August 13, 2024 • 18 mins
The men competing for the heart of Joan Vassos have been revealed and Ben and Ashley are ready with their honest reactions! We go through the list of contestants and share our first impressions and make our predictions!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is the Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous podcast
with iHeartRadio.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
More breaking news in Bachelor Nation. We're here with the
Almost Famous Podcast. We're talking today about the Golden Bachelorette
because season one's cast has been announced. Joan as our bachelorette.
The guys that will be her suitors were released just now,
hot off the press less than an hour ago. We're
gonna be talking about him here on the Almost Famous Podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
HM. Like Gary season of The Golden Bachelor, the cast
is a little bit smaller. It's not thirty, it's twenty
four guys, and the Internet is already saying that their
daddy issues are about to come out because these are
some lookers.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Here's my problem with this is if you look at
these guys compared to what we get when like a
bachelorette or bachelor season's announced, when it comes to their pictures.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
The pictures, no one praises them. We're like, ew, gross,
I hope I look better in real life.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Because these guys that are coming on Jones season, they
were like doing modeling photos and like leather jackets against
like beije walls in there.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Wait a second, I'm looking at these pictures. Right now,
And you're right, why do they give him a better
photo shoot in much better fashion?
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I don't know, Ashley, but it's hilarious because it's like,
what does this show want? Do they want all of
us to just be like super into these like sixty
and seventy year olds. And for the people that are
in there, you know, anywhere from twenties to forties, we're like, nah,
not that cool.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Yeah, I think they do.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Anyways, we'll start with Bill from.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Party going through the guys. Are we going through the list?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, we're gonna have to run through the list. You're
gonna make fun of them. I can't make fun of
any of these men, I really can't. Bill's way too handsome,
perfectly peppered hair. He is from Portland, Oregon. He's a
retired videographer. He's sixty eight years old. Ashley, give us
some fun facts.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Well, he would love to own a coffee shop. But Bill,
don't do it. Yeah, please do do it? Watch you
work too little? Payoff?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Please do and buy generous coffee.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Oh okay, there's that too. We have both sides of
the equation here, all right. And then he wants to
call his coffee shop this is cute Billy's beans. Next
up is Bob. He's sixty six and he's from Marina
del Rey, California, and he's a chiropractor. Ben.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Fun fact, Bob loves to go on walks with his
dog Clearance, Bob doesn't do fast food. Good for you, Bob.
And Bob loves to inline skate, but only on quads. Now,
let's be honest here, Bob is a stud. They're all studs.
That's not a thing. Later on, Ashley, you and I
are going to record an episode and break down these
(02:46):
guys a little bit more, tell their backstories, make fun
of them a little bit. It's only deserve. But today
we're just kind of releasing the names and the guy,
So please go to the link it's on. US Magazine
actually released the guy's names today and follow along with us.
Charles Ka is from Rancho, Palo Verdee, California. He's a
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portfolio manager. He's sixty two.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
I see that Charles is very proud of the work
that he's done building homes in rural Nicaragua. So maybe
he'll go with you on a generous trip. But hey, Ben,
do you like the way that this guy is Charles Ka.
But then like on the regular show, it's like Kevin
K or like ben Ka. It's like no, but the
older guy's Charles, because Charles is common enough name amongst
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them to happen to use the initial No.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, there's like three of them here.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Yeah. Is Charles L's next?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yeah, Charles L Is next. He's from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He's
a retired financial analyst and he's sixty six years old.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Oh my gosh. His fun fact is the best. He'd
love to see Britney Spears perform one day. Well, you
know what, Charles, she says, she's totally retired from music,
so it may not ever happen for you. I'm so sorry.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Our next guy is Chok choc k. Never heard that
name before. He's from Wichita, Kansas. Looks like a very
nice man insurance executive. He's sixty years old.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Ooh, this is fun. His guilty pleasure is shopping and
he can't resist a good sale. Love him? Oh his
we RESO want to him to have a like Costco
date with her or some sort of shopping date.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
They go to Marshall's Ashley. I think his desire to
find a good sale is not going to be unique
among sixty year olds. I think they're all pretty into
a bargain is shopping. Yeah, at this point, home Goods Hunt.
