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Crazydog

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 09:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Maybe I am not thinking clearly today since I am still confused as to why Gabe did what he did. It seemed to have been made pretty clear to him that John and his henchmen were going to vote for Gabe. Seems to me that Rob offered to have his henchmen join with Gabe to create a 4-4 tie and possibly vote out John. But Gabe decides that he doesn't want to play that way and screw over his Rotu friends, so he just gives up? I don't get it. He doesn't want to betray the friends that made it obvious they were going to betray him. i suppose he is very idealistic but that strikes me as a little naive especially when you are on a show to win the money. The whole goal is to get as far in the game as you can. Clearly he believed in this, because he tried really hard in every challenge. But it seemed the minute he encountered any adversity from his friends, he just folded his cards and walked away.

LOL, now I think _I_ am starting to not make sense! Does anyone understand what I'm trying to say?

Webkitty

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 09:18 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think I understand why everyone is so upset with Gabe.

By not wanting to get into the backstabbing (he felt) necessary to win the game, he left his original team mates (who he professed to be so close to) vulerable to the Rob/Sean/Vee alliance, therefore diminishing Zoe, John and Tammy's chances of advancing.

If he had given John his word to stick with the original Rotu, Sean or Rob would have been the one talking to Byant today.

Am I in the ballpark?

Maris

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 09:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That is what I see Webkitty. If he had given his word and stuck with it, then everything would have been fine. But he gave his word to stick with the team and then backed out of his promise to John. That is the way the game goes, you make a promise, you break it you get the boot.

Tksoard

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 09:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes Crazydog, I understand what you're saying. Now let's see if anyone understands my problem with Gabe.

He said that he was there to start a society of 8 people from all different life styles. Well, did he realize that it was a game, and not a new city or life forever. He sounded to me like he was starting a whole new country and it was to grow, not dwindle down one by one. I don't know, he just sounded like a real goof-ball last night.

Demeter

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 09:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jane always fawns over all the contestants. But, this time around Bryant has been as well. Does anyone else get the sense that he is finally "watching" survivor, so he is more relaxed and engaging in the interviews than in the past?

Webkitty

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 09:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, I see that, Maris and I agree with you. I was just wondering why people were picking apart his hair, his lisp? the way he talks, etc.
Frustration, I can see it now.

I still think he's a "nice" person, but yes, he didn't have what it took when it came down to it to save his team mates from the Mar alliance.
And it did seem as if it was all up to him how things would go down.
If you are a big Zoe/John/Tammy fan I can see how it would be frustrating.

And I can see where the people here play the deadpool and RELLY get into this it would be upsetting.

Bygones

Squaredsc

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 09:35 am EditMoveDeleteIP
quick question folks, was there any mention in the interview of the gabe/sean connection??? i wonder if anyone else but the star and us knows or cares. is it some kind of violation of the rules to actually know one of the tribemates??

Maris

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 09:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
well I play the deadpool Webkitty and I have to say if anyone wants to lose follow my votes because I vote the absolutely wrong thing every week. Do they give a prize for the lowest score????

Webkitty

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 09:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
LOL! Maris, your braver than I am!

Fruitbat

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 09:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
No Square, remember that the interview is given by a net work employee.

Good points here about Gabe letting his teamates down.

Squaredsc

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 10:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ok thanks fruit.

Moondance

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 10:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Just read this thread... LOL Car and G!!!:)

Moondance

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 10:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
http://survivorfever.net/earlyshow-gabe.html

Transcript and Images - Graphics Intensive

Seamonkey

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 11:22 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Sheesh!! Me, relax?? I don't think I'll lose a wink of sleep over any of this and I certainly didn't get so excited the last two weeks that I couldn't settle down and watch amazing race. I don't even tape, just watch the show.

Intently, I'll admit. And no, Gabe never was a favorite and yes, I do have some criticisms..

The lisp comment, I admit, came from looking to see if he actually had broken teeth or any signs of some injuries.. guess I was just describing.. I wasn't faulting him for a lisp.. Donald Sutherland has a pronounced lisp.. just a description.

