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Grannyg

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 04:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree with Gooch, I think Zoro is gonna be the winner. They will get together and compare their "poor" stories and she will be thrilled to death to have a decent family to be a part of and then they will sail off into a wonderful marriage made in heaven!! I'm a real sucker for Cinderella movies!! A girl can dream can't she?? LOL

Abby7

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 04:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't watched this show (but know of it) so haven't kept up with it here. However, I was wondering: have any of you read the rumours about the guy really being a millionaire after all? Here in Los Angeles, that seems to be what many people think. (sorry, if it's already been covered here.).

Curlyq

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 04:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I missed the first 15 minutes or so, which means I totally missed the Mojo segment. She seems to like wearing hats, maybe because he liked the first one so much. It's an old trick to make sure you stand out from the others. I don't want to be mean, but I don't get all the talk about how attractive she is. I was surprised Evan called her a "blonde bombshell." He's cut much prettier girls than Mojo. Then again maybe he wasn't looking above the neck.

I like Zora a lot, and I can totally understand her behavior on that date because I would've probably felt the same way in her position. If I was on a date with a millionaire who was going through so much trouble and expense for me I would feel overwhelmed and in over my head (although appreciative). The statement she made about not wanting to pretend to be someone she's not probably scored a lot of points with him, and it seemed like he was just busting to tell her the truth about himself. I wouldn't be surprised if he chose her in the end.

About the portrait--did anyone else think that looked more like Jean Louisa Kelly from "Yes, Dear" or even a little like Jerri Manthey before she went blonde? I think Melissa liked the idea of it, even though the nose was very unflattering. Alison shouldn't have ragged on it, though.

I agree that Alison probably wouldn't have felt as bad if they had eliminated more than one person. Choosing 3 out of 5 would've left the impression that those 3 were simply the most desirable. Choosing 4 out of 5 just emphasized the dumping of the one loser, and it had to make Alison feel bad to be singled out like that. She's probably a lot happier now, though.

Babyjaxmom

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 04:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Quote:

Furry around the neckline and dumpy/lumpy longish skirt..



Seamonkey! My thoughts exactly, with the addition that when they showed her from behind, her butt looked HUGE! Poor Alex!

I, too, was shocked that Evan gave Alison the boot rather than Zora, who I thought sulked through her date and didn't seem to have a good time at all. Why would he ever want to go out with her again? Why would she want to go out with him??? Makes no sense.

The picture of Melissa was, indeed, hideous, although it had better eyebrows. It actually had TWO of them, rather than the unibrow sported by Melissa.

I LOVE this show! Can't wait for next week!!!

Tabbyking

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 04:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
a 'hot rocket body'. sorta shaped like a bullet, then?! or does she have gas coming out of her bottom?
guess i just never heard that lame expression before!
i wonder if someone else writes his soliloquoy (sp?) lines for him?

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 06:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch, I endorse your theory, and it fits in perfectly with the producers saying the viewers will all LOVE the end. I have always liked Zora. I don't think they ended up altering her dress in the first show. Remember, she got a black dress that she couldn't even get zipped up, and that's when they called in the seamstresses, and they decided it could not be altered. So she then went around asking everybody if they got a dress that was too big for them, and somebody traded her a bright blue one.

Now, HERE is a real scoop. I was in line in Walmart today, and there was some sort of problem ahead of me, so I perused the headlines of the Star. It said: 1) Evan is gay 2) he has a hidden disability, and 3) women hate him (and we thought he was just bumbling, inept, and not overly bright). So there you go, folks, run out there and buy those Star newspapers and get the real lowdown.

Rissa

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 06:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I feel bad about the picture. :( It was painted by a street artist (that's what I heard anyway) and I can just see the poor guy out there trying to make a living by painting tourists in 20 minutes. LOL The mistake wasn't the painting which is a fun thing to do and have, the mistake was making such a HUGE freakin' deal out of it... framing it, champagne presentation {gag me}, etc. LOL Just let the girl pose for a few minutes, roll it up for the airplane, kiss her cheek and say 'gee, that was fun.. thanks'. It was all the drama and suspensefull build-up to this great gift that made it look so bad. Taken for what it was, it's not a bad job.

