The Joe Schmo Show

Information revealed by Matt in the Mo' Joe Schmo Show version of this episode: The castmates arriving at the show at the limo was only for show, he at least spent most of the trip to the mansion in a normal car. Kip was not actually naked during the Pampering Competition. Says Matt of this: "That's Hollywood." Matt didn't think that Kip's thong was actually all that uncomfortable and, per the rules, he slept in it. Matt thought that Hutch was irritating, but he also "cracked him up." There was too much salad at the dinners for Matt's taste. Matt says that looking back, he's really impressed with Dr. Pat's (Kristen Wiig's) acting. Matt still doesn't understand why Ashleigh, the supposed bitch, gave out the bracelets. Matt later learned that the name of the President of SpikeTV is Albie Hecht, seemingly confirming that the name of Brian's doll is a reference. The editors reversed a Kip of shot when he was eating.

SpikeTV added commentary from Matt Kennedy Gould to the series, and aired this new footage during the repeat of the first hour of this episode on November 11, and the second hour on November 18. These repeats were billed as as Mo' Joe Schmo Show. Commentary segments were shown at the top of the show and before going to commercial breaks in place of the original "coming up next" segments. Additionally, there were popup notes throughout the episode with Matt's comments.

Following the original run of the series, Spike TV split the premiere episode into two parts and coded them as 001 and 002. They are now listed as two episodes in this guide. 001 ended at the point at which Matt commented on who he wanted to the end of the game with him and a new promo segment for the next episode was created.

When asked, Ashleigh said that she would go to Fiji if she won the money. Fiji was the dream destination of the character Truman Burbank in The Truman Show. In this movie, Truman had no idea that his entire life was being continuously broadcast on television and that everyone he knew, including his friends and family, were simply actors and actresses.

When Ralph narrates that Brian Keith Etheridge is on the show "both acting and writing," close-captioning reads "both acting and story producing." This mistake is corrected in the Mo' Joe Schmo Show version of the episode.