I think maybe after listening to Sarah be bashed for her body and for saying it was a great experience, etc.. now we have this beloved guy and all this teeth knashing.. I wasn't knocked out when Hunter was booted either..

They didn't ask him opinions of too many others, just John, which I guess is understandable since that was the drama.

He seems excited about seeing NY City, tho I'm sure he'll be pretty busy with interviews. His twin sister lives there so that is cool for him.

Now over to the buttheadthread.. we definitely have a third BH.. John :)

Car54

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 11:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Jeez if you want to play a game with ethics, give Alex Trebek a call. No where on the logo does it say that you out-nice, out toedance, out ice skate. :)

oh, but thanks Gabe...you brought me up over 1300 places in the deadpool, much obliged.

Seamonkey

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 11:55 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Not Alex Trebek!! Those contestants are too cut throat.. they try to beat each other out pushing those buttons!!

<snerk>

(just kidding, need humor.. flipping channels, Israel going crazy, trial with mom drowning baby, trial with sister suing brother for $$ and killing dad, Agassi down a set in tennis, woman getting liposuction to get into wedding dress on TLC, QVC pushing products, so.. need humor.. humor for $500, please, Alex)

Car54

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 11:58 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ok Seamonkey,...time to step away from the TV and keyboard....go take a walk or have a nap....:)

Grooch

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 12:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yea! Agassi down a set is good news for me. He's playing a Chilean.

Seamonkey

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 12:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
A nap will happen sometime today. OK Grooch if you are happy about the tennis, cool.. I like Agassi but it isn't a passion like women's tennis..

hmm suspicious. now they are showing last night's Safin-Hewitt match.. jump into search engine..

Ah.. Agassi won when Rios, one set all.. Rios retired.. he was wearing a kneestrap so could have been for that..

Sowwy

Grooch

Friday, March 29, 2002 - 12:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks, Seamonkey. That stinks. Hubby is going to be in a cranky mood tonight.

Car54

Saturday, March 30, 2002 - 05:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Highlights Gabe's Final CBS Web Chat - 3/29/02

From your audition video it appears that competition was one of your main drives in coming on Survivor. However this appears to be in contridiction to your "let's see how living with 8 strangers" theory and "I am not playing the game" theory. What was your agenda?
Survivor is a very different type of game than I've ever played because the currency is people. You're voting people out of your life. That's a much harder kind of competition and for me it wasn't worth it.

Would you have changed your strategy in the game if you were to play again or would you stick to your beliefs?
I wouldn't change anything.

Have you ever thought about how you may have taken somone's chances away, who needed the money, just so you could have a sociological experience?
I really need the money! But I think it was time for someone to go on Survivor for the experience and not the prize.

What did you think of the way John went against you? The two of you seemed tight.
John and I were very good friends out there and will remain friends. I was out there for the experience and John was out there for the game. I don't judge him for how he played.

Didn't you expect that you would be voted on after your altercation with John?
I knew all day that I would be voted off. Rob made it very clear that either I would have to form an alliance with the Maraamu or I would be voted off by all 7 of them

Can you tell us anything about Zoe? We don't see that much of her on the show.
Zoe was an incredibly strong and delightful person to be with. We talked alot about her son and shared some really great times.

Paschal said in previews that you were like his son. Did you feel that he was like your father?
The connection between Pappy and me is definitely familial but it's almost like brothers.

If you could choose one person from Survivor to never see or hear from again, who would it be?
I wouldn't do that. This is an experience that will permanently bond the 16 of us.


Who would you say you related to most on Rotu?
John, he and I were definitely the most alike out there on Rotu.

There has been much criticism of Sean and his attitude, bringing up the race issue. What do you think?
I think that is a topic that Sean will have to deal with. That's nobody's issue but his.


Can you address the rumors that your teeth were damaged?
I cracked one of my teeth all the way thru when we first started. I couldn't chew on the right side of my mouth.


Did you expect to not make it very far since you were just in it for the experience?
I never expected to win. I guess I thought my strategy would take me only to my first tribal council.