Christopher from West Babylon, New York. He's a contractor and
he's sixty four years old.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
I like his pos here. Yeah, he's got one of
the best pictures.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
He looks so good.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yeah, he loves the fact that his birthday is on
Christmas Eve.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
I love that for you too. Dan is next. He's
from Naples, Florida. Of course he is. I can and
believe they just don't go there to cast every human
on this show.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Wait, they should just have it take place in Florida.
That would have been amazing. Let's change that up.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yeah. He's a private investor and he's sixty four.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Years old, all right, and he loves to sing, just
not in public. So you know that they're going to
put him on a karaoke date.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Sure, one hundred percent. Okay, this is the picture out
of all the pictures that makes me mad. David from Austin, Texas.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
You like this man, David sixty eight, Ben's new man crush.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Well, yeah, but like, look at this fella. They gave
him a little necklace. He's wearing this snazzy outfit. He
has his shirt unbuttoned down to his belly button, which
is wild for this guy. But I'm still saying, like
they're making these dudes look good and they've never done
it before on a season. David is from Austin, Texas.
Like I said, he is a rancher and he's sixty
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eight years old.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
He's a rancher and he looks like he could be
in the show Dallas. His mom is ninety one and
she is his hero. And it's pretty cool that a
ninety one year old gets to watch her sixty eight
year old go on TV to date.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
I think it's great. Gary from Palm Desert, California. He's
a retired finance executive and he's sixty five years old.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Note that all these guys are in their sixties as well,
there are no fifty somethings. He is the godson of
Tina Turner.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
That's a big deal.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
That is a big, big deal. Very cool. That'll be
a huge I would assume it's going to be a
note night one.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Yeah, that's that's pretty awesome. Actually, Gil mission Viejo, California.
He's an educator. And he's sixty years old.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
M hm. And his favorite book is The Bridges of
Madison County. So we have a romantic on our hands.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Next up, we have a guy that likes a cardigan,
and I love a cardigan as well. Greg from Longboat Key, Florida.
He's a retired university vice president. He's sixty four years old.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
He's not going to be on my sister and a
lot of G's favorites list because he says that he
wears flip flops ninety percent of the time. How do
you feel about a guy in flip flops? Jared won't
do it? Oh.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I love a good flip flop.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
See, for some reason, I feel like you can pull
it off.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I don't even know if I do. I just do it.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
I just see you naturally in them. Yeah, but I
would never see Jared in them. I don't know that
I've ever seen Jared in them. He'll wear his boat
shoes to the pool.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
I wear whatever is convenient.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Okay. Well, the next guy up is Guy and he's
sixty six. What do you think about that name Guy?
I've always been a little bit weirded out by anybody
who chooses to name their kid guy except for like,
I have a friend who named their kid guy because
that was his dad's name.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
But besides that, I've never met a guy, like a
person named guy that is not confident and not somebody
pretty spectacular. I could think of three people. And this
guy looks like he like, he just looks like a dude,
like a numbered serium doctor. Like, can you imagine this
guy at like forty years old, big old chin on him,
he looks like he lifts weights. He walks in. It's like,
(08:03):
don't worry, I'll save your life.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Yeah, that is exactly what he is. He's like on
Grey's Anatomy, but in the older version of the cast.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Up next, we got Jack. He's from Chicago, Illinois. He's
a caterer, and he's sixty eight.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
On May twenty second, nineteen seventy seven, he was sitting
in the front row at an elv at the last
Elvis concert in Chicago. That's cool.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I thought Elvis's last concert was in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Wait for real, I think, So we're gonna have to
We're gonna have to do some research on whether or
not Jack is telling a little fib here.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
We're gonna do a little research right now. Elvis's last
concert before he died June twenty sixth, nineteen seventy seven,
Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Oh, Ben, you are right, Okay, So let's just read
this and make sure Jack was sitting front row at
Elvis's last concert in Chicago. Maybe it was Elvis's last
concert in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Yeah, because it says May twenty second, so May and
then June was his last and so yes, he went
the month before to Chicago. Yeah, that makes sense. He's
not lying. He's a trustworthy.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Gentleman's just how you read it, you know. Next up
is Jonathan. He is sixty one and he is one
of my favorites just by the looks. It's particularly him
in the video that they have released on Instagram. The
guy has a good swoon face. He's got a good
like a good model face. H He's up there with
(09:43):
of course Kelsey's dad for me, who is the one
to be? And he's coming But anyway, let's get let's
get to this is Jonathan sixty one. He's from Iowa.
He's a shipping consultant. And Ben, do you have a
fun fact on him?
