimpressed. Next up was a man who performed a rapid-fire martial arts routine, with similarly unenthusiastic results. After a "booty dancer" fell short as well, Lisa started to despair of finding any more quality men in LA. But then came Corey. An Air Force man who admitted he was afraid of flying, Corey's prospects soared with all three girls, especially after he revealed a sense of humor lurking beneath his uniform. Lisa happily welcomed him to CUPID. Next through the curtain came Scott, an elementary school teacher wielding a wooden "sword" that perhaps meant a little too much to him. As he explained to the girls, it was an instrument used for self-defense in the martial art of Aikido. After admitting, "I don't hold the door open for anyone," Scott found himself quickly in need of self-defense as the girls tore into him with follow-up questions. When Laura asked to examine his sword, Scott refused to let her touch it, bringing Laura out of her seat and into a tense confrontation with the schoolteacher. As Lisa and Kimberly looked on in astonishment, Laura ended the audition by telling Scott, "Take your stick and get out." For good measure, she told her two friends, "I'll take that stick and shove it right up his butt!" IMPROVING FORTUNES Calm--and romance--returned to the set with the appearance of Scott, a 25-year-old car salesman who read aloud a Chinese fortune cookie promising him "romance and travel." Lisa welcomed him to CUPID, along with the four men who followed: Mark, a smiling parking attendant; Rob, a sales rep who loves his grandmother; Evan, a girls' volleyball coach; and Dain, a confident lawyer from San Antonio. Lisa was clearly pleased with her LA haul of "seven great guys: Robert, Corey, Scott, Mark, Rob, Evan and Dain." Brian explained that the 20 guys picked so far by Lisa and her friends would all be flown out to Los Angeles, where their number would be whittled down to 10. To find out which 10 will survive, and how far they'll all go to win the opportunity to court Lisa further, don't miss CUPID next Wednesday at 10 pm ET/PT. |
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