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Moondance

Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 08:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Aware... I really like Gabe!

Hippyt

Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 08:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Aware,I always want to read yours since it seems Gabe and John are the spokesmen for Rotu.It's tough to figure out who will really hang together in this tribe.They all appear to be so bonded.

Awareinva

Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 08:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ep. 3 (cont.)

RC- At arrival, Gabe was sitting in the middle of the raft between Paschal and Tammy; during the race he was on the front, same side as Rober and Tammy; John, Kathy, Zoe on the other side; Gabe pulled in and unclipped three boxes, John did two and I must applaud him for that- how much must that eel bite have hurt in the salt water???

When they win, Gabe puts his paddle across the raft to someone (couldn't see who- I am guessing Zoe by the angle); Tammy comes off the raft first, hugs Paschal and Neleh; Rober and Zoe come off also, Zoe holding the raft to the dock with the rope, Zoe asks for the vote on what to take as reward; As Maraamu goes off, all of Rotu is on the dock, John and Tammy hug, Neleh and Zoe hug with Gabe behind them;

Day 8- Tree mail: Gabe and John open the box and take out the necklace; Gabe says "Cool!"; John holds it while Neleh breaks it open, Gabe comments that it WAS a very nice necklace as Tammy picks up the clue; Gabe and Paschal look on. Gabe is wearing a rope necklace with something- looks like a piece of wood splinter on it. Gabe reaches over and rubs Tammy's shoulder as John comments about breaking the necklace; looks like it was Gabe, Tammy, Paschal, John and Neleh getting the mail.

IC- Gabe comes up walking first carrying Immunity Idol; he is wearing the grey sleeveless shirt, dark shorts, sunglasses buff on right arm; Gabe is followed by Neleh, Kathy, Robert, Tammy Kathy, John and Paschal (last three- kind of guessing); they line up on the mat- Tammy, Kathy, Neleh, Gabe in front row; Zoe, John, Paschal, Robert back row; all of them have their arms around each other's necks, and the back row people are reaching up to touch the front row on the shoulders; Jeff P says the idol has found a permanent home and Gabe replies "He's happy;" as Jeff takes the idol Gabe says "See you soon!"

Gabe starts as caller for Rotu, he calls Kathy "KO" How funny is that??? , Paschal "Pappy" and Neleh "Sweet Pea", he never calls Zoe's name (and no one else does that I could tell- what does this mean????); when they win, Gabe runs over for a group hug with Tammy, Neleh, and Kathy; Gabe spins the group and opens his arm to bring Zoe into the group; Robert with a big hug for Gabe, patting him on the back; John's (??) arm comes into the scene to hug Gabe. As Jeff P bring the Idol over, Gabe has his arm around Zoe and John; Neleh takes the idol, Tammy then reaches up to hold it too, they bring it to the center of the group; Gabe reaches up to hold the idol, then Paschal and Robert touch it; Tammy, Neleh, and Robert let go- Gabe and Paschal hold the idol; next shot Gabe standing in between Paschal and Zoe as they all hold the idol

Preview: Shots of Neleh, Robert, V, Paschal, Kathy, Gabe as Jeff P says "When the survivors are given a chance to take fate into their own hands the game takes a drastic turn. Then the shot of Sean who says "Here's where the game gets really interesting."

Impressions: Gabe plays a big part in this tribe; he and Robert seem tight, and again we see him with John, Neleh, Tammy,and Paschal a lot; there seems to be a connection to Zoe, but I can't tell how serious it is; This tribe is really genuinely tight- probably the most tightly bonded tribe so far; it is going to be hard for them when/if they hit a TC;

I noticed that at the challenges they all stood close and touching each other; cracked me up to see the Maraamu standing at IC......if you have the tape you have to look at this..... no one was touching anyone except V had her elbow on Sean's shoulder. Every other person stood alone with hands on hips mostly- Hunter and Gina behind, Sarah, Sean and V in front, and Rob in back on the other end; the contrast to Rotu is hilarious!!! And could Gina have been any LESS enthusiastic when she said "Let's do it maramoo!" just before the IC- LOL!!!

