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orinaccio

09-04-2009, 02:10 PM

Thought I'd ask - is anyone planning on tossing their VHS copies of their taped Joe Schmo 2 episodes now that they have a DVD edition?

The VHS recorded episodes very likely will have closed captioning intact, and I'd LOVE to have them ( will pay for shipping too). It'd be nice to have a captioned version of this show to accompany my DVD copy (which has no captions/subtitles).

On a related note, I see that "Joe Schmo 2" is on Mill Creek Entertainment "Best Sellers" page, which comes to no surprise to any of us here, I'm sure!

YCantAngieRead

10-04-2009, 02:35 PM

Hey Muggum-you're ridiculously busy right now, I'm sure, but I thought you'd like that there's a thread here about Zombieland!

http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?t=434581

Inundated

10-04-2009, 07:11 PM

He's gonna get too big a head for us, now...his little project just made $25 million in its box office opening, eating the competition alive! (Or, maybe undead. :D)

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ia1FPSxXY_CtWNU2djwNxRbGiU3wD9B4DSQO0

I am so thrilled that R&W have a hit on their hands.

YCantAngieRead

10-04-2009, 09:48 PM

Me too, even if it's not something I'd go see in the theatres.

I'm not so big on the horror genre. :o

IndyJones1023

10-04-2009, 09:53 PM

I'm not so big on the horror genre. :o

Neither am I. But I loved it!

YCantAngieRead

10-04-2009, 10:12 PM

Neither am I. But I loved it!

I was going to ask. I wondered if I was overestimating the amount of horror.

IndyJones1023

10-04-2009, 10:27 PM

I'd go so far as to say there's no horror at all. Just action and comedy.

Now, the action goes a bit gross due to the subject matter, but it's in an hysterical manner.

Ang, my dear stalker, go see this flick!

:)

YCantAngieRead

10-04-2009, 10:48 PM

orinaccio

10-05-2009, 02:41 PM

Congratulations Rhett & Paul!

muggum

10-05-2009, 04:35 PM

Really appreciate the support!

R

retrodog

10-05-2009, 05:14 PM

I'm looking forward to seeing ZombieLand but will probably wait for the DVD so that I can watch it on the big screen, and without all the kids screaming and running around. ;)

I love well made Zombie movies and have been waiting for a new one for a while.

So how did this thread turn into a chat room? :D

Inundated

10-05-2009, 05:57 PM

I'm pretty sure this is the first major Hollywood movie made by a TCF member. (Though we do have a decent amount of people in the movie business here.)

:D

Drinks are on Muggum! (What, he and Paul don't get that $25 million directly deposited into their bank accounts this week? ;) )

wendiness1

10-06-2009, 10:47 AM

What's the rating on this? Mike, you know my son. Is this something I could take him to?

Inundated

10-06-2009, 02:57 PM

It is rated R.

And I hate to say this...but...ummm...Wendy, I haven't seen it yet! :D

So I can't really give any advice on taking him. I guess the question is, can he deal with "horror violence'?

I've nailed down showtimes around here, and will probably see it either later this afternoon (4:30-5 PM showings), tonight or tomorrow.

IndyJones1023

10-06-2009, 03:14 PM

Horror violence that's light on the horror and heavy on over-the-top comedy.

marksman

10-06-2009, 06:36 PM

Oh wow did not make the connection. I was on the fence about seeing this, but I keep hearing good things about it, but now I will have to see it for sure.

Inundated

10-06-2009, 09:46 PM

Here's my mini-review of it (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=7535942#post7535942) on the Zombieland thread.

You undersold it, Indy. Damn, what a fun movie!!!

Wendy, I'm not sure how your son would react to parts of it...is he OK with "fantasy violence"? As Indy said, it really isn't over-the-top. In at least one scene, they backed off from showing a guy getting his head lopped off (by Tallahassee), but you know that's what they did.

There's about a 5 minute sequence not long after the opening, where they start showing some of the initial zombie attacks, that's a bit uncomfortable. The movie as a whole? Not at all. It spends much, much more time on the people and the relationships than the zombie killing.

Oh, certainly, it's there...Tallahassee alone can mow down a row of zombies like anyone's business, and does, frequently.

