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Penpoint

Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 09:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I thought the show was funny but I couldn't help wondering if the Joe Schmo guy also wasn't an actor playing the role. Is the whole thing a joke on us?

Jhezzie

Tuesday, September 02, 2003 - 11:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh my, where to start?!? Loved so much of it, but geez, they sure walk the wire. Only two days and they almost blew it a few time, lol. The Schmo does seem to be "acting" alot, though. Like Penpoint said, could we all be getting "Punk'd?" They go so far over the top, he's got to be wondering if something's up. Gotta give props to that eviction ceremony. LMAO! Commemorative plates!

Sasman

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 04:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I was thinking the same thing that the joke is on us and they are all actors. Basically, I don't care because it is such a riot.

Pbnj

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 05:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
penpoint~~so funny that you thought that because I got that gut feeling too. He's just so typical of guys I met like that (almost scripted) If it isn't, then I feel sorry for the guy tho he's really handling himself great against all the 'characters' He isn't a total wuss.....he sticks up for himself and tells it like it is so he can hold his head high after this. So far, they're not making him look too pathetic. This show is too funny. I think he might figure it out (that they're actors) before the finish...they are so over the top.

My biggest laugh came when that perfectly smarmy host said the bit about going back to 'working for the mannnn' The look on Joe Schmo's face was hilarious! like 'what did he just say' LOL LOL oh too funny.....great satire!

Maryk

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 06:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Great show! The eviction ceremony is a hoot... commemerative plates :) pimp immunity wardrobe :) the challenges :) the little oops :) the parodies on past reality show contestants :) the Mole-like music :)
I wonder if they will have little twists too like bringing back the evicted actors! hee hee
Matt has more personality than most of this years BB contestants. I hope this show is a success, but it will be very hard to repeat this kind of show. (aka Joe Millionaire, FLOM)

Bastable

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 06:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Penpoint, if Matt is an actor (and he very well could be with those over-the-top facial expressions and overly "typical" woman-crazy remarks), I will not be happy. My TV shows are permitted to pull one over on their participants, but not on me. I was red with fury after the final episode of The Osbournes.

Maryk

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 06:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I too will be somewhat disappointed if Matt is an actor... (not totally since I guess I will get my laughs - its more of the journey than the ending kinda thing)
Saying that, maybe we can have The Smoking Gun look into this.

Cablejockey

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 06:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Penpoint--I was thinking the same thing. There's just something in his reactions and the way he talks that doesn't ring true. Can't really put my finger on it, but it would be a good twist.

Battlestarz

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 10:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I have a relative who looks and acts almost identical to Matt....I think this guy is the real thing......and I think he's GREAT!!! Hope he realizes that just because he got spoofed--does not mean he's not lovable. I hope to see him interviewed soon

Crossfire

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 10:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I wish this were on a few times a week. I had a great time watching. Matt is an interesting fellow, he seems like he is trying to be a decent guy, and he is quite open in his 'diary room' talks, which I like.

I had to laugh when the old feller came into the room wearing a shirt covered in flags. They don't miss many opportunities on this one, it is full of laughable eye rollers. :)

Gidget

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 01:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Bravo!!! Oodles of fun for reality show fans. I needed to go to bed early last night but I HAD to see who got evicted.

Count me in for every week. I can't wait to see what they dream up next.

Sanfranjoshfan

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 02:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just watched my tape of the Joe Schmo premiere. What can I say but....HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA! <ROTFLMAO>:)

This show is SO funny! I found myself cracking up over and over and over! The great part is not only seeing how the crew is in collusion to trick Matt, but the fact that Matt has power, too....when he took his hand off the porn star's breast, I swear the film crew in the booth were in shock! They had the same look on their faces as the stooges did when Michelle was evicted!

Retired

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 02:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Cross - Check this link from SpikeTV

CLICK HERE

Looks like each episode is repeated several times each week. I'm guessing the first episode is 001, the second 003 (since the first was 2 hours), and third 004.

Hippyt

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 02:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
This show ROCKS!!!!!! I don't even care if Matt is an actor,it's so much fun.

Crossfire

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 02:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, look at that major link. :)

Thanks for that, I never even thought to check the web.

Texasdeb

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 04:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I caught myself giggling many times - GOOD show! I'll be on hand for this one.

