Archive through January 14, 2003
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Archive through January 14, 2003
Ryn | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 09:38 am     Rofl - I liked the interview (ty grooch!!) If its accurate he really IS a average guy. To go back to "Alex" for a second. As I recall, when she was replaced on Trading Spaces someone posted a link to an article here about a day on the set of Trading Spaces (with Alex as host) and Alex came off in a pretty bad light (not cooperative, demanding, etc.) Wonder if the same thing happened here. Or perhaps the Butler came into his own and they realized he would make a much better host. And I have to admit - that guy rocks, his dialogue is very good, even though at times its pretty scripted  |
Crazydog | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 09:49 am     I liked the interview as well, and it explains some of the questions as to why he earned so little money (if he is to be believed). And I think his retort of asking the interviewer how much money he made was good. I know Evan's on a TV show, but the question really is quite rude. |
Seamonkey | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 09:57 am     He sounds like an idiot, talks and walks like an idiot.. I saw a few snips and snaps of this last night but actually saw Alex's rather embarrassing appearance.. they all seemed to ignore her and what a strange outfit!! Sad. For the 11pm news they teased about having his old girlfriend who said some unflattering things about his lack of conversational ability, but I never saw the actual interview, if any. This morning I saw the ABC morning show and they talked about him and showed the two swimsuit pictures .. too funny, the male host immediately said that you could tell where he stores his money.. At least I got to see Heidi.. where all the others were snarking about her having a boyfriend already, and the scene with the butler and Heidi.. like the butler, the rest seems just silly. I agree that some of the comments I heard him make were just.. cheesy.. |
Fruitbat | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 09:57 am     Ryn, I think that Alex ended up on the cutting room floor and they expanded the time the butler was on screen. He is a gem. |
Ryn | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 10:20 am     Fruit - that was my guess above too Once scene specifically from last night was when the butler came in and announced the 3 dates, he was never in the same shot with the ladies but it appeared to be the same room - and the audio seemed to jump when the camera switched between him talking and the ladies reaction. I bet Alex came in and announced it and they dumped it and he went back and taped the announcement later. |
Car54 | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 10:58 am     If I had to guess on the Alex issue, on Trading Spaces, she wrote or improvised her own commentary and personally I enjoyed her...I am willing to bet her stuff was scripted and she did not do it as well as the more spontaneous things she did on her own. She is doing that show with Phil from Amazing Race now...it will be interesting to see how she does...since he is not exactly a live wire either. |
Car54 | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 11:01 am     I saw this guy on Extra last night. It was really smarmy. Kinda destroys my faith in natural selection that these 20 women want to mate with a dumb guy. I hope it turns out that he is scamming everyone...he is a smart rich guy and this is all a joke. |
Weenerlobo | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 11:04 am     “Screw the lie, I’m gonna get to know these girls, they’re all super hot.” "...she was a hot girl and we had a lot of hot times, but it wasn’t because she had a hot wallet. " "I’m a typical dude..." "I had tips, man, a lot of that was tips, dude" "Well, this is reality, dude!" Oh. My. Gawd. |
Grannyg | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 11:19 am     Ryn, I noticed the camera thing too last night. I kept wondering if my eyes were just be jerking. It seemed funny that they either showed the girls or the butler but never both. I keep watching thinking that there is gonna be some catch to this thing. Joe really doesn't seem to into this very much. IMO |
Fruitbat | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 11:22 am     Ryn, I saw you wrote that. I figured the same thing....they went back and shot more scenes with the butler when all was finnished and they saw how good he was. I didn't catch that though. I don't think Alex was cut because she was bad, the butler was just special and a very different element that worked better than they anticipated. She did a good job on Trading Spaces. |
Jhezzie | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 11:49 am     It's too bad this good idea is in such a shoddy package. This Evan person is so unappealing on several levels. The show has no "flow." There's too much obvious staging. I can't believe there was no better "Joe" out there. I kept thinking Will from BB2 would have been waaaaay better, lol. This show could have been so much fun but it's kind of...not. |
Fruitbat | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:08 pm     Because there are so many other men (any man!) that would be better than Evan it gives me hope that there is something else to this. |
Grooch | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:12 pm     Boy, are you grasping at straws, Bat.  |
Tabbyking | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:31 pm     i agree with the person who feels 'marriott' may have something to do with this guy....do they own the hotel where he used to 'work as a bellman'? now i'm going to have to anagram search his whole name evan marriott whateverthehellhislastnameis! |
Zachsmom | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:38 pm     I am definately NOT going to be stalking him.. YEAH!! Heidi-ho is gone!! YEEE HAAWWW.. The only other girls name I remember is MoJo..don't like her for some reason.. the one I like has long black straight hair..in the first episode she didn't get a dress because of HH taking two then the one she got didn't fit..then she switched with someone and wore that beautiful blue dress..I hope she wins.. but if she wins..she actually loses..lol..maybe Heidi should have won..lol |
