Archive through November 08, 2002
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Archive through November 08, 2002
Dogdoc | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 04:53 am     About the immunity challenge, having taken an open water scuba diving course and starting in the ocean (as opposed to one where you learn in a swimming pool) I can understand why some came up quickly. Even a small amount of inhaled sea water is enough to make you feel like you are choking. I was surprised that Helen and not Jan sat out. |
Hermione69 | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 06:05 am     I was also very surprised that Helen sat out. Maybe they had to predetermine who would sit out before they knew what the challenge was. Helen did seem to grimace a bit like she knew she would have kicked butt. As a city girl, born and bred, I would have wigged out over killing the chicken, too, whereas my mom was raised on a farm and wouldn't have thought twice about it. So I think it has more to do with your experiences than with maturity, or lack of it. If it made Jan and Jake feel better to do that, more power to them. I think Jan is nothing but sweet and right now I hope she wins it all. Clay is very condescending and he is the only CG that I don't much like, but I think part of his attitude comes from insecurity. He strikes me as the kind of guy that has to look down on others to feel better about himself. That's just my impression. I like Jake a great deal and wish he could trade places with Clay! |
Mamaanja | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 06:08 am     I think I must be the only one with this opinion, but I LOVE HELEN! I thought her recipie recitation was hilarious. I thought that the people she was actually talking to looked interested. It was the men who were within earshot that looked annoyed. She cracks me up. I hope she lasts long. |
Hermione69 | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 06:21 am     I like Helen too, but I missed the recipe part cuz I got home late. I don't really see what the big deal is about her reciting recipes. What else are they going to do to pass the time? That seems a better way than some. What I'm curious about is why it was even shown. |
Jagger | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 06:37 am     I was LMAO when they were having there ceramony over the chicken, I was thinking just get on with it. I find it kind of strange they are ringing their necks instead of just chopping it off, maybe they felt it more humane that way. I was surprised at Erin getting the boot, I expected it to be either Penny or Ken. The tribe was whining that they kept losing the challenges, well it's their own fault, they booted off their strengths early on in the game so now they get to suffer. |
Jkm | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 06:39 am     I just never saw it coming.... They got me... Erin was the furthest one I would have picked to go...... They got me. |
Twinkie | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 06:43 am     Ok maybe I'm dumb but I don't see any shots of MB on the show. Can anyone tell me which one he is? |
Hermione69 | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 07:00 am     MB- Mark Burnett, the producer |
Grooch | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 07:02 am     I think Realtvfan meant Jeff Probst, and not MB. |
Twinkie | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 07:08 am     Ahhhh ok.....i didn't think Mark Burnett was ever on the show. |
Realfan | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 08:29 am     The recipe recitations by Helen gave me flashbacks to the movie "Forrest Gump," where his friend Bubba is describing all the ways to cook and prepare shrimp. Shrimp creole, shrimp casserole, baked shrimp, boiled shrimp, shrimp cockltail.... Brian is the winner. He's played the game exactly right so far. He's a little sexist in his comments, but I still like him best. I'm impressed that so many think they're in an alliance with him or want to trust him and ally with him, and he's pretty much non-committal. That takes talent. |
Car54 | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 09:20 am     I think Helen has a little OCD problem. She gets obsessed pretty easily. The amount of face time she got this week made me very suspicious. Brian creeped me out this week. He is someone I like better the LESS I know him. Reminds me of Roddy. (Don't get me wrong, I think he is playing brilliantly...but I don't think I would like him much in real life!) |
Webkitty | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 09:35 am     Realfan, I agree (almost) with everything you said. I thought the same thing when Helen was going on like that! Funny. I also like Jake but wouldn't mind seeing Helen and Brian finish 1 & 2. The comment that Brian made about women being the ones to do the cooking and cleaning since the dawn of man. That part is true. Not even un-pc, imo. The other part, I took it that he was just making a detached observation that when put in a situation like that, in "survior" mode, that the women gravitate toward cooking and men pretty much lay around and do nothing. I would like to see a raise of hands of the women here who have husbands that need a pitchfork sometimes to get them to DO anything around the house, lol. Of course, he came through in the challenge when his tribe needed him to, smarty pants Brian. I think I would like him in real life. |
Chiparock | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 09:57 am     Would I buy a used car from Brian? In a heartbeat. I'm very gullible, and he'd spot me coming a mile away, seeing a big "Sucker" sign on my forehead. (And then I'd probably find out that the car was way overpriced and a lemon to boot.)  |