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Yeah? One that's confusing to me. Jonathan starts every day
with two cups of coffee in bed. It sounds ticket,
sounds nice, that's like me. But does that mean he
has to get out of bed, make a cup of coffee,
go back to bed, then get out of bed, make
another cup of coffee, and come back to bed. Yeah,
that's awful. Why would you do that?
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Why wouldn't you do that? This is kind of what
I do. I have one, I enjoy it, and then
I had the second one while I work and stuff.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
It just feels inconvenient. Anyways, Jordan, you have to get up.
Get up. Jordan from Chicago, Illinois. He's a sales manager
and he's sixty one years old.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Jordan misses the days when visitors would stop by unannounced.
I understand. Did you remember that time?
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Yeah, it's like our childhood. Nowadays sounds worse than.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Because you're an adult.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
I don't really want people coming.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
It was fun when you were a kids. Who's at
the door?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Why did they pray?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
I don't know if I would love that nowadays, but
whatever we have. Keith he's from San Jose, California. He's
a girl, dad and he's sixty two years old. I'm
telling you, I look at Keith. I just want to
hang out with Keith because he like a guy that
would just make me smile and make everybody smile.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
Yeah, he seems sweet. His guilty pleasure is Ben and
Jerry's and he can never just have one scoop. Give
him an ice cream making day, please.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
And I like Keith also because his goal is to
play golf at Augusta National's same buddy, and Keith also
went to Stagecoach this year. He's fitting right in with
Bachelor Nation. Good for you, ke O.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
MG, that is so funny. I wonder if he went
with his daughters. Okay, Next up is Ken. He's sixty
and I have to say he's probably the youngest looking
of all the guys. He does not look sixty. That's
a full head of dark hair.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Mm hmm. Good for him.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
He's some Peabody mass.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Ken is a Miley Cyrus fan. They say, Stan, I
don't even understand what that means.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
It's a step above fin.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
His dream is to throw the first pitch at Fenway Park.
I wonder how much that played into him decide and
go on the show.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
It could happen. Jared wasn't talks to do it once
and then guess what happened? Covid Up.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Next, we have Kim Seattle Washington, retired Navy captain. He's
sixty nine years old. Is he the oldest so far?
Speaker 3 (12:11):
I think he might be these they're all in their sixties. Kim.
Interesting name for a dude, he has. He if he
looks like he's a naval captain, doesn't? Does he not
look like he commands a ship? Sure, he's an excellent whistler,
he says, which seems to go along with navy captain and.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Being sixty nine. I've never met somebody in their sixties, seventies, eighties,
nineties who doesn't know how to whistle.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
I have no clue, Ben, that's one of the old
people traits that I thought that you would take up on.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
I've tried. I play a harmonica. Though. Mark is the
one you've been waiting for Kelsey Anderson's dad.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Oh, he's fifty seven. They made an exception.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
He is an army veteran. You we know of Mark
from his time on Joey's season of the Bachelor, and
he definitely made a name for himself.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Yes, he did. Everybody wanted Kelsey's dad, who just was
not just super attractive, but just the best seeming dad,
and we all felt for him for the loss of
his wife and the way that he welcomed Joey into
their home. He just seemed like such a great guy
(13:25):
and we're excited to see more of him. And he's
afraid of ostriches, which, honestly, that's a legitimate fear. Ostriches
are freaky, and nobody ever thinks of.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
It Before you spend the next twenty minutes talking about
this guy. We do have to move on to Michael
from Denver, North Carolina. He's a retired banking CEO and
he's sixty five.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
I thought you said baking ceo and a banking banking Well,
we have another guy that is into going to what
is perceived as a younger person's music concert. He went
to La La Palooza three times, all times being in
his fifties.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
The next fella looks like the most interesting man in
the world.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Looks like Steven Spielberg.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
He looks like the most interesting man in the world.
Pablo is his name. He's from Cambridge, Maryland. He's a
retired un agency director. He's sixty three years old.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
Oh, he's also obsessed with ice cream. Can't handle himself
around it. And that's all I got on him.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
He's he's going to be one to look out for.
He just he has that way. Pascal from Chicago, Illinois.
He's a salon owner and he's sixty nine.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
He looks like a salon owner. Look at his hair
he does, and his stockable beaded bracelets. Yeah, seems like
he's a swifty with those bracelets. He is. Also he
says he's not a good cook, but he makes great reservations.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
This is a good one here. RJ from Irvine, California, California.