Gabe is a real contributer to his tribe and seems to get along with everyone. I posted earlier that I have a GUT feeling that he may turn into quite the plotter and planner later (he is so smart, he should be really good at it); I would LOVE to see him evolve into a schemer- he would do it so nicely no one would get mad at him.....can you say evil Dr. Will????

Judy

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 05:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
WTG Aware...
good info:)
I too would love to see Gabe turn into a lil schemer. heh heh
He is too innocent looking for an evil name-we may have to call him Baby Face Cade.

Awareinva

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 09:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL- good one Judy! I'm going to remember that and his name will be "Baby Face" if he develops into the sly one that we are hoping to see!!

Crazydog

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 12:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I heard Gabe call out Zoe's name. And he called her "Zoe", not some nickname. Not even "Zo". Says to me that she hasn't endeared herself to the tribe as some of the others. Has she appeared in an interview yet? She seems allergic to the cameras.

Awareinva

Monday, March 25, 2002 - 06:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry for the delay folks. Had company Thurs. and Fri. and then have been fighting some kind of killer chest cold. Here's the next installment of Gabe goes to the beach! :)

EPISODE 4:
DAY 10

Gabe is standing by the shelter in a yellow t-shirt, dark shorts as John puts Neleh's hair into a ponytail. As Paschal talks about the tribe having a family feeling and pride, there is a shot of Paschal walking into the surf where Gabe is in dark shorts, no shirt washing up. They put their arms around each other's neck.

John and Tammy are sitting on the log, Tammy saying that the tribe is getting in a groove, that yesterday was the best day so far. Gabe come up (dark shorts, no shirt, buff around right arm) and massages their shoulders. He says "Hey buddy". Voice over of Gabe "This tribe is unbelievable, the reason we keep on winning is becasue of the unity and love in this tribe." Shot of Gabe laying on the rocky beach, yellow shirt, sunglasses on. Voice over continues "It's an unusual experience to see 8 people coming together every day to provide for each other, not just in the challenges but everyday we do activities that will provide for the group. Cut to Kathy cutting coconut. Shot of John giving Gabe a handful of coconut. Gabe is sitting on the beach leaning on a rock. He is in yellow t-shirt, dark shorts, sandals, sunglasses on top of his head, his "splinter" necklace and rope bracelet. Gabe is holding a spiral bound book and a pencil in his left hand. I have to check but didn't someone bring a journal as their lux. item? Apparently they are loaning it out- I know Gabe's item is a teddy bear!

The Twist:
Walking to the mats, Neleh, John, Gabe, Robert, Zoe, Paschal, Tammy, Kathy.
Standing on the mat: Kathy, Robert, John, Gabe, Neleh, Tammy Paschal, Zoe- all have their arms around each other's necks; right as Jeff P. starts the twist, Gabe has taken his arm off John's neck leaving 2 groups: Kathy, Robert, John and Gabe, Neleh, Tammy, Paschal, Zoe

As Jeff says pick a disk, everyone goes pretty quickly to the discs. Gabe stops looks behind him up at the sky then down at the discs; everyone gets on a disc except Gabe, Paschal and Robert; Gabe has a disc by his feet but he doesn't step on it. Paschal walks past Gabe to an open disc on the far side of the Group, Robert walks around and steps on a disc in the back. Then Gabe gets onto the disc by his feet. He crouches with his forearms on his knees in an attitude of getting ready mentally for a challenge. He has a very serious look as Jeff begins talking.

One very interesting thing I saw was that Sarah was originally on the disc Robert ended up on. As Paschal walks through the group to an open place, Sarah was starting to change places. She stops lets Paschal go on, then steps off one disc onto the one she ends up with!!! Robert takes the one Sarah stepped off. Sarah was originally on a Rotu-- this would have given them a 4-4 split!!! Man, she must have been cussing that decision! Looked like she changed places to get closer to Rob!!

