Jane Ackermann

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Jane Ackermann

This dating show isn't about farmers looking for women. It's about the agrarian fantasy that has women dreaming of farms. Almost 80 years ago, Universal Pictures released a film called "The Egg and I." It starred Fred MacMurray as Bob MacDonald, a newly decommissioned soldier back in his civilian duds. He tells his new bride, Betty, played by Claudette Colbert, that he engaged in some self-reflection down in his foxhole.