# Calling all wannabe actors & actresses! Joe Millionaire II is a go! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 15, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-wannabe-actors-actresses-joe-millionaire-ii-is-a-go/175490 "2003-05-15T17:51:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-wannabe-actors-actresses-joe-millionaire-ii-is-a-go/175490/1 "2003-05-15T17:51:19Z")
Sadly, [this is not a joke](http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2003/05/15/ap/Entertainment/apnews49947-02.txt). > [@](#): > > Beyond saying the butler will be back, Fox executives would reveal little about a second season of “Joe Millionaire.” It leaves open the question of whether women can be fooled a second time into dating an average guy they think is rich. The show will compete with NBC’s “Fear Factor” on Mondays at 8 p.m. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-wannabe-actors-actresses-joe-millionaire-ii-is-a-go/175490/2 "2003-05-15T17:59:19Z")
YES!!! Paul Hogan rulez! ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-wannabe-actors-actresses-joe-millionaire-ii-is-a-go/175490/3 "2003-05-15T18:59:36Z")
“404 - File Not Found!” on your link, **Jeff Olsen**. What they should have done was to shoot two or three iterations of _Joe Millionaire_ simultaneously. Yes, it would have tripled the risk on a show they didn’t know would succeed, but 1. Reality shows don’t cost much anyway, and so aren’t much of a gamble, and b) that way they could be sure later contestants hadn’t been spoiled. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-wannabe-actors-actresses-joe-millionaire-ii-is-a-go/175490/4 "2003-05-15T19:09:02Z")
on behalf of actors and actresses everywhere, can you please not refer to reality game show participants as such? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-wannabe-actors-actresses-joe-millionaire-ii-is-a-go/175490/5 "2003-05-15T19:17:26Z")
Notice he said “wannabe” actors and actresses. Some of these people think that being on a reality TV show is going to jump start their movie career. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-wannabe-actors-actresses-joe-millionaire-ii-is-a-go/175490/6 "2003-05-15T19:23:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Fiver \* > \*\*“404 - File Not Found!” on your link, **Jeff Olsen**. > \*\* I guess they pulled that page. [Here’s something similar at MSNBC](http://www.msnbc.com/news/913989.asp). ---
**Author:** ![Super\_Gnat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@Super\_Gnat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Super_Gnat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-wannabe-actors-actresses-joe-millionaire-ii-is-a-go/175490/7 "2003-05-15T19:26:43Z")
Betcha this one will be a “rich” girl being courted by guys. Or maybe fool everyone into thinking the “rich” person is poor, when really they actually are rich. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-wannabe-actors-actresses-joe-millionaire-ii-is-a-go/175490/8 "2003-05-15T19:39:45Z")
Is Paul Hogan married? Maybe that’s the switch – the butler ends up with the girl. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@The\_Tof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tof)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2003, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calling-all-wannabe-actors-actresses-joe-millionaire-ii-is-a-go/175490/9 "2003-05-15T19:47:22Z")
It makes me sad that this survives and “Andy Richter Controls the Universe” does not. \