Did that make sense? LOLOL

I think Zora will win too which could be the funniest half-hour of TV. Let's see if I have this right.... she is uncomfortable around that much money and doesn't think they could have a future because she isn't interested in that type of lifestyle?? So she is pushing him away.. good job Zora, way to stick with your personal convictions. Evan though, keeps persisting and her not smothering him with fake platitudes results in her being the last woman standing? She is not happy about this, but then Evan tells her it's all a big joke, he doesn't have 50 million, and all is well. Zora and Evan share a romantic embrace and exchange spit contemplating their life of coupons and discount stores with crying babies swaddled in yesterday's newspaper. Alritey, then there is the unknown factor... the twist everyone seems to think is out there still. He really is wealthy? And Zora, now having proved she was never after him for his money... walks off the set angry that he isn't a pauper after all. LOL Oh, the irony. LOL

Hummingbird

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 08:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The Star also had the following headline on the aniversary of Marilyn Monroe's death:

MILLIONS SEE MARILYN MONROE'S FACE ON THE MOON

(Millions, mind you! Not just one or two nuts:)
Hmm? Wonder if he is really gay?

Juju2bigdog

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 08:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hummingbird, I will go back tomorrow and try to get in a longer line and see if I can find out.

Lyn

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 11:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
JOE MILLIONAIRE EXPOSED!

You want reality?

Star has the real inside story on Joe Millionaire hottie Evan Marriott -- and it's wilder than anything you'll see on the hit Fox series.

The 6-foot-5 hunk hasn't been honest with the girls vying for his hand on the show. They think he's a millionaire, but in real life he's a construction worker and underwear model.

He's also kept them in the dark about the fiery temper and attention-deficit disorder that made him a hell-raiser in school, and the fact that he's bedded more women than Serta and Sealy Posturepedic combined.

But that's not all the 28-year-old isn't being straight about -- buff Evan is a pinup boy for gay men who have flooded the Internet with outrageous claims that he worked as a gay escort and advertised in gay publications as a masseur!

To get the inside scoop on Joe Millionaire's secret past, and to peek at revealing photos of TV's newest sex symbol, be sure to buy the latest copy of Star, on sale this week.

Star Magazine story

Lyn

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 11:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The link above is to verify where I found the story

Seamonkey

Tuesday, January 21, 2003 - 11:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Snort.. Anderson Cooper is a hottie..
Evan is a greasie.

Fruitbat

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 02:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch, I now think you are right. Zora will win.

On ET, Alison was interviewed. She was asked who she thought would win. (dumb question!)

Her Answer: From looking at the show I would say Melissa.

Well she knows who it is and is sworn to secrecy so her answer reflected who 'looked' to be the winner at this point. That rules out Melissa.

She also made a negative comment about the blonde. I don't know which one. Mojo, I assume.

Max, I see that Melissa is giving Evan what he wants too. I think she is just this way everywhere she goes. A people pleaser.

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 06:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good work, Lyn!!! I guess I can take the day off and not have to go back and read tabloids in the Walmart checkout line. :)

Serate

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 07:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The day after the first show I was watching Regis & Kelly, and they pulled a newspaper out that had an interview with 3 of the women. Dummy me wasn't paying much attention but all I remember is Zora was one of the 3, and she was TOTALLY ditzing Evan. So who knows. I too thought Allison would be chosen over Zora.

Karuuna

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 09:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Paul Hogan today on The Other Half:

"I didn't know he wasn't a millionaire till the end, he pulled it off pretty well."

"Well, some of us had side bets going betting on who he was going to pick" (referring to the camera crew, etc.

When asked if Paul knew who Evan was going to pick "I was hoping, well, you'll see at the end"

Did you ever imagine you would become one of the focal points? "It was amazing, the most amazing ride of my life. It was a butler's job to me and it took off from there."