Zoe is first to go- she gives Jeff P a killer look when she realized what the game is about. She puts on the new buff then gives a small smile, probably in appreciation of what the twist is! Gabe goes third, he gives Zoe a high 5 and a hug as he joins her on the mat. When Paschal goes, Neleh says "Pappy's on our team" Kathy says "We got Pappy". As Paschal puts on the buff and walks to Maraamu mat, he looks at Rotu, not a happy look, Gabe has his lips pressed tight together, he mouths something, possibly "that's ok", and gives a slight nod; Zoe winks and blows Paschal a kiss. As they split up, Gabe hugs V, then stands alone looking hard over at Maraamu. Paschal puts up a hand in a wave, kind of tearing up.

Post twist: the tribe returns to camp, coming out of the surf They must bring them by boat. Tammy is first, Sean, Gabe, V and Rob; then a long way back comes Robert, Zoe and John. V asks about the routine, Tammy says they get up at dawn, Gabe says they make sure they have water and food; shot around the fire toasting coconut- V saying the Rotu nicknames couldn't tell if she was giving them or repeating nicknames- my guess is the latter.- Johnny Pots and Pans (John), Xena (Zoe), Tonga (Gabe), Scoop (Tammy), The General (Robert)

Rob does a voiceover saying Gabe seems like a cool guy, seems like a brainiac (sp?) probably thinks he is a lot smarter than he really is. Shot of Gabe cutting a coconut. Getting wood- Rob asks Gabe how much wood is this for, an entire day? Gabe says yeah as he adds a stick to the pile in Rob's arms. Shot of Gabe with his hands on his hips watching Sean carrying 2 sticks (one in each hand).

DAY 11:

Rob and Sean sitting on the beach, Tammy brings them food as Gabe watches (no shirt, tan shorts). Close up of Gabe with what looks like a split lip, buff around his neck, watching something with a very serious look, he swallows hard.

Conversation with Sean: Voice over by Sean talking about how they are going anyway, he's not going to kiss butt, doesn't know how long he can hold his tongue. Shot of Gabe and Sean- Gabe no shirt, tan shorts; Looks like we have come into the middle of the conversation; Gabe is chewing/eating something.

Sean(looking down at the fire, then he begins to talk): That's just it, we're not going to overexert ourselves knowing we're going into a situation where we may get voted off anyway. We're just trying to fit in and have fun while wer'e doing it. I don't know what game you 5 got going.

Gabe is eating/chewing: Listen, listen..

Sean: I don't care, I don't wanna hear it

Gabe: You're gonna think what you're gonna think, I'm not saying...

Sean: I hear you, I know, but the thing is we're not gonna run around here like slaves,

Gabe: shakes head

Sean: we're not trying to prove anything to anybody, that's why we're gonna rest when we wanna rest. Y'all are all Clydesdales, every last one of y'all;

Gabe: small smile

Sean: Y'all are getting up every five seconds, yeah, I'm gonna go on a 50 mile hike and cut up some coconuts. Lets just sit our butts down and relax, I'm getting tired of this working around here...I'm a grown man out here, and I'm gonna get real with you, I didn't come out here for this

Gabe: I want you to be real

Sean: I'm tired of this bull sh*t, we're not tiptoeing around a mother and I'm coming out of my shell right now to tell you if y'all are gonna vote us off, vote us off

Gabe takes a breath like he was going to say something then changes his mind

Sean walks away toward the beach, Gabe remains standing there watching Sean walk away looking like "OK....."

Rob comes out of the surf toward Sean like to see what that was all about; cut to the scene with Rob asking V what she thinks about all this, her comments about staying out of the drama, Sean walks away

Immunity Challenge: Gabe comes first with the Immnuity Idol That boy is developing quite an attachment to that thing- seems to feel very possessive of it! :). Tammy, John, Robert, Zoe behind Gabe.

Lining up on mat: front- Sean,Zoe, Tammy Gabe; back-Rob,V, Robert, John

Gabe plays a big part in the puzzle, but V also played a much bigger role than it seemed, she talked a lot, directed a lot; Jeff hands V the idol; Gabe immediately puts his hand on it, Tammy also.

Preview: John asks Gabe "Are we staying tight, are we trying to put Rotu back together?" Gabe just stares then looks off to the right.

Standing at RC: front- Zoe, Tammy V, John, Gabe; back- Sean, Rob, Robert; Gabe says "Wow!" as JeffP says winning tribe raids the loser's camp.

