I, too, thought that this would be another "Average Joe" but it wasn't. I loved how there isn't any romantic pressure on them as well!

I think most people like me, loved Richard. He was funny and very goofy. I do hope the editing gets better because it was extremely obvious who was going home as it was the team who got the least amount of air time. I thought it was pretty nasty of the blonde chick sneaking into Ryan Sutter look-alike's room to "cuddle" all night leaving her team-mate all alone. Talk about a slap in the face. Even though the teams are not romantically involved, it's still a big slap in the face and ultimately that puts the team at a disadvantage.

BTW, some of the questions they asked the girls were not all that easy. Most of them were bone simple, but some of them I don't think most intelligent people would know either. I am a professional business-woman and got straight A's when I was in high school but always have had a problem with geography so some of those questions I had to think about and honestly, I couldn't remember who Al Gore's running mate was either. Although that chick saying that Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue in 1942, was by far the funniest thing I've seen yet!

I'll be watching every show and hope it does well!

--Donna :~)

I do hope the editing gets better because it was extremely obvious who was going home as it was the team who got the least amount of air time.

See, I thought just the opposite. Mark Burnette edited shows would have had Erika/Joe get the boot (the couple that had the most air time). Most of the time editing will tell stories (such as Mark Burnette) and let the stories run their course. Where as I thought the girl (Erika...I think) cuddling with the guy was going to run it's course and they would be going home. So, I was surprised by who stayed and went.

>
>BTW, some of the questions they
>asked the girls were not
>all that easy. Most
>of them were bone simple,
>but some of them I
>don't think most intelligent people
>would know either.

I am still stumped by the question what city is the state capital of New England? The girl looked confused and said she didn't know. That seems like the right answer to me since new england is not a state, but it looked like they treated her answer as a wrong answer

>BTW, some of the questions they
>asked the girls were not
>all that easy. Most
>of them were bone simple,
>but some of them I
>don't think most intelligent people
>would know either. I
>am a professional business-woman and
>got straight A's when I
>was in high school but
>always have had a problem
>with geography so some of
>those questions I had to
>think about and honestly, I
>couldn't remember who Al Gore's
>running mate was either.

I agree. I did well in school and consider myself rather knowledgable on topics of common knowledge, but I also drew a blank on Leiberman.

I'm pretty good at geography (or so I think) but I will admit when they asked what state is east of west virginia I said Ohio.

I watched it.

I even taped it.

I have no idea what to do with it.

I wasn't expecting it to be sort of sweet...

or are the guys much 'hotter' for geeks than the gals are for supposedly being 'beauties'? I guess they had to make sure they were fairly unintelligent/non-academic so the show worked.

But some of these guys are quite cute, IMO. Joe is a cutie (reminds me a bit of my 5th grade boyfriend ) and the guy who went home is absolutely adorable! And they're all cute in their own way (I LOVE Richard - he is hilarious).

I thought the show was very cute and not what I would except from a show with this title...MUCH better than Average Joe!

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I absolutely agree with you. I kept thinking-"these guys are pretty cute" and to be members of Mensa, to boot. A girl could do a lot worse! Richard could play a young, pre-scandal Woody Allen. They were all really endearing. As I said in my earlier post, Joe reminds me of Ralph Malph, so did your 5th grade boyfriend look like that? I thought that Larissa of Average Joe was absolutely beautiful. None of the girls here come close but I think that's why so many of these pairs looked so cute together- because they weren't so extreme.

Yeah. That Mensa guy who hooked up on the first night isn't a bad looking guy. I'm surprised he's there.

It's definitely not just you...I told my mom as soon as Erik was eliminated, "Dang, that geek was kind of hot!"

I don't agree about Richard though...I find him rather annoying. And it looks like maybe he gets even more so in the future episodes.

2 Funniest lines of the show... "No, I'm sorry, it was Abraham Lincoln" "Oh..D-Day!" and (from Richard) "It's pretty safe to say I will never get laid." (or something to that effect.)

I stumbled on the rerun of this show last night at 10 pm central time and remembered it was Ashton's baby so I stuck around and watched. Plus, the host is the same host from Cupid and I watched that show so how bad could this one be?!?

I have to think that the teams are given some guidelines as to what questions may be asked because it seemed a little too obvious when their off screen teammate would say "oh, they know this ...we covered this. They SO know it." And, the flashcards?!? I HATE flashcards!

The dancing was a good idea for a competition IMO.

Anyway, I thought it was a good show. Since, I'm reality showless at this point I know I'm going to continue to watch it.

>Plus, the host
>is the same host from
>Cupid and I watched that
>show so how bad could
>this one be?!?

Thank You! I couldn't figure out where I knew the host from! I was going nuts!!!

--Donna :~)

Wasn't he also the host of Todd TV? I know that there are only 2 others besides myself that watched Todd TV but I am pretty sure it is the same host.

*waves* to the other person to watch Todd TV. But no, Brian McFayden wasn't the host of that. If he looks familiar, you might also know him from MTV. I have no clue who the host of Todd TV was, but I know it wasn't him.

She nice, the Syren.