Neko | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:39 pm     I told "The Mom" last night and I'll tell you guys, "I'd have fun hanging around with this guy but he is NOT boyfriend material." I'd be going to Paris to have fun, not be stuck with him, LOL I'd be like "Lets go here..,.and here..and here..and then we can check out the clubs" LOL The weird thing is though, he's great and seems quick on his feet on this Entertainment shows, ET and Extra etc, but on the show, this slow dumb dude.. I have a feeling we are being played... |
Tabbyking | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:47 pm     zachsmom, that is zora. i like her, too. i gave up on the anagram after getting something about 'a warm t it'... now i am going to check out his father hank the third. he may be related to Hank the cow dog, but probably not. LOL |
Hermione69 | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:51 pm     ROFLMAO at Tabby's anagram!!!!! |
Tabbyking | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 12:53 pm     well, there's a robert h. marriott III who is a vice president of old dominion trust in VA. is evan from virginia? when i clicked on robert's name, it came up with an email form--and the email name was hank@ something. so it may well be his papa. i mean, how many roberts use the nickname 'hank'? if evan's dad is a VP at a trust company, he probably isn't real poor. i have to go back to bed now. this flu is making me look up strange things!... |
Grooch | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 01:00 pm     Tabby, don't get your hopes up. I posted an article a while back where they interviewed his parents. The interviewer stressed that they lived in a very blue collar neighborhood. It should be up in the archives somewhere. |
Neko | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 01:10 pm     I really like Zora so I don't want her to win... Doesn't sound right does it? |
Fruitbat | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 01:16 pm     Yes Grooch, don't you take my straw away either. |
Tabbyking | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 01:16 pm     grooch, how weird though, that there would be another robert h. marriott THE THIRD, who goes by "hank" as evan's dad does, who isn't blue collar at all. they may live in a blue collar neighborhood, but maybe they have a nice home on the ocean or something for weekends and summer vacations... i'll have to check out the archives. neko, i hear ya! i think he should pick her, but i don't want her stuck with him! |
Max | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 01:18 pm     He grew up in Virginia Beach, VA, if that helps. |
Grooch | Tuesday, January 14, 2003 - 01:20 pm     Here's the story again. 'Joe Millionaire' isn't rich at all By EARL SWIFT Merely a thousandaire The latest of television's "reality" shows has 20 comely young women competing for the attention of an obscenely rich bachelor. Or so they think. In fact, the title character in "Joe Millionaire," which airs on Fox starting Jan. 6, is a heavy-equipment operator, sometime model and former military school cadet from Virginia Beach, Va. - and, alas, merely a thousandaire. Evan Marriott, 28, will pull a bait-and-switch on a grand scale, wooing the bachelorettes on romantic dates in the French countryside, whittling the field to a sole "winner," then — in the climactic seventh episode — revealing the truth about his humble finances. The network figures the show's audience will learn something of value in whether the final contestant ditches Marriott or is commanded by true love. That audience will be in on the scam throughout, as Marriott — who Fox describes as "raised in humble surroundings with only limited financial security" — morphs from rough-and-tumble construction worker to suave boulevardier before setting out to break 19 hearts. But the Internet is already busy with folks who detect a rat, along with desperation, in the show's premise. Postings on several Web sites speculate that the trick on the women is wrapped in another, bigger hoax, this one on the show's viewers. Marriott isn't talking. "He's under a very heavy blanket," said his father, Robert H. (Hank) Marriott III. "I don't think I'd call it 'hiding,' exactly, but they want to move him to a gated community, and maybe they already have." "I really don't know how to reach him," said his mother, Charlotte Marriott, "because he's in and out and in between places." Marriott was brought up in a comfortable neighborhood in Virginia Beach. In the seventh grade, he was enrolled in the Hargrave Military Academy in Chatham, Va. He graduated in 1992. Over the next seven years, Marriott split his time between construction jobs in Virginia Beach and modeling gigs in Paris, where he spent several months, and New York, where he worked with famed fashion photographer Bruce Weber. "I rarely touch star power in this area, but he's got it," said Kim Wadsworth, a Virginia fashion consultant and writer who put together several photo spreads in which Marriott figured prominently. Invited by New York contacts to pursue modeling in California, Marriott moved to the Los Angeles area in January 1999. He's worked mostly in construction since, his father said. While his upbringing wasn't quite the log-cabin story Fox would have its viewers believe, it wasn't wealthy, either: The Marriotts live in a house that's modest by the standards of its neighborhood. His father is vice president of Norfolk's Old Dominion Trust Co. His mother manages a linens boutique. Hank Marriott said they're a long way from millionaires, and as far as he knows, Evan's not one, either. "There's nothing fancy about us," he said. Whatever happens on the show, one of Marriott's military-academy classmates figures he'll be up for it. "The role he'll be playing on the show fits his personality perfectly," said Kevin McKeon of Houston. "Evan was a big cutup. He was always a practical joker." Knight Ridder |
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