Zombies are shot and killed by handgun, by machine gun, by baseball bat, even by amusement park rides...but this is nearly always played as fantasy/cartoon violence, and is not the driving plot point each time it happens. Though killing zombies is a reality in this world, this is not a "let's go out and kill the zombies!" movie. Rhett wrote the thing, remember? :D

If your son can deal with that, and maybe if he can accept that "zombies are not real people", he might be OK.

Somewhere, there's a website that describes such points in detail, for parents to consider. I'll find it, see if they have Zombieland up, and forward it to you.

muggum

10-06-2009, 09:48 PM

Inundated

10-06-2009, 09:50 PM

Here you go, the "parents review" from ScreenIt (warning, LOTS of spoilers and specific plot points in this):

http://www.screenit.com/movies/2009/zombieland.html

Inundated

10-06-2009, 09:55 PM

...I'd take any kid old enough not to get scared. Meaning probably 12 and up. But I'm a little liberal/lenient when it comes to that. It's a gory movie, and there are some f-bombs, but largely, it's harmless. My $.02.

You also get a cut. :D

There are other issues with Wendy and her son, and I don't know if anything would be a trigger for him. I would say that if she's at all worried, see it first without him, then bring him along for the second watch. I know I want to see it again...

Oh, I have a note in your FB inbox...let's spread the word! I'm being your volunteer Ohio PR guy again. :D

wendiness1

10-07-2009, 09:56 AM

In at least one scene, they backed off from showing a guy getting his head lopped off (by Tallahassee), but you know that's what they did.

(Calls the caregiver . . . )

Inundated

10-07-2009, 11:10 AM

(Calls the caregiver . . . )

You know your son. :) I was actually impressed that they didn't show any of the gory part of that, but I can see how you'd be concerned.

Go see it, with or without him. It's really not overwhelmed in nasty gore, aside from the brief sections I've talked about...oh, and the fact that zombies, as a general rule, are bloody and icky. :D

Treat it like you'd treat the over-the-top stuff about semi-naked women and sexual innuendo in JS...it's part of the package, but not the reason you're there (or I'm there, or THEY'RE there). The people story is quite satisfying, and the characters are well portrayed.

marksman

02-22-2010, 02:23 PM

I just had an idea for a Joe Schmo 3. Have the announcer/host be the dupe for the show.

DevdogAZ

02-22-2010, 02:39 PM

I just had an idea for a Joe Schmo 3. Have the announcer/host be the dupe for the show.
But Ralph Garman is the best! Doing the show without him just wouldn't fee right.

Besides, how do you propose that would work? The announcer/host would be involved in production meetings and all kinds of behind the scenes stuff. Do you expect the whole production crew to keep the secret from the host, even when they're not filming and not at the set? I think that would be incredibly difficult.

Maybe the next Schmo could slowly come to the realization that he's the only one in the house that isn't a zombie.

Waldorf

05-13-2010, 12:38 PM

Just in case anyone doesn't have it yet.

http://www.deepdiscount.com/deals_daily-deep-deal/

Joe Schmo 2 for $4.49 shipped... is it okay to post deals here? I know the avsforum guys get bent out of shape about it.

Edited to add: This was the "deal of the day" on May 13th, 2010, so I apologize in advance to future deal-seekers. :(

boywaja

07-27-2010, 07:16 PM

saw Rhett tweet (http://twitter.com/RhettReese/status/19685975537) that Spike is running a Joe Schmo (original edition) marathon on saturday. Does anyone happen to know if this was "filmed" in HD originally?

Inundated

07-27-2010, 10:08 PM

Pretty sure there was no HD either for TJSS or JS2, but Rhett can verify himself...besides, Spike didn't have an HD version back then!

boywaja

07-28-2010, 12:20 AM

yeah, I was just hoping. But it does seem unlikely.

muggum

07-28-2010, 01:06 PM

I don't anticipate any HD/Blu-Ray. What we have is what we have!

DancnDude

07-28-2010, 01:56 PM

I'm excited to see this again. I've got it set up to record. Thanks for posting!

aindik

07-28-2010, 01:59 PM

I don't anticipate any HD/Blu-Ray. What we have is what we have!

