Bradshaw also asked her suitors, “I am serving you for dinner. What are you called and what do you look like?”
Alcala memorably replied, “I am called the banana and I look really good.” Pressed for more detail, he said, “Peel me!”
Reflecting on how bizarre the exchange was in hindsight, former Dating Game producer David Greenfield admitted on ABC News’ 20/20 in 2021 that it “sounds horrible.”
At the time, though, he explained, “that’s a good solid answer…We were looking for raunchy, sexy answers, and that was one. Take it in context now, it’s like, ‘Oh my God.'”
And after a commercial break, Bradshaw made her choice: “Well, I like bananas, so I’ll take number one.”
But she never actually went out with Alcala (the show proposed a tennis lesson date followed by a trip to the Magic Mountain amusement park), instead getting turned off quickly once she met him face to face.
