Joe Schmo

Joe Schmoe

An average person, especially a man and typically of the working class. Sometimes spelled "Joe Schmo," "Shmoe," and "Shmo." My brother's just your typical guy, a real Joe Schmoe—you can find him watching a sporting event in a bar after work pretty much any night of the week. If we let Joe Shmo decide the policies in our country, we'd still be stuck in the 1800s.
See also: joe, Schmoe
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

Joe Schmo

(ˈdʒo ˈʃmo)
n. a jerk. Let’s say Joe Schmo wants a new car. What does he do?
See also: joe, schmo
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • schmo
  • Schmoe
  • shmo
  • Shmoe
  • Joe Schmoe
  • skirt chaser
  • sponge on
  • sponge on (someone or something)
  • on (someone's or something's) dime
  • brainchild
References in periodicals archive
Of course, Joe Schmo 2 wouldn't be complete without a gay connection.
On with the Schmo
Aside from rampant silliness, part of the intrigue underlying "Joe Schmo" involves taking an ostensibly nice, ordinary fellow and seeing what ridiculous stunts he'll perform in the name of "playing the game." In that respect, it's one of the few reality shows with an overt social-science component, much like "Candid Camera," except here, it's what somebody will do with $100,000 on the line when they actually know people are watching.
The Joe Schmo Show
He's no Dirty Harry, he's just a Joe Schmo on the right side of justice, but the wrong side of the law.
Cops are narked
Screenplay by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (of Spike TV series' "Invasion Iowa" and "The Joe Schmo Show") has scattered funny lines and situations.
'Zombieland' busts a gut
"He handles every client like they're Joe Schmo off the street.
M CELEBRITY LIVES: The divorce doctor; When the stars don't want to be taken to the cleaners, they call top divorce lawyer Dennis Wasser. He has a reputation for resolving high-profile cases amicably, but the gloves are off when his latest client, Lionel Richie, fights his wife's exorbitant demands. By TANITH CAREY in New York
Spike may not have found a hit beyond the first season of "The Joe Schmo Show," but teaming with "Project Greenlight" producers Live Planet and the Rev.
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Spike lured young men over with its reality TV parody "The Joe Schmo Show." Even FX recently got in the game with a pair of pilots fast-tracking to production.
Herzog laughs it up as competish looms
And now that the genre has been spoofed on the likes of Spike's "Joe Schmo 2," you get the feeling that the well has been tapped dry.
Auds get cold feet
Given the monster numbers generated by Spike TV's "The Joe Schmo Show," which situated a reality contestant into an entirely fictional "Big Brother"/"Survivor" hybrid, Liguori says he expects "Todd TV" to continue the cabler's momentum in producing buzzworthy shows.
Cable television
Spike TV's new fall entry "The Joe Schmo Show" takes back the reality genre for fiction-loving folk, proving reality and creative talent don't have to be mutually exclusive.
'Joe' throws reality TV a curve