I'm a gargantuan fan of the Joe Schmo Show 1 & 2 (both follow this format where everyone's an actor except for the schmo), both of which are astronomically funnier than this one and I agree that sometimes less is more, but this was simply less is less. The writing/planning for this wasn't very good. Most joke ideas fell pretty flat. Some of the stuff was so stupid it was difficult to watch. The Noah character was extremely stupid so was every storyline pertaining to him (and horrendously acted, it was cringe worthy to watch). In the end it's weird that they play out and make a big deal about some of Ronalds decisions in the end whereas pretty much every decision was made for him... there wasn't that much for our mark to do.

If you enjoyed this and haven't watched the Joe schmo show I highly recommend that, because part 1 & 2 of that show are sooo much better and two of may favorite shows of all time. I will give this show props in that... at least it was authentic. The only thing that would have made this worse is if it was disingenuous and 90% of these shows are fake including the person who isn't supposed to be in on it.

Another decent show in this category is My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiancee. There are a handful of other ones, but all the other ones that I'm familiar with are fake.