If you watch the footage of "Mystery" setting an example for the contestants, he is making out with multiple chicks in the bar (unless that was other members of his posse)! I find this Mystery character to be disgusting and the gimmicks/ploys he teaches the kids to trick women into thinking they are more interesting than they actually are… well, it's sad.

He reminds me of the cute but goofy while still endearing brother of Eliza Dushku in Bring it On. Sorry - can't remember the actor's name and my company blocks imdb. :-( Boo.

And yes, without actually seeing him in action, he is absolutely adorable.

i LOVE this show! i seriously cried several times last season, b/c i was so happy for the boys and their progress. i was so proud of them!

I think this sort of reminds me of a show called "Keys to the VIP", 'cept they don't really try to help them learn how to pick up, it's a competition between two dudes (different ones each ep) in various "pick up" tests.

Funny. Englightening. Worrying. All at once. A veritable cornucopia of emotion.

True story.

Mystery taught one of the guys a clever opening line, and that night at a bar a guy approached me and my girlfriend, and used the exact line.

I couldn't help being a horrible bitch and saying, "Yeah I saw that episode."

Whitney I don't want to offend you. I really liked this show until I realized he was teaching guys how to manipulate and be players - and since a few of the guys clearly only wanted to know how to manipulate (as opposed to relating to them) I lost my taste for it. But I'll admit Mystery has some shockingly good skills at whatever it is he's doing. I think.

Helen: It's Jesse Bradford.

I don't know what it is about it but my friends and I love this show too. He is just so ridiculous.

Whittle, this is a nou-nou.

You should focus more on Rock of Love: Charm School.
Don't disappoint me.

I missed Rock of Love: Charm School and The Pick Up Artist last night. What is wrong with me? Was I on glue?

He's no Michael Phelps, that's for sure.

I think Cord's original post on this asshole who thinks meeting women is like a fucking card game nailed it. The women he has slept with are cheap and dopey. Real men know how to have an organic conversation with females without some cock sprout's "strategy." And men who have planned-out lines (even if they come up with them themselves) are insufferable. Ew.

Debbie, you're not fooling anyone with that "It's a Chico's kind of day" tag - we all know it's you. I know he's your son, and I know that Whittle adores him, but this guy is way more adorable than Michael, even without 8 gold medals around his neck.

There's no mystery. He's a douche.

Maybe this is just me being totally naive (or overly friendly?), but is it really that hard to approach a chick? Also, I'm not the pickiest girl out there and have dated some questionable guys (emotionally unavailable? lame excuse-maker? shameless asshole? Come on down!), but I gotta wonder how women *not* on a show would respond to a dude in that hat.

em- yeah, it is. i'm not a dude, but i do pick up guys all the time (more efficient than waiting for them to do it) and you get shot down a LOT. it's hard working up that kind of a thick skin, especially if you KNOW you're kind of awkward. having a plan helps. having little tricks to fall back on until you've got them interested enough to pay attention to you helps. so yeah, the pick up artist is kind of a douche in a ridiculous hat, but let's face it, you have to have a little douche in you to pick up someone, and these guys just don't have it naturally.

"Turns out not all males are cocky d-bags who just want to get some action at a bar at 2 a.m. Who knew?"
I knew and so should most women in thier 20's and up.

gayledi- I agree. It's a sexist thing to believe, too.

Um, I am pretty sure most of these guys are homosexuals that cant come to terms with it as their society for whatever reason, wont let them. Does anyone else see this? I attempted to watch this and the small asian dude exclaimed that Mystery(douchebag to anyone with their eyes open) "Smokin'Balls". He seems to be the smartest guy in the room. THey shot this in Phoenix, as that is the only cheap place to find "LA style" hoes that would fall for this dipshit and his ass punch "wingman" and acting flunky wingwhore.
Seriously Whitney.
Turn your tv off.

The problem is many women correlate a "pick up artist" to meaning "douche bags" when in reality a lot of these guys (not just the ones on the show) are coming from backgrounds where they simply missed that part in their life where they picked up that natural ability, through trial and error, that attracts women.

In reality, most guys who label themselves as pick up artists these days are coming from the background of a video game playing computer virgin nerd. These are harmless nice guys, who simply want a little nookie for once in their lives… is that too much to ask?

For those that have a crush on Matt, I went to high school with him, so it's pretty amusing to see him on the show. In high school I thought he was a bit arrogant.

He certainly was an interesting guy though. He started this club along with some friends called the Republicans and Beef Eaters club. This was back when McDonald's was doing 29 cent hamburger Wednesdays, so they'd run out to McDonald's, buy a whole bunch of burgers and offer them at meetings for more than a 50% markup. He and his friends also threw either a carrot or a hamburger (I can never remember which) at my vegetarian friend who came to a meeting to debate their Republican values.

My other very vivid memory of him included Matt bending over a desk in front of me, a butt crack and a mound of hair. Enough said. His friends also used to refer to his hairy chest (now waxed thanks to the show) as the Menorah chest, a reference to both the shape of the hair and the fact that he was Jewish.

I have definitely fallen hard for Matt. He is so handsome and I can tell he's smart too. Any girl would be lucky to have him for a boyfriend!

Wait…Matt's a Republican?! So stressful.

errm. yeah, this shows retarded, anyone who watches it and takes it seriously needs to wake up and smell the fresh fuckin folgers coffee. the guys a douche, i dont care what anyone says. he just wants to make himself into something hes not and then oppress it onto other so called 'dweebs' who he says have no life (asshole d-bag) and make himself look like he's hotshit and like he's some goddamn genius. fuck him. girls, all they want is for you to be yourself, be nice and have manners, not be a dick or be cocky, and they'll either like you or they won't. it's not about pretending to be something you're not. life isn't about getting pussy every night. jesus christ. whens this world gonna wake up?

i just dont get why they have to dress them all like hot topic rejects- complete with douchy peircings and faux hawks and whatnot… the whole 'peacocking' idea is a joke. if i saw i guy dressed like that at a bar, i would go out of my way to avoid him. i guess i never got the memo that 1998 was making a comeback…