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Car54

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 12:05 am EditMoveDeleteIP
By Mike Hughes
Lansing State Journal

When "Survivor" returns tonight, Leslie Schultz will see it from the comfort of her Lansing home.


CHRIS HOLMES/Lansing State Journal
Brush with fame: Leslie Schultz of Lansing got to drop by the Thai island where the new "Survivor" was taped after her friend won a contest.

She prefers it that way, thank you. "I'm a 'Survivor' TV fan, but I don't want to be on the game," Schultz said. "I'm not going to outwit, outplay or outlast anyone."

She gained new respect for the competitors after visiting the Thai setting where the newest and fifth version was filmed, as part of a winning-contest package.

"It's a very pretty island," Schultz said. "The cliffs are spectacular."

She was less fond of snakes, bats and wilting heat.

"The humidity was even worse than it is here, believe it or not," Schultz said. "You try to go swimming, but the ocean is so warm it doesn't really cool you off."

That riled the competitors. This time, "Survivor" host Jeff Probst told the Associated Press, tempers boiled by the third episode.

"There's a part of you that's excited because it's new," Probst said of the fighting. "Then there's a part of you that says, I hope this is 'Survivor' and not 'American Gladiators.' "

Still, fans love the disputes.

"You have people who have never lied or cheated in their lives," said Schultz, 46. "Now it's not so bad to do it when they're on the show."

Soon, viewers form allegiances.

"You get in conversations the next day," Schultz said. "It's, 'Did you see what Roger did?' "

She talked about the show with her husband and their sons, ages 21 and 16. She chatted a lot with her friend, Jackie White of Jackson, too.

As it happens, White has an ideal boyfriend, one who:

Bought her a case of Snickers so she could enter the "Survivor" contest often. White shared the bars with her co-workers, collected the wrappers, kept entering the contest (guessing different winners) and won the contest.


Didn't want to take the "Survivor" trip that White won. That's why Schultz got to go.

The original plan was to be there on the first day of filming. When the trip was delayed to the16th day, the women were barred from seeing contestants; that would have tipped them off as to who had been ousted.

Instead, the women settled for viewing the site with the 400-person crew. Like the others, except Probst and producer Rob Burnett, who had air-conditioned bungalows, they slept in tents and took cold-water showers.

They also toured the island (with Thai natives helpfully nudging snakes aside), viewed one of the challenges and even saw what people chose as their luxury items.

One person brought a guitar, Schultz said, and another brought a religious book.

"The one that I couldn't believe was fuzzy slippers. It's 110 degrees; who would want warm slippers?"

Schultz dined with Probst and Burnett and even took a speedboat ride with them to see a bat cave.

No, she didn't particularly enjoy the bats or the roughing it.

"I love my jewelry and makeup and nice clothes," Schultz said. "At one point, when I fell in the mud, I said, 'This is SO not me!' "

For the next few days, Schultz and White stayed in a Thai resort. Then it was back home, where they can watch "Survivor" in comfort.


Contact Mike Hughes at 377-1156 or mhughes@lsj.com.

Chiparock

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 02:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Car54, you did it again: found another fascinating Survivor article for us. Thank you. I bow to your special talent! ball

Car54

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 05:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Nah, Chiparock, this was all over the other Spoiler sites, just brought it here so we could discuss it!

Seems like from the lux items they saw that there is some kind of switch doesn't it?

Wiseolowl

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 05:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
They have been talking about the Snickers contest quite a bit over in the Survivor Sucks spoiler threads. A couple of articles were supposedly cited where one of the alleged winners gave away info regarding the show which I won't quote because there is a division of opinion as to whether the info is bogus. Personally, I pay little attention to most spoilers as the info gets muddled .The people who started this stuff could well have come from the Milky Way via Mars but you may get a few snickers reading about it.

Squaredsc

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 06:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
car, again your rock. wonder who brought fuzzy slippers? and i thought the skateboard was odd.

Chiparock

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 06:34 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Squared, believe it or not it was hard-as-nails firefighter Stephanie who brought fuzzy slippers. Just what one needs on a swelteringly hot and humid island in Thailand. (They must have gotten REALLY soggy in all that rain.) Makes as much sense as a skateboard!

Car54

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 07:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Steph brought the slippers (remember, MB picks what they really get to bring out of a list they submit), Brian had a guitar, and they think the book may be Jake's diary.

Tabbyking

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 09:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
well, i would take duct tape to make things out of, and tape over certain loud contestants' mouths, and get rid of warts! the slippers would not have even been on my list...if i wanted slippers, i would make some out of duct tape! remember, 'all real women carry duct tape'!

Babyruth

Thursday, October 17, 2002 - 10:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tabby, have you seen this?
Duct Tape Removes Warts!

Ariasmum

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 09:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey, they have the producer as 'Rob' Burnett in that article instead of Mark. Didn't someone bring a Bible?