He's a financial advisor. He's sixty six. The first line
here says, looking for a man in finance six '
five Golden Bachelorette cast member will look no further than RJ.
So he must be a tall drink of water.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Oh yeah, well, and he has a favorite Christmas movie
that is controversial.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
It is diehard respect. I'm coming down to the end.
Here's a few more guys left. We have Thomas from
New York, New York. He is a FDN Y chief,
sixty two years old. Fire Department of New York. That's
pretty impressive.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Good for him, and he used to own a crepery
in Rhode Island. I got to reach out to this guy. Yeah, say, hey,
what a crapery? How niche in Rhode Island? How niche? Uh?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Okay, Ashley, that's it. To close out this podcast, pick
your top I just want I just want your top
two favorites.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Oh, well, you know it's Mark and then it is Jonathan.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Oh yeah, I'm actually gonna do with Dan. He and
Joan just look like they belong together. And I'm also
going to go with Christopher because his poe on this
chair makes me think he's around a while. We are
going to break down these guys in more detail at
a later time. We just want to get their names
out there to you their locations, so maybe you can
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look them up if you're from that area. Final thoughts
on this cast. I am great, insanely surprised and also
impressed with the casting that the show did to find
these guys. I thought they'd have a really hard time.
I thought they'd find a lot of duds, and from
the looks of every single one of these pictures. From
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the pictures we don't know these guys yet, but from
the pictures, from the looks of these pictures, I think
this cast is going to be absolutely tremendous and they
have a lot of depth, and I think we're in
for another good season. Now. I know people will hear
about the Golden Bachelor and go, gosh, that was such
a good season and such a sad ending and it
just kind of got messy at the end and all
that stuff. Sure, I don't disagree with that. I don't
(16:54):
think we give up on this show yet.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
No, it doesn't. It's not necessary repeat.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Yeah, I think is going to be an tremendous lead.
I think she is beautiful, I think she's captivating. I
think she's super smart. I think she is going to
lead this show really well. And I think these guys
are going to bring some incredible television outside of the drama,
but bring incredible television because we're going to get into
(17:20):
their stories. And that's what got me last time.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Well, why would you think that they're going to be
duds because I feel like they Yet, They've gotten so
many years worth of applications for this show, whereas like
the Regular Show, it's a yearly application type thing.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Quite honestly, and I could be wrong. I thought they
would have a hard time finding guys willing to go
on the show at that age.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
It's harder to find guys of that age, thought.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
I thought it would be harder to find guys of
that age that would say yes to going on this show.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
You probably are right, But they only needed to find
twenty four and I think they probably were successful with that.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Well, I think they're very successful, That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
I like, you're just going based on pictures and bios.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Ben, That's all I got. It's oh my god, Ashley,
I have nothing else right now. We are excited for
this season of The Golden Bachelor. As I said, we
will be back breaking down these guys in more details,
judging them so harshly in the most unfair and untrue
ways later on. But for now, we do have their
names out there to you. We do have the pictures,
as we said, they're posted on US magazine. We are
(18:19):
excited for the season ahead of us. It gives us
more to talk about and more to do. So until
next time, I've been, Ben.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
I've been Ashley. Thanks for tuning in love
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
More breaking news in Bachelor Nation. We're here with the
Almost Famous Podcast. We're talking today about the Golden Bachelorette
because season one's cast has been announced. Joan as our bachelorette.
The guys that will be her suitors were released just now,
hot off the press less than an hour ago. We're
gonna be talking about him here on the Almost Famous Podcast.
Speaker 3 (00:29):
HM. Like Gary season of The Golden Bachelor, the cast
is a little bit smaller. It's not thirty, it's twenty
four guys, and the Internet is already saying that their
daddy issues are about to come out because these are
some lookers.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Here's my problem with this is if you look at
these guys compared to what we get when like a
bachelorette or bachelor season's announced, when it comes to their pictures.
Speaker 3 (00:55):
The pictures, no one praises them. We're like, ew, gross,
I hope I look better in real life.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Because these guys that are coming on Jones season, they
were like doing modeling photos and like leather jackets against
like beije walls in there.
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Wait a second, I'm looking at these pictures. Right now,
And you're right, why do they give him a better
photo shoot in much better fashion?
