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Mack

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My advice to anybody when their significant other starts talking about "diamond in the rough" is "Run Forest Run!" Smacks of the old "I can make them into the person I want them to be" routine. Bad, very bad. Looks like another one of the "made for TV" relationships either has or is going to bite the dust.

Seamonkey

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 1:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think Adam would be PERFECT for Queer Eye.

Lori

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 2:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Really what can one expect when these people are expected to find their "dream" partner in a couple of weeks! I think they base their decisions on chemistry. When the fires cool, so do their relationships. It has happened time and time again with reality couples!

Bastable

Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, if she wasn't going to be seeing much of the guy she picked anyway (didn't Jason say they haven't seen each other much since the show ended?), then why couldn't she just pick Adam?

Curiouscat

Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 6:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I remember her saying she was thinking of moving to NY and has friends that live in the city. May be she did not want the expectation of continuing a romantic relationship with Adam if she moved there. It seems like he is a nice enough guy to be friends with her though.

Pbnj

Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 7:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just saw Adam interviewed on the FOX news channel. He looked great and is so happy. He's seeing another woman that he met after taping wrapped for Avg Joe. He sounds great and is thrilled with all of the attention he's gotten for this show.

He said the guys knew something was up when they were standing shirtless around the pool and the cameraman aimed the camera at the stomachs LOL He thought, 'oh no, what did I get myself into'
He said he is so happy he went on the show because he's gotten so much love and attention from fans. His work web site was inundated with 1000's of emails to the point that he created his own web site to funnel the mail away from the company site LOL He's had over 220,000 hits on this new site :)

Adam's web site

Anyway, he really appreciates all of the attention he's received because of the show and doesn't regret going on it.....he's a class act and LOOKED great! better than average

Pbnj

Thursday, December 11, 2003 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
just read your posts up above wondering how long he has been seeing a girlfriend. What he did say was that he met this woman four months after the taping was finished.......so if you know when they finished the show, you can figure out how long they have been seeing each other....sounds serious.

Keepers

Friday, December 12, 2003 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Interview with Adam from TV Guide insider:

December 12, 2003


Average Joe's Adam: Part Deux
by Daniel R. Coleridge


In yesterday's Insider, Average Joe's Adam Mesh admitted his surprise at Melana Scantlin's decision to reject him. Sure, her Chosen One, Jason Storm, is prettier than Adam. But is he the better catch? Both men are in their late 20s, but while Adam's a Wall Street day trader, Jason's a student/waiter who still lives with his parents! Melana's dilemma certainly has sparked much debate. In the aftermath of Joe's season finale, Adam explains what it's like to be publicly dissed and adored at the same time — and why he's unlikely to star in his own reality dating show anytime soon.

TV Guide Online: How are you enjoying your 15 minutes of fame? People must be kind, since everyone loves an underdog.
Adam: Yes, it's been the nicest thing ever. That's why I don't sleep. My friends force me to go out and see how many people would come over to me. I get stopped by a lot of guys. I always thought guys would make fun of any boy band or reality TV guy, but they shake my hand, like, "You're the man." Usually, when girls come up to me, they're like, "I think you're great — and so does my husband."

TVGO: Have your feelings been hurt by any of the media attention?
Adam: The New York Times called me up for an interview, and I said no because they had called me "homely" in yesterday's paper. Jay Leno said I had big teeth... you know what? If I was in high school or maybe college, I would've been sensitive. But when you're 28, who cares if someone says you have big teeth or you're chubby or you need a shave. I'm secure enough in myself that I don't need to deal with it.

TVGO: The show's premise was designed to humiliate Melana's suitors, but you've come off surprisingly sympathetic — like a worthy catch, instead of just a schlub we feel sorry for.
Adam: Thank you. I appreciate that. Beforehand, it was like, "Oh, look at these geeks go for the hot girl." I thought it was going to be torture. But then, it turned out well. When they brought the models in [to compete for Melana], it only made people root harder for us.

TVGO: Do you have a future in reality TV? Please tell me you won't turn into Bachelor Bob.
Adam: (Laughs) Me and you are on the same page! Bachelor Bob is the classic example of the good guy turned bad. Nobody likes him! He just turned down 15 girls and [reportedly] broke up with the one he picked, just so he could go out on a tear and make out with whoever he wants.

TVGO: Bob is a stone cold playa.
Adam: I don't think it's terrible that he did that, but I wouldn't want to be in the spotlight doing that. Bob is not Colin Farrell, who can make that stuff into a positive thing. That's why I'm open to the right opportunity [to do TV again], but I'm hesitant to do something big like he did. Society as a whole roots for the underdog. They root more for someone who needs cheering up. I think the response to me is more overwhelming because of the fact that I lost... I'm a huge Yankee fan, but if they're winning a game 11 to nothing, I almost find myself rooting for the other team. Ya know?

Kappy

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 7:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did anyone else see Tareq on the tv show Miss Match ~ Monday night, 12/15? He played one of two brothers and he had been promised in marriage from the time he was a young boy to a woman, who at the age of 27 has to marry him. So . . did this guy go to college at all? LOL

Glennk

Friday, December 19, 2003 - 7:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This is what I got out of the previews of the upcoming second edition of "Average Joe" and why I won't be bothering to watch it.

1. The new girl is a beauty queen, she works hard at keeping her figure, probably no stranger to bulemia and anorexia. The fat guys will be first to go, I saw no scene with a fat guy and a model type.

2. She was so disappointed by her choices that she complained to the producers and they appeased her by adding ever more model types to choose from, negating the whole premise of the show.

So my question is, what is the point of this show? Most girls (and guys) on these dating shows seem less interested in finding a mate than with the celebrity she will achieve from the show and are more concerned about not choosing a guy that will make them look bad.

