Anyone catch this train wreck on Fox tonight? The chicks are all bitches, that was expected, but this guy is something else. How they picked this fucking moron is beyond comprehension. He looks as stupid as he is. The only explaination I can think of for the choice of the man is that he secretly really DOES have some sort of small fortune and we will all find out during the last episode. Other than that they could have walked into King Soopers and picked a bag boy at random that would have been better than this fucking clown.
Agreed. What a doofus! He appears to have the IQ of a turnip. Why couldn’t they find a more clever or witty guy?
Maybe you’re right about him really being a millionaire.
Would a guy who wasn’t a tool have gone on a show where the basic aim is to lie to fifty women about being worth millions of dollars so that he can propose to and marry one of the gold-digging dupes only to tell her that he’s really poor as dirt and only lied about having money on national television in order to score a trophy bride?
No decent, hard-working poor man I know would do that.
I can agree with your skeptism about how “upset” he is at lying to these women.
I still say, why bother ? Just watch the last episode . . . thats when the “good stuff” will happen.
I also think that once you agree to go on a reality show (particularly of this sort) you have to expect that you are going be manipulated. I think both he and the girls are tools.
But hey it was their choice.
That’s not true at all. Some of the girls were very nice. The one with the dark, curly hair seemed really nice and honest. So did the one who ended up in the blue gown. I was glad they both got picked to stay.
As for the guy…yeah, he’s definitely looking like a major tool. But really, he kind of has to. If he had no problem lying and came off all suave and shit, then he would look like an asshole and the audience wouldn’t like him. If he had such a problem lying that he broke down and confessed in the first twenty minutes, you wouldn’t have a series. So, having a guy who feels really bad about lying and is obviously no good at it is probably the best combo.
Although, to be honest, I was embarrassed for him every time he got that deer-in-the-headlights face going.
I think any woman that would want to compete for a millionaire would have to be a greedy, gold-digging bitch by definition wouldn’t she? What other reason would there be to participate in something like this? What’s the non-skanky reason to do it?
Some women might do it on a lark. Free vacation. (Not that this is the most noble of reasons.) I mean, seriously—a lot of women may probably be pragmatic about the chances of such a “romance” really working, and they’d not be going along on this thing with any expectation of True Love Everlasting. Just going along for the ride.
Once again, not the most noble of motivations. And I’m not sure if any of these particular women are thinking in this way.
Same reason that people go on any of these so-called “reality” shows. They should just all be titled: “Who Wants to Be On TV?”.
I’ll venture to guess that even if Joe Sixpack is Mr. Average Income now, he won’t be by the end of the show, or shortly after the run. Can we say book deals? talk shows? The typical 15 Minutes of Fame routine? The “winner” will end up with a guy who will be pulling more than 19K/year when it’s over.
I think they want the guy to be bland and unappealing, and just have these women compete for the faux money. Fox really wants to rub it in. I’m game!
I’m with red_dragon. If he’s really so bland and unappealing, then when the ladies start in with the inevitable face-saving “it’s not about the money, I really like him, he’s so smart and funny and charming, blah blah” we’ll instantly see right through the charade. This show is going to be about exposing the worst in people, giving us something to hate in those women. Men are often fearful that women are only after money, or have other hidden motives, and this show will give everyone a way to let out a little hatred on an assemblage of women who actually fit that fearful stereotype to a “T”.
I thought this too!!
I’ve heard only of the concept of the show myself, but the above guesses as to true millionairdome would appear… unlikely.
The rumor making the rounds now is that Joe does indeed have quite a bit of money, and the viewers, not the women, are the ones being duped. Another rumor is that he’s as poor as Fox says, but they’re setting up a “Willy Wonka” style test for the winner. “Oh, you still love him anyway? Guess what! You can have a million dollars after all!”
Interesting thoughts, but isn’t that pretty risky for a network? I’d be really pissed if I watched the show and at the end found out I was had.
I was thinking the same thing about the money. Either he has money or he’ll get some after the show, but I doubt he and his new wife will settle down to lower class living.
The funny thing is that all these women are like, “I’ve always wanted an ambitious man” assuming that, b/c he’s rich, he’s ambitious. Hello, he INHERITED it! He could be a joe sixpack, drug addict, ne’er do well that watches football all day- but as long as he’s rich, it’s all right.
But yeah, the guy is a man-ditz and you know that the classy women will be the first ones out of there. If everyone was polite and sweet, the show would be boooooring.
I avoid this sort of pap like the plague. What gets me is that the promos I hear on radio sound like they’ve been scripted.
Random Airhead: “He’s a freakin’ hottie!”
That may be so but the RA sounds like a freakin’ weirdo.
Eh, I think he is total babe! Who needs brains in the bedroom when you have a guy who looks like that!?!?!
jk - sorta
;p
Diane - Who is hooked on trash reality shows ever since Melrose Place went off the air.
OMG! I just saw the Smoking Gun site. EYE YI YI YI!
Dumb guys can be good!!!
Holy mother of Smoking Gun. Seriously, look at the picture on page two.
I personally loved that he was such a dufus. WAY more comedic. When the Butler asked him what wine went with Salmon, and Evan said “Red” and then ARGUED that he knew Salmon was fish, but that he thought Red would be better…I almost platzed.
From what is being said and what I heard, the guy does not have money and lives about a town over from me (in Capo Beach). Before you go off on the deep end (yes it does have a beach and no most of the town is not near it, so he can afford a apartment in town.
I have a friend who swears he has seen him working a backhoe over near a housing community that he is currently working.
However, if he is earning 19K doing this, he is a moron. Journeymen can work up from doing small shit and make some serious money in the biz he is in. Hell even guys like sprinkler layers can make nominal dough.
I’ve also wondered how he’s only making 19k in construction. Most of the 16-17 year old kids that start out as gophers around here make 12 bucks an hour, that’s almost 25K a year.
I agree that he either really has money or they’re going to give him and the winner money (but giving him and the winner money doesn’t seem as likely because there’s no way they’re going to cough up 50M so it would still be a ripoff.)