Realitynut

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 04:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I finally watched it - I agree - this show rocks. It is so funny. I actually laughed out loud a few times. I can't wait to see it again. I love the "smarmy host". When the Hutch was picking his nose at the dinner table, I thought I'd die. I couldn't catch my breath from laughing. I knew they couldn't let him go home last night. How will I make it till next Tuesday!!!

Myjohnhenry

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 04:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I definitely got a few good laughs out of this show. I loved when the "cast" would screw up something and seeing the look on their faces and Matts face. My teen happened into where I was watching during the underwear modeling/ guessing game bit and hollered "I so didn't need to see that!"....which of course made me laugh all the more. :)

Madelane

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 07:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lap of Luxury Collector's Plates.

"Even tinier little rats."

"She greazed me."

I'm dying you guys. I could NOT believe the eviction ceremony, with the Survivorish music. And the feather pen.

Pamy

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 09:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ooooh I forgot about the feather pen!!! LOL

Ric_Munoz

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 11:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
A Star is Born - great show, great cast, great Schmo! Matt's resemblance to Project Greenlight's Chris Moore is, at times, scary. Too bad the Schmo Show isn't on as often as BB4 is.

Riviere

Wednesday, September 03, 2003 - 11:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Has to be my fave "reality show" ever!!! So what if it's a fake reality tv show spoof of a reality show that's only a fake reality show and they are all actors? This is brilliant! The acting, the writing, the stereotyping, the surprises, and the way it's all so realistic yet hilarious.. This came along when BB is winding down to its boring finale, after the Mole, before Survivor rolls in another cast of tribes, after the Amazing Race. Perfect timing for us reality addicts who like some humor and need it! Joe Schmo is to reality tv what MAD magazine was to our fave tv shows and movies, a wonderful parody.. Hope Arnie and Mark are watching this little gem. Complete twist on the Mole, which I always preferred over Big Bro and Survivor. Only now the Mole is Joe Schmo and he doesn't even realize it!?! This has to be the nicest not cruel practical joke (if it is) on any game show contestant because anything Matt ever did or said that's unflattering he's done all by himself on camera. He is a likeable guy and he deals with every silly thing that the cast throws in front of him! I bet he would not last a month in any other "reality" contest, this show will reflect that nice guys can finish first? I guess a fake reality show is double its worth to me seeing that happen while being so amusing, too!
:)

Seamonkey

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 08:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
What a HOOT!! Finally got to watch it yesterday and I was, well, I suspect I was quite LOUD for someone living with only a cat, but, what the hay.

I wonder what else I missed but

LOVED the collector plates that they smashed into the fireplace (and dust to dust. LOL), way better than the stupid check burning in FLOM.

The Feather pen, the holding up of the "vote" with the snarky comments, a la Survivor.

And the tearful, snarky goodbye speech..

The self described Smarmy host!! On a horse!! (Survivor/TAR host meets Joe Millionaire horse)

The over the top shirts each had on arrival.

The "virgin" blonde... each character, snork..

The Rudy clone and some of the mistakes make it so funny, like the old guy forgetting whose shorts were "his".

Those Lap of Luxury robes and...

The L L monograms, straight out of Laverne and Shirley!!!

Competition for the master bedroom with the hooker, total knockoff on that Celebrity house show with .. um.. Surreal World with Jerri.

And how he does surprise the producers/actors .. like when the the one guy is assuming that Earl is mourning the loss of his Alliance member.. well Earl knew HE voted for Molly to leave so what HE was obsessing about was that his Alliance member voted against HIM!!

Oh yes and the Mole-like notebook, being discoverd and read :)

The over-the-top statements like going back to work for the man.. seemed like a partial George Hamilton knockoff.. with a smidge of Anderson Cooper humor on top..

I loved it..

Actually I have a feeling that Robert or Jee could also have been taken in by this bunch.. can you IMAGINE how excited Robert would be??

Donut

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 07:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i am just waiting for the host to eat a sandwich..
or better yet, rather than discreetly eating a sandwich like anderson cooper used to do , i would love to see Mr. Smarmy Host just casually sit there in a lobster bib slobbering over ribs or lobster for no particular reason while the HG's are doing a competition.. and some of that Mole goodbye music with a tearful montage of the evictee, preferably Hutch, would just cap it for me...
and hey, where's my props...i said two archives ago that i wondered if Schmo was an actor:)...

SanFran- you are a great laugher!

I also loved the opening credits when you first learned their 'names'

Ladybug007

Thursday, September 04, 2003 - 07:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
when is the next one?