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Well, the great journey has commenced and after all the interviews, the driving, the meetings the deep thoughts from Eric, Mark and Em, we followed the merry trio back to the home of all great art, Los Angeles. Here in LA, Mr. Schaeffer had a screening of all his dates in Los Angeles to get a democratic perspective, aka, votes from his friends, to modify what he was going to do anyway. But, not before the following: Remember the woman, Erin, from our last segment? The woman he improvised an interview with on his way to meet with his Colorado date, Lauren? You know, the one I said was interesting and complex? Yeah, apparently Eric remembered Erin, from his previous segment, too. And before he could even get out of Colorado Eric inexplicably begins to spew a gross, lurid sex-fantasy ramble about, not the he was on a date with that night, but "a dream" about her girl friend, who did nothing at all but answer a few questions of Eric on his way into the date. It was b

Okay, it's almost done, these recaps of this show that I, so foolishly, committed myself to doing. But, here it is...My second to last recap of this Showtime series: Okay, so Eric and his crew are in Denver , this time, in order for Eric to have his "first date" with a yoga instructor there who he had high hopes about. Here's the thing. Why didn't they know this would be a bust? It was obviously not gonna work from the start. That's a lot of driving to waste on something inevitably that isn't going to end up butterflies and roses, you know? To begin with in the first 30 seconds of the show we hear the date "Lauren" (from Colorado) tell us proudly, "I love Jesus. I believe in the Bible and so I live my life based on the principles that I find there." So, then good old 'Em quickly pounds Lauren with a gunshot of a query: "Given that you're a Jesus lover and believe in God how does Eric's sort-of homosexual tendencies

I keep thinking that Eric Schaeffer's show, "I Can't Believe I'm Still Single" reminds me of something, but until now, couldn't figure out what it was. I knew it wasn't Woody Allen...What was it? Finally, I finally put my finger on it: It's a knock-off of " Sherman's March ," which does happen to be a terrific cult documentary from 1986. Sherman's March was a genuinely unique and terrific film. If you haven't seen it, do. It's wonderful. But Schaeffer is no Ross McElwee . McElwee is has depth and substance with a deep respect for women, despite his search (on film) for the right one. Now, I get it: Schaeffer's doing his own "Sherman's March" thing on Showtime. On last week's episode we saw his second "potential" girl friend on "I can't Believe I'm Still Single." This time his femme du jour was a sweet natured, comic and dog-walker named "Lauren." Let me jus