Jed Hildebrand
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Dixiebelle31 | Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 09:13 am     Nope nope nope. He looks exactly like Heath Ledger. Especially in the video clip on his profile.  |
Abbynormal | Saturday, September 21, 2002 - 09:57 pm     Ok people, you know I'm goofy already so here goes. This guy is cute as all get out but I swear he talks and sounds exactly like Pauly Shore!! Tell me I'm wrong! Nope, you can't, cause I'm right! Bwhahahahha!!!! |
Car54 | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 03:46 pm     From The Smoking Gun.com: It seems that, once again, the cast of a reality TV show is not complete without a contestant who's had a drunken run-in with the cops. Witness the new season of "Survivor," whose cast includes Jed Hildebrand, a 25-year-old Texan convicted last year of DWI. After Hildebrand was spotted making an illegal U-turn, officers pulled over his car and, according to a Dallas Police Department report, noticed that a wobbly Hildebrand's speech was slurred, his eyes were bloodshot, and his breath smelled of alcohol. After refusing a Breathalyzer, the dental student flubbed the alphabet test, mistakenly placing "G" after "O." And he didn't fare too well on a subsequent counting test, which was filmed back at the station (below you'll find a link to a snippet from that videotaped sobriety test). Instead of copping a plea to the October 1999 DWI charge, Hildebrand opted for a trial in Dallas County Criminal Court, where a jury found him guilty last August of drunk driving. Hildebrand, who is appealing his conviction, was sentenced to 120 days in jail, fined $750, and ordered to perform 80 hours of community service and attend an alcohol education class. The jail stretch will be suspended as long as Hildebrand--who recently worked as a Christian missionary in India--stays out of trouble for two years. |
Squaredsc | Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 08:45 pm     is that like a requirement to be on a reality show, they must have that on the questionnaire, have you ever been arrested and/or convicted of dui? |
Bbfanatic | Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 12:50 pm     ok, this is going to tell my age. i think he looks like christopher atkins in the Blue Lagoon when he was walking around by the beach. what was with the hair on the show. he doesnt do anything for me. |
Discoinferno | Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 07:13 pm     So much for my prediction! |
Battlestar | Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 07:19 pm     poor disco!! Jed is a pretty boy but unfortunately a dud |
Discoinferno | Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 10:30 pm     Yeah, what is it with these people who get picked out of 923482048204820984 people to play the game then act lazy!!!!!!! |
Wiseolowl | Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 10:50 pm     This "poor" kid sort of stuck out like a sore thumb. If you read his bio it appears he has led a pretty privileged life . Probably a catered-to upper middle class background where little was expected and much given. I may be wrong and it may be harsh, but it seems that he's like so many millions of kids of this generation where there is an expectation that he's owed and deserving with the only challenge in his life so far is to make decent grades - which if you have sufficient IQ is not that hard to do. Not necessarily knocking the guy - just don't think his life experience so far has prepared him for this particular challenge - it may be a good learning experience though if he perceptive enough to analyze it. |
Abbynormal | Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 10:58 pm     Could someone tell me what Jed's last words were? I missed them. TIA |
Realtvfan | Thursday, October 03, 2002 - 11:13 pm     I give Mark Burnett credit for picking Jed to be on the show. We all konw that Survivor has become a formula show with very similiar personality types and personality clashes every season. How Mark Burnett was able to find that much laziness in a 3 minute video tape to pick a guy with that much muscle, a pretty face, and simultaneously that nuch laziness to be on the show is incredible contestant picking. Someone, (who does the personality profiles on all these people so MB can pick out the personality types they need for conflict,) does an excellent job. |
Wiseolowl | Friday, October 04, 2002 - 05:12 am     Abby his words were to the effect - it was an awesome experience - I just hope the tribe members step back and start enjoying the beauties of Tailand - which he did to his detriment. What struck me though was that when he was actually voted off it seemed like he just walked off - staring straight ahead without even looking back at the other tribe members - which evictees usually do , whether with sincerity or not to wish good luck - no hard feelings etc. Again it may be a queation of editing but it just didn't sit quite right with me. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, October 04, 2002 - 08:08 am     He also said something to the effect of "sometimes you don't see things coming," as though him being voted off was a surprise to him. |
Juju2bigdog | Friday, October 04, 2002 - 08:31 am     Okay, just saw him on the Early Show. Having read above about his being cast as the "lazy" contestant, I was almost laughing during the show when Julie Chen was asking him about him possibly being compared to Gervase and Sean of previous years. She was using code words for lazy and then she finally said lazy. And then it hit me, that at LEAST MB did not cast a man of color to be the lazy person this time around. Well, thank heaven for small favors. Okay, so this is a thread about Jed. He replied that he just thought he should concentrate on getting food and water or the tribe wasn't going to survive. And in a roundabout way, he did take responsibility for losing the net. |
Grooch | Friday, October 04, 2002 - 09:08 am     I think it was good that he was voted out. He looked like he had zero energy the last few days and he was fading fast. He looked like he was going to faint when he was giving his goodbye to the camera. I don't think he would have lasted much longer out there without any more food. Which is probably part of the reason he was sleeping so much. |
Jagger | Friday, October 04, 2002 - 09:13 am     I would have liked to see him stick around for awhile longer. The editing of the show definitly showed him as being lazy, which he probably was, but he seemed to try to give it his all during the comps. I think he was rather surprised by getting the boot, he almost looked like he went into a mini shock and that is probably why he just walked away without saying or looking at the others. I thought his final comments were very nice, he didn't belittle anyone or blame anyone, he just wished them all luck and told them to have fun and enjoy themselves, which I think is what he did during his time on the island. |
Seamonkey | Friday, October 04, 2002 - 10:33 am     He claims that "me and Robb and Steph" were feeding and watering the rest of the group.. said it over and over. Seemed pretty clueless in general and about alliances. Came across as not all that bright. As for being sheltered.. he did say he's done the volunteer missionary dental work in Thailand, India and I forget the third place, so he has been out in the world. He refused to describe anyone on the tribe as his enemy. I might have ousted Robb first personally, but this guy definitely needed to GO. He's back in school now, and presumably working on his community service for his DWI. |
Wiseolowl | Friday, October 04, 2002 - 10:47 am     Seamonkey - don't know if you were referring to my post re Jed being sheltered. If so, I don't think I used that word. He comes from a background that has allowed him to have a variety of life experiences but I doubt that any of them have involved discomfort or pressure. Guess I'm coming from a perspective of a parent who's just getting two kids through university - our situation is not comfortable but I can tell you , our kids have been working two - sometimes three jobs since age 16 to help with their costs. Their volunteer work has been over and above that - not the main points of their resume. We saved for their education and have put out thousands of dollars over and above what the kids have done. As a joint effort they are going to finish without debts but that real life experience of hard work - as well as having fun at school I suspect is far different than Jed's last few years. |
Betty | Friday, October 04, 2002 - 02:48 pm     Saw his Early Show - definitely not the brightest tool on the dental tray. Now, how soon can we boot Robb? |
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