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Reality TVClubHouse Discussions: Survivor ARCHIVES: Survivor XIX - Samoa ~ 2: Survivor XIX - Samoa: The Castaways: Russell H.: Archive through September 25, 2009 users admin

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Lookieloo
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08-12-2009

Saturday, September 19, 2009 - 4:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lookieloo a private message Print Post    
if nothing else, he will be fun to watch and even more fun to see him kicked out :-)

It floors me that he would dump out all the water from his own tribe.

I think this will be the nastiest survivor group.

Chy
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07-19-2003

Saturday, September 19, 2009 - 5:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
C&P of my post from Premier show thread, since I'll like to remember this thought for later.

.... whoever got bad vibes from Ben were quite right. Marisa is giving interviews pointing Ben out as someone as mean as Russ H. She said ... keep watching, you'll see Ben's true colors. ...

I'm hoping this could mean that, tptb needed to hi-light RussH in a hurry or his time may run out? ....

Chy
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07-19-2003

Saturday, September 19, 2009 - 5:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
Lookie, Marisa said this in interviews:

On the canteens - Since they weren't assigned to people, they just concluded that, because they were sharing, they were empty because they'd drank it all.

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Unbelievable! Good thing they got fire this season. They could cook more drinking water now.

Reggiek
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08-12-2005

Monday, September 21, 2009 - 5:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Reggiek a private message Print Post    
The appears to be his sister's page. (comment on one of the photos refers to him as "bro")

http://www.myspace.com/melanie_hantz76

Chy
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07-19-2003

Monday, September 21, 2009 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chy a private message Print Post    
I have no clue if his sister put up the mysapace page. But I did count at least four times with Russ' face in the slide show.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, September 21, 2009 - 1:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I am for sure not feeling the love!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 10:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
This guy is a true character, that's for sure.
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It's rumored that he is also on Survivor 20


Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 4:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seattlemom a private message Print Post    
sigh this is one time I wish we could vote on who leaves Survivor

Rmsreality
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08-21-2005

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 6:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rmsreality a private message Print Post    
Hey all!

I usually just post during BB seasons, but this Survivor has to be one for the record books. What truly irritates me is that there are hundreds of thousands of applicants that want to be on the show for 3 reasons: 1) Duh, the money, 2) the fame that comes with it, and usually 3) because they want to help their families out. Russell cares for 1 out of 3. He doesn't need the money(OBVIOUSLY), which means he has no need to help his family. I feel sorry for all those who've been trying and trying to get on this show for years, only to see somebody get in who cares not for others, doesn't need the money, and has only one desire to make the others' lives miserable through cheap and tasteless tactics. If by some SHEER miracle he survives to F2, everybody will know how much of a ride this guy's had them on since Day One. Pity Betsy didn't turn around and bust him out on the way out of TC.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 7:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
I almost feel is a plant.They thought Coach was gold this guy is Platnium!

love him hate him, there's never been a player like him and I love that! imo, Ben is far worse

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 8:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
I said the same thing tonite Pamy. I said I bet the producers planted him and the idol location "discovery", too. Wow, I'm cynical!

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Egbok a private message Print Post    
Great minds think alike! Tonight I said Russell was a mole planted by CBS.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, September 24, 2009 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
ahhh great minds :-) I actually hope Russell stays til finals, he entertains the heck outta me! This is why Rob and Will were likable liars, they always let us in on the secret!

Panda
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07-15-2005

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 5:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Panda a private message Print Post    
letting us in on it definitely makes me want to know the next move.

Holly
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07-22-2001

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 5:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
This season just doesn't ring true at all, IMO. Russell is just *too* over the top to be believable, same with <24> Ben <24>. And as for Russell 'finding' the Immunity Idol by just looking upward--pfffttt! Seriously, is anyone believing this?