Did it make you mad seeing the old Rotu members raid your camp?
That was hilarious! Neleh, Paschal and Kathy knew where everything was.

There is a rumor that you and Sean knew each other prior to Survivor. Any idea how that rumor got started?
The rumor was started because Sean has been to the bar that I used to work at but so did Michael Rappaport. But we never interacted or hung out.


What will you do now?
I'll do what I've always done, focus on the journey and not the destination. Try something new, like adventure racing.

Does everyone who worked at Belly have great rhyming skillz? You and Boogie are da bomb.
That was the first rap of my life! I picked up a few skills from Mike Boogie.

I think that the most hurtful thing I saw last night was when John voted and said that you are undependable.
John was speaking in context of this game. That I was not going to help his alliance.

Did you tell Rob M. that you were going to vote for him. Because it looked like they were leaning towards John.
I asked Rob if I could vote for him after our conversation about my game. He was just a fall guy. I didn't want to vote for anyone.

Were you portrayed accurately?
You lose alot of editing, but I liked what I saw.

Of the previous Survivors voted off, who do you think deserves the most to be sent packing, who the least?
No one deserves to get voted off.

What made you decide to take your teddy bear?
I really wanted to take something that would remind me not to take it too seriously. I really wanted to take a journal and a noseflute.

During the raid, what was the most important item that was taken?
Our limes. Limes were like candy out there and it was our only fruit

Many people are saying that last night's reward challenge was a set up so you guys could lose. Do you believe that tiki was placed so that you couldn't see it well?
I don't know if it was placed so that we couldn't see it, and it hardly matters now.

Did you feel that your new tribe members worked as well as the ones that you lost?
Sean and Rob and Vee came from a very different tribe where they emotional and physical game dynamic was very different. It was a difficult adjustment for them.

Did you lose any weight and how much?
I lost 12 pounds. I lost 12 pounds on the island and gained 20 pounds back in a week. I had stretch marks on my stomach. I looked like a pregnant woman.

How much of the island did you get to explore?
You're pretty limited with a couple miles radius that you can explore. But what I saw was spectacular.

Who do you normally watch Survivor with on Thursdays and were they surprised to see you get voted off?
I usually watch by myself but it's such an influx of these emotions. My friends are all excited I was on the show. My Mom was very sad I got voted off but it's been so much fun for Celo my hometown.

Your hometown of Celo is an "alternative community". What exactly is that?
Celo is an alternative community with Quaker roots in the western mountains of North Carolina. An alternative community is a planned community where everyone shares similar ideals. To live there you have to apply and meet with members of the community. If you're accepted then it's land for free.

How would you compare Nuku Hiva with previous Survivor locations?
Beautiful! Magical forest to be living in.

What's the first thing you ate when you got back?
All I did was eat for 5 days. Mostly peanut butter and chocolate. You really miss the sweets.

Were you attracted to anyone on the island?
I wasn't attracted romantically to anyone but was attracted to everyone's dynamic personalities.

After the swap, Kathy said she could see you guys losing the challenge on purpose. Did you feel bad beating your tribemates?
Throwing a challenge never came up. I wanted to avoid tribal council.

Are you in NYC? What do you plan on seeing before returning home?
A Knicks game tonight and the Museum of Modern Art.

Resortgirl

Saturday, March 30, 2002 - 05:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think Gabe would be a very cool person to hang out with. Hes so nonjudgemental and open minded! He's going to be a very good husband/father someday!

Tksoard

Saturday, March 30, 2002 - 06:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Can I have a cup of sugar with my syrup????

Seamonkey

Saturday, March 30, 2002 - 11:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gabe will be on Rosie on Monday, I read..

Awareinva

Sunday, March 31, 2002 - 10:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gabe chatted with a local CBS Richmond news anchor on Friday afternoon. Just the same old stuff about the experience, how much fun it was, that he is open to anything as far as offers now. They mostly just recapped his background and time on the show. I didn't hear anything that wasn't just like he had already said.

Seamonkey

Monday, April 01, 2002 - 10:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
He's on Rosie now.. Rosie is rapping to intro him, said he was the sweetest survivor

He enters, with red shirt, black t underneath, very old jeans..

