He Thought He Had Friends. They Were Paid Actors
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Does anyone remember this weird reality TV show? (The Joe Schmo Show)
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@T1J Жыл бұрын
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@pimplyface64 11 ай бұрын
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@jake.bennett 10 ай бұрын
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@PokemontrainerFog 9 ай бұрын
came in for the comments just to say it was the original jury duty 😅
@nick-illcityreppin-sknk 9 ай бұрын
"PRETTY WOKE FOR A STRAIGHT WHITE GUY" no it's the basic principle of being a decent human. I dislike you a lot
@STONEBO47 9 ай бұрын
They did bro dirty
@TheMediaMachine Жыл бұрын
Update on Matt Kennedy - after breakup with his girlfriend, he worked on himself to start fresh. He got married, and now has a two children and a stepson. He started working at a logistics company, where the most recent news confirms he still works.
@vanesslifeygo Жыл бұрын
why'd they breakup
@user-lv8rf9tm1f Жыл бұрын
@@vanesslifeygo becquse he finqlly found what he was looking for in relationships, I hope.
@vonolemaxle3040 Жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks for the update. I usually don't give time about an internet who, but damn, this Matt bloke deserves a happy life.
@grannwey Жыл бұрын
That's great. He deserves a happy life
@mb.4670 Жыл бұрын
Does he have real friends now???
@ComradeCatpurrnicus Жыл бұрын
What a masterclass in cruelty and manipulation. I really can't believe they saw The Truman Show and thought "let's essentially do that". I'm glad Matt's humanity and kindness threw a wrench in their horrible intentions.
@code8825 Жыл бұрын
Exactly, I’m a minute in and I’m just immediately like “oh okay, so they did the Truman show but for real.” Like wtf they knew what they were doing
@fungus_am0nguz644 Жыл бұрын
Dude there was a show in Japan in the 90s i think, that took a man pretending it was going to be a prize show with other contestants and they took him blindfolded and left him in a room for months, dude months, like he had to win stupid challenges to win a soup or some shit to eat, when it was finished he looked like a POW, like torture, theres a YT video that goes deep in that story. unreal.
@kiticanax1421 Жыл бұрын
@@fungus_am0nguz644 I was shocked to discover he was a character in the video game 428: Shibuya Scramble.
@HO1ySh33t Жыл бұрын
@@fungus_am0nguz644 oh yeah that guy was Nasubi
@xxdeviousv2 Жыл бұрын
What a fucking nightmare. The result of the mental/emotional abuse inflicted upon him could have ended in tragedy.
@solblackguy Жыл бұрын
I actually remember watching Joe Schmo in its entirety as episodes were still airing. Matt's reaction at the end was priceless when everyone was revealing that they were actors. He went up to "The Friend" character and asked/pleaded that he wasn't an actor. "The Friend" said "I'm an actor, but I'll still be your friend" and Matt hugged him. The premise of the show was trashy, but it brought out how wholesome Matt was.
@user-su2ou2zx6k Жыл бұрын
what is "funny" is that the producers didn't change the script because they felt deeply sorry aftewards for Matt, but because they saw the audience reaction and were annoyed they would become the bad guys.
@sneakytacos773 Жыл бұрын
@@user-su2ou2zx6kHollywood & narcissism, one in the same 😂
@isaiahromero9861 Жыл бұрын
"Priceless"? To me it's horrifying, can you imagine how traumatizing this would be? Apparently this really fucked with this dudes mental health (obviously)
@solblackguy Жыл бұрын
@@isaiahromero9861 priceless as in wholesome because he actually grew fond of the actors. Matt was such a genuine pure guy
@l.2620 11 ай бұрын
@@solblackguySo priceless that he developed trust issues and went on to worsen his addiction to alcohol and weed! How wholesome!
@WuffieGG 11 ай бұрын
For people who ever say that kindness doesn't pay, look at Matt. He singlehandedly and unintentionally beat cruelty with how genuinely kind he was as a person. I wish more Reality Shows had a Matt that would force their sinister "game setups" into more wholesome formats. We need more of that!
@thecoolestofthe834s2 11 ай бұрын
which he wasted the money on booze and weed and could even trust his own mother for a while after that yep kindess sure does pay...
@doubleaabattery7562 10 ай бұрын
@@thecoolestofthe834s2 He has 2 kids, a loving wife, and an amazing job. He also appeared on the show in season 2 soooo yeah.
@peshka96024 10 ай бұрын
Nah lol, Matts just lucky one, there is millions of people like Matt that at the end gets horrible lifes and we should spread awareness on that
@amandasunshine2 9 ай бұрын
@@peshka96024yeah he was so lucky for these people to traumatize him 😒
@amandasunshine2 9 ай бұрын
Kindness won him trauma. It usually does.
@sulffojus1227 Жыл бұрын
Imagine being such a cool dude that you singlehandedly changed the plot of the whole reality show you’re in without even knowing you’re in one
@LonthaDon Жыл бұрын
Sigma fr
@thatanonwholurksmoar7386 Жыл бұрын
A true main character
@sarinabina5487 Жыл бұрын
Literally the definition of based. Also fuck the producers and actors
@ultimaxkom8728 Жыл бұрын
There's a main character. Then there's _the_ main character.
@ultimateslinger9857 Жыл бұрын
That’s some real Truman show mess right there
@that_pan_chick8650 Жыл бұрын
To watch a grown man, in 2003, cry as his COMPETITION is voted out, shows you that even if this had been a real game show, he truly cared about people and probably felt that he was the reason these people wouldn’t get the money he assumes they need.
@lastyhopper2792 Жыл бұрын
Competitor?
@ddennis2430 Жыл бұрын
@@lastyhopper2792 I'm not sure what you and the 6 people who liked your comment don't understand here
@lastyhopper2792 Жыл бұрын
@@ddennis2430 I don't know much about english, if you're a native english speaker, then I'd assume that the word 'competition' could either means two things: the competition event itself, or the participant that partake in said event. Which to me and the other 6 people, is quite counter-intuitive. For 'creation' always refers to the thing that's being created, while 'creator' always refers to the one who acted upon the creation. Same as, execution: executioner. Condition: conditioner. Etc.
@dominicstreif7628 Жыл бұрын
@@lastyhopper2792 the word competition however also refers to multiple people who compete against you in a competition. You can use the word competitors instead but the world competitor is singular while competition refers to multiple competitors.
@KiraPlaysGuitar Жыл бұрын
@@lastyhopper2792 Lot's of counter-intuition in English. Competition is weird, you're right that it is the event, and "competitor" would be the person, but it is also correct to call the people who you compete against your "competition". You are competing in the event, this is a competition, but you are also competing with your competitors, who can be called "your competition". You don't only have to win the event (the competition) you have to beat your opponents (your competition). You are also a competitor, but you are not your own competition.
@Carolina-fe3vd Жыл бұрын
I can’t even imagine the toll this would take psychologically… I hope he’s doing well
@bigbuba5212 Жыл бұрын
According to another commentor it really did take a toll on him for years but he eventually overcame it
@danielvictor3262 Жыл бұрын
I feel so sorry for him he poured his whole heart out throughout the whole show and in the end they literally tried to break down his ability to trust someone because it did affect him when the closes friend he had in the show confessed about being an actor and asking for apology he kept asking if he's still acting.
@armingleiner5292 10 ай бұрын
Why? I think it is hilarious. Also everybody knows that reality shows are scripted anyway.