I think the "Average Joes" on the first show were weeded out too quickly without her, or the audience getting a chance to know most of them, as they were the most interesting part of the show. You can look for a faster exit this time with more models to choose from. Of course she will be required to keep an "average Joe" throughout the process, but does he really have a chance? No.

If they want to retool this show and let the girl, pretty, but no beauty queens, please, know beforehand that the men she will choose from are not models or athletes, I may watch again. With the right girl, this show could work.

Rslover

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Average Joe Hawaii starts tonight!

Seamonkey

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 1:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes and beware that NBC is doing its typical time sliding.. my DVR shows that it will start at 9:59pm, not 10.

Anyway House of Dreams also starts tonight on A&E from 9-10 (pacific)..

AND from 10-11 the first two episodes of Airline, also on A&E.

Not to mention a new epi of 7th Heaven for the masochists among us, LOL.

Good grief!!

Gina8642

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 3:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hmmmm...

Thanks Sea!

Time to go manually set the TiVo

Seamonkey

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 4:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well in the case of this show I don't suppose the first couple of minutes will be all that compelling or important, but they do the same thing with ER.. grr.

Gina8642

Monday, January 05, 2004 - 4:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, NBC does this with all sorts of their shows. Luckly, ER just isn't that 'must see' for me anymore. Plus, there is sooo little else on Thursday the wierd timing doesn't mess anything else up. Also, ER only has about 5 new eps a year and re-runs them all frequently - it isn't that hard to stay 'up' on the show.

I can't wait for the all reality channel, when we'll have a chance to catch the reality shows we missed.

Puttergirl

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Interesting:

From http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/story.php?s=2156

Rejected "joe" Adam Mesh to return in his own 'Average Joe: Adam Returns' series. By Steve Rogers, 01/14/2004.

Anyone else getting a "Bachelor Bob" deja vu feeling? Apparently rejected Average Joe suitor Adam Mesh's "very happy" relationship with his new girlfriend has ended, because NBC has announced that Adam will be returning to the reality dating show scene for his own aptly titled Average Joe: Adam Returns reality series.

Average Joe: Adam Returns, a four-part series starring Adam, the runner-up for the heart of Average Joe beauty Melana Scantlin in the original series, will premiere Monday, March 15 (10-11 PM ET), it was announced today by Jeff Zucker, President, NBC Entertainment, News and Cable Group.

Nearly 20 million people watched as Adam Mesh had his heart broken in the dramatic December 8 finale of the original Average Joe series. During the finale series star Melana told Adam, "Tonight, the romance has to end," then boarded a private jet with Jason Peoples, choosing Jason's "pretty boy" looks over Adam's charm, wealth and sense of humor.

But now, in a move that hopefully will work out a bit better than ABC's move to bring rejected Bachelorette suitor Bob Guiney back to head the fourth edition of its The Bachelor series, the romance will continue - this time with Adam calling the shots - as he dates some of the tens of thousands of women who have tried to contact him since the broadcast.

According to NBC, the morning after the finale aired, the NBC switchboard was flooded with phone calls from women eager to take up where Melana left off as the special woman in Adam's life. Additionally emails for Adam swamped the inbox at NBC.com, and in the weeks since the finale Adam's personal website has received more than one million hits.

Single women with serious interest in meeting Adam and vying for his heart can find an application to download, instructions for sending in a videotaped message, and more information on NBC.com.

Average Joe: Adam Returns is a production of NBC Studios and Krasnow Productions. Stuart Krasnow (Dog Eat Dog, Weakest Link) and Andrew Glassman (Average Joe, Average Joe: Hawaii) are executive producers; Jason Raff is supervising producer.


Spygirl

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......

Heyltslori

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wonder if he likes dogs?

Spygirl

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 4:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Or believes he is a blade of grass....

Rslover

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 1:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Melana dumped Jason and is now seeing Zach

Hippyt

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 11:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well,that fits her,imho.

Gina8642

Friday, January 23, 2004 - 11:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Do you suppose the producers urged Melena to dump Zach during the show? Knowing he was coming accross as a complete jerk on camera? Now, she's free to date whomever she pleases?

The cynical side of Gina comes out!

Starshine40

Saturday, January 24, 2004 - 10:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Today I caught part of an interview on the TVGuide Channel, called TV Talk: Reality Alumni which had Melana Scanlin (of Average Joe) and Erin Brodie (of For Love or Money) being interviewed by Lesley Ann Machado. I missed the first 15-20 min (an hour show) so didn't see if she asked them anything about who they are currently dating. Mostly the show was about what kind of TV shows they watch and so forth but was pretty interesting.

Luvmykitties
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01-02-2004

Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
if you live in the NYC area, Adam and Zach will be making an appearance at the ASPCA:

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO FIND YOUR FUNNY (AND FURRY!) VALENTINE, THANKS TO A COUPLE OF "AVERAGE JOES"
Think love is a four-legged word? Average Joe television stars Adam Mesh and Zach Cohen do--and that's why the two eligible bachelors will help New Yorkers find their perfect pet matches this Saturday, February 14. They'll be on hand for the ASPCA's annual Valentine Adopt-A-Thon, held at our Manhattan headquarters at 424 E. 92nd St. Whether you're ready to give a homeless animal a new "leash" on life or just thinking about it, bring the family and get to know the dogs and cats currently available for adoption. Plus, we'll be giving away free dinner passes, compliments of the neighborhood's fun "Barking Dog" restaurant, and adoption starter kits. Hope to see you there!

P.S. Adoption hours are from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M., but be there from 1 to 3 if you want to catch Adam and Zach. For more information on the event, please visit ASPCA.org or call (212) 876-7700 x4120.