Impressions: Two big ones- 1)I think Gabe and Paschal are pretty tight. Looked like they were the most upset at being separated;

2) the confrontation with Sean wasn't as big as it seemed. I think Gabe probably started the conversation by saying something to Sean about getting along better; doing work; getting to know everyone. We saw him do this with Kathy. He is trying to get everyone to be one big "love tribe" and is working on Sean. Sean doesn't buy it, but I'm not sure that this was a big blowout. I bought into it with the first watching- but am now thinking
MarkB. redherring.

I still hope that Rotu wises up and realizes that they need to lose the next two IC so as to eliminate Rob and Sean before they get a chance to win the individual immunity challenges.

Gabe is taking this game really seriously. He had obviously decided that they were going to stand on the discs a long time- he was checking where the shade would be as the time progressed (he checked out the sun and the trees behind them). Plus he got really focused as they stepped on the wood- I think this guy mean real business!

I LOVE the fact that Sarah was on Rotu until she moved off the disc to get closer to Rob!!! Could have changed the whole game!!!

Awareinva

Monday, March 25, 2002 - 07:02 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just a random thought- decided to throw it down here. If Gabe is really thinking of the endgame- he could be trying to get Sean to be low key and make the merge. He may already be thinking that it would be questionable in final 2 to beat other Rotu, since they all like each other a lot (unless Kathy is that other person sitting against you). If any Rotu sits against a Maraamu- hands down the Rotu wins.

Just a thought- I don't think it's the case but if they are thinking strategy.......pick the most obnoxious person to sit opposite you at final 2!!

Gina8642

Monday, March 25, 2002 - 03:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
True Awareinva, but how obnoxious does Gabe have to be to fellow Rotu's to keep Sean in the Game? Then they vote for the guy from the other team, instead of the one they liked in the beginning. (The lesser of two evils)

Think Will in BB2

Tbear

Monday, March 25, 2002 - 03:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
AWARE-I haven't looked at your profile, but phew, we all have our gifts and yours surely shines through in this game. You are so detailed, you should be a P.I. AMAZING! I would have a total headache writing as you do. All I can say is "WOW".

Hippyt

Monday, March 25, 2002 - 06:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Aware,I think Gabe is definitely the one to watch when it gets to the individual challenges! He could go on a "Colby-run" and win challenge after challenge!
I see your looking for the alliances in this team like I am. They just aren't gonna throw us a bone! I noticed Tammy and John together a lot. I noticed John and Gabe together a lot. But they strike me as kind of competing for the leader role.At this point Gabe has that role.I just can't carve out anything other than Neleh and Paschal.
But,I'll keep trying!
Good post!

Car54

Monday, March 25, 2002 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From Newsobserver.com:

A SURVIVOR WITH A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES --
The Celo way
CELO, N.C. - Maybe the producers of the latest version of the brutal reality show "Survivor" picked cast member Gabriel Cade to provide an entertaining contrast to the greed and manipulation it takes to win. After all, they're savvy at concocting a mix of players who provide a spectacle of shifting allegiances as they get rid of each other in a quest to win $1 million.


On the other hand, they might not have understood what it meant when Gabriel said he was raised in "the tiny alternative community of Celo, N.C."


Sure, the CBS show has embraced that as part of Cade's backstory, along with his expertise in ballet, figure skating, soccer and languages. But Celo isn't a handful of graying hippies hiding out from corporate America; it is a place where people have worked hard for 65 years to be exactly what "Survivor" is not.


At its heart is a 1,200-acre "intentional community," founded in 1937 in the mountains near Pisgah National Forest and the Tennessee state line as a Depression-era experiment in communal life. The people who live there embrace individualism, shared responsibility for the land and collective decision making. Celo has survived despite internal strife, defections and contrary human nature.


Surely, growing up there taught Gabriel Cade something about playing well with others.


When residents aren't busy making a living, life in Celo is a blur of community work days to repair common roads, pick up trash or work on one another's homes, shifts at the food cooperative and meeting after meeting of committees that keep an eye on finances, membership and other practical matters. There are also frequent social and cultural events.


