Bad TV.

Sooooo good.

Thanks to Salon for the article.

Take “The Pick-Up Artist” (9 p.m. on VH1), which, at first glance, is just the sort of insipid trash that most of us habitually seek to avoid. The show aims to demonstrate the enormous powers of Erik von Markovik, aka Mystery, a former geek who has allegedly cracked the combination on America’s panties. On the show, Mystery is charged with turning a gaggle of sexually frustrated nerds into smooth operators in a matter of weeks. The most successful transformation from AFC (Another Frustrated Chump) to PUA (Pick-Up Artist) wins $50,000 and a chance to join Mystery’s crew of lady-wooing henchmen, known as Master PUAs.

Are you rolling your eyes yet? In any other country on the globe, Mystery’s impressive way with women would make him that odd-looking guy who gets the girls for some unknown reason. But in America, his uncanny skills have become a franchise, landing him in men’s magazines and newspapers, and snagging him tons of money. Only in America could a former D&D geek reinvent himself as the world’s leading authority on the art of seduction.

Oh read it all, you know you want to…