First impression: the guy seems genuinely nice.
The lessons in how to dance, choose wine, etc were hilarious.
Some of those low-riding jeans look just AWFUL from the back. Like bulging butt-fat hanging out over the top. Did they forget to look in the mirror? Ugh. Ho-bags.
Ok the girls have just arrived and been told that they have to go to a ball and 12 will be chosen to remain.
Commercial break.
Ok the dress choosing was scary!
The dancing is hilarious. What a freakin’ meat market.
AAAHHH!!! How could he pick that skanky, catty bitch Heidi to stay? gag
Random thoughts:
The dress-choosing was a brilliant move. Very funny.
I’m looking forward to the horse-manure shoveling next week. I mean the literal horse-manure shoveling, not the conversation.
And of course he chose Heidi. She was the “conflict.” I’ll bet they made him choose her even if he didn’t want her. He said some nice things about the others that he chose, but about her he said she was “ballsy” and “stood out.” Hmmm…
I love how all the girls are clutching each other like it was freakin’ Miss America.
What I want to know is if Evan gets to see the interview tapes or if he chooses only based on his direct interactions?
I guess the reason why I am so interested in whether he gets to see the tapes–will he get to see the way the “ladies” conducted themselves when they were choosing the dresses, etc.? There, you could really see how mean Heidi was. Also, some of the women’s commentary was kind of telling.
It kind of bugged me how they were constantly referred to as “girls.” Offhand references to women as “girls” don’t bug me, but I think they were only referred to as “women” once or twice.
Yeah the dress-picking was extremely telling. Good lord.
I never watch these “reality” shows, but this one was just too interesting. I missed parts of it, though. I like the guy, and a lot of the women (I won’t say “girls”) seem decent enough to me. That one “ballsy” girl—well, I’m sure you’re right about her.
This is going to be pretty interesting, I think. How many weeks is it supposed to run, anyway?
My brother and I watched it mostly for the sheer sleaziness of it all. He did seem to be a sweet guy, and most of those girls seemed rather shallow (or at least, pretty starstruck).
Some possibilities for next season: [ul] [li] Jane Millionaire- It looks like it’s just the same premise with the genders reversed, or so the guys think. Not only is she really poor, she was also born a man. [] Joe Not-A-Enuch [] Joe Human [] Joe Heterosexual- Can he choose a woman who can look past the fact that he’s not attracted to her at all? [] Joe Not-A-Brain In a vat.[/li]
And Finally
Joe HIV Negative. [/ul]
My favorite line was at the end, from Paul the Butler: “There’s not room in the chateau for all of us. [pause] Well, actually there is…”
Does anyone else think some of these women are lying about their age? A few of them, who claim to be 23, 24, 25, look like they’ve been around the block LOTS of times (Heidi, for one).
Yes, they are absolutely lying about their ages. Or they are the most sun-damaged 25-year-olds that I’ve ever seen.
They seem determined to see what they wanted to see. For example, some said that he rode a horse well. Hell, I wouldn’t know a horse if it bit me in the ass (well a Clydesdale bit me on the boobie recently, but I digress…) and even I could see he didn’t ride well.
I’ve never watched a reality series before. I’ve seen episodes here or there, but never “gotten to know” the contestants. I’m looking forward to seeing how this pans out.
These women are just obscene. They were practically cackling when they saw the castle, and that Heidi skank is the worst by far. I hpe she wins just so I can see the look on her face when she finds out she didn’t hit the jackpot. The dude seems nice enough but he’s kind of a dumbass. Couldn’t the producers have prepped him a little better with his inheritance story. The goober had no idea what to say.
None of the girls seem worth rooting for (which is good, I guess. This is a show where we want the biggest bitch to win) and none of them are really even hot. I hope they continue to play up the backstabbing and the blatant duplicity and golddigging. They did a good job finding a truly despicable cast of women.
God, I thought I was alone in this thought. I swear there were only a couple girls that could even pass for 25 years old, most looked easily over 30 with some pushing 40.
I have thought this as well with many of these “reality” shows. It seems that way on that Tough Enough show on Mtv. The trainers are keeping people who OBVIOUSLY have no chance of making it as wrestlers, but they stir shit up in the house or fuck up alot.
I am not saying that he wouldn’t have picked them on his own, but I would be willing to bet that he was pressured into making sure that he picked the only black girl in the crew and one of the 2 asian women. My bet is that we will see them both eliminated next episode.
Like I said in my pit thread about this jagoff, mark my words, we WILL find out he really DOES have a fortune in the last episode. It’s the only rational for the choice of this toolbox.
Not if this “expose” by The Smoking Gun is on the level. I can’t imagine there are too many multi-millionaires out having to scrape $1,000 modeling underwear. Or, for that matter, dodging toll fares.
I missed the show with my requisite recurring migraines, but I will certainly watch the train wreck show at the end. (I’m also sniggering at the idea of “Joe Heterosexual.” Fox wouldn’t have the balls to do that, if you pardon the pun.)
Since I missed the first part, can someone clue me in on what the “story” was that was told to the women? I gander from a few comments that they were told he inherited the money, but what was the explanation as to why he’s searching for a bride on TV? Who was the “rich relative” that died and left him the money, and presumably, the chateau?
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*Originally posted by Menocchio *
**Some possibilities for next season: [ul][li] Joe HIV Negative. [/ul] **[/li][/QUOTE]
Oh, my… you’re going to Hell, you realize that don’t you?
And you owe me a new keyboard.
Zora all the way! I do want the “nice” girl to win. Based on her behavior at the “gowns,” she may be less likely to dump him for being poor. She will probably just dump him for lying.
And, she’s a teacher.
You actually know about as much as we do. I don’t think they told any of the circumstances behind the inheritance. They also seemed to stay away from him talking about real life. Someone asked if he was going to keep working, and he avoided the question like I avoid “The Colin Quinn Show.”
You know what would have been cool? if there was only 18 dresses for the 20 women. That would have been cool. And the dresses dangled over a mudpit. Muahahahahahaahahahaha!!!
I’m glad Diogenes feels the same way I do about the contestants. I turned on the TV expecting to feel sorry for the women participating who are being wined and dined and lied to. 20 minutes into the show, I started thinking, “Man, I feel sorry for Evan, he’s going to end up picking one of these social-climbing, materialistic harpies.” I know that reality shows always distort what’s going on and manipulate the footage to a given effect, but so many of them seemed to have such ridiculous expectations about love and marriage: how old they had to be before they had to get married, how much money their husband had to make, what kind of job would be acceptable. The one woman who said “I always thought I should be married by 23” sent chills down my spine.
I got sidetracked about 15 minutes before the show ended, but I started warming up to Katy. She had the right attitude about the “omg this dress looks like a nightgown!” affair.
I’m enjoying the butler in the show. He brings a quiet dignity to the entire mess. 
Speaking of quiet, did Alex McCloud have a volume-ectomy? She was never that subdued on Trading Spaces. She looked and acted like a Reality Show Hosting Robot (no emotion whatsoever).