Okay this might seem like a stupid question, and perhaps it is, since the next time a bunch of gold-digging wenches are booked on a dating game with a millionaire hunk or a prince or something, they immediately are going to think: WAaaaaaaaaaaaait! I saw this on FOX! THIS DUDE IS EITHER ON WELFARE, HAS AIDS, OR IS A TRANSVESTITE!
But is there any conceivable way Fox can ride the Joe Millionaire horse one more time? I mean, it’s a ratings and publicity monster.
Maybe you hire a dude (or, it can be a chick too) with a deep dark secret, but the marks already know there is a secret . . . but see, I don’t think they would pursue the main character as strongly.
Unless Fox already taped several Joe Millionaires? Has a few of them in the can?
This website has already posted an article giving a couple of (joking) examples of ways that Fox could bring back the Joe Millionaire concept. This page also has a little blurb that includes another suggestion (although the link might not work forever).
The articles are from teevee.org, which is a website with tongue-in-cheek television critics (light on critical analysis, heavy on criticism). I think it’s pretty dang hilarious.
Well, it depends what the twist is. I think the joke is on the audience, really, and I can’t wait to find out what it is.
You’re right in that all reality-type shows now will have the possibility of a twist in them. But the contestants seem to be in it for the publicity more than anything, so I don’t think the there will ever be a lack of contestants.
I’ve thought this for a couple of weeks now too. I think this guy’s got some secret he’s hiding from the viewing public.
I haven’t really watched the show (I’m only planning on watching the finale), but from what I’ve seen in promos, this guy is a little too cut to be a $17,000-a-year construction worker. :dubious:
And besides, with his modelesque looks, do you really think he’ll only be making $17,000 a year once this thing is over? I think it would’ve been more interesting if they had picked a 40 year-old, overweight, bald, hairy construction worker, and done the show with him instead.
But of course we all know, when the woman he picks realizes this gorgeous guy with the chiseled body only “makes $17,000 a year in construction,” and will probably be getting loads of modeling and/or acting gigs in the near future…she’s gonna be pissed. :rolleyes:
I read an article the other day about how FOX programmers are kicking themselves for not filming two series at the same time in case the show worked out.
First, the guy is already a model. He’s done some modelling and only works construction to supplement his income. He might actually be a millionaire.
Second, does anybody know what the stated terms are for whoever “wins”? Is it just that he’s going to use a process of elimination to figure out which shallow, gold-digging bimbo he’d like to date, or is there a monetary prize?
Third, the survivors of each round of the game have gotten some pretty expensive jewelry–the ones who’ve made it to the final rounds are probably into five figures, which could be sold on Ebay for beaucoup bucks purely for the collector’s value.
Fourth, in order for them to do a second one, they’d have to find another 20 greedy, vain, good-looking, naive and/or dumb women. Do you think that’s going to be hard? So long as there are people who think that WWF Wrestling and Jerry Springer are real, there will be people willing to go on Joe Millionaire XIV.
My guess is they will give the guy a million bucks in the end. That way FOX can come off looking like the good guy and a million bucks is nothing to a popular network show these days.
And yes, given the intelligence of the girls on these shows they will be able to run this show ad infinitum without them ever catching on.
Yep. The next batch will be thinking, “Okay, Joe I wasn’t really a millionaire, so they’re going to psych us out this time, and he really is a millionaire! Whee! [giggle]” :smack:
I thought Jay Leno pointed out the planned FOX sequel to Joe Millionaire was to come after the girls find out he makes $19K- to be called “When Whores Attack.”
I’ve thought of an interesting twist on the concept – have, say, 5 or 6 guys but have only one actual millionaire. The women would then have to find ways to discern who is the true millionaire.
The faux millionaires would need to well-trained in skills that would help them fake wealth, kinda like Evan Marriot but a little more convincing.
We really don’t know how expensive the jewelry is. The stones could be poor quality or even fake. Heck, I got my pearls at Macy’s on sale for 99 bucks.
99% of models have a very modest income and it is normal for them to supplement their income with a regular job that is flexible enough for them to take off work when a gig comes along.
That’s something I didn’t understand… Evan was supposed to have inherited the $50 million recently, and he wasn’t that wealthy before. Why did they feel the need for him to be able to pass himself off as a jetsetting playboy? Also, the women on the show weren’t that sophisticated–they shouldn’t be able to tell that he’s making it up as he’s going along, which I guess is a good thing, considering how bad an actor the guy is…
I wondered that too. They gave a backstory explaining he’d inherited the money 2 years ago - why not just say he inherited it a month ago? It would explain why he didn’t have plans for the money yet, any “unsophisticated” traits he had, etc.