@ReiAnikaAyanami 10 ай бұрын
@@armingleiner5292oh god you're one of those ben shapiro fanboys
@skunkgucc 7 ай бұрын
That’s insane I just binged watched it and he looks like he’s having fun, maby the people around him laughed about it and he felt like everybody else was doing so
@BigMackWitSauce Жыл бұрын
I did not expect to get so emotional learning about some dumb reality show, wow that guy was so deserving of that money, I wonder what he's up to these days Edit: I found a short article from 2017. Matt was troubled by his time on the show for a long time, feeling ashamed by the experience. Eventually however he came to terms with it and also shrugged off a drug problem in the years after the show and has been sober ever since. It didn't give an exact time frame for this but it sounds like he struggled with some sort of addiction issue for several years, perhaps as many as 5 after the show. Today Matt is married, has two kids and 1 step kid, and has worked a steady job for many years. He eventually came to terms with his time on the show and it took him a while to believe that that people really did admire him for his time on the show, and he says it no longer bothers him and he feels more positive about the whole thing.
@TamaraWoods Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this update. It makes me so sad that he felt so conflicted afterward. That man had genuine trauma from his experience.
@MooMooCow95 Жыл бұрын
Seeing him cry really hit me hard. I haven't watched the show and don't know his backstory, but sending his father figure home definitely hit a cord in him deeper than just "oh no they sent my friend home." Wishing Matt and his family all the best. Anyone who can stand up to this level of bullying and still maintain their humanity is a superhero.
@abidurreza268 10 ай бұрын
wait A step kid ? did his wife have kids before ?
@KUSOSOUND 8 ай бұрын
just goes to show how pure this man is. even after all that hes somehow come out the same if not better than before. just a shame it had to happen in the first place all over some entertainment..
@apexnext 7 ай бұрын
@@abidurreza268that's how stepkids work 😊
@ledfloyd9035 Жыл бұрын
Matt beat the producers. He beat them at their own game he didn't even know he was playing! They wanted to make Matt look like a goofy moron but what they got was a genuine, kind and loving person. I'm happy Matt was able to walk away with 100k and never betrayed his true self.
@red_words Жыл бұрын
"Producers" LOL is that what you call demons these days...oh wait yeah
@diollinebranderson6553 Жыл бұрын
@@red_words bro what have you got against producers? You saw this one thing and automatically came to the conclusion they all done this? That's so random.
@red_words Жыл бұрын
@Diolline Branderson Hellywood is pretty self-explanatory. People got demons, and they dont even know it.
@mariya_tortilla Жыл бұрын
i think anyone would have been absolutely crushed and would react that way i think
@Psy342 Жыл бұрын
He was such a good person that the audience noticed & heavily on his side. Forcing the producers to change. For many reasons the biggest is so they don’t get backlash
@bripost Жыл бұрын
One of my favorite moments on this show was when they were all in a hot tub together and played a game called "Kiss the Ugly Frog" in which they all took turns saying nice things to one another. When it was time for Matt to be the subject, all the actors (while still in character) gave their actual true feelings about him, and it was a really touching moment.
@TotalBlackoutPainting Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I remember that. It was pretty touching.
@SERVO-SALVO Жыл бұрын
Yup, all on the television screen still..
@LiveforHM Жыл бұрын
What episode was that?
@mrspicolli Жыл бұрын
The actors, real feelings about him? The actors have real feelings that Trump causes hurricanes and shit. It’s still just actors feelings. Not reasonable, thought out, articulate, talking points descriptions of their emotions that they have been faking.
@igotzelda Жыл бұрын
I remember they were doing some kinda water event and they blurred the chubby guys man boobs 🤣
@nutherefurlong Жыл бұрын
Guy basically defeated a real life conspiracy with his heart. Thank you for sharing this, if I'd even heard of this then it's the kind thing I'd have instantly avoided. Glad you told this story, and glad I gritted my teeth and endured that premise. I never would have seen his victory
@noname_joe4854 11 ай бұрын
What a cruel, fucked up thing. I am sick to my stomach. He propbably has/had trust issues after this and no amount of money can change the humiliation he experienced. And I am sure he values friendship more than money, the betrayal he must have felt finding out his "role model" and friends were just there to intentionally hurt him I can't even imagine. I hope he is doing ok now, high five for being such a stand up guy that you completely change the script.
@KwikBR 11 ай бұрын
idk about that if i got 100k i wouldnt care if my life was a lie
@EnnoMaffen 5 ай бұрын
@@KwikBR Oh you absolutely would. If somebody manages to fuck with your social psyche on a fundamental level, you'll most likely want to end yourself. Human beings are social creatures through and through. Disrupt that and society becomes hell on earth. Trust and love is everything for us. Except for the very few sociopaths, but statistically it's unlikely you're one of them.
@SilentiumCivis 4 ай бұрын
It’s not that serious & you know you don’t care that much. Sick to your stomach? Stop the bull
@YungSteambuns 4 ай бұрын
The whole experience was a tv production, im 99% he can disassociate that from his at home life and have 0 trust issues
@fzzx_4061 3 ай бұрын
Silentium, debes crecer
@DirtyMikeandTheBoyz Жыл бұрын
Dude was such a good person... that he made professional paid actors break character.. ❤️ wholesome
@brian_Austin27 Жыл бұрын
Right ironic tho😂😂😭😭
@austin2727 Жыл бұрын
Bruh he's an actor too
@gamershadow8 Жыл бұрын
@@austin2727 proof: "i made it the F up" 🤡
@DirtyMikeandTheBoyz Жыл бұрын
@@austin2727 if he is an actor... he's awful at his job. 😆 🤣
@DirtyMikeandTheBoyz Жыл бұрын
@@gamershadow8 lmao thank you. Dudes will find any reason to take someone's shine away... "Nah bro, he was born when mercury was in retrograde. Therefore he is obviously an A rated actor." Lmao
@1Hawkears1 Жыл бұрын
It's literally a rom com plot "At first it was for fun, but then I really started to like you! Can you forgive me?"
@4dultw1thj0b Жыл бұрын
Oh my God, like a polycule romcom. That's so real
@zainmudassir2964 Жыл бұрын
Anime villain falling for the hero arc
@gasphynx 4 ай бұрын
"I wish I never made that stupid bet!" 😂
@beepbopp54 Жыл бұрын
If being a good and caring human being is a “Joe schmo” then maybe we need more in the world and there’s nothing wrong with that
@siggster2686 11 ай бұрын
i hate caring people
@TheSaltyGendo 10 ай бұрын
Why do you hate them though?
@evarchavex4800 8 ай бұрын
@@TheSaltyGendo insecurities
@beepbopp54 Жыл бұрын
As shitty as the Joe Schmo Show’s premise is, I think the outcome allowed us to see a glimpse of humanity in reality tv and helped viewers of the show realize how wrong we were for creating and supporting such antagonizing media pieces. I think it mellowed out the cruelty of early 2000s media and allowed us to at least recognize what bullying and humiliation was
@SlimeBlueMS 11 ай бұрын
It ruined his life for years after
@CrashHeadroom 11 ай бұрын
@@SlimeBlueMS Oh don't even bother, most of the npcs in the comment section are preprogrammed brainwashed idiots. It doesn't matter how low, depraved and messed up actors go, they are programmed to clap and accept the behaviour. So many here complaning about how the show was sick, yet watched it all the way to the end. DO NOT look in the mirror people, the eldritch horror stareing back doesn't like underlings looking at it......
