# I know an Average Joe **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-an-average-joe/213899 "2003-11-18T14:23:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-an-average-joe/213899/1 "2003-11-18T14:23:52Z")
So last night, I decide to watch “Average Joe” on NBC. I knew the concept and had seen a little bit of a previous show flipping through the channels. Last night, I watch it, and quite close to the end, I say to myself… Ummm this guy looks like Johnny… Then I keep catching glimps of this guy, and hear his name is John… OH MY GOD! IT’S JOHNNY!!! Indeed it is… I did the Disney College Program after college about 6 years ago and John was living right above me. He was a plain nice, fun and hilarious guy! I can’t believe this! I have pictures of us goofing around, doing stupid stunts and just plain old laughing… I completly lost touch with him and it’s so fun to see him again. Damn I hope he wins! Now I kind of “have to” watch that show, you know… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Monkeypants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Monkeypants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkeypants)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-an-average-joe/213899/2 "2003-11-18T17:42:21Z")
Back then could you foresee the personality disorders that had him crying about Zach? ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-an-average-joe/213899/3 "2003-11-18T17:43:53Z")
Damn! I wish I had seen that. I don’t know what happened…?? I heard of an egg incident… but haven’t followed the story. Per last night’s episode Zach just seems to be like a big bully to all the guys… ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-an-average-joe/213899/4 "2003-11-18T18:04:23Z")
John is originally from LaCrosse, WI, so the local paper has had a few articles about him. Brian Who isn’t around monday nights and wouldn’t watch it anyway ---
**Author:** ![Zazie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Zazie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zazie)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-an-average-joe/213899/5 "2003-11-18T18:18:17Z")
Yes, you are right N9IWP. I remember he was from WI. Although, being at Disney World at the time, we obviously met in Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-know-an-average-joe/213899/6 "2003-11-18T18:24:25Z")
That’s pretty cool! Something like that happened to me once, too. I never watch _The Real World_. And I mean never. Except for one time I got a call from a friend of mine who said, “Turn on MTV! Segun is on!” All you Real World afficiandos might remember him from a few years ago. Skinny black guy from Nigeria who wore lotion gloves to bed and was made (in)famous when he said, “If I can’t make in on the Real World, I’ll never make it in the real world!” Last I saw, he did a commercial for K-Swiss where he proudly proclaimed, “I wear mine…untied!”