# Place yer bets! What's going to happen on Joe Millionaire? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 6, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815 "2002-12-06T00:02:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/1 "2002-12-06T00:02:41Z")
Well, Fox has taken things to a new level. The network that gave us “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire” is giving us a new one, with a twist. Twenty young bachelorettes were whisked away to France to try to capture the attention of Joe, a millionaire. The show is conducted along the same lines as The Bachelor. However, there is a twist. Once Joe makes up his mind, he has to inform the lucky girl that he’s not a millionaire. He’s a construction worker who earns $19K a year. So, what are your bets. Does his fairy tale princess leave him when she founds out the truth, or does she stay? Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/2 "2002-12-06T00:31:37Z")
I unfortunatly saw a preview for this travesty. My guess is that he used to be a woman. * * * Lucas Electrics: Why the British drink warm beer and leave for home before sundown. ---
**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/3 "2002-12-06T00:32:52Z")
I heard on the radio that he isn’t really a millionaire, and that he is a construction worker who makes $19,000/year. ---
**Author:** ![In\_Conceivable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4bbf92/32.png) [@In\_Conceivable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/In_Conceivable)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/4 "2002-12-06T00:35:57Z")
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**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/5 "2002-12-06T00:37:41Z")
Does anyone read the OPs anymore or do they just respond to the titles? I think the woman will definitely say she loves him anyway and then drop him like a hot rock about two weeks later. Unless he’s WHITE HOT. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/6 "2002-12-06T00:37:46Z")
My predictions: Joe is, no doubt, quite the hunk and personable to boot. The winning princess, although a shameless gold digger, is not stupid. She is, no doubt, quite the little honey and personable to boot. She actually likes Joe and secretly suspects he’s not **really** a millionaire because she knows how much faecal matter hit the oscillating device after “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire”. Due to the happiness she espouses when told the **surprising** truth, they become America’s Favourite Couple. They milk this for all it’s worth and end up much better off than any construction worker and wife. Ah, Hollywood. ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/7 "2002-12-06T00:54:30Z")
I just don’t think any relationship (either in real life or cultivated for TV ratings) has a chance if it’s based in lies. Even if a woman really does fall in love with this guy and “wins” the show, why should she trust him after he blatantly attempted to manipulate any goldbricking tendancies among the contestants in front of millions of viewers? Nobody likes to be the butt of a joke! I think reality TV has sunk to a new low, and that’s saying a lot, considering I watched some folks on Fear Factor eat deer penises a couple of weeks ago. ---
**Author:** ![Realhoops](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8dc957/32.png) [@Realhoops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Realhoops)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/8 "2002-12-06T02:50:14Z")
I imagine that she’ll act all shocked, but won’t walk out while the camera is still rolling. The best part about this show is the fact that Fox has acknowledged that they can probably only film one edition of it. Oh, and there’s a little more discussion about this show in the following thread: [Previous Joe Millionaire Thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=147812) ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/9 "2002-12-06T03:19:33Z")
I know what might have happened if he wasn’t so good looking and had a worse job… The “winner” will say in her head: “Yuck what a loser” But she would SAY: "You weren’t honest with me, and for that I can’t be with you. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/10 "2002-12-06T14:49:37Z")
My prediction? The “winner” ends up suing. Yeah, the contestants probably have to sign a will-not-sue clause but surely there’s _someone_ not covered by that clause. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/11 "2002-12-06T15:05:03Z")
I can tell you what’s NOT gonna happen. I’m not gonna watch it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/12 "2002-12-06T17:40:19Z")
I saw a few commercials for this program a week or so ago, and at that point they weren’t revealing what “Joe’s” secret was - just that he had one. My first thought was “He’s hideously disfigured!” and then “No, it’s probably Michael Jackson,” but the truth is even better - he’s poor! LOL! ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/place-yer-bets-whats-going-to-happen-on-joe-millionaire/140815/13 "2002-12-06T18:25:55Z")
I predict we never find out as the ratings will preclude this from being on the air long enough to find out. And if I am wrong-- a brave face on it, and the dumperoo as soon as the cameras are gone.