"The Joe Schmo Show" (2003)TV series 2003-2003

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:

Number In Title | Character Name In Title

Cast

Ralph Garman	...	Derek Newcastle 'The Pompous Host' / ... (18 episodes, 2003-2004)
Matt Kennedy Gould	...	Himself / ... (10 episodes, 2003-2004)
Tim Walsh	...	Himself - Joe Schmo (9 episodes, 2004)
Melissa Yvonne Lewis	...	Ashleigh Rivera / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
David Hornsby	...	'The Asshole' / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Tim Herzog	...	Austin 'The Bachelor' (9 episodes, 2004)
Angela Dodson	...	Molly Crabtree / ... (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	...	Carlos 'Kip' Calderas / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Kevin Kirkpatrick	...	Bryce 'The Stalker' (9 episodes, 2004)
Brian Keith Etheridge	...	Himself / ... (9 episodes, 2003)
Jessica Makinson	...	Eleanor 'The Weeper' (9 episodes, 2004)
Ingrid Wiese	...	Herself - 'The Schmo Turned Actress' / ... (9 episodes, 2004)
Kristen Wiig	...	Patricia 'Dr. Pat' Lane / ... (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:

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

Colour:

Colour

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 is giving a fake back story of the show before the cast plays a game]
Derek Newcastle: Well everyone, the original version of Last Chance for Love was actually done in England with myself as host. And we had many popular games we played on that show like, "Tally ho, ho, ho", "Who's in the loo?", and "Carton of Fags". We're now about to play my favorite of all the games, "Bangers and Mash".

Movie Connections:

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

Nicely Done.

WOW! From someone who really wants "Reality" shows to be taken off the air and all copies of all their tapes be destroyed utterly I really enjoy this show. I usually avoid "Reality" shows like the plague because of the fact that they appear so phony and the people on them really annoying but this one parodies those shows to the "T". Of course they will have to figure out a way to keep future "Joes" in the dark as to the real purpose of the show. After seeing this people will know that the show "Lapp of Luxury" is a fake and is really "The Joe Schmo Shoe". Unless when the producers poll potential candidates they (the applicants) have never seen any reality shows. It's possible but they have probably at least heard of the big ones like "Survivor" and "Big Brother". The producers will also have to keep finding new actors for the other "candidates", which isn't as difficult as finding the "Joes". I think being one of the actors on "The Joe Schmo Show" would be better than being a real contestant on any of those quote "Reality TV" shows.