Several times in the episodes, the producers refer to the show as being "an experiment". Maybe this is true; maybe it's giving the whole thing too much credit.

On the other hand, I think I've learned a lot about human nature. Not from watching Matt's reactions, but from seeing the fans' reactions here on the board. I had no idea that modern society could be cynical AND paranoid at the same time.

SpikeTV has handed us what is essentially a giant conspiracy: everyone (including the audience) is in on the "joke" except for poor Matt. And what's the first thing that people start to do on this board? They invent even MORE elaborate conspiracies!

Let's see if I've got them all....

1) Everyone is an actor; everyone knows the truth. This is a scripted show masquerading as reality TV.

2) Matt is an actor, but he has been hired to convince the other actors that he is a "real schmo".

3) Matt IS a real schmo, but he has been told everything and instructed to convince the others that he doesn't know.

4) Matt IS a real schmo, and he WASN'T told in advance, but he figured things out on the first day and the producers begged him to pretend until the end.

Do any of these conspiracies seem plausible at all? Not in my opinion. But we've been deluged with so much Reality TV that we (to quote Matt) "can't even tell what's real anymore". We're all waiting for the other shoe to drop, even if it doesn't exist.

Me, I just enjoy the show.

The Ghost Cat

"God has created the cat to give man the pleasure of caressing the tiger."