"The Joe Schmo Show" (2003) TV series

Creators:

Rhett Reese
Paul Wernick

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

15 June 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Reality-TV

Tagline:

How will it end? When will he know? They're all actors working from a script, but he thinks it's real.

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title | Number In Title

Cast

Ralph Garman	...	'The Smarmy Host' / ... (18 episodes, 2003-2004)
Matt Kennedy Gould	...	Himself / ... (10 episodes, 2003-2004)
Tim Walsh	...	Himself - Joe Schmo (9 episodes, 2004)
Melissa Yvonne Lewis	...	'The Rich Bitch' / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
David Hornsby	...	'The Asshole' / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Tim Herzog	...	Austin 'The Bachelor' (9 episodes, 2004)
Angela Dodson	...	'The Virgin' / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Valerie Azlynn	...	Piper 'The Bachelorette' (9 episodes, 2004)
Franklin Dennis Jones	...	'The Veteran' / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Jonathan Torrens	...	Gerald 'The Gotta-be-Gay-Guy' / ... (9 episodes, 2004)
Nikki Davis	...	Gina Price 'The Schemer' / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Natasha Leggero	...	Rita 'The Drunk' (9 episodes, 2004)
Lance Krall	...	'The Gay Guy' / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Kevin Kirkpatrick	...	Bryce 'The Stalker' (9 episodes, 2004)
Brian Keith Etheridge	...	'The Buddy' / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Jessica Makinson	...	Eleanor 'The Weeper' (9 episodes, 2004)
Ingrid Wiese	...	Herself - 'The Schmo Turned Actress' / ... (9 episodes, 2004)
Kristen Wiig	...	'The Quack' / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Steve Mallory	...	Ernie 'The Heir' (9 episodes, 2004)
Gretchen Palmer	...	Ambrosia 'The Bitch' (9 episodes, 2004)
Jon Huertas	...	T.J. 'The Playah' (9 episodes, 2004)
Jana Speaker	...	Cammy 'The Moron' (9 episodes, 2004)

Also Known As:

Joe Schmo 2 (USA) (second season title)
Lap of Luxury (USA) (fake working title)
The Joe and Jane Schmo Show (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

60 min (including commercials)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Agoura, California, USA

Company:

Stone Stanley Entertainment

Trivia:

Ace's character, Montecore, is named after the seven-year-old white tiger that attacked Roy Horn in Las Vegas.

Quotes:

Derek Newcastle: [reading a Falcon Twist with James Bond references] This ought to scare the living daylights out of you. Love is as precious as a diamond. And as we all know, diamonds are forever. But love sometimes is not. Tonight, fate will point its gold finger at two of you, you'll be evicted. That's right, we'll be having a "Pearl Necklace" and "Flame-of-love" eviction ceremony tonight. If Austin and Piper choose to sever their emotional bond with you, the world is not enough to save you. The rest of you will have a chance to die another day.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "20 to 1: Hoaxes, Cheats and Liars (#3.1)" (2006)

nice change of pace

For those of us who have become annoyed with the producers, screenwriters and excessively-enthusiastic viewers of the reality game shows that have come out in the last few years (starting with SURVIVOR) , this show is a welcome alternative. Although one person is putting on an act using his real first name, the stars are pretending to compete with each other on a nonexistant reality show called LAP OF LUXURY while lying about their names, ages, homes, occupations, families, incomes, backgrounds, education and personal experience. Only one guy doesn't know that it's not for real. Everybody else struggles to keep a straight face and prevent Matt (a law student turned pizza deliverer from Pittsburgh) from getting suspicious. Instead of going to the watercooler each morning and hearing people gossip about "who got voted off this week", we'll hear about the clever joke that's being played- which I'm sure for many of us is a vast improvement and possibly even a sadistic thrill.