Now, onward. Huckleberries Online believes more than a dozen women will respond to that full-page ad in the Coeur d’Alene Press re: a Salt Lake City businessman seeking a wife (subscription) between the ages of 34 and 38.
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Brooks said his father is “neurotic” and “passive-aggressive”, and compared him to Larry David’s character in the TV series “Curb Your Enthusiasm”. According to the ad, which features a photo of Baron, Arthur is “looking for a wife who is ready, willing and able to have children as soon as possible” and someone who is willing to “be a stay at home mom”.
Baron told the newspaper that since his father has fallen ill, he’s become very eager to have a grandson.
Though it reads like a personal ad placed by himself, Baron says it was actually his father, Arthur Brooks, who purchased the $900 ad in Saturday’s edition of the daily Idaho newspaper.
“It’s worth a shot”, Brooks said. Baron says. “I don’t think he understood the consequences of what he did and I don’t want these women to be hurt”. “Who knows, it can’t hurt”.
His father, Arthur Brooks of Beverly Hills, said Monday that he wouldn’t answer questions until after he interviews potential mates for his son on Saturday.
“Ever since he went into congestive heart failure he’s done some really kooky stuff”.
Brooks, a Los Angeles native who moved to Utah 10 years ago for his business, was obviously mortified by the ad. The ad then claims Brooks has asked his father to “screen people” for him and gives contact information for interested applicants while assuring readers that “This is absolutely not a scam”.
‘I’m a Jewish guy living in Salt Lake City and that is like a reality show in itself. The ad states, “You must be politically conservative”. While pictures are a necessity on newspaper dating ads, Arthur Brooks’ photograph of his son is admittedly outdated.
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In his interview with the Spokesman-Review, Brooks sounded as exasperated as any adult child of a meddling parent would.