I think the folks were just asking whether the upcoming reruns might be in HD. Not whether there would be a release on physical HD media.

Inundated

07-28-2010, 08:55 PM

I think the folks were just asking whether the upcoming reruns might be in HD. Not whether there would be a release on physical HD media.

And I think what Our Man Muggum(tm) is saying is that they don't have any HD footage, since they (I presume) shot in SD...remember, this was 2003!

I seem to recall seeing pretty standard SD TV video cameras, like the type local news outlets were using at the time...the show was not done on film, so they can't "convert" it to HD, either for over air use on Spike HD or on any Blu-ray disc...

innocentfreak

07-31-2010, 06:57 PM

I forgot how much I liked this show and how hot the chicks were.

Inundated

07-31-2010, 10:51 PM

Grr, I was out and missed it entirely! I just got home. No working DVR right now, TiVo or otherwise.

Not a huge deal, because I do have all the DVDs, but I'd love to have seen it "live". Guess I'll have to Roll My Own Schmo-thon!

Inundated

07-31-2010, 11:03 PM

Catching the last part of the Ralph sit-down with MKG...it's running over for some reason!

Regina

08-01-2010, 08:55 AM

Catching the last part of the Ralph sit-down with MKG...it's running over for some reason!

Watched part of it myself-geez, couldn't Spike (or someone) spring for some teeth whitening for MKG? His teeth are YELLOW! ;):o

YCantAngieRead

08-02-2010, 10:00 PM

Darn it. I missed it, too-on vacation. I have the DVDs though. Maybe it's time for a rewatch.

TIVOSciolist

08-06-2010, 10:10 PM

Happy Birthday, Ingrid!

Based on an interview in which you discussed what your mother said to you when she found out about the show, I've come up with a motto upon which I have tried to live my life these past few years: "Don't embarrass the family."

It has worked well for me so far.

muggum

11-06-2010, 05:24 PM

I should have some Joe Schmo news, albeit very tangential (sorry, no Joe 3... this is news of a different sort), early next year.

But my real reason for posting... shameless, even more tangential self-promotion. My first novel is finally out:

http://www.amazon.com/Anxiety-ebook/dp/B0046A9SY4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1289077936&sr=8-1

I had the pleasure of watching some of Joe Schmo 1 when it re-aired a couple months back. So fun to watch Matt again. Small update: MKG is doing great, with a wonderful wife and kids, back in his beloved Pittsburgh.

See you all soon!

Rhett

Inundated

11-06-2010, 06:15 PM

Now, really, if you can't self-promote in this thread, where can you? :D

i do not have a Kindle, but it looks like i can get it on the Android version of the Kindle e-reader software. I'll check it out ASAP! I've been reading your writings in one form or another for 7 years, why not a novel? ;)

And good to hear about MKG, and glad he's back in Da Burgh.

YCantAngieRead

11-06-2010, 07:57 PM

Man, it must be really rewarding to have something you've worked for for so long come to fruition.

I'll be buying it as soon as I get a Kindle, which I hope is sooner rather than later.

Inundated

11-06-2010, 08:12 PM

I'll be buying it as soon as I get a Kindle, which I hope is sooner rather than later.

There is also Kindle software for the PC, and the pull down list on Rhett's book says it is indeed compatible...and I presume it'll be readable on the actual Kindle as well, whenever you get it...(presumably without having to buy it again!)

getreal

11-07-2010, 01:33 AM

Man, it must be really rewarding to have something you've worked for for so long come to fruition.

I'll be buying it as soon as I get a Kindle, which I hope is sooner rather than later.

Write a letter to Santa ... :)

YCantAngieRead

11-07-2010, 10:39 PM

Write a letter to Santa ... :)

That's what I'm hoping for. :D

muggum

11-08-2010, 06:36 PM

Avail on PC, Mac, Droid, Iphone, Ipad, Kindle!

Inundated

11-08-2010, 11:25 PM

I told a co-worker about this tonight. He's gonna buy it...

marksman

04-21-2011, 04:36 AM

There is a show on Comedy Central that started last week called Workaholics. It is very peculiar and way crude, but has been entertaining so far. So I was checking out who was behind it, and Brian Keith Etheridge (played himself as the friend on Joe Schmo), is credited as the writer for all 10 episodes.

