Top Affiliate Challenge is Over
I was finally able to watch episodes 5-14 of TAC over a 3 day stretch last week. Overall I was pretty impressed with the show, even though my initial impressions left me wanting more. The acting got better, and they actually showed how some things were done, and some of the contestants shared pretty good details about how they got started and how they make money. Just the fact that Thor was able to pull it off while running his business and other things he does is pretty amazing to me.
Big surprise that Jonathan van Clute won, but he deserved it since he really knows his stuff. I was glad to see Carl come in 2nd; he’s a smart guy. I think Ian Jani got lucky in third place and it could have been anyone else.
As far as the Gurus go, it was very unfortunate for Shoemoney that his baby had such problems after she was born. Not exactly the best way to enter this world, but I’m glad that she’s doing better now and hopefully Shoe and his wife can get into the groove of being parents of 2 kids soon (if there is such a groove 
). John Chow got voted off and I’m not really sure I agreed with that. I think he gives the most honest view of the show in his shocking behind the scenes take on TAC. So since Shoe and John were out, Ken McArthur had the show all to himself to promote the JV Alert conference and his book…good for him.
It sounds like there could be a TAC 2 in the works already so I’m excited to see that if it happens.
Subscribe with RSSCategory: General | 777 views | Posted: July 21st 2008 12:23 pm
Comment by Carl Zetterlund
on 21 Jul 2008 at 2:18 pm #
Glad you enjoyed it! I’m looking forward to the second season as well.
Comment by Thor Schrock
on 22 Jul 2008 at 6:59 am #
Thanks for the post. We obviously had some quality issues in the beginning, but we are fixing those as I type this. It was a wild ride, and yes, there is a TAC Season 2 in the works. Some things will be retooled, and we are already picking up sponsors who would not touch the show before so the budget should be better as well.
One question though? How do you figure Ian came in third? He was the first person eliminated from the show.
Comment by James Ehly
on 22 Jul 2008 at 1:31 pm #
Hey Thor - thanks for the comments, and I’m excited to see season 2. Thanks for pointing out my mistake, that’s what I get for writing about this a week after I watched it. (I still think Jani was lucky).
Comment by Thor Schrock
on 22 Jul 2008 at 2:51 pm #
LOL, you might be right, but either way its a reality show
Learning to go from 0 to $600 in a day is impressive.
I appreciate the coverage. Ian couldn’t hang