Speaker 2 (01:16):
I don't know, Ashley, but it's hilarious because it's like,
what does this show want? Do they want all of
us to just be like super into these like sixty
and seventy year olds. And for the people that are
in there, you know, anywhere from twenties to forties, we're like, nah,
not that cool.
Speaker 3 (01:31):
Yeah, I think they do.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Anyways, we'll start with Bill from.
Speaker 3 (01:36):
Party going through the guys. Are we going through the list?
Speaker 2 (01:39):
Yeah, we're gonna have to run through the list. You're
gonna make fun of them. I can't make fun of
any of these men, I really can't. Bill's way too handsome,
perfectly peppered hair. He is from Portland, Oregon. He's a
retired videographer. He's sixty eight years old. Ashley, give us
some fun facts.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
Well, he would love to own a coffee shop. But Bill,
don't do it. Yeah, please do do it? Watch you
work too little? Payoff?
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Please do and buy generous coffee.
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Oh okay, there's that too. We have both sides of
the equation here, all right. And then he wants to
call his coffee shop this is cute Billy's beans. Next
up is Bob. He's sixty six and he's from Marina
del Rey, California, and he's a chiropractor. Ben.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Fun fact, Bob loves to go on walks with his
dog Clearance, Bob doesn't do fast food. Good for you, Bob.
And Bob loves to inline skate, but only on quads. Now,
let's be honest here, Bob is a stud. They're all studs.
That's not a thing. Later on, Ashley, you and I
are going to record an episode and break down these
(02:46):
guys a little bit more, tell their backstories, make fun
of them a little bit. It's only deserve. But today
we're just kind of releasing the names and the guy,
So please go to the link it's on. US Magazine
actually released the guy's names today and follow along with us.
Charles Ka is from Rancho, Palo Verdee, California. He's a
(03:10):
portfolio manager. He's sixty two.
Speaker 3 (03:12):
I see that Charles is very proud of the work
that he's done building homes in rural Nicaragua. So maybe
he'll go with you on a generous trip. But hey, Ben,
do you like the way that this guy is Charles Ka.
But then like on the regular show, it's like Kevin
K or like ben Ka. It's like no, but the
older guy's Charles, because Charles is common enough name amongst
(03:36):
them to happen to use the initial No.
Speaker 2 (03:38):
Yeah, there's like three of them here.
Speaker 3 (03:40):
Yeah. Is Charles L's next?
Speaker 2 (03:42):
Yeah, Charles L Is next. He's from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He's
a retired financial analyst and he's sixty six years old.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
Oh my gosh. His fun fact is the best. He'd
love to see Britney Spears perform one day. Well, you
know what, Charles, she says, she's totally retired from music,
so it may not ever happen for you. I'm so sorry.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Our next guy is Chok choc k. Never heard that
name before. He's from Wichita, Kansas. Looks like a very
nice man insurance executive. He's sixty years old.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
Ooh, this is fun. His guilty pleasure is shopping and
he can't resist a good sale. Love him? Oh his
we RESO want to him to have a like Costco
date with her or some sort of shopping date.
Speaker 2 (04:26):
They go to Marshall's Ashley. I think his desire to
find a good sale is not going to be unique
among sixty year olds. I think they're all pretty into
a bargain is shopping. Yeah, at this point, home Goods Hunt.
Christopher from West Babylon, New York. He's a contractor and
he's sixty four years old.
Speaker 3 (04:46):
I like his pos here. Yeah, he's got one of
the best pictures.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
He looks so good.
Speaker 3 (04:51):
Yeah, he loves the fact that his birthday is on
Christmas Eve.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
I love that for you too. Dan is next. He's
from Naples, Florida. Of course he is. I can and
believe they just don't go there to cast every human
on this show.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Wait, they should just have it take place in Florida.
That would have been amazing. Let's change that up.
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Yeah. He's a private investor and he's sixty four.
Speaker 3 (05:12):
Years old, all right, and he loves to sing, just
not in public. So you know that they're going to
put him on a karaoke date.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Sure, one hundred percent. Okay, this is the picture out
of all the pictures that makes me mad. David from Austin, Texas.
Speaker 3 (05:24):
You like this man, David sixty eight, Ben's new man crush.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Well, yeah, but like, look at this fella. They gave
him a little necklace. He's wearing this snazzy outfit. He
has his shirt unbuttoned down to his belly button, which
is wild for this guy. But I'm still saying, like
they're making these dudes look good and they've never done
it before on a season. David is from Austin, Texas.
