Joe Millionaire...did you watch

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Hi Gals,

I watched it.

I still have no idea how FOX can get away with this concept, but it is like a car wreck....don't wanna look, but you do. Only the official wreck hasn't happened yet...you just know it's coming.

They have this guy coached to know what wine goes with what food, etiquette, waltzing, etc. He seems to be rather uneasy with deceiving the women, but yet........ he's doing it.

Last night he wanted to try and catch the women of guard with an impromptu meeting outside "his" chateau, because, as his dad told him, if you want to know about woman's looks, look at her mom and also look at her without make-up. Well he rides up on a horse, says his quick hello and then he attempts to get back on the horse, but hits his chin on the saddle and stumbles. VERY Suave......LOL

The women have to attend a ball that night to formally meet him one on one. There are 20 women and FOX supplies exactly 20 dresses. (How deliciously evil and calculated is that?! lol) The women have to fight, bargain and some, cheat to get a dress they want. One of them gets stuck with a dress that doesn't fit at all, but lucks out when the seamstress swaps dresses with her and she ends up with one of the nicest ones.

Anyway, our dashing "millionaire" cuts 8 women after the ball. Leaving 12 which he gives each a strand of pearls. (Apparently each week the gifts will get more extravagant.)

The whole thing seems quite choppy and rushed. Next week he cuts 7 more. Leaving 5. How they plan to fill 5 more shows after that with only 5 women should be interesting.

For anyone who's a Trading Spaces fan...now we know what happened to the original host Alex McCleod...she's hosting this show. However, she's really stiff and robotic. Hopefully she'll loosen up, because watching her was painful.

The guy seems nice and actually rather shy and unsure of himself. That may just be due to all the lying he has to do which he isn't comfortable doing. He doesn't think quick when he gets taken off guard by the questions the women pose. One woman asked him his middle name and the guy froze like a deer in the headlights. It was funny to watch him unable to answer a simple question and how long it took him to come up with a response. (the producers were using his middle name as his last name for the show, so he ended up giving his mom's maiden name and saying it didn't flow well, so he never uses it...LAME...lol) PS...hope he doesn't use his mom's maiden name for banking and credit card security becuase he's screwed now....

What did you think?

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Hi Gals,

I watched it.

I still have no idea how FOX can get away with this concept, but it is like a car wreck....don't wanna look, but you do. Only the official wreck hasn't happened yet...you just know it's coming.

They have this guy coached to know what wine goes with what food, etiquette, waltzing, etc. He seems to be rather uneasy with deceiving the women, but yet........ he's doing it.

Last night he wanted to try and catch the women of guard with an impromptu meeting outside "his" chateau, because, as his dad told him, if you want to know about woman's looks, look at her mom and also look at her without make-up. Well he rides up on a horse, says his quick hello and then he attempts to get back on the horse, but hits his chin on the saddle and stumbles. VERY Suave......LOL

The women have to attend a ball that night to formally meet him one on one. There are 20 women and FOX supplies exactly 20 dresses. (How deliciously evil and calculated is that?! lol) The women have to fight, bargain and some, cheat to get a dress they want. One of them gets stuck with a dress that doesn't fit at all, but lucks out when the seamstress swaps dresses with her and she ends up with one of the nicest ones.

Anyway, our dashing "millionaire" cuts 8 women after the ball. Leaving 12 which he gives each a strand of pearls. (Apparently each week the gifts will get more extravagant.)

The whole thing seems quite choppy and rushed. Next week he cuts 7 more. Leaving 5. How they plan to fill 5 more shows after that with only 5 women should be interesting.

For anyone who's a Trading Spaces fan...now we know what happened to the original host Alex McCleod...she's hosting this show. However, she's really stiff and robotic. Hopefully she'll loosen up, because watching her was painful.