Thought I would throw that out there for any Schmo fans.

TIVOSciolist

08-06-2011, 08:08 PM

For those of you who have been missing out, here is the link to Ingrid Wiese Hesson's great Pop Culture Casualty blog about life, her daughter, her husband, and living in Los Angeles: http://popculturecasualty.blogspot.com/

Happy birthday Ingrid!

mattack

08-08-2011, 10:58 PM

Who is she?

innocentfreak

08-08-2011, 11:07 PM

Wasn't she on the second Schmo and the contestant who figured it out?

cheerdude

08-08-2011, 11:09 PM

Who is she?

Wasn't she on the second Schmo and the contestant who figured it out?

Yep...

Inundated

08-09-2011, 01:13 PM

Yep, the one and only Ingrid Wiese, now happily married and a mother to boot.

The other "Jane Schmo", Amanda Naughton, is happily married as well. Don't know if she has a kid yet or not, it's been a while since I caught up with her.

IndyJones1023

08-09-2011, 02:04 PM

The other Jane Schmo?

cheerdude

08-09-2011, 03:03 PM

The other Jane Schmo?

When Ingrid figured out what was going on ... they brought in another Jane Schmo to take her place. At the same time, they kept Ingrid in -- as long as she didn't say anything to the other Schmos.

It's been a while since I've seen JS2, so I may not be describing it 100% correctly

IndyJones1023

08-09-2011, 03:05 PM

Oh, I totally forgot about that.

aindik

08-09-2011, 03:11 PM

Oh, I totally forgot about that.

Me too. My memory was that they started the season with two schmoes, a man and a woman. The woman was Ingrid, she figured it out, they brought her in as an actor, and finished the show with only one schmoe. Though, I haven't watched since its original run, so I could be completely wrong.

I think a year or two ago I saw Ingrid at a CVS in Center City Philadelphia.

Amnesia

09-20-2011, 07:49 AM

Anyone else catch Valerie Azlynn as a uniformed cop on last night's Castle?

Inundated

09-24-2011, 01:40 PM

Anyone else catch Valerie Azlynn as a uniformed cop on last night's Castle?

But...did Tim?

:D

(Man, that's an old line. He probably has forgotten Valerie/Piper entirely by now!)

Inundated

09-24-2011, 01:41 PM

And yes, Amanda Naughton was the second "Jane". She was even on TCF and posted in one of the JS2 threads! (The Finale thread, I think.)

Inundated

09-24-2011, 02:29 PM

Amanda visits TCF:
http://archive2.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=2154096&&#post2154096

Ingrid visits TCF:
http://archive2.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=2145933&&#post2145933

TIVOSciolist

09-27-2011, 04:22 PM

Anyone else catch Valerie Azlynn as a uniformed cop on last night's Castle?

Valerie seems to be the go-to girl whenever an episode needs a hot and talented young actress. She has been in so many great shows.

I also watched Natasha Leggero last week on the Tonight Show, where she appeared as a regular guest and not a stand-up comic. Whenever I see these actors, along with Kristen Wiig on SNL or Jon Huertas on Castle, I am reminded how lucky we were that Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick were able to recognize their early talent when choosing these actors for the Joe Schmo series.

getreal

09-27-2011, 05:18 PM

I also watched Natasha Leggero last week on the Tonight Show, where she appeared as a regular guest and not a stand-up comic.

Natasha is in the new Hank Azaria sitcom "Free Agents", as well as regular appearances on the panel of "Chelsea lately".

Tracy

01-09-2012, 11:13 AM

mattack

01-09-2012, 10:41 PM

Are there commentaries or other extras?

getreal

01-10-2012, 03:15 AM

For Christmas I got my husband the DVDs to Joe Schmo and Joe Schmo 2. We had watched the show back in the day and really enjoyed it. It is just as fun the second time around. This time we are watching it with our two kids--ages 14 and 18. It can be cringe-worthy at times....like every time that they say that Austin will give each girl the ultimate expression of his love--a pearl necklace. The kids are loving it, though.

We finished the first season right after Christmas and are almost done with JS2. I need to revisit this thread more completely and show the kids some stuff. :)

Really? You watched the first season DVDs with your kids??