"I call it the rural rat race," says Joyce Johnson, who has lived in Celo for three decades. On a recent weekday, she was scheduled for a committee meeting on plans to turn the old health center into a community building and was deep into organizing a cultural visit from a Danish gymnastics team. Johnson attends nearly every general community meeting, which takes place monthly, and helps organize a weekly coffee.


About 40 families live on the land trust, called Celo Community Inc., which owns the property. Dozens more -- among them Gabriel Cade's parents, Jerry and Marilyn -- live nearby and are considered part of a larger Celo community. Gabriel, his twin sister, Emily, and older brother, Jason, grew up on the family's ridge-top farm, with gorgeous views of the valley and surrounding mountains. The family keeps dairy goats and grows lavender and organic blueberries. The Cades came to Celo in 1974 with a small group of idealistic physicians who wanted to serve the poor in Appalachia and embrace the back-to-the-land movement. Marilyn Cade is a nurse in a small hospital in nearby Spruce Pine, and Jerry Cade is a doctor. They're regulars at the Sunday Quaker meeting and members of Celo's food co-op, where she sells cheese, eggs and vinegars produced on the farm.


Several families moved to the area about the same time as the Cades, so the Cade children grew up as part of a large --for Celo, anyway-- group of kids. They were taught to respect the environment, invest in strengthening community and scrutinize the means toward any end for fairness and morality, Marilyn Cade said.


"Gabriel is very into process, how you do something," she said. "The way you do something is talked about a lot in Celo and if you watch, you can see that process to him is in some ways more important than the show."


So, whether CBS wanted it or not, for four episodes Gabriel Cade, a 23-year-old would-be actor with a tangle of blond curls, has slipped Celo's backbone value of community building into the show. A show designed to force its own tiny community to cannibalize itself over 39 days until one person remains. What's more, Gabriel's approach seems to have unified his tribe, helping it win all six "challenges" in the first four shows, including four that forced the losing team to vote a member off the South Pacific island where the show was filmed. It's also going over well with viewers, who are picking him to win in CBS' online poll.


Though "Survivor: Marquesas" was filmed last year, it hit the airwaves in February and will be broadcast into May. Until the final show, cast members can't talk to the media and can't tell anyone who won. Though Gabriel calls his parents between each broadcast and sometimes just before the show airs, he hasn't told them how long he lasted and has taken delight in dropping false hints.


His parents watch "Survivor" with mixed emotions. Gabriel's tribe has been invincible in the challenges that determine which team gets a treat or must vote someone off. Gabriel is safe, but the other tribe's suffering just isn't the kind of spectacle that folks in Celo enjoy.


And in true Celo fashion, Gabriel has a goal unrelated to that of the show. He could care not less about the $1 million, said his parents, but figures if he stays on the show long enough --which may be relatively easy if the other cast members figure out he's not playing to win -- it will boost his chances of starting an acting career. Plus, it's a grand adventure.


In the second episode, the cameras recorded the Maraamu tribe squabbling and coming apart at the seams. Then the cameras shifted to Cade's tribe, Rotu, hunkered down in the communal hut it had built, dubbed "the Love Shack" by Cade. All eight were engaged in a group massage.


"I love being in this tribe," proclaimed Cade. "I love how they decide to interact with each other in positive ways."


In the beginning


Celo was inspired by visionary educator and engineer Arthur E. Morgan, the first chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority. Through his writing and speeches, Morgan promoted his firm ideas about education -- he believed it shouldn't be separated from practical experience -- and about how communities should work.


Celo came about when a wealthy admirer bought the land and provided startup money. He, Morgan and a leading Quaker became the directors of Celo Community Inc. (Though the community shares many Quaker values, its members never have had to belong to a specific religion.)


Morgan believed --rightly, as it turned out -- that the Celo experiment would start crudely and need a long period of refinement, anthropologist George L. Hicks wrote in "Experimental Americans," a book about intentional communities. Morgan's vision, rooted in the poverty of the Depression, was that Celo would be a model for similar communities to follow, places where a small industry or farming could be developed to provide income for all; he hoped the communities would support one another in various ways. But he also wanted to build in flexibility; "life is too complex and too large to fit into any formal ideology," Morgan said.


