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Neko

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 06:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, but if we're thinking about the same plane, that wasn't a Canadian plane that crashed.

Swissair 111 right?

It had 229 people aboard it, 137 of which, were American.
That's proably why it made your news.

Whit4you

Saturday, September 14, 2002 - 09:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yup Neko that'd be the plane. But what I meant was that Canada was highlighted quite a bit on our news after that crash. The way they helped out the families of the victims and so on. Canada rarely makes our news but when it does it's usually talking about how great Canadians are. :)

Neko

Sunday, September 15, 2002 - 06:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'd rather have the news saying that about Canada then anything else Whit.

Car54

Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 05:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
From the Edmonton Sun:


Canucks may make Survivor
But legal issues could pose problems
By STEVE TILLEY -- Edmonton Sun
Outwit, outplay and outlast - eh?

Future instalments of CBS's reality-TV phenom Survivor could be open to Canadian contestants, if series creator and executive producer Mark Burnett has his way.

During a media conference call yesterday to discuss Survivor: Thailand, premiering tomorrow night at 9 on CBS, The Sun asked Burnett why he hasn't yet allowed Canadian citizens to become contestants on the show, which traditionally draws an even higher ratio of viewers north of the border than it does in United States.

"It's a bona fide question and I don't see any reason, going forward, that we couldn't include a Canadian or two," said Burnett.

"(Canada) is so closely aligned with the U.S. that it's not going to be a jarring thing, like putting a person on the show from China who doesn't speak English," Burnett said, adding he planned to discuss the idea of Canuck contestants with CBS president Les Moonves.


So far the only Canadian presence on Survivor has been Survivor: The Australian Outback's Kel Gleason, who was punted off in the second episode after it was hinted he was hoarding a stash of beef jerky. Gleason, an American citizen who worked as a U.S. army intelligence officer, spent part of his childhood in New Brunswick.

A CBS spokesman said there could be legal issues involved in allowing non-American citizens on the show, but Burnett vowed to pursue the matter anyway.

"Americans and Canadians have the same kind of accent, a bit, apart from you keep saying 'eh' all the time," said Burnett.

"I think it's a bona fide question, and I'm kind of embarrassed actually that we haven't attempted it before, because we have such a great viewing audience in Canada and I've worked there so much. So far I haven't stopped to think about it, and I will today."

The tidbits Burnett spilled yesterday about Survivor: Thailand included the revelation that the tribes will not be divided into male and female camps, as was suggested by some of the CBS promos for the show, and that 90% of the challenges will be brand new to this series. Burnett also said the third episode of Survivor: Thailand will include the show's first-ever challenge to involve physical contact between contestants, an idea which almost backfired when tempers flared and things got a little rough, forcing host Jeff Probst to play peacemaker.

"It got a little out of hand, and Jeff started feeling like he was refereeing the NFL I think," said Burnett. "Jeff was able to tone things down by yelling at them. I think the words he used were, 'I'm beginning to sound like a broken record here, guys. Chill out.'

"Tensions run really high when big rewards or immunity are at stake, and you got a bunch of guys with too much testosterone running around. Trust me, it makes good TV, though. That's the good thing about it." (More on Survivor-Thailand)

<Neko, LOOK!>

Whit4you

Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 05:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
pssst - you Canadian's sure have gotten quiet all a sudden.....somethign special going on up there that I don't know about?? :) Thanksgiving? You should have a 'invite an American' up for a day - day. LOL

Car54

Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 05:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I just think it is so efficient of you all to have your Thanksgiving this early! Ours is way too close to Christmas!

Lumbele

Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit, we have been taught not to talk with our mouths full. So until all the leftovers are gone it probably will stay very quiet in here, but you Yanks are very welcome to come on up and help speed up the process. How do you feel about turkey salad, turkey a la king, hot turkey sandwiches, turkey soup etc.?

Rissa

Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Whit, we have been laying low while we construct fences around all of our water and oil supplies. :)

Lumbele, I don't want to hear you complaining about leftover turkey!! I got suckered into Thanksgiving at my in-laws. They don't cook a turkey, they cook a turkey ROLL from M&M meats with some sort of greenish stuffing in the middle. It is the most god-awfull thing you have ever tasted. This is the 3rd year they have done this. Every year my sister-in-law and I offer to cook the turkey but she won't take the hint. LOL As soon as it hit the table my husband's brother and I battled to get the end slices off the roll because at least those ones had no stuffing. heeehee

Lumbele

Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
SACRILEGE!!!!!!fright Poor Rissa!kiss better

Wiseolowl

Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 08:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I suspect that our Thanksgiving is in mid-October, rather than November because it celebrates the harvest which occurs earlier here because of the colder climate.

Lumbele

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 08:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wiseolowl, DH claims we have to catch the turkey before it freezes.laugh

Wiseolowl

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 09:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Lumbele you are becoming dangerously close to having a turkey fettish. Trust me , after Thanksgiving there aren't many turkeys left except to breed next year's harvest - and those little critters am sure are nice and warm in some barn. Suspect that turkeys are prety hardy - although as we remember from that WKRP Cinncinnati show they can't fly -and are somewhat vulnerable when dropped froman airplane!!

Neko

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
*Looks at the article of Car's*

That's just great.
*Mumbles about being to young and by the time she'll be old enough to go on, It'll be Survivor 20.*

LOL Thanks for the thought though,. Maybe you can talk LLkoolaid or Flint to apply.

I'm sure AcmeBrainTrust would just love that they could have "one of there own" on Survivor.
*One of there own being Nova Scotia people*