My DVDs of Season One featuring Matt Kennedy Gould is completely uncensored. There are no bleeps in the language, and there is no blurring of the models in the various naked challenges. I had lent it to my (now ex-GF) to watch with her, and she innocently lent it to her 77 yr. old Dad, not knowing that it was uncensored. He said it wasn't to his tastes, and I eventually got them back.

BTW, that had nothing to do with our long-distance relationship ending after 5 great years. :)

PS: Here is a link to a Joe Schmo Matching Game (http://www.cartoonistsonline.com/games/jssGame.html)I had created back in the day. NOTE: It was done in Flash, so it won't work on an iPad or iPhone. :(

wendiness1

01-10-2012, 10:18 AM

Thank you, Rhett Reese, for supporting the "end the R word" campaign.

http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/01/09/phoebe-holmes-being-retarded-blog-post

Tracy

01-10-2012, 12:03 PM

Really? You watched the first season DVDs with your kids??

Yup. I didn't really remember it when we started. At first there was just some language--nothing they don't hear every day--remember they are 14 (15 in a week) and 18. The first real shocker was a challenge called something like "Keep a Hand on a Hooker" which showed a topless "model" and people putting their body parts on her body parts. In both seasons they have 1 or 2 challenges with naked-ish models. The worst thing in the second season is a scene where Cami (the moron) has to try to raise Tim's heart rate and she does it with some explicit dirty talk. Another moment where I give a groan that I am watching this with my teenagers.

My attitude is that this is nothing they probably haven't seen before and it is all in good fun. I'm not a prude and don't think that sex or the human body is something that we should be ashamed of or afraid to acknowledge. At the same time, it isn't like I intentionally seek these things out, either. There it was, it was funny, and there was nothing more to it.

Tracy

01-10-2012, 12:04 PM

Are there commentaries or other extras?

For the first season, there is a commentary during the finale episode that we haven't listened to yet. There doesn't seem to be anything for the second season. It is pretty bare bones.

DancnDude

01-10-2012, 12:29 PM

I watched a marathon of Season 1 a few months back. I had recorded them all and had them saved on the TiVo. It was still quite funny and entertaining.

"Hand on a high-priced Hooker" :D

DevdogAZ

01-10-2012, 01:39 PM

I watched a marathon of Season 1 a few months back. I had recorded them all and had them saved on the TiVo. It was still quite funny and entertaining.

"Hand on a high-priced Hooker" :D
The best part about the "Hand on a High-Priced Hooker" challenge was that the producers hired an established porn star and Matt Kennedy Gould totally recognized her and was super excited.

Maui

01-10-2012, 04:43 PM

Wow, I see that you can get both season on DVD for under $15.

I may have to revisit them both soon.

YCantAngieRead

01-10-2012, 08:11 PM

I haven't watched Season 1 in a long, long time. Maybe I should as well.

drumorgan

01-11-2012, 10:47 AM

I think that was the show that first brought me here to TCF

getreal

01-11-2012, 01:54 PM

I think that was the show that first brought me here to TCF

It did that for me as well. A bunch of us migrated here from that angry, over-moderated other forum.

wendiness1

01-11-2012, 03:30 PM

Yep, Inundated brought me here because of this show.

YCantAngieRead

01-11-2012, 08:48 PM

Ditto!

Inundated

01-12-2012, 04:27 AM

Yep, Inundated brought me here because of this show.

Ditto!

A very good part of my "legacy" on TCF, as it were :D

tiams

01-12-2012, 10:04 AM

A very good part of my "legacy" on TCF, as it were :D

what is this other forum that so many people came from originally?

YCantAngieRead

01-12-2012, 10:45 AM

Fans of reality TV.

orinaccio

01-23-2012, 05:53 PM

I watched a marathon of Season 1 a few months back. I had recorded them all and had them saved on the TiVo. It was still quite funny and entertaining.

"Hand on a high-priced Hooker" :D

Wish there'd be a marathon of season 2. The DVD does not include captions so I've been waiting in the hopes one will take place so I can DVR it. In fact ive set my tivo to autorecord any show with "joe schmo" in the title ;)