Like I said, he is a rancher and he's sixty
(05:49):
eight years old.
Speaker 3 (05:50):
He's a rancher and he looks like he could be
in the show Dallas. His mom is ninety one and
she is his hero. And it's pretty cool that a
ninety one year old gets to watch her sixty eight
year old go on TV to date.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
I think it's great. Gary from Palm Desert, California. He's
a retired finance executive and he's sixty five years old.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
Note that all these guys are in their sixties as well,
there are no fifty somethings. He is the godson of
Tina Turner.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
That's a big deal.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
That is a big, big deal. Very cool. That'll be
a huge I would assume it's going to be a
note night one.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
Yeah, that's that's pretty awesome. Actually, Gil mission Viejo, California.
He's an educator. And he's sixty years old.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
M hm. And his favorite book is The Bridges of
Madison County. So we have a romantic on our hands.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
Next up, we have a guy that likes a cardigan,
and I love a cardigan as well. Greg from Longboat Key, Florida.
He's a retired university vice president. He's sixty four years old.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
He's not going to be on my sister and a
lot of G's favorites list because he says that he
wears flip flops ninety percent of the time. How do
you feel about a guy in flip flops? Jared won't
do it? Oh.
Speaker 2 (07:08):
I love a good flip flop.
Speaker 3 (07:10):
See, for some reason, I feel like you can pull
it off.
Speaker 2 (07:13):
I don't even know if I do. I just do it.
Speaker 3 (07:15):
I just see you naturally in them. Yeah, but I
would never see Jared in them. I don't know that
I've ever seen Jared in them. He'll wear his boat
shoes to the pool.
Speaker 2 (07:24):
I wear whatever is convenient.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Okay. Well, the next guy up is Guy and he's
sixty six. What do you think about that name Guy?
I've always been a little bit weirded out by anybody
who chooses to name their kid guy except for like,
I have a friend who named their kid guy because
that was his dad's name.
Speaker 2 (07:42):
But besides that, I've never met a guy, like a
person named guy that is not confident and not somebody
pretty spectacular. I could think of three people. And this
guy looks like he like, he just looks like a dude,
like a numbered serium doctor. Like, can you imagine this
guy at like forty years old, big old chin on him,
he looks like he lifts weights. He walks in. It's like,
(08:03):
don't worry, I'll save your life.
Speaker 3 (08:05):
Yeah, that is exactly what he is. He's like on
Grey's Anatomy, but in the older version of the cast.
Speaker 2 (08:21):
Up next, we got Jack. He's from Chicago, Illinois. He's
a caterer, and he's sixty eight.
Speaker 3 (08:26):
On May twenty second, nineteen seventy seven, he was sitting
in the front row at an elv at the last
Elvis concert in Chicago. That's cool.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
I thought Elvis's last concert was in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Speaker 3 (08:39):
Wait for real, I think, So we're gonna have to
We're gonna have to do some research on whether or
not Jack is telling a little fib here.
Speaker 2 (08:47):
We're gonna do a little research right now. Elvis's last
concert before he died June twenty sixth, nineteen seventy seven,
Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
Oh, Ben, you are right, Okay, So let's just read
this and make sure Jack was sitting front row at
Elvis's last concert in Chicago. Maybe it was Elvis's last
concert in Chicago.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Yeah, because it says May twenty second, so May and
then June was his last and so yes, he went
the month before to Chicago. Yeah, that makes sense. He's
not lying. He's a trustworthy.
Speaker 3 (09:22):
Gentleman's just how you read it, you know. Next up
is Jonathan. He is sixty one and he is one
of my favorites just by the looks. It's particularly him
in the video that they have released on Instagram. The
guy has a good swoon face. He's got a good
like a good model face. H He's up there with
(09:43):
of course Kelsey's dad for me, who is the one
to be? And he's coming But anyway, let's get let's
get to this is Jonathan sixty one. He's from Iowa.
He's a shipping consultant. And Ben, do you have a
fun fact on him?
Speaker 2 (09:55):
Yeah? One that's confusing to me. Jonathan starts every day
with two cups of coffee in bed. It sounds ticket,
sounds nice, that's like me. But does that mean he
has to get out of bed, make a cup of coffee,
go back to bed, then get out of bed, make
another cup of coffee, and come back to bed. Yeah,
that's awful. Why would you do that?
