Joe Millionaire
 

Let's highlight some of the highs and lows of the show so far...

Positive - Evan seems pretty cool and it'll be fun to watch him work the lie

Negative - the host, Alex. She sucks.

Positive - The butler's fun to watch.

Negative - The women are catty.

Positive - The women are hot.

I tried to watch, but I finally gave up. I just felt EMBARRASSED for those women because I kept thinking how stupid they're going to look when they find out that Evan's not what he's made out to be.

Alex used to be on Trading Spaces, but she's gone weirdo on her latest hosting job. I'm trying to figure out what she's doing with her hair.

negative - The woman I didn't like (Heidi) made it to the next round. I don't think she'll make it happily through the next round, though, so hopefully she will be gone soon.

positive - Evan doesn't seem comfortable living the lie, which makes him seem normal in all of the freakiness that surrounds him. I mean, come on, he even showed he couldn't mount a horse, let alone ride one.

negative - I have to agree that the women of the show are once again showing the derogatory stereotype of women being catty. I'd like to see just one of them say they would like to get to know Evan more, rather than just making comments and asking questions about his money.

Just my opinions of course :)

Heidi is such a bitch!!!

Did anyone else see how she stole like 3 dresses @ once to get the best one?? Zora almost didn't get anything!!!!
Kind of ironic that she wound up being the belle of the ball in her beautiful blue dress.......

Positive-Evan is picking girls that aren't stereotypically gorgeous, unlike the Bachelor

Negative- it's practically the same damn show as most of the others, won't get good until the second to last week, you know?? Plus, I think it would be funny if like, a bunch of guys were competing for one girl, and at the end they find out SHE's a HE....that would be priceless :D

I hated Heidi, too! And that Mojo chick made me want to throw something at the TV. Sooo glad that Mary didn't get the necklace-wtf was with the sunglasses? Evan did seem cool, very down to earth. Right now I'm rooting for Zora.

*So embarassed to admit in a public forum that I watched this. And even more embarassed to admit that I'll be on the couch ready to yell at the TV next Monday.*

Evan reminds me of the construction worker neighbor in Office Space...I can just hear him saying "i gotta wake my ass up at 6 am all next week, yeah, i'm hangin' the drywall down at the new McDonalds..."

LOL!!!
Evan kinda reminded me of Puddy from Seinfeld, just a little too slow for his own good ;) still love him though

Hahaha I was watching that movie tonight right before I watched this show and I *totally* agree!!! Evan is kinda hot though, the guy in Office Space wasn't. As for the show....I felt like I was watching the Bachelor all over again, instead this time they got cheesy pearl necklaces instead of pretty red roses, the host was twice as annoying, and the people weren't nearly as good looking as Aaron and his little harem of women were. Any rate, I'll still probably be watching this next week, b/c I am addicted to cheesy shows like this. Hehe. :D

Originally posted by AXJules


Did anyone else see how she stole like 3 dresses @ once to get the best one?? Zora almost didn't get anything!!!!
Kind of ironic that she wound up being the belle of the ball in her beautiful blue dress.......

I know!!! I didn't like that girl either. I really think Zora's dress was so cute and she definately ended up being the belle of the ball!!!


Positive-Evan is picking girls that aren't stereotypically gorgeous, unlike the Bachelor

I agree... most of the time when he was explaining why he chose the ladies he did, he used descriptive words like "down to earth" and "friendly" which I thought was really cool.

Plus, I think it would be funny if like, a bunch of guys were competing for one girl, and at the end they find out SHE's a HE....that would be priceless :D

LoL that would be HILARIOUS!!!!

I know it's really early, but does anyone have any predictions?

I think somehow the guy will figure out Heidi's personality and drop her quicker than a hot potato.

I think he'll figure Heidi out next week. From what I saw in the previews from next week, they'll be doing hard labor work. Did you see her face when she was talking about shoveling horse crap? It was hilarious!

lol Cluey! True true..

She just wants to "win" ... this isn't the olympics!

This show is evil.

