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Sanfranjoshfan

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 12:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Heads up! It's Tuesday and Joe Schmo is on tonight!

I just do this when I remember, since the durn TV Guide does not list any SpikeTV (previously TNN) listings at all.

Ark

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 12:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Please continue to remind or I'm sure I'll miss it. I'm used to checking ABC, NBC, CBS & FOX daily but I forget about SPIKE.

Sanfranjoshfan

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 12:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Ark, I'll do it when I remember....but please don't hold me responsible for you missing it if I forget! :)

Gemma120in2002

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 06:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Funny! Brian just said that Matt just continued to talk, and acted as though a nude man on his back was as comfortable to him as aftershave in the morning!

Too funny! I like Matt, he really is a good guy. He gave his trip to Utah to Dr. Pat because he hurt her.

You're right that he would never survive a real 'reality show', he is too emotional.

Wilsonatmd

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 07:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm wondering however.....Both challenges were supposedly rigged so Matt would win. How were they then going to set it up so Dr. Pat would get the offer to leave? Because if Matt had gotten the offer, how would they know he wouldn't have just taken the $25,000 and left? They might have done it like they decided a person to get an offer on "The Mole" one time (they once gave them dessert with dinner, but one of the servings was different than the others, as it didn't have a garnish that the others did. The one who picked the different dessert got the offer. They could have offered the dessert to Dr. Pat first, and she would have known to take the different piece), but I guess Matt being a nice guy and giving her the trip let them change the script.....but he was a nice guy to do it. I agree with others. Matt would have been eaten alive on any other reality show.....

and next week, someone gets DQ'd? Spike TV's schedule spoiler says says it's "a leading cast member"...

Scorpiomoon

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 07:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wilson: You wrote:

"but I guess Matt being a nice guy and giving her the trip let them change the script.....but he was a nice guy to do it."

Yep. I think Matt giving her the trip was HUGE gift to the producers. Not only could they ensure Dr. Pat left, but they could turn the ceremony into something warm and fuzzy--something Matt wouldn't get upset over and would leave him feeling good about the show.

On another note:

At first, I laughed when Dr. Pat said the typical reality TV mantra "We will be friends for the rest of our lives". I thought she was being melodramatic to add humor. But when she said it again--to the camera--at the end of the show, she seemed serious.

And finally: I like Matt, but I can't help but wonder if he is manic depressive or something. His peronsality seems to go from one extreme to the other. Maybe it's just the environment that is making him a little unnerved.

Donut

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 08:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think that the offer to Dr. Pat was added afterwards, and wasnt an initial part of the prize. I had just said to hubby that Pat looked like she was not feeling well after the fall and that she looked like she didnt feel up to continuing the show and that they were going to have to concoct some way for her to leave, and lo and behold, the offer came a minute later. So I think it was just a brilliant thing they threw in to let her leave graciously.

Also, I have consistently thought that Matt is an actor and there will be a reverse trip layed on the actors(esp. after seeing the review that compares it to 'The Sting', however, my hubby said that we are just not used to seeing people on reality shows act and talk as candidly and sensitively on other reality shows, because they never ever take people on the shows who are like Matt. They take athlethes, Type A personalities, characters, actors, etc. and therefore maybe Matt isn't acting. Maybe his hard to believe responses are just not what we are used to seeing , because he is too real for reality tv...

Texannie

Tuesday, September 23, 2003 - 09:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think that Pat was slated to go in the eviction ceremony, but when Matt surprised them by giving her his trip, they decided to really make him feel good about his decision, and she could leave on a high note, rather than leaving after he had knocked her out.
(I think that is possibly the world's longest run on sentence! LOL)

Ruditoo

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 12:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If you haven't seen this show 'J.S.' yet you're missing a lot of ROTFWL, with surprises around every corner.Much more entertaining than BB for the last 2 or 3 years.

It' on Spike TV the guys channel. IMHO it is distinctly for the over 17 crowd and a little 'raw' in places for my tasted, 'But' entertaining like nothing I've seen in reality shows before. It seems to have it all: Drama,tears,twists,humor,panic,realisim,LOL an a little over the top on occasion.

I also watched 'Boy Meets Boy' and I thought it was accomplished in very good taste.

Same thing for 'Qu... Eye for the Straight Guy',excellent show. Very well done and with humor. Besides doing fantastic work!

By the way if there is any ? about it,I'm female and straight and over 50 and my husband really likes Qu... Eye for the Straight Guy.

p.s.
DH is straight too.

Halfunit

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 06:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I absolutely adore Matt.

Madelane

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 07:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Matt's the greatest, too. But I also agree that he would never have passed all the psych tests they do for "real" reality shows. Whatever it is that we're seeing, that we can't quite put our fingers on, is whatever they are usually trying to avoid. And I love it.

Matt isn't an actor. Until one of you finds his filmography or one of his fellow acting students from Pennsylvania or wherever he's from, it's impossible that he's an actor. Not because he can't be acting, but because no one has come forward yet.