This whole season, including JP's blogs, designed entirely to reel us in, is nothing more than a scripted series with at least three hired actors i.e. Ben, Russell, Yasmin --I mean, come on, who can believe the little show she put on as soon as soon as she entered the other tribe. Survivor has really gone over the line with the "characters" they've hired this season thinking we are thrilled and chilled with racist and misogynist 'characters' brought in to spice things up, and they need to hang it up if this is the best they can come up with to entertain the masses. It's actually quite insulting what they're now serving up to us and calling 'reality'. Thank God AR starts on Sunday.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 5:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I don't think thyey're plants. I'm totally believing this. LOL.

Spitfire
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07-17-2002

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 5:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spitfire a private message Print Post    
During last night's episode DH said he thought Russell was a plant as well.

As much as I do not like him I think it's entertaining. :-)

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 6:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
I'm really gullible, though.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 7:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Having met people exactly like Russell in real life, I find it entirely plausible that he's the real deal and not a plant.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 10:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
While I don't think he has a snowball's chance in Hell of winning this (especially after he pulls out the HII only to find out it is null and void at Foa Foa's TC) and gets voted out, ... he is entertaining the crap out of me.

There ya go Pamy. I said it.

Jezzedout
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09-07-2006

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jezzedout a private message Print Post    
Agree with those of you who like Russ H. He's so over the top he's actually entertaining... unlike Ben who is so irrational he's a bit scary, in a serial killer sort of way.

But back to Russ H. Ep 1 I thought he was an idiot who could never make it to the finals. But he's playing surprisingly smart -- of course no doubt aided by the fact that he's surrounded by idiots. I found his "dumb ass girl alliance" offensive, but now realize he's pegged them pretty accurately, at least as far as Natalie and Ashley are concerned. I don't think he's a plant. He found the idol by thinking outside the box, and aided by a bit of luck. I do wonder whether the idol he found is valid, as I'm sure I read somewhere that the Foa Foa idol is at Galu and visa versa. So, I wonder what will happen if he tries to play that HII. Something else to look forward to...

Anyway, while I do question some of the casting choices -- such as Mike, with known medical issues -- I have no problem with them having cast Russ H. And if he makes it to the end and wins the million (slim chance), I say he's deserving.

Of course, I withhold the right to change my opinion as the season progresses ((-:

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 10:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Although I still watch and enjoy Survivor, I do find it to be the most scripted so-called reality television show on the air. Mark Burnett is totally hiring actors to play roles. There are story arcs that are pretty strictly followed. It doesn't bother me so much, except I don't find the racism and misogyny all that entertaining. I watch this show for the entertainment knowing it is scripted, rigged, and not so much reality.

Mark Burnett is trying hard to "make good television" for us with the characters his producers dream up. Jeff Probst and his blog, which in the past two seasons have consistently praised the most obnoxious "characters," are a part of the "good television" package. In case we failed to appreciate it, Jeffie now TELLS us weekly how entertaining these characters are that his boss cast in the show.

And to bring this post back on point, Russell H. is the star character of interest created for Season 19.

Jezzedout
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09-07-2006

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jezzedout a private message Print Post    
Regarding the HIIs... I don't remember now where I found this, but I believe it's posted elsewhere in TV Clubhouse. This was from a preseason interview Probst gave to TV Guide Channel:

Probst: "We have two hidden immunity idols, but they have their own set of clues, and you can only find the one that's for your tribe, they can only find the one that's for their tribe. The problem is, they're hidden at the other tribe's camp. So you have to get selected to go over there, and then you have to find it, underneath their eyes."

I interpret this to mean the idol Russ H. found at Foa Foa is invalid, as it technically belongs to Galu.

Sucks that Yasmin didn't even try to look for it.

Hermione69
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07-24-2002

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hermione69 a private message Print Post    
Nooooo, Juju! Say it isn't so!

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Friday, September 25, 2009 - 11:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rosie a private message Print Post    
Won't Russell be able to give the idol to someone on the other tribe?