In its early decades, Celo was often smaller than the 16-member "Survivor" cast. Over the years, it survived tribulations -- failed schemes for communal farming and various small, jointly run businesses; local resistance to some residents' strong pacifist views; and internal strife, including fears in the late 1950s that the community would grow so small it would collapse.


But, in fits and starts, things improved. In 1962, the private Arthur Morgan School was started; it is not only named for Celo's founder but also based on his teachings, with an egalitarian structure and integration of lessons into real experiences, such as lengthy hikes. The school became a focal point that added to the community's cohesion, as did the growing summer enrollment in farm camps at Celo. Growing interest in communal living in the 1960s brought more attention and energy to Celo, though its population remained relatively small. By 1973, all the existing homes were full again, and the next year the community declared a moratorium in trial memberships.


Anthropologist Hicks believed that Celo's shift in interest from social goals to, essentially, land management, helped it to survive.


Johnson said she believes that shifting away from making a living as a group has reduced strife.


"The community itself has no joint business. People just do what they want, or do something with just a few others, and personally I think that's better," she said. "With the whole community involved, it can be very hard."


In fact, Celo may have become a little too popular: The waiting list to become a trial member is 10 to 20 years, by various accounts. And after the six-month audition, there's no guarantee of being voted in.


Life goes on


Though Celo receives a few visitors drawn by its legacy or school and camp, the place isn't unusual at first sight. The setting, hard against the South Toe River and surrounded by some of the state's tallest peaks, is beautiful, but the mountain counties offer hundreds of square miles of similar terrain.


A tourist hoping to see strange groups of people feverishly interacting, or some New Age variation on the Amish, would be disappointed. There is an inn, and in warm months local artists and craftspeople sell their works at a cooperative. But the land trust itself appears to be little more elaborate than a long gravel road with several driveways and a scattering of homes that are more likely than most to have solar water heaters. There's a meadow with soccer goals made from tree trunks for the weekly community game.


The winding roads nearby, like the one the Cades live on, are equally pretty and equally unsuited to gawking.


"We're not a tourist destination," said Dick Kennedy, a builder and former Peace Corps volunteer who has lived in Celo for three decades. "We're just a bunch of folks out here trying to live our lives and keep our community together."


All is not perfect harmony and agreement. This is, Kennedy said, still part of the real world. At the monthly community meeting, the uneasy relationship between individualism and egalitarianism sometimes becomes obvious.


Kennedy is currently doing a rotation as co-clerk of the meeting, at which internal matters are resolved by consensus. This topic inevitably prompts members to describe their love-hate relationship with the concept. What would seem relatively simple matters may take months or years. On the other hand, said Gil Johnson, Joyce's husband and a nationally known glass blower, the process ensures that everyone's views are carefully considered.


Like any community, Celo encompasses old and young, joiners and loners. Most would agree on at least one thing, Kennedy said: that all are fiercely individualistic.


Which can make it difficult to run the place.


For example, the debate over poison ivy has waxed and waned for decades, Kennedy said, in part because of disagreement over the use of herbicides.


"We can dig the poison ivy, spray it or plant something else that will take over, so the options are limited and the views are strong," he said.


But diversity is more a strength than a problem, he said. In the winter, for example, residents lead more than 100 informal courses in something called "Cabin Fever University."


It's easy for outsiders to misunderstand the nature of intentional communities, said resident Donna O'Toole, part of a group putting together a history of the community. "People come here thinking about utopia and find that people are just trying to find their way just like people do everywhere else, only here they are doing their best to take care of the land and each other."


Spreading the word


Growing up the way he did could help Gabriel Cade on "Survivor" in ways that aren't just connected to Celo's philosophical values.


For one, his mother said, the physical challenges don't seem as tough for him.


This is the first "Survivor" in which the cast wasn't given any food or water to start, and Cade told his parents that at times the tribe members were surviving on 800 calories a day. But Cade is used to living close to the land, swimming in icy rivers in the winter and hiking hard. In summer of 1998 he spent four months traversing 2,000 miles of the Appalachian Trail.


