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Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 22-JUN-2004
Media Type: DVD

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #42577 in DVD
• Brand: GOULD,MATT KENNEDY
• Released on: 2004-06-22
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 3
• Dimensions: .62 pounds
• Running time: 486 minutes

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Spike TV's first season of The Joe Schmo Show is a real-life variation on the Jim Carrey comedy The Truman Show, in which Carrey played a man unaware he is the star of a television series, living on an enormous set and surrounded by actors playing family, co-workers, neighbors, etc. Joe Schmo fools a gregarious, likable 27-year-old fellow, Matt Kennedy Gould, into believing he's part of the cast of a reality-TV program called Lap of Luxury, competing for a $100,000 prize by surviving humiliating trials and those inevitable, once-per-week evictions of unlucky contestants. What Gould doesn't know is that his competitors--all living in the same house under the watchful eye of an ubiquitous production crew--are all actors playing sundry reality-TV stereotypes: the token gay guy, the good-looking sweetheart, the good-looking bitch, the clown, Mr. Macho, the borderline-pariah, etc.

The eight episodes in The Joe Schmo Show: Season One Uncensored look and sound like any other reality gimmick, though part of what makes the series fun are little risk elements that threaten to blow open the whole scheme or at least create suspicion in Gould's mind. There are several occasions in which one or another actor gets confused about a character detail and Gould wonders about apparent contradictions; once or twice, actors have to leave a situation because they are close to cracking up. For the most part, however, the tall, gullible, good-natured hero bonds with his "housemates" and keeps a smile on while participating in underwear-swapping contests, gross-out meals, and tense elimination rituals. The final episode, in which Gould is told the truth, is surprisingly moving. This DVD set includes extensive supplementary material, including Gould's after-the-fact, mixed responses to many of his experiences. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews

Perhaps "Unbleeped" is more accurate
When this show first aired, I was HOOKED! And now that I own the first season on DVD, I'm reminded of why I got hooked.

As for my review of the DVD, I have few gripes, and plenty of praise!

The luxury of seeing the show in DVD quality is of course a plus. And I like that they included the "Coming up next" sections that came right before a commercial break (No, no commercials during the episodes here, thankfully)

The audio commentary on disk 3 (the finale) is hilarious, as are most of the uncensored deleted scenes. And not that *I* personally needed to see how they created the *ahem* "food" that Matt was challenged to eat during the "The Meal" challenge, it was still funny to see the behind-the-scenes of that stunt.

There's also some additional "eviction" footage, but it's more of like "now-I'm-out-of-character-and-commenting-about-Matt" footage. Which isn't a bad thing really, since you DO get to see how different the actors are from their characters.

The "chocolate sauce on models" extended sequence is not as hot as it might sound. The models are already covered in chocolate when the sequence begins, so no bare bodies are to be found. But if you like low level bi fun, or just want to see what three chocolate covered models look like in DVD quality, check it out.

One gripe, which is actually more of clarification really, is that the show is not actually shown "uncensored." Unbleeped, definitely! I know that some of the guys (and maybe some girls) want to get this DVD set because they want to see Molly's pool "fall out" and see some model nippage (I know this, because it's one of the first questions I've been asked when fellow fans hear I have the DVD set) Well, if that's your main reason for getting this DVD set, let me save you $40 and let you know it ain't gonna be in this set. Yes, the wet t-shirt challenge IS unblurred, so if you want to spend the bucks for THAT, then go have at it.
(Personally, if THAT'S your bag, it would seem to be a better investment to use that same $40 and get a full on, triple X, stroke-til-you-choke, porno!)

And my only other gripe, is that for 3 disks and just a handful of extras, buyers may feel they didn't get their $40 worth. Personally, I would have walked away happy if it had been around $10 cheaper.

That's My Opinion, But You're Welcome To It

"Uncensored Version... What Did Rhett Just Say to Me?"
That's from Matt when he saw Tawny Roberts when doing the commentary for the uncensored finale. Just one of many funny things on a very funny DVD.

First, you'll get to watch all the episodes without logos, commercials, promos over the closing credits or other such nonsense. This is great in itself and even if you've been a regular watcher of the show (maybe more than once), I think you'll still laugh. For more fun, try using your DVD's pause / slow motion feature during the director's meetings to pick up things you might not have noticed before.

The special features are pretty sweet. One of the best ones is what I mentioned above - a commentary on the finale by Matt Kennedy Gould and executive producer Rhett Reese. Since the finale also includes a look-back at the entire season, you'll get to hear their thoughts on that as well. You'll also catch up on how Matt's doing now and some of his deepest thoughts on what during the show.

As for the actual bonus features section, you get Deleted Scenes, Chocolate-Covered Models featurette, the Making of a Meal and additional Eviction footage. Of these, I'd have to say that the most interesting and revealing is definitely the Eviction footage. You get the complete commentary of what the cast had to say to Matt after they were "evicted," plus Matt's full commentary afterwards. You'll recognize the bits and pieces that were shown during the program, but this is the chance to see the entire thing and pick up a lot of stuff that got cut before. Of the Deleted Scenes, the two funniest are Matt's Breakdown and a Fish Story from Kip. The breakdown is very funny and almost alone makes the DVD worth it.

Finally, to those who are complaining about the censorship, I just have to say that I don't think it's any big deal. For one thing, when they censored Brian's nipples, that was a joke. And, come on, do you really want to see Brian's naughty bits anyway? Or Kip's? If that's the only thing you're tuning in for, then it seems you're not appreciating everything the show/DVD has to offer. Oh, and by way of explanation, the main cast of the show probably had contracts that said they couldn't show that --- at least for the stuff that wasn't just a joke.

Very good entertaining show.
I don't know how the show did in the ratings but I know I was in front of my TV every Tuesday to watch what would happen next. While watching the show I thought man it would be nice to see the uncensored version of the show and to see some extra behind the scenes footage . When the DVD came out saying uncensored I went and bought it expecting everything to be shown and every word to be said. Well every word is said but everything is not shown. Is it just me or is that false advertising or what? I would have also like to have seen more bonus features but even though I still give the DVD 5 stars because the show itself is fun to watch. The 2nd season is on right now and to me it looks even better then the first one. Can't wait till it is on DVD and I hope the don't lie this time about the uncensored version. If you have not seen the show get the DVD and sit back and enjoy.