"Practice" Dating is a Thing

**Hammer** (0:00)
All right, I need Allison and Nigel's perspective on this, okay? I need a man and a woman.

**Nigel** (0:05)
Okay.

**Hammer** (0:06)
There's a new trend called practice dating. Now, Nigel, you go back to your single days for this one, okay? Pretend like you're single here.
Practice dating is a current trend where people go on casual dates with people that aren't your type. It's supposed to lower the pressure of helping you build your confidence and improve your dating and conversation skills because you know going into it, you have nothing in common. So if you can work and have a good time, you'll actually be better on a real date.
Do you buy this philosophy? I'll start with Alison.

**Allison** (0:43)
I don't know how I feel about that. I don't know.
I don't think it helps you feel any better because you're still going to be nervous if you're attracted to the person, right? So, the whole point is you're not...

**Hammer** (0:56)
But if you have expectations going in that, all right, I'm not expecting this to be good because I know who this person is and they kind of suck, so let's just have a good time.

**Nigel** (1:05)
Yeah.

**Allison** (1:06)
Right. But you're not going to have that mindset on a real date. So how's... I don't see how that's really helping.

**Hammer** (1:11)
But I guess, Nigel, the thinking is, if you can make this fun, then you can make anything fun. You can make a real date fun.

**Allison** (1:19)
Interesting.

**Nigel** (1:20)
That's true. But what's my type? And what's not my type? I didn't have a type.

**Allison** (1:24)
That's kind of how I was.

**Hammer** (1:25)
Is she breathing? She's your type.

**Nigel** (1:27)
I was very indiscriminate. And so were the ladies that chose to accept me.

**Allison** (1:35)
Yes.

**Nigel** (1:36)
We had very low standards. It was a mutual thing.

**Hammer** (1:39)
Those big old women at Tiki Bobs. Is that what we're talking about here, Nigel?

**Nigel** (1:44)
Tiki Bobs. Have a nice day.
Rock Lobster. Sure. Of course. Let's go down the list.

**Hammer** (1:51)
OK, so I'm thinking we need to put this into action. If anybody knows Keith Olbermann, let's set him up on a date with producer Allison. Oh, because you guys would be vastly different. And if you can make a date with this guy work, you can make a date with anybody.

**SPEAKER_4** (2:09)
Donald Trump should spend the rest of his life in prison. His grifting sons and daughter should spend the rest of their lives in prison. His disgusting henchmen, from William Barr to Stephen Miller to Steve Bannon, should spend the rest of their lives in prison.

**Nigel** (2:24)
I'll have the lobster bisque, and Allison will have the crab cakes.

**Allison** (2:30)
And you'll like it. I feel like he would be a spitter.

**Hammer** (2:34)
Oh, yeah.

**Allison** (2:36)
I just feel like I was getting spat at when he was talking right there.

**Hammer** (2:42)
The more I hear that lunatic, the more I dislike Laura Ingram. Like she dated that guy back in the day. Now, Obermann wasn't always like that.
He used to be a really good sportscaster. Like when he was on that sports center with Dan Patrick, it was about as good as it gets.

**Nigel** (2:59)
In a baseball color commentator.

**Hammer** (3:01)
Yes. Yes. But something happened and turned him into that. So Allison, I'll give you last word here.
Could you find something fun? Could you turn that into a fun date?

**Allison** (3:13)
I mean, you could make it into an internal drinking game. Like every time he says Trump, you take a drink.

**Hammer** (3:19)
Boy, I hope you got an Uber on the way there because you're going to be a hammer.

**Allison** (3:22)
If he's paying, might as well.

**Hammer** (3:23)
It's The Hammer and Nigel Show.