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Sherbabe | Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 07:33 pm     Did anyone hear what Jeff Probst said about contestants on Survivor Africa. This is not a quote...but i heard he said something about the "5th grade clique" on Survivor 5 and that he doesn't ever want to see them again.........or he has no room in his life for them again......or something of that sort. Anyone read the anywhere? Also, who was in that clique? The very young ones from that group? |
Curlyq | Saturday, September 28, 2002 - 09:45 pm     I found that article at http://www.bobandtom.com/gen3/ed_page092002.htm (third article down). Here's a quote from it: "I still keep in contact with a few of the old Survivor contestants like Colby, Gina and Ethan," says Probst. "But that whole fifth grade contengency from Africa can kiss my ass." Personally, I think Probst may have run his mouth a little too much in this interview. The side notes at the end were...something. Now I'm wondering who "consummated" with whom. Then again, I don't think I really want to know. |
Ginger | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 10:21 am     Here's the article in full: September 19, 2002 Tom's Reason for Living Returns Survivor returns to CBS this fall with its fifth edition, we now know what Tommy G. will be doing every Thursday night, and we also know that Bob could care less. "Bob, I have something to entice you this time though, two of the biggest boobs ever to appear on the show," offered the show's host, Jeff Probst. For the fifth time, Probst takes over hosting duties, and directs the lives of 16 Americans as they try to survive Koh Tarutao, a remote island off the southern coast of Thailand. He says this is one of the most interesting casts he's had, but still has thoughts on previous players. "I still keep in contact with a few of the old Survivor contestants like Colby, Gina and Ethan," says Probst. "But that whole fifth grade contengency from Africa can kiss my ass." To make things even more exciting this time around, they will be doing this during the region's dangerous monsoon season. Think you’ve seen it all before? Think again. This fifth season of Survivor is promising brand new challenges, new rules and new twists like nothing ever seen in the previous installments. As the castaways are faced with harsh weather and the uncertainty of what's coming next, each person must attempt to outwit, outplay and outlast the others in order to become the ultimate survivor. "The best, and most interesting players are the ones with the really high IQ, or the really low IQ's. Those people in the middle are the ones your not sure about," says Probst. "The low IQ people are either just dumb, or maybe not book smart, but street smart. And those people are fun to watch." SIDE NOTE - Jeff says that his favorite location was also the worst one in the series. He loved Africa, but that was the worst cast. SIDE NOTE - Jeff also says that the after parties of Survivor are like opening a bottle of sexual tension. "They are all staying in the same hotel, and have been waiting months to see each other again. There is a lot of consummating going on." FACTOID – Jeff Probst recently tried his hand at writing and directing with his feature film “Finder’s Fee.” In addition, he won an award for best screenplay, and was named this year's Breakout Director at the Sonoma Film Festival. |
Chiparock | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 11:55 am     Uhh, can someone help me out here? Who is Gina? I've been wracking my brain and can't remember any Gina from any edition of Survivor. Helllpppp ....  |
Alinthehouse | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 12:07 pm     I was thinking Gina was the girl that was friends with Hunter (I forget what Survivor they were on). She lasted longer then Hunter. I could be wrong. |
Hermione69 | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 12:30 pm     Alinthehouse got it. Gina was a sweetheart on Survivor 4- Marquesas. She was friends with Hunter who was infamously targeted by Boston Rob and company for being too much of a threat. She was eventually voted out by Kathy, Paschal and Neleh after a tribal switch. |
Chiparock | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 12:42 pm     Thanks, Alinthehouse. That narrowed it down to Survivor Marquesas (#4). I found her photo and bio on Survivor Fever. Thanks, Hermione. Your info helped zoom in on the context of her time on S4. To view Gina (and Hunky Hunter, and the rest of the gang), the link is: http://www.survivorfever.net/gina.html |
Lauram | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 12:49 pm     Geez I totally forgot about Gina. I read the above article and thought there was a typo and it was referring to Tina. |
Sherbabe | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 08:52 pm     Thanks Curlyq and Ginger. My husband was the one who told me what Jeff said, but, I did not know where he read it. It figures, it was Bob & Tom. Regarding Gina, how funny her last time is Crews. Wonder if any relation to Amy Crews from BB3. What a kawinkiedink. |
Sherbabe | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 09:03 pm     Any guesses as to which of the survivor's he was referring to as "fifth grade contingency"? Lindsey? Silas? |
Rosa | Sunday, September 29, 2002 - 09:40 pm     Lol, There must be something wrong with me as I loved Robb, Sean, and Sarah and I thought Gina and Hunter annoying yuppie types. I also could not stomach Neleh. |
Fruitbat | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 04:21 am     I am with you on that one Rosa. |
Chiparock | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 07:09 am     Sherbabe, I don't remember Survivor Africa's early individuals, but wasn't there a clique of 20-something "hotties" who hung together, plotted together, and wore the same necklaces (or bracelets or whatever) crafted by one of the women? I remember the others, the "outsiders," were highly ticked off by this flaunted alliance. I believe the "in-crowd" was picked off one by one. If anyone can flesh out this historical lowpoint of Survivor, please do! Thanks. |
Squaredsc | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 11:20 am     who was bob? i remember tom, and i loved him later in the show(not the beginning). chiparock, check out the survivor africa link from the main survivor page, 'cause i can hardly remember anyone. double ditto rosa. |