@giovannamautone 10 ай бұрын
the show had two more seasons, so... I'm not so sure
@jddi1527 9 ай бұрын
Yep
@thegoodgodabove8264 Жыл бұрын
I looked him up and while it seems like he struggled with some personal things here and there he's now married, has two children, and a stepson. He also started working at a logistics company in Pittsburgh after moving back home some years after the show. So still a regular dude just doing his thing
@BigMoney398 Жыл бұрын
It's so scary that someone could just search someone up and find out almost everything about them.
@yakopc6600 Жыл бұрын
@@BigMoney398 My man appeared on Tv so probably an easy job, but yeah open-int is scawy
@Tera_B_Twilight Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the update. I was wondering and hoping Matt was having a good life.
@picahudsoniaunflocked5426 Жыл бұрын
Long may he thrive.
@renegade11b45 Жыл бұрын
I love matt!
@amphernee Жыл бұрын
According to him it destroyed his life for awhile. He was embarrassed and depressed. He quit his job and blew the cash on drugs and booze. He said he had a difficult time trusting anybody and felt like the butt of a very public joke. He’s come to terms with it and straightened his life out but regretted it and said if he had the choice to do it again he wouldn’t. So the folks involved in the show and some who see this breakdown of it as some sort of triumph of humanity may want to rethink the ethics of it all. They set out to do this mean spirited thing then realized they were wrong but continued on with the charade thinking they could fix it, gave him money, then aired it to the pubic. They made millions and off of breaking a person and people still defend it as if it all worked out fine in the end.
@sarinabina5487 Жыл бұрын
and THIS is why i think the actors are pos as well. a lot of people are praising the actors for ending up having genuine feelings towards him, but that doesn't negate the trauma they caused him. sure the producers are the main ones to blame, but the actors willingly signed up in the first place.
@ace_c99 Жыл бұрын
@@sarinabina5487 Right??? I mean, if I was offered that role, I'd deny it regardless of how much it paid. It's just so immoral and shitty to actively participate in something you know is hurting someone. It's professional bullying.
@v3x2121 Жыл бұрын
Source: trust me bro
@TheRazzyDazzle Жыл бұрын
"In August 2008, Entertainment Weekly interviewed Gould about his experiences on the show. Gould said that the show made him feel "dumb" and that he "wouldn't do the show at all" if he was given the choice whether or not to do it again.[1] In January 2013, however, Gould stated in a new interview released the day of the premiere of the show's third season that he had "come full circle" and had made peace with the experience. He noted that he still hears from fans of the show on Facebook, that in nine years, no one has ever said anything negative to him about it, and that the fear he felt about what people would think of him was "...something I drummed up in my head."[2]" straight from wikipedia, can you provide a source for the drug binging and soul destruction?
@I3lueberry Жыл бұрын
@@TheRazzyDazzle Thats good to hear at least. And from what i saw in another comment, the friend character said hed still be his friend. I hope thats true still. This whole thing is sad either way though.
@OnlyRoke Жыл бұрын
It's genuinely insane how Matt ended up being an INCREDIBLY positive role model for positive masculinity on a show that was, basically, the "Haha, NEEEERD!" segment of The Mid 2000's Toxic Masculinity Channel. He's kind, he stands up for bullied people, he's respectful, he's not afraid to express emotions and be gracious to people he dislikes, he even treats women like actual human beings while being cool with gay guys, going so far as to say that he considers himself an ally.
@smelltheglove2038 Жыл бұрын
Turned out “toxic masculinity” was really just an invention of Hollywood producers and male “feminists” who use their “allyship” as a mating strategy.
@noWoodsman Жыл бұрын
Get a grip, positive masculinity -_-
@livvyyyyyyyyyyy Жыл бұрын
I’m glad, everyone should be an ally to marginalized communities. While it’s great he was kind and looked up too, I heard that after the show he struggled with depression because of it. However I’ve heard he’s doing better now and has a family, which is great 😊
@TheHamburgler123 Жыл бұрын
The whole "ally" thing is incredibly common these days. People who weren't around, or at least weren't grown up, in 2003 probably don't realize how unusual that was for the time. The public at large still very much didn't support things like gay marriage. Props to him for being ahead of the times.
@livvyyyyyyyyyyy Жыл бұрын
@@TheHamburgler123 yup, it’s real sad that homophobia is still a common thing tho. It’s better, but we have got ways too go. Good for him for being an ally and knowing what’s right
@HexenFrau Жыл бұрын
This is exactly what is meant when someone says “Kill them with kindness”. It’s very rare that we get to see just how powerful a tool compassion can be. It’s not weakness to be kind… it takes a strength most will never know to be treated poorly and still be true to yourself. ❤
@ryanisnttryin3733 Жыл бұрын
The amazing thing is, Mat isn't even a Joe Schmoe. THE MAN IS LITRALLY A ONE OF A KIND PERSON. He is respectful, kind, goofy and his whole personality is so Awesome. We all need a guy like Mat in our lives cause it is really hard to come by people like him!
@epiphany8429 Жыл бұрын
Or maybe the point is that in each and every Joe Schmoe, there is a one of a kind person? That when we take the time to actually know people we learn special and important things about each of them? Obviously he was especially awesome, but you know, food for thought.
@ryanisnttryin3733 Жыл бұрын
@@epiphany8429 you aint wrong about that brother, agreed 👌
@justincase3230 Жыл бұрын
He's too wholesome, no way he hasn't murdered a hobo or something.
@epiphany8429 Жыл бұрын
@@ryanisnttryin3733 I mean as a Christian I'd like to think I would, but your point is valid.
@bigbadwolf3199 Жыл бұрын
Ehh that sounds pretty average.
@IPODsify Жыл бұрын
I was going into this video worried that I was going to be disgusted by some awful reality show manipulation, but instead Matt's resilience is so powerful, he couldn't be broken. Thank God for people like him
@indianumberonecountry Жыл бұрын
Glory to God
@walmartpimp2 Жыл бұрын
I thank whatever gods may be for my unconquerable soul.
@anootnoot7192 Жыл бұрын
@@indianumberonecountry glory to deez
@DanielGarcia-yk9xz Жыл бұрын
I want to like this comment but it has 777 likes and I don’t want to mess that up 😁
@drdavinsky Жыл бұрын
The black host race baits against White people several times in this video
@nicoles_handle Жыл бұрын
holy hell he's one of a kind. really. no one else would fare better on this show. he'll definitely have resilience to recover. still sad for the trauma ofc, but he really killed them with kindness.
@TordParker2.0 7 ай бұрын
That's just horrible... I'm glad that he's doing much better now, no one should have gone through something like that, seeing him cry hurt a lot.
@obara7366 Жыл бұрын
Matt is my new role model, Holy shit. I hope he is happy and healthy where he is.
@ProfDCoy Жыл бұрын
As a fellow Matt, I want to make shirts and bumper stickers with "WWMFJSD?" What would Matt from Joe Schmoo do? I feel like I've seen a better version of me that I want to emulate.
@cagneybillingsley2165 Жыл бұрын
him acting like that is part of the script. like anyone would really care if their friends were fake. most friends already are fake lol
@driveasandwich6734 Жыл бұрын
@@cagneybillingsley2165 That is the stupidest thing I have ever heard
@JohnnyTromboner Жыл бұрын
@@cagneybillingsley2165 Sorry you've had such crappy experiences
@meowJACK Жыл бұрын
He's seriously the exact type of person I strive to be. It's so rare to come across someone who actually has a good, kind heart and genuinely cares for others.
