The Audience are the Schmo's....

It's just a fun TV show that spoofs other reality shows.


That being said, the thing that made Joe Schmo 1 was the timing. It came along at a point where just about every reality show on the air was super serious and followed the same format.

Joe Schmo 1 was a breath of fresh air that completely spoofed shows like The Real World, The Bachelor, and Survivor.

Well okay, Real World started about a decade prior to Joe Schmo 1... but Surivor was on it's 4th season and Bachelor was hitting it's 2nd season when Joe Schmo 1 came alone.


Now... there's all kinds of wacky reality shows out there, so the impact of this third season is nowhere near what the impact of prior seasons were. I feel like the producers are WAY trying to overcompensate. Sometimes less can be more, and if (highly doubtful) there is ever a fourth season, hopefully they will have learned their lesson.



All of this is just my opinon. I still enjoy Joe Schmo because I'm a huge Ralph Garman fan and because I made a decision from the 2nd episode on to not nitpick and to just shut my brain off and enjoy the off the wall antics. It's definitely not season 1... but it's better than the 16th season of The Bachelor or the 25th season of Survivor (in my opinion at least). At least the show doesn't take itself so damn seriously like all of those other shows. It's stupid/cheesy humor, but I dont know... isn't there a place for that on TV? Especially on a network like Spike.

Chase Rogan has a master's degree from Penn State. He runs his own business. And the producers are surprised he's not an idiot?

"What?" - Don Draper

His reaction to the gross out competition tells me he knows. Just standing around looking on the ground not reacting much. Wasn't buying it at all. Either he knows or he's in on it and wasn't on his game.

Chase is bad at acting, I could tell his reactions were fake the first time I watched this show. The producers are ball-less idiots for not just making a real show.