Chiparock | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 12:15 pm     Thanks, Squaredsc: that brief visit to the CBS Survivor Africa page jogged my memory. The Moto Maji tribe, before the switch, was split between the older members and the younger ones. If I recall (didn't have time to really get into the mechanics; my employers wouldn't approve of this extracurricular activity!), Kelly, young Kim, and Lindsay were voted out, much to their surprise. Lindsay especially was pi$$ed and gave a really blunt, snotty speech and was a total b-!-tch on the CBS morning show. A very poor loser. I think Bob & Tom is a reference to a fan website mentioned above by Curlyq: http://www.bobandtom.com/gen3/ed_page092002.htm |
Tabbyking | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 02:23 pm     bob and tom are dj's in ohio. they have a morally loose, but often funny syndicated talk show in the mornings with christie lee and chick mcgee doing the news and sports. an example of a bob and tom 'spoof' would be the senate discussing whether or not to add puerto rico and still be able to just have 50 stars on the flag. there is then a fake debate among the senators about combining 2 states to make one state for the 50-star flag purpose. one was 'wash 'n wear' for washington and delaware, and another was 'indy-ass' for indiana and kansas (brought to us by a fake barney frank), and correcting hilary on her idea for idaho and utah, by saying, "no, udaho, mrs. clinton." anway, that is an idea of what they are like. i enjoy their humor and they have great comedian guests (drew carey, ray garrett-- the brother on the everbody loves raymond sitcom, etc.), but i don't turn them on when my young teenage daughter is with me in the car! oh, on the interview, probst also told them the only person he really just hated was brandon. |
Tabbyking | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 02:26 pm     p.s. for me, i laughed hardest at the probst interview when they were discussing the high IQ's of some survivors, and one of the dj's said something along the lines of, 'then how did silas slip through?!' then probst had to say that some people maybe had street smarts. |
Goddessatlaw | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 03:07 pm     Tabby - my brother learned his lesson on having Bob & Tom (actually, they're here in Indianapolis) on in the car when his 4-year-old daughter with him. A while back, he was heading to the gym with the little one in tow, and he didn't think she was paying any attention at all to the radio - she was fooling around with a doll back in her carseat. They got to the gym and went up to the information desk to sign in, whereupon the sweet little 4-year old in her pigtails looked up at the attendant, batted her eyelashes and began to serenade him with "I'm Gonna Make You My Prison B*tch" (one of B&T's all-time classics). My brother almost gave himself a hernia and a herniated disk between seizing horror, seizing with laughter and trying to clap his hand over her mouth all at once. He's managed to overcome his abject humiliation enough to return to the gym, but it took some time. |
Hummingbird | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 03:57 pm     I loved Neleh and Pascal and still can't understand why anyone would dislike them. I also liked Hunter and Gina. Sean was lazy and he was always badmouthing somebody. I don't know how he lasted as long as he did. I also liked Kathy. I'm definitely with Jeff Probst on his oppinion of those lazy idiots form Survivor Africa. If they hadn't traded people around on the teams, the show would have been unwatchable seeing them losing every challenge and picking off the decent people one by one. |
Tabbyking | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 04:05 pm     you are so right about bob and tom being in indianapolis...one of them started off in ohio! my son and his friend were singing the prison song one day with all the harmony and sound effects. i love the line about how he traded something (?) 'and a pack of cigarettes' for the guy! and when chick supposedly did his own prostate exam and tom supposedly forgot what they were doing and said, 'chick? chick, where the hell are you?' and chick replied, 'i'm on the f'n floor, you moron.' 'oh yeah!' and then the other guys started singing 'hitchin a ride' while chick supposedly used his thumb to do his own exam! funny, yep! for kids, nope! i remember someone calling in to them because her husband had let their 2- or 3-year-old kid listen in the car..and the kid was calling everyone 'fat ba$tard'. ah, out of the nouths of babes...probably put there by bob and tom! |
Tabbyking | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 04:15 pm     what the heck is a 'nouth'!?? about survivor, i thought sean, rob and sarah were lazy idiots. and rob thinking he was michael corleone or something cracked me up. his comments sounded like someone who didn't learn their lines well from an already poorly written play. i liked john carroll until he wigged out. that was pretty strange. kathy probably should have won the last survivor... the hard thing about survivor is that someone kind of has to take charge if everyone doesn't just jump in to help. and then you are voted out for being bossy (okay this john guy was bossy and who the hell would go up for water? especially up sheer rock formations?!!) helen knew how to prepare the squid, so they shouldn't have given her a bad time. why was jan doing the deadman's float when helen came back with the water? she could at least have been waiting to take the jug from helen and carry it across the little beach to the boat. what is it with jed thinking handing out water counted as helping to build the shelter? right now i like jake and clay and that's about it! subject to change each episode, of course! |
Rosa | Monday, September 30, 2002 - 05:56 pm     I don't like anyone thinking they are "better than". That is why I never liked Gina and Hunter. they just gave off that aura that they were a little bit classier than their teammates.Hey, my grandmother use to say- "there's nobody here but us chickens" meaning we all are little humans running around- all of us . I get the same feeling from Shii Ann, she acts as though she is just a little bit better and somehow more deserving than others. Not. |
Squaredsc | Tuesday, October 01, 2002 - 09:04 am     ok thanks, now i know who bob/tom are. goddess, great story. i needed that chuckle. |
Skypilot | Friday, October 11, 2002 - 01:57 pm     Sherbabe. I would definitely include Brendan or Brandon- whatever his name was- in the "fifth grade contingency". Especially after that awful question he asked Ethan about who "least deserved" to win. Remember Ethan's great answer? |
Spear | Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 12:05 am     I saw this link on alt.tv.survivor which says: * Probst was stung by a jellyfish during Survivor 1, received an electric shock when he relieved himself on an electric fence in Survivor 2 and was stung by a scorpion in Survivor 3. Wonder if he had more accidents in Thailand? Could be another reason he seems cranky. :-) |
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