@iamaronman Жыл бұрын
I think they really did become friends during the show because he was such a genuinely good guy and every single one of them hated themselves because they had to keep their characters up. In fact the show almost ended because of the actors and not Matt, some of the actors almost quit and said it was one of the worst experiences of their life.
@Poldovico Жыл бұрын
Now that sounds like something that will make a producer rework the show. Their own talent threatening to run off.
@radosawkapuscinski2808 Жыл бұрын
I wouldn't completely believe what the actors said. They participated with something wrong and they probably wanted to excuse themselves.
@ridhaniffalah5268 Жыл бұрын
i agree haha
@allnonecai Жыл бұрын
@@radosawkapuscinski2808 maybe so, but then again they probably was under a contract
@ntrlnwrmz Жыл бұрын
Reminds me strangely of the prison experiment
@eriklampe1438 4 ай бұрын
The shout out to Star Trek reruns on Spike brought me back man. Basically every day as a teenager I would come home from school, turn on Spike, and watch whatever episode of TNG or Voyager was on while I did my homework.
@deadmanthehekatonkheire994 8 ай бұрын
I finally watched it after seeing this video and it was incredible. I remember seeing promos for this show when I was a kid and -- I shit you not -- based on the silly name alone avoided it like the plague. Luckily enough, I found the entire series on KZfaq after watching your video and watched the entire first season, and it was everything you said it was. Matt is just an incredible dude, and the show is rightly considered a classic because they lucked out and picked him to be in it.
@Sydney-Casket-Base Жыл бұрын
This is like anti-reality tv... It's such a unique concept. Very fascinating, yet very twisted. One of a kind.
@Sydney-Casket-Base Жыл бұрын
@Doom Posterior true lol
@randalalansmith9883 Жыл бұрын
It's meta-reality-TV, because all "reality TV" is heavily scripted with stereotypes, and contrived conflict. "What happens when we put the gay guy in the same house with the christian from texas? How will the boisterous black woman™ react?" This version just does it openly.
@Sydney-Casket-Base Жыл бұрын
@@randalalansmith9883 ur right!
@OntologicalCatastrophe Жыл бұрын
It was the norm in the early 2000's. If we call politically correct people woke nowdays then mfs where deeeeeply asleep back then. Which is hilarious, but in retrospective you can also see how maybe the change was for the better.
@jaredburgess1948 Жыл бұрын
Idk; feel like it's almost a direct rip from The Truman Show (one of the GOATs and a wildly perplexing movie which can be torn apart on so many levels...from social human behavior to solipsistic dread..came out in '98). Creators of Schmo, stoned - "Bro, u kno tha Truman Show? I know! But like, what if, like, we did that to a guy, but like for real in real life? Tho? Nah it's not fucked up, we'll give him a buncha money. Cancels out." It's a totally unique concept (again, TS did it first...fictitiously), but imo, wayyy too unethical to ever be repeated or even to have come to fruition in the first place (kinda like Milgram's experiment...the one where innocent test subjects were lead to believe they'd administered increasingly powerful electric shocks to another human, essentially to the point of their death...but at the end, experimenters were like "nah, it's just a prank bro.") Shit like The Joe Schmo show (and experiments like Milgram's) literally have the potential to induce life-long trauma and shouldn't be attempted. #ThatIsJustMeThough
@ttt69420 Жыл бұрын
The fact that Joe was so wholesome and genuine really threw their whole plan.
@oz_jones Жыл бұрын
*Matt
@ClaimClam Жыл бұрын
to make you think that was part of their plan
@devonwilliams2423 Жыл бұрын
or it really made your plans since we're still talking about the show over 10 years later
@jordane8526 Жыл бұрын
Plot twist: Matt is also an actor
@helpmegetto1k4channelnotab78 Жыл бұрын
1.1k ✨😊
@julioaugusto1529 Жыл бұрын
This is one of my greatest fears in life and something I've been dealing with for years now. Not being sure if my so-called friends and even romantic interests actually like me for who I am and if they hang with me out of pity, because they can't find someone better, because I have something they want, because I accept their insecurities when nobody else does but I'm still not good enough for them, etc. The signs are always there and they're usually very mixed.
@homedeezyfasheezy5662 Жыл бұрын
Learn to be happy with who you are and focus on inner peace. All relationships blossom and die one way or another. As long as you have your sanity and are secure in who you are relationships with people will work out for the better one way or another. Never become dependent on the emotions of a another human being to factor into your own self worth.
@actualturtle2421 6 ай бұрын
Most people don't care enough about your problems to pity you, if it's any consolation.
@ShanesInsaneVids Жыл бұрын
This show on Freevee cam out called Jury duty and it the exact same thing. everyone is an actor except for one guy. its happening again!
@botanicalitus4194 Жыл бұрын
Im glad he still got the money but its still so fucked to realize that for weeks your life was a lie and everyone around you was manipulating you. Has to cause some trust issues to form... its so dystopian
@jackmckeown7601 Жыл бұрын
Sounds like something that could easily go very bad very quickly.
@ensign_poo Жыл бұрын
Somehow, I don't think Matt would look at it that way.
@msjkramey Жыл бұрын
At least he thought he was a reality competition show where everyone already expects lies and betrayals and stuff like that. I thought from the title that they infiltrated his real life
@kalehead0075 Жыл бұрын
@@msjkramey same- I was thinking how horrible and mean spirited that would be!
@areaxisthegurkha Жыл бұрын
Sounds like your mental strength issue. Matt is pretty chill I don't think he has a problem.
@thelegalsystem Жыл бұрын
The producers took all the gifts from Whoville but they couldnt stop Matt from singing his heart out.
@davidguinn8880 Жыл бұрын
Man, I'm glad you made this video. I remember watching an early rerun of this show, and it was amazing. I hope Matt's doing well, he seemed like a genuinely good guy, and that was just incredible to witness on reality TV.
@MonsterJuiced Жыл бұрын
I don't know why this hit me so hard but I'm in tears over this. The poor guy, and then I'm really happy for him but wow my chest aches.
@engreem9281 Жыл бұрын
I feel so bad for Matt. There's no way he doesn't have trust issues and/or paranoia now
@ddennis2430 Жыл бұрын
I read somewhere that he felt very insecure about it for years but then realized that nobody had ever said anything negative about him since he had done the show and people loved him and his insecurity was all in his head
@beomgyuswife7138 Жыл бұрын
@@ddennis2430that makes me so happy, thank you for sharing this
@moneybxndz161 Жыл бұрын
@@ddennis2430 that makes me wonder, what happened to the other actors
@ddennis2430 Жыл бұрын
@@moneybxndz161 I know the guy who played hutch has been in some movies and shoes, dr pat was on snl I believe, and the guy who played earl passed away a few years ago
@da4127 Жыл бұрын
@@ddennis2430 So basically they traumatised him good but luckily he pulled through? Still sounds awful to me
@vasconcelos7356 Жыл бұрын
The fact that they killed off Truman's dad (the character, they didn't actually kill the actor) so he could have a tragic backstlry and be afraid of the sea, and here they got Earl, who was the father figure, off, is just way too much of a coincidence to not be intentional.
@michaelmcgovern9881 Жыл бұрын
Hahaha that’s so true and fucked up wow
@williamdavenport4183 Жыл бұрын
It was intentional
@jeremylewis5551 11 ай бұрын
Dude, this was the uplifting KZfaq video i was looking for. Thanks for putting it together.
@scoa Жыл бұрын
This was an incredible recap and analysis. I had never heard of this show before, and have no desire to actually watch it. But hearing your summary and thoughts on the whole thing was perfect.