His mother isn't sure the show picked Gabriel because it needed someone to balance the players who were solely interested in a money grab. She suspects they simply figured he'd fill a blond-hiker gap in the mix.


Cade, with his golden curls, is photogenic. But he is more than holding his own with the basic mental and physical aspects of the show. In one episode, he designed a raft that helped the team win a reward challenge. In another, he led the effort to bring a wayward team member back into the fold.


With the brashness of an unusually bright 23-year-old, Gabriel has also vowed not just to use the show to boost his visibility but also to use it as a soapbox to spread a bit of Celo across the nation.


"Gabriel said, 'I want to go on television and change the way America thinks,' " said his mother. "His older brother, giving him a hard time, told him he already had changed something: All over Celo, people are buying TVs."


Folks in Celo tend to be serious about the way life is lived, which is understandable, given the commitment they've made to do things their way. Most, said Marilyn Cade, aren't taking the show seriously at all, though many are watching and some are greatly amused by the hubbub. It's not every day that such frivolous intruders as the Star tabloid and The National Enquirer get interested in a Celo resident. The Asheville Citizen-Times even gives a weekly synopsis of Gabriel's activities on the show, including what he wore and what he said.


The show introduced Cade as a bartender from Celo, and a set-piece joke in the valley is wondering aloud where that bar is, given that Yancey County is dry (the bar is in Los Angeles). On the other hand some folks have gone out of their way to mention that they like the way Gabriel is behaving.


"I think there's a large feeling in the community that the show's pretty silly, but that, hey, it's Gabe," said his mother, laughing.

<this article explains a lot about Gabe and the Rotu's>

Awareinva

Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 05:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Car. Great article :)

Urgrace

Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 07:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From the article above - The Celo Way - it says that Gabe is into the community way of life more than the show. Now we know that is the truth.

Hippyt

Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 07:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah,we all read it,but apparently we didn't get it!! Awareinva,You do such a great job,wanna take over John? ROFL,I crack myself up.......

Awareinva

Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 09:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No thanks, but I think I am hooked on the superspoiling and Zoe is my new favorite! :) So hop on over to the Superspoiling Zoe thread when I make it--- maybe she'll actually want to play the darn game!!!

Awareinva

Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 09:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, the grand finale for our guy Gabe

Day 13: Gabe bonds to the new tribe members- he is committed to bringing them into the fold. He asks John, Tammy and Robert what the ethics are in the game. When John says telling the truth, Gabe shakes his head and smirks. John says would you lie to win the game. Gabe tells him that he apparently always wanted to create utopia, and his only motive for coming out to the Marquesas was to see if he could live with 8 strangers and make a happy little love society. And it worked for 12 days until Rob and Sean came and ruined it

John isn't getting enough love from the commune and decides to figuratively kill off the hippie. Gabe screws up during the reward challenge by not seeing the last piece of the totem. Several times he lets John wander over walls, fences, Pappy, etc. Don't know if they showed that on purpose, but we didn't see anyone else really get led astray. Gabe looks really disgusted at the end of the challenge. He is unhappy during the raid, but gives a small smile as the new Moo walk away.

Gabe seals his fate with the Mike Boogie rap with the ratty teddy bear in his lap.

Day 14: An incredibly pitiable attempt at getting attention by the Dynamic Dunces, V and Zoe follows. Mark B. didn't need to cheat with these guys in charge. After the loss, the Robfatha offers Gabe a way out, but Gabe apparently can refuse the offer. :) Zoe tells Gabe he has been the one who can lighten the mood in camp, then they all proceed to boot his happy little hiney home.

Peace love and all that crap....now let's get going with the fun stuff like lying, cheating and backstabbing. Gabe it was fun buddy, but I'm afraid this game is more like the real world than utopia!

Hippyt

Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 09:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Good last post on Gabe!!I was only kidding about John,I can't wait to get to his butt!I also can't wait to see him go,he's too much work!
Aware,Urgrace needs help with Tammy.You might be up to it!!!

Egbok

Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 09:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved the ratty teddy bear and I'd like to hear its history with Gabe.