{"id":1295,"date":"2020-01-14T02:54:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T02:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pretendradio.org\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2021-04-11T16:37:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-11T16:37:34","slug":"s510-the-joe-schmo-show","status":"publish","type":"episode","link":"https:\/\/pretendradio.org\/episode\/s510-the-joe-schmo-show\/","title":{"rendered":"S510: The Joe Schmo Show"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Joe Schmo Show is a real-life Truman Show\u2014where everyone is an actor except one unsuspecting guy.<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV1818014543\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It\u2019s a reality show within a reality show.\u00a0<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/a\/a5\/Joe_Schmo_S1_logo.jpg\/260px-Joe_Schmo_S1_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/a\/a5\/Joe_Schmo_S1_logo.jpg\/260px-Joe_Schmo_S1_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/noscript>\n<figcaption>The Joe Schmo Show on Spike TV (2013)<\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The series everyone watched on SPIKE TV was called The Joe Schmo show. But the show Matt Kennedy Gould thought he was participating in was called The Lap of Luxury\u2014a Big Brother style television show. He had no idea that the people he was living with were all actors.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The series was created by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1116660\/\">Paul Wernick<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1014201\/\">Rhett Reese<\/a> (Deadpool). It was hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/theralphreport.com\/about\">Ralph Garman<\/a> and written and produced by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1114772\/\"> J. Holland Moore<\/a>. Season one starred a young <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1325419\/\">Kristen Wiig <\/a>who played a quack psychiatrist. I must warn you. This show did not age well. It would not survive in today\u2019s #metoo movement. 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