Tabbyking

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 11:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i would pick the butler myself. what a charmer!! he has what evan needs: poise, class, sophistication...and even a sense of humor, shown when heidi-ho was (allegedly) missing her luggage and (even more allegedly) speaking 'fench'!

Serate

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 01:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
well if the tabloids reports of him being gay are indeed real [and of course the Star would NEVER EVER print anything that wasn't 100% real] maybe Evan DOES pick the butler *L*

Tabbyking

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 02:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hey, butler only has one 't'!

Tabbyking

Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - 02:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
in keeping with the cinderella theme, i wonder if evan will present a small diamond pendant to the gal he chooses--with the gold shaped like a glass slipper and a diamond inset in the center.

or perhaps a charm in the shape of a tiny backhoe...LOL

Ark

Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 04:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
PEOPLE magazine lists the gifts as follows:

Week 1: pearls, worth $500
Week 2: sapphires, $2000
Week 3: emeralds, $3000
Week 4: rubies, $4000

My daughter swears that she saw him on a Jaguar commercial saying "Someday, I'll own a Jaguar". Anyone else see him?

Kellirippa

Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 08:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's a thought....ALEX MacLEOD....WHY??

talk amoungst yourselves

Grooch

Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 08:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
They are showing a repeat tonight at 8 pm. :)

Grooch

Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 09:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK. This explains Joe's choice last week.

Saugerties native eliminated from 'Joe Millionaire'

By Hallie Arnold, Freeman staff January 22, 2003


SAUGERTIES - There's no millionaire for Alison Ball, the sophisticated Sawyer who, until Monday night, was one of five finalists on Fox-TV's hit reality series "Joe Millionaire."

Ball, 28, a 1992 graduate of Saugerties High School, was eliminated from the show by Evan Marriott after a date, broadcast during Monday's episode, during which she told the faux millionaire she didn't think there was enough attraction between them.

"We weren't really disappointed, but we were a little surprised because we watched the flip-flop between her telling him she didn't want to be on the show, and then having such a good time with him," said Alison's mother, Kathleen Ball of Old Stage Road. "We were kind of puzzled about it. It turns out it really was her request."

The show sets up 20 young women with Marriott, who supposedly has come into a $50 million fortune, in a French chateau. The twist is that Marriott really makes $19,000 per year.

Kathleen Ball said that despite looking disappointed at leaving the show, Alison was not interested in continuing. "She was able to tell me this morning how the events really took place, and not to feel bad," the contestant's mother said. "She did not want to go back to the chateau. It was kind of like she had had enough of the whole scene."

Grooch

Thursday, January 23, 2003 - 09:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm sorry. But this guy is a real idiot.

From the TV guide Insider:

Joe Millionaire Pitches Fox a Sequel
Thursday, January 23, 2003

Fox may not be able to produce a sequel to its reality phenom Joe Millionaire — the secret being out and all — but we still have to wonder: What if the network reversed the genders and next recruited 20 gold-diggin' studs to drool over a well-to-do Princess Charming? Would viewers find a Jane Millionaire as richly rewarding?

"No," theorizes Evan Marriott, the 28-year-old construction worker at the center of the $50 million big white lie, in an interview with TV Guide Online. "I don't think women are portrayed as breadwinners in America. I think it's an old-fashioned reality that men are the breadwinners."

That said, Marriott believes a female-driven Millionaire would work if producers dangled a different booty in front of her male suitors. "They ought to call it Jane Big Boobs," he suggests with a grin. "They get a woman with big, fake boobs, have all these guys go after her, and then, in the end, she takes them off and goes, 'Ha! I'm as flat as a f---in' pancake!'"

Would he himself be determined to reside in the silicone valley? In his heart of hearts, could he reject the bosom-challenged babe outright? After some intense soul searching, the self-proclaimed "regular guy" replies, "Probably not." Yeah, right. Dude, you're so, um, busted. — Michael Ausiello