The guy seems nice and actually rather shy and unsure of himself. That may just be due to all the lying he has to do which he isn't comfortable doing. He doesn't think quick when he gets taken off guard by the questions women pose. One women asked himn his middle name and the guy froze like a deer in the headlights. It was funny to watch him unable to answer a simple question and how long it took him to come up with a response. (the producers were using his middle name as his last name for the show, so he ended up giving his mom's maiden name and saying it didn't flow well, so he never uses it...LAME...lol) PS...hope he doesn't use his mom's maiden name for banking and credit card security becuase he's screwed now....

What did you think?

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The above was a goof...I was trying to edit some mispellings and hit quote instead of edit....DUH!!

[Dmitri]

I watched it... It was pathetic... ILOVEDIT! It is showing how truly shallow these women are... I can't wait to see what happens when they find out he makes 19,000 a year...

And c'mon, Like this was the first time these girls got a pearl necklace from a guy they just met. (fox knew JUST what this meant)

[Tess des Baisers]

I saw the last part of it. The entire concept is horrible.

Imagine...to start off a relationship with such a deliberate lie! He says he hopes to find a woman who isn't interested in his "money" but wants him for himself??? Give me a break!

The guy looks nice. Tall, dark and handsome! Couldn't he find a good woman without this TV show??

It just goes to show you that some people will do anything to be on TV.

Now...a wench...a guy knows whats being offered

[Saphyne]

If I heard the words "fairy tale" one more time that show, I would have thrown something at the TV. Thankfully, I opted to change the channel after 15 minutes and checked back occasionally... though EVERY time, Iheard some stupid girl say "fairy tale".

Ew.

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I watched it... It was pathetic... ILOVEDIT! It is showing how truly shallow these women are... I can't wait to see what happens when they find out he makes 19,000 a year...

And c'mon, Like this was the first time these girls got a pearl necklace from a guy they just met. (fox knew JUST what this meant)

LOL...Dmitri, that went right over my head, but OMG.....that is *quite* a hidden suggestive....

Saphyne...yep....the idiot woman relaying how as a little girl she dreamed of being a fairy tale princess......Like she was the only little girl to ever do that....PUH-LEASE!! "My dream coming true!!!!" GAG

[Pearl_Fox]

No, I didn't watch it, I was at rehersal for a play that I am stage managing. Plus I didn't really think that it would be that good of a show to watch. But I am interested in seeing at least one episode when I get the chance. These women though, do they really think that he is this rich? Aren't any of them suspicious of anything?

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No, I didn't watch it, I was at rehersal for a play that I am stage managing. Plus I didn't really think that it would be that good of a show to watch. But I am interested in seeing at least one episode when I get the chance. These women though, do they really think that he is this rich? Aren't any of them suspicious of anything?

NOPE....the women have no diea, thus far. They all think he inherited $50 million 2 yrs ago.No reason for any of them to suspect a thing, unless this guy screws up. He claims he is terrible at lying, so it may very well happen.

[Magdalene]

No, I didn't watch it, I was at rehersal for a play that I am stage managing. Plus I didn't really think that it would be that good of a show to watch. But I am interested in seeing at least one episode when I get the chance. These women though, do they really think that he is this rich? Aren't any of them suspicious of anything?

NOPE....the women have no diea, thus far. They all think he inherited $50 million 2 yrs ago.No reason for any of them to suspect a thing, unless this guy screws up. He claims he is terrible at lying, so it may very well happen.

A friend of mine theorized the following:

"Joe" really IS a millionaire, and claiming that he only makes $19,000 a year is the lie. (My friend said that construction workers make a lot more than that, and he'd know better than I do.)

So he figures they'll tell the women who make the cut that he's only worth $19,000, see who stays and who walks...and whoever stays gets told he really *is* a millionaire.

Then I got to thinking....they're claiming these women are highly-paid professionals--doctors, executives, etc. etc. etc.

Maybe *that's* a lie too? Maybe these women in reality are waitresses, grade-school teachers, cashiers, that in the real world, "Joe" turned *his* nose up at?

Or maybe we're all just paranoid?



Magdalene