@editaudioaesthetic Жыл бұрын
I started crying when he said it wasn’t worth any amount of money. He’s so sincere and I haven’t even watched the show.
@oliverhardman3513 Жыл бұрын
Dude is so wholesome, honestly I feel so bad for dude
@vinstinct Жыл бұрын
It's honestly the best "reality show". Season one was so good.
@env0x Жыл бұрын
i only watched the first episode and i'm really curious to see the rest but it also makes me feel sick to my stomach what they put this kind soul through for money, although he did agree to be on the show. nothing could've prepared him for the emotional trauma, which i think is way worse than a few moments of shock being on fear factor. it's just hard for me to stomach.
@geehadarillo1 Жыл бұрын
These little woke minds today would crumble if this happened today. They should do it again for that reason. Hahahahahaha.
@editaudioaesthetic Жыл бұрын
@@geehadarillo1 why did you feel the need to comment this
@chrishansen8119 Жыл бұрын
Matt is truly the protagonist. Was thrown in a competition stacked against him, but with his sensibilities and moral compass, he made the competition stacked for him.
@aiku111 11 ай бұрын
Everyone likes a good sounding comment but unfortunately it seems he was in fact traumatized.
@gokublack316 11 ай бұрын
Someone going to hell for this
@carlcarlson5553 7 ай бұрын
Except it destroyed his life for a while ago and he ended up dealing with it by blowing all the money he was rewarded on booze and drugs?
@thinBillyBoy Жыл бұрын
This was such a feel-good video. Thanks for sharing this!
@ISAGAARBO98 Жыл бұрын
Great video dude!, I almost cried no lie...specially when he started crying for his old man mentor. So heartwarming ❤ this is like when the supporting character ends up being more loved by the audience than the Main character lol
@lukehardison713 Жыл бұрын
I was curious and looked up how he was doing. Immediately after the show he fell into alcohol and marijuana abuse, spending his winnings on these new addictions. He stopped trying to work, and had deep insecurity about being the butt of the joke. 😔 Thankfully, he got a wake up call when his girlfriend broke up with him, and he moved back to the east coast, where he got help with his struggles and now is happily married 🙂. Sad to see how this show hurt such a genuinely nice person, but I’m glad to see that he’s doing ok now.
@Write-Stuff Жыл бұрын
I was hoping someone knew about this. I loved the show at the time, but I remember reading an interview that he did a few years after the show, and was saddened to hear what it did to him. If memory serves, he said he locked himself in a hotel room and spent most of winnings on weed (I probably would have gone for cocaine, personally, but to each his own). It's crazy to think what kind of effect a little "experiment" like this can have on someone. What's even sadder is the fact that Spike couldn't care less-as long as there are good ratings, WEEEEE! Also, I would like to think that a couple of the actors remained friends with Matt (assuming he was accepting of the idea after the fact). Seemed like some genuine connections were made during the show. It's also sad to think that perceived himself as the butt of a big joke. I'm not sure he realizes that most people viewed him as an awesome guy.
@harmonia7841 Жыл бұрын
My god this is freaking sad 😭 I'm just glad that he's able to bounce back, what a way to destroy a good person
@boojersey13 Жыл бұрын
Man I'm so happy he's better now. He has to have been a positive influence on some people, seeing him act that kind and respectful way and earn all that admiration love and respect by the end even when he was supposed to be a dislikable character or object of cringe
@chuchonchuchon7640 Жыл бұрын
That evil plant, he didn't watch "Reefer Madness" and done some learning
@Kyexiz Жыл бұрын
@@chuchonchuchon7640 now that's a little out there 😭 who believes anything in reefer madness lmaooo
@lakelful Жыл бұрын
I loved when someone would get evicted. The host would say "ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. You're dead to us." Then break a plate with a picture of the evicted roommate.
@pearltheboomkin1247 Жыл бұрын
Lol.
@dugongsdoitbetter Жыл бұрын
WHAT ??!!!
@Prince_Luci Жыл бұрын
This legit feels like a “it’s morbin time” meme but i never watched the show so i cant even refute this.
@sigh824 Жыл бұрын
If they did that on the Bachelor, I would watch every episode
@RLucas3000 Жыл бұрын
@@sigh824 It’s been forever, but i think the second season of Joe Schmoe was a parody of the bachelor, and the guy, instead of giving the ladies a classic red rose, would give them a pearl necklace.
@viktorragnemar9018 Жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this when I was younger thinking it was super mean but not being able to turn it off. Had to see it through! All your points ring very true.
@davidtarantino7668 10 ай бұрын
David Hornsby as the asshole character is amazing.
@SOA_yt Жыл бұрын
This reminds me of that Japanese voice actor, they made him think he had a role at this new popular anime, and even made him do a lot of stuff. He even cancelled a job at another show for it. Then at one of the conventions I think, they did a livestream, where they announced in front of the entire audience that his role didn't even exist, like it was some prank. Everyone was in on it, the staff and other voice actors. After it was revealed that his role didn't exist, they made him the "publicist" instead, made him promote the anime. I remember he was given tasks and if he didn't achieve them, he was given punishments. At one such interview, he would be electrocuted for comedy. The japanese public was not ok with it ofc, since they felt it was elaborate bullying. The anime wasn't renewed for a new season, and the people involved still get backlash to this day. The guy that was "pranked" still defends them though, because he believes it was all just a joke & not anything serious, etc.
@theSceptile01 Жыл бұрын
Ah yeah, the Kokoro Connect incident. That was terrible, because the other people that were in on it really was just laughing at the guy trying to work his ass off for a role that doesnt exist. Fortunately, 2chan and another VA helped him reveal it all to the public. Props to Ichiki for being the bigger man, though.
@bakerhewitt2323 Жыл бұрын
@theSceptile01 wait this was for Kokoro Connect? The anime with a main cast that swaps bodies and have to learn to empathize with other people? Ironic.
@maskedblanks7774 Жыл бұрын
@@theSceptile01 The seiyuu that helped Ichiki out and get his voice heard was Tomokazu Sugita. Sugita invited Ichiki to his radio show and when a caller asked Ichiki how he was after the incident, Sugita questioned Ichiki about everything. Sugita's such a fucking legend.
@maskedblanks7774 Жыл бұрын
That was the Kokoro Connect incident and it happened around 10 or so years ago. Mitsuhiro Ichiki was the seiyuu who was affected by it. It was truly horrible, but it was good that the Japanese public was highly against it and disapproved of it. The seiyuu that helped Ichiki the most was Tomokazu Sugita - the two were video game buddies. Sugita invited Ichiki to his radio show and when a caller asked Ichiki how he was after the incident, Sugita asked Ichiki about it. One of the seiyuu who was part of the Kokoro Connect incident was Takuma Terashima and he was actually blackballed in the industry from 2012-2016 due to the intense blacklash (even today, people haven't forgotten it). Another was a female seiyuu, Hisako Kanemoto, but last I heard, she quit voice-acting and moved on to university studies.
@vivresaviva Жыл бұрын
that is just like” the Gang Broke Dee”
@jas_bataille Жыл бұрын
"He looked at me like yeah I'm gay, which is right! Why would I have said that?" - that made me instantly want to be this guy's friend. Someone recognizing their mistakes so casually is downright the rarest quality in a person ever. What a great guy! He didn't deserved this. He went on to find success for himself after that instead of falling for this kind of trap. Bravo!
@danieljohnson2005 Жыл бұрын
They didn’t hurt him. The show wasn’t as negative as this video is making it out to be. It was actually a fun show, and you could tell the whole crew really liked Matt.