Anyway he's saying it was wonderful.

He applied for the next three seasons. II or III he'd have been going for the money.

He said he got a couple of flies eating the fafaru.. most horrible smelling thing..

He would have eaten that on a dare.

Just finished working as a bartender and chauffeur, taught an SAT class online..

She's loving him. She was surprised he got kicked out.

He says at tribal council they have to take glasses off because of the glare.

Gabe says he is legally blind so he couldn't see the votes when Jeff read them.. couldn't see the path to walk on when he left.

He says he knew they'd vote against him, after he talked with Rob.

Rosie says the fact that Sean is still on that island is a miracle from god.. he just sits.

Gabe says Sean did nothing on Moo but he did step it up for a bit when he got to Rotu.. then he quotes Gibran

Gives him a scuba diving trip in Cabo San Lucas.

He's happy.

He wants to be on ecochallenge, etc..

Very smarmy..

Now, did my duty to the board.. I'm off to CourtTV.

Squaredsc

Monday, April 01, 2002 - 11:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
voting people out of his life?? i guess he really is a flower child. i just don't get him at all i think he's smoking something. but at least rosie gave him a nice trip and he can make friends with the fish next.

Auntiemike

Monday, April 01, 2002 - 11:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm not surprised he was ready to leave Survivor. For one his age, with his miriad of life experiences already chalked up, I would think he doesn't give any activity much time. This is probably pretty true to form. It does make me wonder how valuable each of these experiences are to him....has anyone gotten a clue from his post-Survivor interviews. Is there much DEPTH to this young man? Just wondering.

Oregonfire

Monday, April 01, 2002 - 11:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I haven't followed Survivor much, but I really "got" this guy. He was even more perfect for me than curly Ethan or Hunky Hardy Hill. I want to follow him to his alternative community in North Carolina and grow sunflowers and have lots of verbiose, legally blind offspring.

Neko

Monday, April 01, 2002 - 01:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
He said it was the funniest Walk of Shame he'd ever done.
I actually wished they had show it all...from Jeff telling him he was going the wrong way to his crooked "shame walk"

He was really sweet but I noticed his teeth looked a bit weird.
Wasn't it Plato he quoted?n

Alib

Monday, April 01, 2002 - 05:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes Neko. He quoted Plato and Rosie said "aren't you just the cutest Khalil Gibran". He credited his parents for providing him with a well rounded upbringing. I agree that his teeth looked odd.

Car54

Tuesday, April 02, 2002 - 12:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gabe's ET online interview:

Week 5 | GABRIEL CADE

"When I walked behind our tribe and saw those three torches lining the sand behind our camp, I knew that was the beginning of the end."

April 1, 2002
GABRIEL CADE is Number 5, not to survive! But he has a philosophical rap on the situation, and ET brings it in his own words!



ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT: Were you surprised when you were voted off?

GABRIEL: No. I was just lucky it didn't happen sooner. It was really fortunate that Rotu kept winning challenges and my strategy didn't come into conflict with the game.

ET: Was it tough last night seeing what you didn't know before -- everyone plotting against you?

GABRIEL: It's tough because the memories are so great. Now it's the end of my memories. Two weeks on an island in the South Pacific is nothing to be scoffed at. That was pretty fantastic.

ET: How much did the tribe swap affect you?

GABRIEL: The tribe swap was really hard for me. Pappy (PASCHAL) and I had become really close, so it was really tough. He was a real source of strength. A lot of my spiritual strength came from being around Pappy. He was just one of the kindest people I've been around in my life. So, that was tough, but it just became a new experience for me, and the new guys that came over were jubilant and they liked to have fun. It added a bit of humor to a pretty stern camp, I might say.

ET: Do you think the swap affected you in the sense that it was the beginning of the end?



GABRIEL: Yeah. I knew after the swap that it was the beginning of the end. When I walked behind our tribe and saw those three torches lining the sand behind our camp, I knew that was the beginning of the end.

ET: Do you think bonding with the new tribe members helped to push you out?

