Despite having nearly an entire new cast, I was impressed again by the show and found it hilarious (although some of that may have been sleep deprivation). Having the host go from his ‘normal’ self last season to the pretentious twit with the accent this season is fantastic.
I do not like the Joe/Jane as much as the guy from last season, who was awesome in his behavior and reactions. Again, though, the cast will hopefully make up for it, particularly the stalker and his mouse-eating frog.
I have Tivo set up to record the rest of the season and am looking forward to it as I doubt that the act has been given away between the slipups from last night.
It’s going to be tough to top the first season, but I like what I’ve seen so far. That Ingrid chick is a little too curious, though. I doubt the guy will ever catch on, but she might.
Yeah, I thought the producers were having a heart attack when Ingrid asked if the others knew there was going to be a speech. She is a little too curious. The first season was good because he was a dumb, trusting guy. Ingrid seems too nosy.
d) I was a huge fan of the first season, was really looking forward to this season, but completely forgot it was on last night when I had absolutely nothing going on.
Then allow me to SINCERELY apologize. :smack: I am not a fan of many reality shows out there, but I was pleasantly surprised this one and got a bit defensive when I saw your comment in it.
They may replay the first episode again (they showed it twice last night, and I got LUCKY and got to see the replay). If not, at least they will only be losing one person per week, or so it seems, and they started more or less with 10 dummy contestants, plus the 2 ‘real ones’ (plus the ‘bachelor’ and ‘bachelorette’ stars).
No sweat, Tommy. I hate thread-shitters just as much, if not more. I just checked the Yahoo TV listings, and they’re reshowing on Sunday, then on Wednesday they’re doing Episodes 1 and 2 back-to-back. So no more worrying - I’ll get mucho opportunities to see it.
I didn’t see the show, but I actually KNOW Jane, that is Ingrid. She did some consulting this Spring for my office. Towards the end of her tenure she told me about the upcoming show. She said she was walking down the street here in DC and a casting person approached her.
She couldn’t reveal what happened on the show, but you are right, she is very sharp.
I’ve heard that by episode 3, the producers are arguing about whether to kick her off before she ruins the joke for Tim.
I got sucked into the first Joe Schmo during the marathon this weekend, and I’m not disappointed by this one at all. It seems a lot more like the “reality sitcom” that JS1 was supposed to be (though JS1 was still excellent in its own way).
We were faithful JS1ers. And last night, we just enjoyed busting up over Ralph. But leave it to a woman to figure all that shit out far too soon. If that happens, I’ll just laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh and laugh…
I loved it. I don’t like the Joe or the Jane as much as I liked Matt… but how could you not like Matt?
We were really surprised at how muscular Joe was. When he did the strip tease… he had some abs on him! We both expected some post-college frat boy beer flab.
I think it might even make the show that much more interesting if she does catch on. The producers would have to convince her to let them vote her off, and if Tim never gets it, that would be a pretty cool twist at the end. Plus he’d feel even more dumb for not catching on.
The deadpan delivery of lines like, “one of you will be relinquish the sweet teat of acceptance and experience the bitter aftertaste of rejection” (or something like that) was killer. I can’t wait to see Montecore fly into the window!
Ingrid is really hot. Very physically attractive, sensitive and mentally sharp…rraoowr!
P.S. “May I give you a pearl necklace?” Brilliant!
Okay, I’ve read about this elsewhere, and I still don’t get it, because everyone takes it as a given that everyone knows what this means as a euphamism. I DON’T!
I was both excited and disappointed. I think they really blew it. Ingrid so knows. She said, “I feel like I’m the Truman Show.” If that’s not guessing it, I don’t know what is. They picked someone too smart and inquisitive. Matt was a great guy and all, but most importantly, he was a Schmo. He was willing to go along with the zanyness and never question it. Ingrid is the anti-Shmo. If she hasn’t already figured the whole thing out, she will by the next episode.
Tim on the other hand, appears to be another perfect Shmo.
If they can give Ingrid the boot and keep her away from him until then, it should go fine. The saving grace may that if Ingrid thinks it’s fake, she probably doesn’t know that there’s another ‘real’ person. Maybe Tim will even legitimately try to convince her it’s real. But even the fact that the subject has been broached kinda ruins the fun.
On the bright side, I love what they’ve done to Ralph. It gives fans a connection to the first show, and his transformation is so astounding. I was a big fan of Joe Schmo 1, and I think even I would be fooled. Also, I was glad to see the drunk go. She hit her beat, made her joke, and it would’ve stopped being funny real quick if she stuck around longer.
I’m dying to see what ‘Piper’ gives the guys instead of a pearl necklace. :eek:
The sweet teat of affection. But yes, that line made me wet myself.
Good God is this show hilarious! It’s even better than the first season. How about giving out the “black balls”? The cell phone? The mice-eating frog? The “Last Chance For Love Trail Of Tears”? The friggin’ falcon?!?
Oh, the falcon takes the cake. When it came screeching in over everyone’s head, that did it for me. As did, “May I give you a pearl necklace?” and “Vote for me, Kimmy!”
I believe the preview last night had her saying something to the effect of, “will you dip your wick in my flame of love?”
I finally got to see the first episode tonight. The first Joe Schmo was the only “reality” show I’ve ever watched. I can’t stand any of the other ones. I like real reality shows though - like Cops, American Chopper and Airline. I guess I liked Joe Schmo for the fact they were skewering the genre.
I got a real surprise when I saw that Jonathan Torrens (Gerald) was on the show. :eek: He’s a pretty well-known actor up here in Canada. A fixture on Canadian television since 1989. In the United States, those who know him likely know him as J-Roc (the white wannabe rapper) from Trailer Park Boys.
I remember checking out all the players on the first show on the IMDb. I think the guy who played the asshole was the only one who’d been in anything I was familiar with. I can’t remember now. Anybody know much about this show’s cast? I’ll have to check them out on the IMDb, but not right now.