@fanatomic24 Жыл бұрын
@@danieljohnson2005 i don't know dude, even if all of them liked matt, something like that lead someone to have long term psychological and trust issues But luckily it didnt go that way
@matlohn9381 Жыл бұрын
Their mistakes?
@edgarsmith9102 9 ай бұрын
This is beautifully narrated, well done!
@cameroncorrosive925 4 ай бұрын
duuude i caught this as it was airing as a kid, this was insane! his reactions were so genuine, and the cast was incredible.
@KuroKumo361 Жыл бұрын
That’s actually really cool To see his character change the hearts of everyone involved and forcing them to rethink their whole shows premise. It’s a testament to how human empathy can really change things
@itsADHDforME Жыл бұрын
Anndd then, there was a SECOND season, haha
@mainstreetsaint36 Жыл бұрын
@@itsADHDforME Yeah, that wasn't so good.
@mainstreetsaint36 Жыл бұрын
There was also a third.
@GirlDo3 Жыл бұрын
@@itsADHDforME 😂😂😂
@Maysoon3121 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely no sense
@lalalakachow316 Жыл бұрын
the way he immediately realised his mistakes and apologised for them!!! More men like Matt please
@gillesgrindel7985 Жыл бұрын
this kind of man is invisible for women no matter how many they would be. 1/ he's not really as good looking as women expect men to be. 2/ he obviously doesn't have enough money to be taken in consideration. 3/ he's not thin and doesn't have a perfect body. 3/ he won't be a match for a modern woman who will take advantage of his kindness and I'm absolutely not surprised that he is actually married to a woman who already had kids. SHE DOESN'T DESERVE HIM AT ALL except if she was a single mother because her husband died.
@jodajoda2863 Жыл бұрын
@@gillesgrindel7985 go outside
@gillesgrindel7985 Жыл бұрын
@@jodajoda2863 in what name ?
@Xeno_Solarus Жыл бұрын
@@gillesgrindel7985 "in what name" wth are you talking about
@UncleGranda Жыл бұрын
@@gillesgrindel7985 stop learning about people via the internet, it warps ones perception
@craigggo22 Жыл бұрын
I don’t remember this show because I was in grade school at the time but wow Matt was such a solid dude. I wish him well in life and he is a great role model
@StormBlade-dn3le 10 ай бұрын
I loved this story. Had me feeling alot but the end was great. What an awesome story. Im glad its out there for the world to see.
@voodoodolll Жыл бұрын
"They had to rearrange the whole show because of one mans integrity". Wow. I've watched this twice today and it hit even harder than before. That's legitimately inspiring.
@ClaimClam Жыл бұрын
they planned that shit from the start on God
@TimedRevolver Жыл бұрын
@@ClaimClam The plan was probably to switch it up somehow for the second half, but him being a genuinely good dude likely pushed them into treating him better. If he'd been an asshole, you know they would have made his life hell later, just for fun.
@jocloud31 Жыл бұрын
I'm sure it's not just me, but this is basically my greatest fear. The idea that my relationships were fake and that no one actually felt the way I did was enough to get me to end relationships when I was young
@ronank2432 Жыл бұрын
kids were brutal, learned that the hard way as a kid
@Laocoon283 Жыл бұрын
Yea... the Truman show traumatized me as a kid too.
@RustyNips 11 ай бұрын
I'd be greatly relieved if alot of the people I've met seen or know were just actors to screw with me I just wouldn't want 90% of what I say or did to be shown to the world lol But at least I would know the world isn't as messed up as it is
@einnettermensch9632 11 ай бұрын
@@Laocoon283wish I did not have watched it as a Ki
@madeoutofglue 11 ай бұрын
I had this fear even before the Truman show came out. I think it's a common theme with humans
@thelorddrinian Жыл бұрын
interesting. Jury Duty is described like it's "the first thing like this" but this seems to be pretty much the same. except they didn't make fun of Ronald, they more elevated him and showed all the good parts of him.
@ryanh9548 Жыл бұрын
So, I actually went to the 1st Spike TV Video Game Awards, and had a chance to meet and hang out with Matt, and Brian("the best friend" with curly hair and glasses) at a private P.O.D. concert. Matt was legitimately one of the nicest and most genuine people I've ever spoke to.
@Eversoul12 Жыл бұрын
did you ask him how he felt about the show or were you aware of it at the time?
@ryanh9548 Жыл бұрын
@@Eversoul12 I had seen the whole show, and I congratulated him on the "win", when I saw him. Other than that, we mostly talked about the VG award show, and things to do while in Vegas. He invited my friend, and I, to go play blackjack at the MGM Grand, but we had other plans.
@SKAR__FOX Жыл бұрын
@@ryanh9548 yeah, what other plans did you have?
@ryanh9548 Жыл бұрын
@@SKAR__FOX We were taking our girlfriends to Studio 54, because they wanted to go clubbing, and DMX was there.
@ddennis2430 Жыл бұрын
@@ryanh9548 well I hope you're still with your girlfriend or I'd say you should've hit the casino with Matt haha
@crawdaddyy Жыл бұрын
Reality shows during the 2000s were just straight cruel. Imagine the writers laughing when they came up with the idea to kick Earl off the show, the guy who Matt thinks of like a father figure
@umchileanyways8603 Жыл бұрын
even the magazines were cruel in the 2000s
@JL_Lux Жыл бұрын
There was a show in the uk that purposely picked the dumbest people and made them believe they were in space lmaooo
@manassikdar1 Жыл бұрын
@@JL_Lux lmao that's hilarious.
@katattack907 Жыл бұрын
Seriously, the show creators are sociopaths. No one deserves to be lied to like that.
@luluanthem Жыл бұрын
As someone who grew up in the 2000s, they kinda sucked and I hope people stop idealizing/romanticizing that decade. Some of it was nice but a lot of the culture was horrible, mean and always punching down.
@bobbob-qy3fw 3 ай бұрын
Thank u for bringing me this story! Iv never heard of the Joe shmow show but my heart was so warmed by this!! I am so happy for Matt
@nekkidmanhole 8 ай бұрын
This video has made my day, thank you for sharing. I love how wholesome he is.
@mijajajaja Жыл бұрын
My husband is Matt's cousin. They are all from the Pittsburgh area, but my husband is over a decade his junior and they haven't talked in forever. *Either way, I remember watching this show with my parents as a kid and my Dad telling me to "find a good guy like Matt when you grow up" so it blew my mind when my husband mentioned it like 2 years after we were married* 😭😭😭
@therainmakerinsider Жыл бұрын
How did he felt that Kristen Wiig went on to be one of the biggest comedian actress in Hollywood?
@heavnxbound Жыл бұрын
@@therainmakerinsider Guessing he’s happy on her behalf.
@Scam_Likely. Жыл бұрын
I saw that pittsburgh shirt and I was just like "THATS MY BOY"
@MandenTV Жыл бұрын
When did your husband go straight?!?!
@SuperNuclearUnicorn Жыл бұрын
To be such a great and genuine guy that you force a bunch of actors and TV execs to totally change their show because they feel bad being mean to you... That's kinda crazy Shout out Matt, you're the kind of person who gives us all a bit of faith in this world and whose kindness and compassion reminds us to be better ourselves. What a wholesome story and I'm glad you shared it T1J
@singingway Жыл бұрын
They didn't change because they felt bad, they were just going with the ratings. The producers were still heartless soulless playground bullies
@facundosterzerforino1704 Жыл бұрын
@@singingway these shows aren't live lol
@QueLoKevin Жыл бұрын
@@singingway it was pre taped. There were no ratings at the time of recording. They changed the tone of the show on the fly based on how good of a person Matt was
@Izzmonster Жыл бұрын
@@QueLoKevin Gies to show that one good genuine person can awaken the compassion in anyone.
