The "Dating Game" presented educational material in an amusing manner. Dr. Farnsworth, a worldly Modernist, represented the Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe, recently purchased by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Landmark Preservation Council of Illinois to prevent its relocation. She once dated a Victorian, with shingles to die for, and a quaint wraparound porch. She even tried Art Deco and found that he understood her Modern ways of steel and glass, but never fully appreciated her lack of zigzags.

The bachelors also assumed building roles....