Wilsonatmd

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 08:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
on another board, someone had a good theory, let me paraphrase it for you:

If Dr. Pat hadn't been injured and had to spend most of the day in the hospital, but according to the script would have been eliminated that night, the "Hutch slept with Dr. Pat" angle would have been their way to do it. Dr. Pat would have regetted what she did so much, and Hutch would have egged he on so much, Dr. Pat would have gone to the others asking to be voted off. Matt might have wanted to vote Hutch off, but the others would have voted Dr. Pat off, saying it was an act of mercy.

Hutch is supposed to be Matt's antagonist in the show. In an New Your Times article I read when the series started, there was a picture of Brian, Matt, and Hutch in an eviction ceremony with their plates, but no one else was there. So I believe that those will be the last three "in the game" or very close to it. Since Brian is one of the show writers, he has to be there to help the producers adapt, and Hutch is the antagonist for Matt. I don't know when exactly however they are going to reveal the hoax to Matt. It won't be until the final three or two at least. We have 4 episodes left (according to the production company website- one of them is two hours long), so that adds up to 10 days and ten hours of shows, which fits the schedule they are at.

Naja

Wednesday, September 24, 2003 - 09:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I spent a week racking my brain to figure out what other shows I had seen Earl on. (I wanted to see if I could remember without looking it up but I couldn't) I was positive it was in something pretty major. I was right, but I just couldn't remember. Here's his filmography.

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0428072/

Wilsonatmd

Friday, September 26, 2003 - 10:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Here's a nice article on the show....although Ralph the host might not like the comments about him...

http://slate.msn.com/id/2088906/


...and on a couple of other messageboards, there's been a poster who claims to be one of the producers, and the people think he's legit. He says the Hutch/Dr. Pat tryst was thought of that morning, to try to take the edge off the previous nights emotion...but Matt took it completely differently than what they thought he was going to take it. Dr. Pat was going to leave that night regardless... the "bribe" was thought of at the last minute after Matt gave it to her as a way to give her a "happy ending" and to make Matt feel better. The original plan was to have her voted off by the others as "a threat". And while he can't reveal all of the ending, he's implying that everyone will be back at the end to reveal the scam to him.

Texannie

Friday, September 26, 2003 - 10:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I WAS RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL
Great article!!!

Jolly_Penguin

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 11:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I predict the following:

The game will continue to have one person voted off each week. The final four will be Matt, Hutch (the antagonist), Ashleigh (Who will become more of a manipulator), and Kip.

The final two will be either Matt and Hutch, or Matt and Ashleigh. Matt will take SECOND PLACE.

After the winner (not Matt) has bee declared, they will reveal the scam on Matt and give him the $100,000.00.

Azlen

Monday, September 29, 2003 - 02:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The actress playing Ashleigh doesn't seem to be doing that great of job of playing the b-word. I think she really likes Matt and that is having an impact on her performance.

Speaking of Matt, I hope if he does win the money that he has someone looking out for him. Goodhearted people who don't have a suspicious bone in their body can unfortunately be taken advantage of by people who aren't so goodhearted. Sad but true.

Jolly_Penguin

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 07:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The actress that plays Ashleigh has a heck of a job to do. She knows Matt had a thing for her (and who wouldn't - she's gorgeous). She sees he's the sweetest guy in the world. It must be hard role to play, being the b**ch to him.

As for Matt being vulnerable to scammers -- after this show is done and he realizes what they pulled on him, he will see conspiracies everywhere - he'll trust and believe no one.

Therlin

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 10:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I get so excited on Tuesdays knowing that a new episode will be shown at night.

I wish that this were released on DVD with a "making of" feature showing us the preparations and scenes and situations that never made it on the show.

Naja

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 11:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just have to share this. Normally I TiVo most shows I like and watch them from bed before I go to sleep. I found I can't do this with Joe Schmo. I laugh so loud and constantly during this show that no one else can sleep thru me watching it. So, I have to watch it either during the day or when it's actually on.

Texannie

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 06:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Watching it now, why in the WORLD were Brian's nipples blurred out during the money/honey competition?? LOL

Wilsonatmd

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 07:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
hmm......

based on the information given from the previews, I think the fake network executive orders the producers to let Hutch back into the game because there was no actual physical violence, and Hutch was able to convince him it was his "strategy". Thus, that is why there are 2 evictions next week, to keep to their schedule.

It now makes the picture from the New York Times article true (with Brian, Matt, and Hutch in what looked ot be the final three)....Hutch's plate looked like it had been glued back together in that pic, and this is the reason.....

Gemma120in2002

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 07:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
After the competition they weren't blurred out. They were just playing with us! LOL! Then they left the choco-strippers unblurred except for chocolate.

I think that was Hutch's Easter Basket fantasy.

Bastable

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 07:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was trying to figure out the blurred Brian nippage myself! Meanwhile, the chocolate-covered tart wasn't blurred at all. Very odd!

Maybe the censors thought Brian's breasts looked more real than the model's.

Fabnsab

Tuesday, September 30, 2003 - 07:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wondered about Brians chest being blurred too. It was weird. From what I saw on another show, that pixelation costs alot of money so for them to just throw it in is odd.

I hope they bring Hutch back. The show won't be the same without him.