@rootz420 Жыл бұрын
@@Izzmonster beautifully said
@cypress2647 Жыл бұрын
I really hope matt is doing well today, what a sweet heart ♥
@avaa22_81 11 ай бұрын
This is the most interesting thing I've watched on KZfaq in a long time lol!! Matt seems so sweet, and the whole concept of the show and how it evolved is so cool. What a great guy. I think I'll go and watch the actual show now lol
@Fishbowlery Жыл бұрын
The real Joe Schmoe was the society inside us the whole time that we made along the way.
@bharbarawyrstwaemasyn8741 Жыл бұрын
This was pretty disturbing in hindsight. One of people's deepest fears, and he experienced it on national tv. This is one way to Eva someone. Glad he was able to muscle through the bs and stayed true to himself.
@_lil_lil Жыл бұрын
Eva?
@bharbarawyrstwaemasyn8741 Жыл бұрын
@@_lil_lil Evangelion reference. Just replace 'eva' with 'hedgehog dilemma' if you're confused.
@DWN-020 Жыл бұрын
@@bharbarawyrstwaemasyn8741 ah yes, hedgehog dilemma... *wat*
@bharbarawyrstwaemasyn8741 Жыл бұрын
@@DWN-020 Basically you mentally curl yourself up into a hedgehog, duh. Have fun googling~
@kalvinkearney4169 Жыл бұрын
@@DWN-020 have you ever heard of google? I’ve heard it works great… In fact, it works so well, I was able to find out what the hedgehog’s dilemma is in probably less time than it took you to write your comment. Copy, paste, search. And then you don’t have to make a comment showing that you either don’t know how or are too lazy to google something.
@brittywren2877 Жыл бұрын
Made me cry im glad he was such an awesome guy that genuinely couldn't continue the horrible behavior. Like I was ugly crying bc of Earl.
@edogohan Жыл бұрын
Had me in the first half, not gonna lie, that was beautiful, man, this is the first video of yours ive ever seen Subscribed
@Eric_BroArmy13 Жыл бұрын
This is like one of those movies where the popular guy pretends to like the nerdy girl as part of an elaborate prank but then ends up falling in love with her.
@onemore4567 Жыл бұрын
yep, the movie After for example
@user-bg6qg4rh1b Жыл бұрын
YESS
@seanmatthewking Жыл бұрын
But only after she takes her hair down and her glasses off and starts dressing more provocatively.
@williampounds5191 Жыл бұрын
Goddamn a real life example of one truly kind person upending an evil system being supported by many more people. That's wild.
@jenm1 Жыл бұрын
Paddington is based on Matt
@emma2884 Жыл бұрын
I have a feeling that the same traits that made him easy to manipulate (why execs chose him) were the same traits that made him compassionate.
@JM-vp8zc Жыл бұрын
@@emma2884 🎯🎯🎯
@TheDemonCaine Жыл бұрын
@@emma2884 Well obviously. He's a nice guy. A nice guy is easy to manipulate.
@alexanderavila8934 Жыл бұрын
Most superhero stories, mainly the original stories deal with that and a variety of things, the issue is that often the villain may be someone who is kind to a select few and cruel to others, hypocrisy and moral superiority within them, usually it’s why the enemies of iconic superheroes for kids are depicted to be full on armies.
@aclaylambisabirdman6324 Жыл бұрын
Such a good video and I really enjoyed your narration through out the video, it really help tie everything together, what a nice story to experience and hear for ourselves. Thank you 🙏🏼
@bugleaf9603 9 ай бұрын
he seems like such a freaking lovely guy. i haven’t finished the video, but this is really upsetting
@vargasprime094 Жыл бұрын
Matt's voice saying "What is going on?!" at the big reveal has lived with me for the last 20 years and I don't think I'll ever forget it. I did, however, forget that Kristen Wiig was a cast member.
@rubberduckiedogs Жыл бұрын
I was 13 when this show was on and me and my buddy have been saying "what the hell is goiinngg onnn??" ever since lol. I'm happy to see this show is still remembered by some.
@davidq.5488 Жыл бұрын
Same.
@beautifulmidnight Жыл бұрын
I forgot this show existed, but as soon as I heard that line, it was like “HOLY SHIT THE JOE SCHMOE SHOW”. I never watched it, just remembered the constant promos. Probably during MXC because wtf else would a teenage girl watch on Spike?
@toddsaskatchewan Жыл бұрын
YES. I still to this day will sometimes pitch my voice high and say it just like he did when I am utterly baffled by some strange turn of events.
@JM-vp8zc Жыл бұрын
Luckily I’ve completely forgotten Kristen Wiig, period.
@mjnappier Жыл бұрын
I loved this show. My favorite part was when they put him in a competition to lick chocolate off of a naked woman, thinking they were giving some dudebro the experience of his life, only to find out Matt fucking hated chocolate and couldn't stop gagging.
@searchingfororion Жыл бұрын
I enjoy chocolate *and* women, but I would still be gagging in that scenario.
@DracoPadilla Жыл бұрын
@@searchingfororion Tell us you like men without telling us you like men.
@fungus_am0nguz644 Жыл бұрын
@@DracoPadilla LOL hahahaha fr.
@UndeadPigeonFilms Жыл бұрын
I dont like the smell of chocolate. But I could look past it in that scenario.
@Xeno_Solarus Жыл бұрын
@@DracoPadilla Or maybe you are a good person who's not gonna lick some random woman?
@m1a1tanky 10 ай бұрын
You made me sad about a show I didn't know existed. Thanks bro
@smigleson Жыл бұрын
what really shines about this video and the things you portray is how different the average american was portrayed back then. Kind, respectful, straightforward and goofy but not racist or intolerant. And people really could feel at ease being themselves, speaking the way they want to speak because if someone got offended or things got serious the average guy would apologize sincerely. You could form connections more easily, and friends were something to be cherished and not exploited. Times really changed..
@sublimesamoyed Жыл бұрын
This hurt my heart. I have been there, on a much smaller scale. In my undergrad positive psych class, our professor anonymously gave us the name of someone in the room we were supposed to make feel special or do something positive for through out the semester. I would give my secret person lip gloss and skin care stuff before she got to class and leave it on her desk. The person who had me did something cruel… I had no idea I was “her person” in the assignment. She invited me to dinner and told me she needed tutoring for another psychology class we were in that a lot of ppl were struggling but that I loved (behavior modification & conditioning). She invited me to a college party after dinner and I made a fool out of myself (which wasn’t her fail by any means). I had been feeling very lonely and feeling like she actually liked me and wanted to be my friend felt good. But then she ghosted me and a couple months later in class, when we were told to reveal who our anonymous person was for that semester, she proudly said I was hers. I felt so ashamed, to actually think she wanted to be my friend.. it was twisted and I never forgot it.
@Cmoehlman12 Жыл бұрын
Well why did she go that far for an assignment when I'm assuming everybody else probably did something you did.
@Zathren Жыл бұрын
@@Cmoehlman12 Nail on the head. She probably wasn't a very good person. She couldn't even keep up the act for as long as the assignmentnwas going.