GABRIEL: It certainly looked that way. When you're out there, you just try to be a part of it all, either you're out there for the individual struggle for survival, or you're out there for the individual responsibility for the struggle of all, which is what I was doing. I wanted to experience the society. I wanted to see what the social dynamic was because that's the fourth part of the game. You've got food, fire and water. The social aspect is what most people forget.

That was the problem that we had with KATHY in the beginning. Food, fire, and water were coming together, but we weren't a group yet. For me that was the most important part, and I said to Kathy, "I'd rather get to know you before we even build a shelter." So when those guys came over, it was an opportunity to meet three new people and engage them. I knew that I wouldn't have very much time, so I used it in the best way that I could -- getting to know the new people.

ET: You did come out and say, "I'm not here to play the game." Why were you there?

GABRIEL: The most fantastic adventure of my life!

ET: JOHN, the self-described leader, looked like an evil fiend. Was he that evil? Is he that scheming?



GABRIEL: No, I really like John a lot. Every single person that I got to interact with through the course of the show I really liked a lot. We would not have been out there if there weren't some connection that we could all find. The eight of us in Rotu were put together for a reason; and the eight in Maraamu were put together for a reason. When the switch happened, we just had to find new reasons. There was something to like about everyone. ROB and SEAN, who aren't coming across really great -- Sean really had a hard time re-adjusting to life at our camp -- were unbearably funny, and cracking up all the time.

ET: Are those two guys going to make it? They're sort of portrayed like Beavis and Butthead or something.

GABRIEL: Yeah Sean and Rob are coming across as Beavis and Butthead, which is really funny. We'll have to see what happens.

ET: Is Rob really the Godfather?

GABRIEL: To me Rob was the lovable idiot on the island. He was great to be around. I don't mean that as in he was un-intelligent, but he was goofy. He made very funny jokes, which makes his Godfather all the better, because he totally kept it hidden. Good for him!

ET: Is John really the leader? He said, "I'm running the show. I'm the leader."

GABRIEL: When John said he was the leader in tribal council it didn't mean anything to me because all that meant was John is behind me getting voted off. I knew that -- certainly up until the switch -- there were no leaders in Rotu. It really was the individual responsibility for the survival of all. Everyone chipped in from dawn until dusk.

ET: Tell us about the rap? Are you going to have the first "Survivor" album to come out of this?

GABRIEL: No way! I really like poetry, and I wrote a lot of poems while I was out there. The rap was just something we were doing one day for kicks. I think they'd done it where every person makes a different sound, someone starts and makes one sound and pretty soon everyone is making a different sound in the group. We just started rapping; it just sort of came out. It was fun, but certainly not my career.

ET: Are you looking into doing TV, movies or modeling?

GABRIEL: My life has never been about turning down opportunities. That's why I've been able to do as much as I've done so far. That's certainly not going to change now if things come my way in the entertainment industry that are really exciting and a different sort of adventure for my life. But if I end up doing adventure races in Borneo for the next couple years, than that would almost be even better for me

ET: There was a little controversy in the paper saying you and Sean knew each other ahead of time. Any truth to that?



GABRIEL: No truth to that whatsoever. The story is that Sean just happens to go to a bar where I happen to work. But I spent almost a year there as a bar-back with my head down and hands in the dishpan. If I had gotten into an elevator with Sean, I wouldn't have known who he was.

ET: Do you have a girlfriend?

GABRIEL: I'm having a little down time. Right before I left for "Survivor," I got out of a self-destructive relationship. Man, right about the time I left for "Survivor" was the most growing I ever did in my entire life, and I learned so many things about myself to take out on the island with me, which is probably why I didn't win. So now I'm having a little growth time.

Xxlt

Tuesday, April 02, 2002 - 01:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
gabe just did an interview with a l.a. radio
station.....after the interview was over they pretty much slammed him......funny stuff...
gabe also revealed that he was going to try an
Eco-Challenge race.......
i can see it now......."uh, gabe, let's go we have a 50 mile paddle section..."

"I'm not going to play the game...."