I love it. :D

The show kind of cracked me up. The majority of those women are going to feel stupid about half the shit they said when the show is over.

this show is pure trash..and i loved every minute of it :)

heidi - what a BIOTCH. shes sitting there saying how its not about the dress you wear, its how you carry yourself blah blah blah, yet who was the one who snagged 2 dresses, so one girl didn't have one at all so that she didn't get stuck with an ugly dress. whatever.

i really like dana(the tall blonde) shes adorable.. she seems genuinely sweet

i'm glad mary(the girl with the sunglasses) didn't get a necklace..she was a freak..

i don't know her name, but one of the girls who didn't get a necklace, she had like blondish wavy/curly hair..was wearing a cute black dress, i liked her..it made me sad she didn't get the necklace and that stupid heidi and mojo did..

evan is gorgeous, but kinda dumb..i don't know, its pretty obvious hes a terrible liar..but he needs to be prepared w/some better answers..

and just a thought ..so what if the guy isn't really worth $50 million..yeah, thats the premise of the show..but you gotta figure hes making a nice chunk of change from fox for doing the show, plus i heard he has had a modeling contract since 1999..you know that after the show his modeling career will take off..plus whatever other apperances he makes..he'll be getting paid a good amount of $$ as a result of this.. so what if its not $50 million, it will certainly be a hell of a lot more then the $19K they are promoting..

I don't know, a pearl necklace is worth a lot more than a rose! Personally I don't think it's all that cheesy!

I can add my name to the list of Heidi-haters. Did anyone notice how pissed off she looked when she wasn't one of the first 3 or 4 women called? :rolleyes: She's lucky he picked her at all!

4 of us watched it in my room last night and the entire time we were rooting for Zora. Can't wait for the last show to air to see the girls reations...this show is great!

I thought this show was better than the Bachelor bc I didn't like Aaron. I felt like we didn't really get to see much interaction between the girls and Joe bc we only saw them dance. We didn't really hear them talk much. I missed the first episode of the Bachelor so maybe this was similar in that aspect. I noticed he picked a lot of brunettes and a lot of the blondes looked pissed.
Should be interesting!

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I think half the women are lying about their age. Heidi claimed she was 23, I think, and I'm sorry but there's no way in hell.

Also, they all talk about how they're ladies, but did you see the chick biting the pearls to see if they were real??? Classy, ladies, classy.

:D I think you better watch out . . . I can totally picture some television executive reading this board and stealing your idea. I would definitely watch a show like that.



I didn't see the first episode of this show but it sounds so deliciously trashy that I think I might have to watch the next one.

I felt the same way! I think I saw more commercials than the interaction.

There's a couple of dozen people starting to show up at our house to camp out and comment on the show every week. I admit it, I'm a "reality" (sic) show junkie. Evidently, so are a ton of my and my husband's coworkers. <G>

This particular show has an advantage: even if the "winner" is someone you absolutely hate, you can watch them show their true colors when the "sorry, he's not a millionare after all, dear" bomb drops. So there's always something to look forward to, one way or the other.

Re: FOX catering to the stereotype that women are mean, catty, bitchy, etc. Welp, some stereotypes remain pretty close to reality. Doesn't take much to figure out that women who "compete" for a man on national TV are going to have fangs and claws. If the contestants and audience weren't there for it, FOX would be SOL and would have to dredge up another idea. It's not like FOX has ever been a bastion of good taste, anyway.

Making shopping list for next weeks' party food.........

Adrienne
(Charter President of the We Hate Heidi and Can't Wait to See Her Dropped On Her Bony, Skanky Ass! Club)
:D

Can I be Vice President? ;)

He could have said ANYTHING to them and they would have been like "Oh that's so cute "

<Evan> Ladies, I really am a construction worker.
<Ladies> Stop teasing Ev, hehehehe
<Evan> NO seriously, I am
<Ladies> Aww that's so cute...

<Evan> Ladies, I'm addicted to porn and I masterbate 6 times a day
<Ladies Awww that's so cute

What's so funny is that if he slips getting back on it's horse, he's SMOOTH.....

If any other guy did, it's "You idiot"....

i will second that...

I am also rooting for Zora and that Melissa girl with the curly hair and the pretty smile. She doesn't seem uptight about winning... like our other gold diggers. :rolleyes:

Jon Stewart had the best line last night about this on The Daily Show: "This yearh, I'm going to have Fox Attitude. I've got an idea for a show... John OpenSore. 20 women will think they're marrying a Rhodes Scholar, then we tell them he's got a Venerial Disease." And then at the closing, "Join us tomorrow when 20 women will be here who think they're going to get married, but really... they're going to be eaten by wolves."

I didn't watch the show but I did read in the Denver Post a little blurb about Zora. Apparently she's a former homecoming queen from Boulder High School and her mom is an astrologer who believes her daughter has psychic powers. Therefore, her mom thinks she'll figure out what's really going on or at least have an idea.... Interesting.

Ahhh..

For those of you who missed the first or second epsiodes, FOX is giving an encore of them this Thursday night.

