Ingrid Wiese figures out Joe Schmo 2, stays in game as an actor
Luckily for Spike TV their ratings aren't high enough for people to recognize when they are being duped, but that didn't save them from being found out by Ingrid Wiese. Along with Tim Walsh, she was the subject of the show while a group of actors mess with their heads. That was until "Cammy" pulled her into the bathroom and poured out her heart about a soft core porn video she had been in. If it wasn't bad enough that the video was called "Porked and Beans" Cammy actually stopped telling the story while the cameraman changed batteries. Oops.
For those of you who haven't seen it Joe Schmo 2 is basically a combination of Bachelor, Bachelorette and For Love or Money. Heck, they even mixed in a "Meet My Folks" event with the fax machine and lie detector. Ingrid is one of a set of girls pursuing the bachelor while Tim is one of a set of guys pursuing the bachelorette. Meanwhile, the girl and guy chosen will each land $100,000.
The opener was amusing in spots, but nothing could be funnier than watching Matthew Kennedy Gould. Also, lines such as "you're dead to us" and "go back to working for the man" were priceless from the original, which I guess is a bit of a cult classic among reality television.
Ingrid took the whole thing pretty seriously from the start, and the producers finally realized it was inevitable that she would find out. Not wanting to risk Tim also discovering the truth, they blew the lid and let her in on the secret. Then they allowed her to stay in the game while picking up a script and playing along. They also brought in Amanda, who ironically knew Ingrid from the casting call, to join the group of women.
I don't know how to explain it, but moments of this show are just hysterical, plain and simple.
Subtlety is not one of my strengths