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Why wouldn't you do that? This is kind of what
I do. I have one, I enjoy it, and then
I had the second one while I work and stuff.
Speaker 2 (10:19):
It just feels inconvenient. Anyways, Jordan, you have to get up.
Get up. Jordan from Chicago, Illinois. He's a sales manager
and he's sixty one years old.
Speaker 3 (10:28):
Jordan misses the days when visitors would stop by unannounced.
I understand. Did you remember that time?
Speaker 2 (10:35):
Yeah, it's like our childhood. Nowadays sounds worse than.
Speaker 3 (10:39):
Because you're an adult.
Speaker 2 (10:40):
I don't really want people coming.
Speaker 3 (10:42):
It was fun when you were a kids. Who's at
the door?
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Yeah, I don't know.
Speaker 3 (10:45):
Why did they pray?
Speaker 2 (10:47):
I don't know if I would love that nowadays, but
whatever we have. Keith he's from San Jose, California. He's
a girl, dad and he's sixty two years old. I'm
telling you, I look at Keith. I just want to
hang out with Keith because he like a guy that
would just make me smile and make everybody smile.
Speaker 3 (11:06):
Yeah, he seems sweet. His guilty pleasure is Ben and
Jerry's and he can never just have one scoop. Give
him an ice cream making day, please.
Speaker 2 (11:14):
And I like Keith also because his goal is to
play golf at Augusta National's same buddy, and Keith also
went to Stagecoach this year. He's fitting right in with
Bachelor Nation. Good for you, ke O.
Speaker 3 (11:27):
MG, that is so funny. I wonder if he went
with his daughters. Okay, Next up is Ken. He's sixty
and I have to say he's probably the youngest looking
of all the guys. He does not look sixty. That's
a full head of dark hair.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
Mm hmm. Good for him.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
He's some Peabody mass.
Speaker 2 (11:45):
Ken is a Miley Cyrus fan. They say, Stan, I
don't even understand what that means.
Speaker 3 (11:51):
It's a step above fin.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
His dream is to throw the first pitch at Fenway Park.
I wonder how much that played into him decide and
go on the show.
Speaker 3 (11:59):
It could happen. Jared wasn't talks to do it once
and then guess what happened? Covid Up.
Speaker 2 (12:04):
Next, we have Kim Seattle Washington, retired Navy captain. He's
sixty nine years old. Is he the oldest so far?
Speaker 3 (12:11):
I think he might be these they're all in their sixties. Kim.
Interesting name for a dude, he has. He if he
looks like he's a naval captain, doesn't? Does he not
look like he commands a ship? Sure, he's an excellent whistler,
he says, which seems to go along with navy captain and.
Speaker 2 (12:30):
Being sixty nine. I've never met somebody in their sixties, seventies, eighties,
nineties who doesn't know how to whistle.
Speaker 3 (12:35):
I have no clue, Ben, that's one of the old
people traits that I thought that you would take up on.
Speaker 2 (12:41):
I've tried. I play a harmonica. Though. Mark is the
one you've been waiting for Kelsey Anderson's dad.
Speaker 3 (12:48):
Oh, he's fifty seven. They made an exception.
Speaker 2 (12:53):
He is an army veteran. You we know of Mark
from his time on Joey's season of the Bachelor, and
he definitely made a name for himself.
Speaker 3 (13:03):
Yes, he did. Everybody wanted Kelsey's dad, who just was
not just super attractive, but just the best seeming dad,
and we all felt for him for the loss of
his wife and the way that he welcomed Joey into
their home. He just seemed like such a great guy
(13:25):
and we're excited to see more of him. And he's
afraid of ostriches, which, honestly, that's a legitimate fear. Ostriches
are freaky, and nobody ever thinks of.
Speaker 2 (13:37):
It Before you spend the next twenty minutes talking about
this guy. We do have to move on to Michael
from Denver, North Carolina. He's a retired banking CEO and
he's sixty five.
Speaker 3 (13:46):
I thought you said baking ceo and a banking banking Well,
we have another guy that is into going to what
is perceived as a younger person's music concert. He went
to La La Palooza three times, all times being in
his fifties.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
The next fella looks like the most interesting man in
the world.
Speaker 3 (14:07):
Looks like Steven Spielberg.
Speaker 2 (14:08):
He looks like the most interesting man in the world.
Pablo is his name. He's from Cambridge, Maryland. He's a
retired un agency director. He's sixty three years old.