Seamonkey | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 10:15 am     Well, since the Chewy men pee where they sleep, I doubt if they then race down to the water to even superficially wash their hands, so would you want them cooking?? Erin was as surprised as we were, since, per her early show interview, Jake and Penny told her they were voting Ken out.. they lied. They have done a ceremony for each chicken they ate, but haven't shown any ceremony that was so lengthy. Erin said she was able to remember some of Helen's recipes and use them |
Tester | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 10:15 am     Has anyone heard of the "starburst" and people being voted off? I read about it somewhere, can't remember where. Before Robb was voted off, they showed the sun in a starburst effect. Last night right after Brian finished his observations about women, the camera panned toward the front of the cave and there was a starburst of sunlight though the rocks. Foreshadowing? If I remember right, I think Helen voted against Clay in the first TC. Her reason was that he didn't need the money. Then last night in the previews, she made a big deal of two big cars in the garage and the person not needing the money. Seems to me she has a problem with envy. Anyone else notice this? |
Babyruth | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 10:24 am     Rather than chalk it up to her having "a problem with envy", I wonder if instead that's the easiest (and least painful) way to find a reason to vote someone off, when making such a choice is otherwise difficult. The same reason was used to vote off the dentist in Africa. |
Tabbyking | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 10:28 am     oh. my. heck. i think helen was giving subliminal messages! i'm not baking, but cooking like a maniac. it's only 10:20 here and i have made a potato salad, deviled eggs, fried rice, skinned and de-boned 18 chicken breasts (the breasts went into packages of 6 into the freezer, smaller bits went into my fried rice, and the bones are simmering to make either a soup or, if there is enough chicken still on the bones, enchiladas). i sure hope my family is hungry tonight and for the next several days!! lol |
Babyruth | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 10:46 am     Yeah but at least you're not peeing in your doorway! (are you?) LOL |
Tabbyking | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 11:05 am     gosh, haven't had time to pee! i'm making the enchiladas and a spicy chicken soup with black beans. if it weren't raining, i would start on our holiday english toffee...it sets up better if it's not rainy or humid. thank heavens, or i'd be busy on that, too! peanut butter cookies would be good, though... guess i'll do the treadmill for my taped e.r., and see if i'm still in a cooking mood! if my family ate everything for dinner that i bought or made (or thought about making today) we would be having steak, lamb chops, chinese chicken salad, fried rice, potato salad (one with onions and pickles, one without), enchiladas, chicken soup, chicken teriyaki, deviled egg, and shrimp cocktail!! not to mention peanut butter cookies and english toffee! all i have eaten is one bite of a hard boiled egg, a bite of shrimp and a glass of water. sometimes when i cook like this, i feel full and wonder how much of it i ate! not much today, at least! gosh, a nice halibut chowder with the halibut my husband caught in alaska would go good on this cold, rainy windy day, too! |
Becca | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 11:17 am     I don't blame Penny for voting out Erin. Honestly, with still tribal competition they needed both Ken and Jake for future competitions. So, it was between her and Erin, her willingness to vote out Erin is what probably has her still in this game. This game is ultimately about survival, and they could not afford a tie. Erin would have never voted against Penny. |
Tabbyking | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 11:22 am     i just thought, at least from the confessionals the last week or two, that ken did not like penny at all. i was surprised penny did not go, actually. i liked jake and erin better than penny or ken, but things can change week to week! if they merge this week, will CG start to finish off the sook tribe? or will they get rid of jan or clay? i would think i would want to get rid of the stronger, or more (perceived) likable people, so i would have a chance at making the final 3. i would want brian and ted gone because they are strong and considered by many to be 'physically appealing', and jan to stay around because she is delightfully 'loopy'! i would also want clay around because his rolling eye look is getting to me, and maybe to others! i wouldn't want to be up against ted or brian at the end, that's for sure. i would want to be up against robb or ghandia!! oh, too late! |
Realtvfan | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 01:49 pm     A Quick note from my previous post. MB is not on the show. He is the producer who picks/approves the non-verbal facial shots that we do see on TV. That was my small attempt at humor. To, "in theory", turn the camera on the behind the scenes people. That might be where the best non-verbal expressions for this week's show were actually found. Especially when the best laid plans the producers work so hard to even this game with ... go wrong ... as with this week's IC. |
Realbiz | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 03:16 pm     Top 10 Reasons This Episode Was a Total Let Down 10. No reward. 9. No merge. 8. No alcohol. 7. No scheming. 6. No one freaked out. 5. No sexual antics. 4. Another animal funeral. 3. That was the easiest challenge ever. And everyone was terrible at it. I could have been under there for hours on end. 2. 3 Words: TOO MUCH CRYING 1. When the biggest conflict is who has the worst accent, you know you're not on the right track. survivorfire.com |
Weinermr | Friday, November 08, 2002 - 03:42 pm     There's an article on Caramel and several recipes in this week's Food section of the L.A. Times, 11/6/02. I'm going to make homemade caramels a la Helen. |
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