All I have to say is YESSSSSS HEIDI WAS KICKED TO THE CURB!


"whatever" ? hehehe ;)

and I'm sooooo glad he picked Zora again!

Does anyone know how long this show is going to run? It seems they are cutting the girls at a pretty steep pace!

HEIDI GOT DUMPED!!!!!
 

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

The look on her face was PRICELESS!!! Even the butler broke loose and dissed her!!!!!!

Oh, here's the quote of the night from Joe M:

"WHATEVER!!!"

Classy, Heidi. Very classy. NOT!!!

No matter what happened to her she was great for entertainment value. The men in this house were *howling* at the cat fights!!!

Onward and downward.....
Adrienne
:D

I don't think JM will be a very long running show... they were making ads for the new "arranged marriage" series "Married by America." :rolleyes: It is supposed to debut in March so I am wondering if that will take it's place after the show.

And I think they are cutting someone next week too.

Still rooting for Melissa! :D

I heard that Melissa is supposed to be the only one left.

and a long running show. . .they would have to pick complete idiots to fall for that stunt again. . .but THIS IS AMERICA. . .LAND OF THE TAX-FREE AND HOME OF THE BRAVES(SORRY ATLANTA IS IN THE US)!!!

Did you guys just love watching them put the subtitles on the screen when Heidi was trying to speak French? I was howling at that!!!

Also--the good folks at Saturday Night Live must have read your post...they did a series of fake commercials this past Saturday of their own "Joe" series. There was:

"Joe Hetero" where it turns out Joe is actually gay (quote: "You girls look FIERCE in those gowns!")
"Joe Caucasian" where Joe turns out to be an African American who has been wearing make-up to make him look white the whole time (I won't share the quote from him)
"Joe Dude" where Joe turns out to be a woman (complete with "fe-mullet" hair).
"Joe Not-A-Serial-Rapist"...this one was disturbing...the guy had this glazed over look....

Actually, that was the funniest part of the show. I think there was one other, but I can't remember....

I have to agree, listening to Heidi attempt to speak French was too FUNNY!!! I couldn't stand her. Today she was on some radio show out in California talking about her time was like with Joe M. She looked like such an idiot! :rolleyes:

All I want to know is this...I live in Virginia Beach. If Evan was digging ditches with Nacho around here, where!!! I have been single (and looking) and have never seen that FINE man anywhere around this city!!! He can come back here any day!! I'll take the scruffy look. :p

They have only showed two shows right? Well, i tried to watch it on Monday and I didnt know what was going on. It didnt grab my attention because I thought it was going to be like the bachelor. Maybe because its in europe or something, but it didnt seem like something I would like.

He gives out jewelry instead of "roses" to choose who gets to stay right?

for those who didn't see the first 2 episodes
 

Re: for those who didn't see the first 2 episodes
 

yaaaaay

I have been preoccupied by BBC America of late and ignored American tv. I will SO be watching this.

Re: Re: for those who didn't see the first 2 episodes
 

What are you watching on BBC America? I always miss What Not to Wear.

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I am ALL about Coupling, Keeping Up Appearances and So Graham Norton.

Those Brits are just damn funny. It makes my MONTH when I can catch them showing Blackadder (older British comedy show starring Mr Bean, Rowan Atkinson).

BBC America Rules!
 

We actually turn off the phone when Graham Norton is on. Other faves: Keeping Up Appearances, Monarch of the Glen (very very addictive.......) Parkinson, and the usual fodder (Changing Rooms, Ground Force, What Not to Wear).

A priest from our parish originally from England is frustrated that CR and GF are the most frequently aired shows. "People will think that's all we do there, dig in the garden and move furniture!"

Couple of funnies:
Alan Titchmarsh is my husband's personal hero. Anybody who can make that many wiseacre remarks to a guy who is MUCH bigger than he is and get away with it sans broken bones is a hero in his book. Charlie Dimmock scares him though: former football-player is unsettled by the idea of a woman who could take him in a fair fight.

Anyone who's seen Ground Force should see Titchmarsh's interview w/ Parkinson. You won't recognize him in a suit and tie. Great clip about the "stories" he writes. :eek:

Has anyone seen the Graham Norton clips on www.bbcamerica.com? This guy is a real nut! The best is the "prank call gone wrong". Put your coffee down before watching it.

Favorite BBC-A quote: "We're not your best friends, and we will tell you."

I am SO glad to know I'm not the only one hooked on this channel!!!

Adrienne
:D