Matt Kennedy Gould
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Matt Kennedy Gould | |
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Born | |
Education | Penn State University |
Occupation(s) | Television personality (2003) Referee/host (2004) Logistics (current) |
Years active | 2003–2005 |
Known for | The Joe Schmo Show |
Matt Kennedy Gould (born October 4, 1975) is an American former television personality. He rose to prominence in 2003, when he was the protagonist of The Joe Schmo Show, a fake reality show in which, unbeknownst to him, all the participants but Gould were actors portraying broad reality show participant archetypes.
Early life and education
Gould is a native of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Penn State University in 1999 with a degree in speech communications. Gould attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, but dropped out prior to completion. After dropping out, Gould began living with his parents and working as a pizza delivery man.
Career
The Joe Schmo Show
Gould was playing basketball with friends at a
As far as Gould was concerned, he was competing in the reality show Lap of Luxury for a $100,000 prize to be awarded to the winner. At the end of each show, one of the show's actors-contestants was evicted. Halfway through the season, an older contestant with whom Gould had bonded was "voted" off the show, causing Gould to break down and begin questioning whether voting off friends was worth monetary gain. Matters were complicated the following day when Gould accidentally injured one of the actors,
The truth was revealed to Gould in the season's finale, which garnered the most viewers for SpikeTV for a non-wrestling show to that point. Gould received the $100,000 prize for which he was "competing," along with a
When asked about whether he had ever intuited the truth, Gould said that he "just chalk[ed] everything up to the oddities of reality television" and that he thought he "was on the weirdest reality show in history of mankind."
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]
Appearances
Gould recorded
Personal life
Gould is married and has two children.[1][2]
References
- ^ a b Ward, Kate (August 8, 2008). "What Were They Thinking?". Entertainment Weekly (1005). Retrieved May 23, 2010.
- ^ a b Owen, Rob (January 8, 2013). "Tuned in from Hollywood: 2 Pittsburgh 'Schmoes' advise current player". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
External links
- Matt Kennedy Gould at IMDb