Speaker 3 (14:17):
Oh, he's also obsessed with ice cream. Can't handle himself
around it. And that's all I got on him.
Speaker 2 (14:23):
He's he's going to be one to look out for.
He just he has that way. Pascal from Chicago, Illinois.
He's a salon owner and he's sixty nine.
Speaker 3 (14:32):
He looks like a salon owner. Look at his hair
he does, and his stockable beaded bracelets. Yeah, seems like
he's a swifty with those bracelets. He is. Also he
says he's not a good cook, but he makes great reservations.
Speaker 2 (14:47):
This is a good one here. RJ from Irvine, California, California.
He's a financial advisor. He's sixty six. The first line
here says, looking for a man in finance six '
five Golden Bachelorette cast member will look no further than RJ.
So he must be a tall drink of water.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Oh yeah, well, and he has a favorite Christmas movie
that is controversial.
Speaker 2 (15:08):
It is diehard respect. I'm coming down to the end.
Here's a few more guys left. We have Thomas from
New York, New York. He is a FDN Y chief,
sixty two years old. Fire Department of New York. That's
pretty impressive.
Speaker 3 (15:23):
Good for him, and he used to own a crepery
in Rhode Island. I got to reach out to this guy. Yeah, say, hey,
what a crapery? How niche in Rhode Island? How niche? Uh?
Speaker 2 (15:38):
Okay, Ashley, that's it. To close out this podcast, pick
your top I just want I just want your top
two favorites.
Speaker 3 (15:45):
Oh, well, you know it's Mark and then it is Jonathan.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
Oh yeah, I'm actually gonna do with Dan. He and
Joan just look like they belong together. And I'm also
going to go with Christopher because his poe on this
chair makes me think he's around a while. We are
going to break down these guys in more detail at
a later time. We just want to get their names
out there to you their locations, so maybe you can
(16:11):
look them up if you're from that area. Final thoughts
on this cast. I am great, insanely surprised and also
impressed with the casting that the show did to find
these guys. I thought they'd have a really hard time.
I thought they'd find a lot of duds, and from
the looks of every single one of these pictures. From
(16:32):
the pictures we don't know these guys yet, but from
the pictures, from the looks of these pictures, I think
this cast is going to be absolutely tremendous and they
have a lot of depth, and I think we're in
for another good season. Now. I know people will hear
about the Golden Bachelor and go, gosh, that was such
a good season and such a sad ending and it
just kind of got messy at the end and all
that stuff. Sure, I don't disagree with that. I don't
(16:54):
think we give up on this show yet.
Speaker 3 (16:56):
No, it doesn't. It's not necessary repeat.
Speaker 2 (16:58):
Yeah, I think is going to be an tremendous lead.
I think she is beautiful, I think she's captivating. I
think she's super smart. I think she is going to
lead this show really well. And I think these guys
are going to bring some incredible television outside of the drama,
but bring incredible television because we're going to get into
(17:20):
their stories. And that's what got me last time.
Speaker 4 (17:23):
Well, why would you think that they're going to be
duds because I feel like they Yet, They've gotten so
many years worth of applications for this show, whereas like
the Regular Show, it's a yearly application type thing.
Speaker 2 (17:35):
Quite honestly, and I could be wrong. I thought they
would have a hard time finding guys willing to go
on the show at that age.
Speaker 3 (17:40):
It's harder to find guys of that age, thought.
Speaker 2 (17:42):
I thought it would be harder to find guys of
that age that would say yes to going on this show.
Speaker 3 (17:47):
You probably are right, But they only needed to find
twenty four and I think they probably were successful with that.
Speaker 2 (17:54):
Well, I think they're very successful, That's what I'm saying.
Speaker 3 (17:56):
I like, you're just going based on pictures and bios.
Speaker 2 (17:58):
Ben, That's all I got. It's oh my god, Ashley,
I have nothing else right now. We are excited for
this season of The Golden Bachelor. As I said, we
will be back breaking down these guys in more details,
judging them so harshly in the most unfair and untrue
ways later on. But for now, we do have their
names out there to you. We do have the pictures,
as we said, they're posted on US magazine. We are
(18:19):
excited for the season ahead of us. It gives us
more to talk about and more to do. So until
next time, I've been, Ben.
Speaker 3 (18:25):
I've been Ashley. Thanks for tuning in love
Speaker 1 (18:27):
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