The Cougar? Wow.....

I had the immense privilege of watching approximately 10 minutes of The Cougar yesterday before happily realizing that South Park was on and switching the channel. For those of you not familiar with this masterpiece, The Cougar is basically a poor man's version of The Bachelorette, with a 41 year old woman as the main catch (see below)


For starters, the show airs in the highly sought after 10-11 time slot on TV Land.....yes, TV Land. It is also hosted by Vivica A. Fox....quite frankly, the only thing I remember her from was Independence Day. That was what, 13 years ago? Watching this show is almost awkward...even the male contestants seem like a cast of rejects from the show's older cousin on ABC. One thing I will admit, however, is that the cougar is legitimately hot. Although if I recall from the first episode (no comment), she has like four kids. I think it kind of takes away the allure of trapping a cougar, when as a 22-year old man you are competing to marry a woman with FOUR CHILDREN. I am pretty sure the novelty of having sex with someone twice your age would wear off as soon as you realize you are a full-time dad of four kids that are not your own at 22...

That being said, I have to give The Cougar the thumbs down, although I highly recommend watching it for 10-15 minutes just to enjoy trainwreck.