@drea_the_warhammer Жыл бұрын
damn
@sublimesamoyed Жыл бұрын
@@Cmoehlman12 I was pretty hurt by it. I think one of the worst parts of it was that the professor didn’t make a point, in front of the whole class when the secret was revealed, to talk about ethical boundaries in psychology. The professor was a narcissist as well, but that’s a story for another time and trust me it's a good one.
@aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.. Жыл бұрын
@@sublimesamoyed so uh.. Whens the other time? About rdy to sht on a narc
@DIEGOSHAY Жыл бұрын
I watched this when it first aired. It was incredible watching Matt bring the whole show to its knees just by being a great guy. And their nervousness about telling him the truth was so intense and stressful. Everyone was so relieved when he took it well.
@Boujonzu Жыл бұрын
Legit
@lslice5283 Жыл бұрын
Wow, I was 2 in 2003 lol, how’s that for how old you feel? Lol
@BabaGhanoosh Жыл бұрын
@@lslice5283 nobody asked
@nothereforit.605 Жыл бұрын
@@lslice5283ur no spring chicken yourself. Ur literally about to be thirty. I wasn’t even a clump of cells in 2003
@crisis_act0r Жыл бұрын
@@nothereforit.605 do ur math right, if they were 2 in 2003 how does that make them almost 30?
@rydislordran434 Жыл бұрын
I remember when the show came out 20 years ago... Matt handled the deception like a champion. Spiketv was great! Thanks for the nostalgia! ❤
@Chewychaca 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for retelling this story I forgot about this. I remember they would always play the sound clip of him saying OMG on the commercials. XD
@unduloid Жыл бұрын
Sometimes I think _all_ the friends I thought I had in my life were actually paid actors. And not even _good_ actors, at that.
@futavadumnezo Жыл бұрын
Paid by yourself, yeah I know the feel.
@thomasjefferson2676 Жыл бұрын
At this point, I wish I had paid actors to be friends with every one else is so disappointing anyway.
@dylanpenn3189 Жыл бұрын
@@thomasjefferson2676 you'll find your people eventually
@alexanderavila8934 Жыл бұрын
There are real people that will be there for you, don’t lose that hope
@RidleyJones Жыл бұрын
A story about guileless goodness putting clever cruelty to shame was something I really needed today.
@oz_jones Жыл бұрын
Literally killing with kindness.
@sundarilamond3071 Жыл бұрын
That is a psychologically dangerous thing to do to anyone. I work in mental health and it is so common for psychosis to revolve around the "Truman Show" theory in many ways. Not only that, it is not far fectched to think that this kind of thing could be done to someone as a cruel joke illegally with how fast technology and the internet is adapting and how deep the dark web goes. So in fact, it's quite easy to be gaslit to thinking so. We are in a time where society needs to shine a much brighter light on the true value of integrity and empathy beyond materialism and judgment. Every single person deserves dignity.
@joshd108 9 ай бұрын
This is my kind of KZfaq. Thanks for the great story and presentation
@manzell Жыл бұрын
After the show, Matt grew pretty salty about his experience and felt humiliated and exploited.
@lettylunasical4766 Жыл бұрын
I don't blame him.
@michalovesanime Жыл бұрын
Yeah because he was... Poor guy
@juicyparsons Жыл бұрын
I can believe it. the money would be cool but being manipulated for weeeeeeeeks isn't automatically gonna sit right with everybody- especially since he IS a genuinely nice real dude
@MrUnamazing Жыл бұрын
@@juicyparsons Add in they cast him because they thought he would be easily manipulated, used the information they knew about him to tailor experiences that would cause him emotional distress, and attempted to degrade his character. I could definitely see why someone would become more distrusting, and cynical of people after that.
@gutwrenchingdeaths Жыл бұрын
according to his Wikipedia he did end up coming back around on it, so I'm glad it didn't stay with him as a bad memory, but I wouldn't blame him if it did.
@kaleidoscope_pie Жыл бұрын
I’d really like to hear David Hornsby and Kristin Wiig talk about their experiences on this show now. What a bizarre and unique moment in time. I was waiting for Nathan Fielder to pop up out of nowhere while watching this.
@bl00dpaint77 Жыл бұрын
wait, david was in this?? i didnt catch him, what timestamp?
@ConstantChaos1 Жыл бұрын
Willing to bet they can't, there was probably a NDA because it was original meant to antagonise matt
@Steitzness Жыл бұрын
@@bl00dpaint77 he was Hutch, the asshole
@collin6728 Жыл бұрын
@@bl00dpaint77 he is the guy who "won" at the end
@jaredburgess1948 Жыл бұрын
Nathan Fielder was THE brains behind this operation, yet, nobody knows because he's not credited ANYWHERE and muhfuckuhz been paid handsomely to keep their mouths shut...just check his IMBD. Real talk - "The Rehearsal" is prolly the closest reality show to "Joe Schmo" I can think of...AND he did create his own fake reality TV show in the first season of NFY.
@GuillaumeRx Жыл бұрын
That was a great video! I’m not American so I discovered the show thanks to tou. Thank you for your work, explanations and takes! Keep up the good work 🙏🏻
@fuego5532 Жыл бұрын
There's something similar to this that just came out on prime video, it's called Jury Duty.
@doejersey Жыл бұрын
I love how someone on spike saw the Truman show. Thought I can do that but better. Then learned the exact moral of that movie in real life.
@lexcas2327 Жыл бұрын
Super late to the party but your breakdown and fair coverage was incredible. Earned my sub in one vid. Good job man
@litebrite8993 9 ай бұрын
Thanks for bringing this up!! I so remember this guy when the show was on. I was just starting high school and it introduced the much needed word "Shmo" into our lives lol :)
@Toastybees Жыл бұрын
It's sad that genuinely good and nice people are often easy to manipulate because their first instinct is to trust people and offer help. Matt was just so unrelenting wholesome he turned what was supposed to be just a mean trick into something better.
@noodlesushi111 Жыл бұрын
matt and other people like him need to be protected, man. dude's a legit good person. i remember seeing this show when i was a kid and i had no idea it was this cruel. hope he's doing well today.
@iatethecrayons Жыл бұрын
Yeah but then the good and nice people get to edit those people out of their lives. The long loss is with cruel manipulators who shame and are mean. It's a long slow slide for the malicious
@TozLUFC Жыл бұрын
It amazes me the depths TV makers will sink to just for views. What a good guy Matt was .
@kyuubear8158 11 ай бұрын
How this ended has directly changed the course of my day, I am so glad T_T MAAAAATTTTT
@chloekhamxox Жыл бұрын
This is literally one of my biggest fears. I always overthink about my friends being fake, boyfriend being fake, etc.
@nowirehangers2815 Жыл бұрын
You aren’t that important . I mean that in a nice way.
@chloekhamxox Жыл бұрын
@@nowirehangers2815 this isn’t about importance, i was relating my struggles to a situation lol
@nightwishlady Жыл бұрын
Learn about body language and about how to read people and you will be fine, after I got good with body language trust rises immensely bc the signs are clear, even the top liars slip on subtle things in body language
@chloekhamxox Жыл бұрын
@@nightwishlady i actually do read body language (i love watching crime interrogations) and i think i read it pretty well. I just have episodes sometimes where i feel really badly and i seclude myself, this in turn makes me overthink about pretty much everything
@fromthebackseat4865 Жыл бұрын
I use to feel that way. Treating everyone with a cynical distrust. Thinking they’re out to hurt you. It’s painful and isolating. Solidarity, friend.
@coolchoicebro Жыл бұрын
The people that raised Matt had to be amazing people
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