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TV ClubHouse: Archives: **Quick Q & A's**: Archive through November 15, 2002

Max

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 08:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Spunky,
Ted "tied" the boat to a piece of wood the night before, but it was below the high-tide line. As they sang Christmas songs around the fire, the tide rose, the rope rose and slipped off the piece of wood, and the boat drifted. As the tide went out, so did the boat. They had one shot of it the next day WAAAYYY across the inlet from the beach, much too far to swim, I think, even if they did manage to see it floating upside down over there.

They just were making jokes about the monkey taking it. I was really surprised that no one seemed to blame Ted (Clay was surprised, too). Or, that they didn't blame both Ted and Brian since they were on the boat together and came back in together.

Spunky

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 12:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Max,
somehow I liked the idea of the monkey stealing it... :)

Wargod

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 12:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Little monky, relaxing on a nice soothing evening ocean voyage, eating a banana, sipping on a margareta, laughing its rear off while Chuay Gahn sits singing Christmas songs around the bond fire.

Csnog

Friday, October 18, 2002 - 03:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ohhh I love the idea of Chi-Chi taking their boat and sipping on banana smoothies.

Kaili

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 03:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wasn't there supposed to be something about an unlikely allaince in that episode? Did i miss it? Was it Jake and Shi-ann or Erin and Robb or something?

Gina8642

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 05:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Kaili,

I've been wondering the same thing. At first I thought it was Jake & Shi-ann. But that wasn't really an alliance, it was more like a pep talk. It also didn't seem like an unlikely alliance. If you watch Jake's audition video is says he intends to bond with one female and stick with her to the end. So, not unlikely.

So then I thought Brian and Ted. The footage clearly showed talk of an alliance. Was it unlikely? I didn't think so. I already assumed the guys were very tight at Chewing Gum.

So, my conclusion? Bad Promo.

Kaili

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 05:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yeah, I didn't see Ted and Brian as unlikely at all. It would have been unlikely if Brian had sided with the women during the Ghandia ordeal, but not as it stands now. A little disappointing in my opinion.

Gina8642

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 05:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Another thing about showing Ted and Brian's chat about an alliance has given me some food for thought:

Has Mark Burnett ever clearly showed an alliance up front that wasn't doomed in some way?

Doomed alliances whose downfall was shown:

-The four from S4 (John, etc) - doomed, showed arrogance, picked off by the outside 5

-Kelly is S Africa, showed to be tight with Lex's group early on, made better drama when Lex et al turned against her.

-Kelly/Sue from S1 - showed clearly, and then showed it implode.

On the other hand, alliances that stick to the end are NOT shown:

-Colby/Tina

-Lex/Ethan/Tom

So, I figure we will see some fireworks later in the season when the Ted/Brian alliace falls.

How will that happen? My guess? - Brian backstabs Ted.

Tabbyking

Sunday, October 20, 2002 - 05:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i think 'unlikely' would be clay/jan, not brian/ted... i can't wait to see how they counted guesses on the games. of course, i put shii ann and robb, and while that would have been very unlikely, it was so unlikely, it didn't happen!!

Bigbrotheraddit

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 03:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, guys .. someone asked me. now i dont remember so i am asking you.. .

What do the tribe names mean this time?

Kitt

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 04:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
In episode 1, the oldest male and oldest female were asked to pick their tribes, and I seem to remember they made up the tribe names. Maybe someone has a better memory than me, but I think that's what happened.

Curlyq

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 04:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think the tribe names were already decided on by the producers, but the oldest members got to pick which one of the two they wanted. However, my memory could be wrong, too. Regarding the names' meanings, the CBS summary says "Jake picked the tribal name Sook Jai (Happy Heart) and Jan chose Chuay Gahn (To help one another)."

Gina8642

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 06:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The first time I heard the names, all I could think of was:

They named a tribe Chewing Gum????

Meggieprice

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 10:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
After they picked their tribes they got to choose sunrise or sunset- Jake picked sunset-got purple buffs, sunrise-orange buffs- names went with them.

Abbynormal

Wednesday, October 23, 2002 - 10:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Anyone know if/when they are gonna eat the nasty stuff? They usually do it pre-merge and when do they usually merge anyway?

Car54

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 02:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Abby MB said they have changed all the challenges this time, so no guarantee of a bad food challenge.

RC this time looks like a giant sling shot/ball challenge where they shoot balls to a team mate across the court. Haven't seen any IC pictures yet.

Spunky

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 08:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I don't know if this was asked before. I don't remember when they start playing individually. That's when the game becomes interesting for me.
Does anybody know?

Calamity

Thursday, October 24, 2002 - 12:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Previously they've merged when there's ten players left. If they stay with that format the merge should happen in a couple shows.

I see no point to the gross-out food competitions.

Spunky

Sunday, November 03, 2002 - 09:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I can't wait for the merger. I don't understand why we don't know for sure when it will happen. There are only 9 players left, isn't that about time?? Unless it's when they're only 8 left and not 10. (Like Calamity said)

Dipo

Sunday, November 03, 2002 - 02:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The way I have it figured is this. There are 2 final people for the jury to vote on and there are seven people on the jury so the merge has to occur when there are nine people. So I think they will do the merge this week.

Chiparock

Sunday, November 03, 2002 - 02:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It isn't engraved in stone that the Survivor jury must be composed of seven people; five may suffice. This could be a MB twist to confuse everybody. Scandalous, if it happens! laugh

Gina8642

Sunday, November 03, 2002 - 02:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The jury can still be composed of 7 people without a merge. They all live together now, so they all will know enough about each other to choose a winner. You don't have to be merged to be on a jury together.

The producers can 'merge' them any time they choose.

Hermione69

Sunday, November 03, 2002 - 02:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Chip, I thought about that also, but didn't Jeff actually say at TC that this was an important vote because after tonight the remaining were at least assured a spot on the jury? Or something like that? I didn't tape it, but I think he said that at TC and I don't think he would say that and it not happen. If it did, "scandalous" is right! :) I also think having only five people on the jury would be more boring instead of more exciting and MB wouldn't risk that. Fewer people to go off on the final two! Much less drama. Big no-no for MB! Just my take.

Chiparock

Sunday, November 03, 2002 - 03:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hermione, you're right. I forgot about Jeff saying that. A 5-member jury WOULD be more boring; MB probably realizes that, too.

[I really need to think before I post! ]

Whoami

Friday, November 15, 2002 - 02:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay, it looks like the survivors decided two episodes ago to combine the tribe names and call themselves Chuay-Jai.

On last night's episode, when they were painting the flag, there was a word "TARUTAO" centered at the top of the flag. The lettering looked darker and more "professionally printed" than the painted on stuff. Below that, in the "survivor logo" oval, was hand painted "Chuay Jai."

Was the name supposed to be Tarutao? And the cast members decided keeping the name they chose two episodes ago? Does the word "Tarutao" mean anything in Tai? In fact, the words "Sook Jai" and "Chuay Ghan" mean "sunrise" and "sunset" right? So aren't they kinda butchering the Tai language by combining these two words?