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The dating game killer by Hollywood and Crime contains depictions of violence and is not suitable

for everyone.

Please be advised. The dating capital of the world. It's The Dating Game.

Here's the Star of our show,

your host Jim Limes.

Hey!

Thank you. And welcome to the dating game and we'll get right underway. It's time to meet our first three eligible bachelors for game

number one and here they are. On September 18th 1978, millions of TV viewers tuned into one of America's most popular game shows.

In living rooms across the country, people watched as the stage set rotated to reveal the contestants who would vie for a date with the evening's first

bachelorette. The three men sat in tall director's chairs hidden in darkness.

Good luck, gentlemen.

Well, let's see, Bachelor number one is a successful photographer

who got his start when his father found him in the dark room

at the age of 13, fully developed. The lights came up as the camera moved into a

tight shot of Bachelor number one. He smiled wide at the audience's warm

welcome, nodding with self-confidence. His brown leisure suit might have been more at home in a Hollywood

disco but he fully owned his look. His white dress shirt was open halfway

down his chest enormous lapels flapping like bat wings above his jacket collar.

His long mane of curly dark hair was perfectly quaffed, brushed back and cascading down his shoulders.

And it's time to meet a young lady for game number one, and here she is.

Here is a young lady with a wealth of experience.

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