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Car54

Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From TV Guide Online:

For our money, Survivor's Jeff Probst is one of the least annoying reality hosts around. Of course, considering some of the dunces currently gracing the tube — Joe Millionaire's Alex "Serves No Purpose" McLeod and Bachelorette's Chris "Nails on a Chalkboard" Harrison come to mind — that's not saying much. But dammit if we're not growing fond of the well-tanned fella, who returns tonight to preside over the sixth edition of CBS's still-potent reality franchise, this one set in the Amazon (8 pm/ET). In honor of the occasion, we present Probst with the ultimate challenge: answering our Seven Silly Questions. — Michael Ausiello

TV Guide Online: How long do you think Michael Jackson would last on Survivor?
Jeff Probst: He's a good snuggler and he likes animals, so, he might actually last longer than you think. There's also the freak factor. You'd want to keep him around because nobody's going to vote for him to win. And as long as it's not Survivor: Children, I think he's good to go.

TVGO: With the tribes being split by gender, did you find more excuses to spend time at the ladies camp, um, supervising their showers and such?
Probst: Well, when the [raw] footage comes back, you have to review it all just so you know what's going on.

TVGO: Right. Have you ever been hit on by a contestant?
Probst: (pausing) Yeah... You want names?

TVGO: Of course.
Probst: I can't do names. I would never do that to somebody.

TVGO: How'd it happen?
Probst: When it's over, there is a release of all of this energy, and most of it seems to be sexual. And so occasionally, I've had Survivors at one of the after parties say, 'Hey, what's going on... ?' But I've always had a great girlfriend, so I'm happy where I'm at. I will say there's been an inordinate amount of hooking up among former Survivors.

TVGO: Now can you give me names?
Probst: (laughing) I'm sure I'll hear about this later, but dammit, people need to know: The Australian Outback cast probably holds the record for the most hook-ups.

TVGO: Speaking of hooking up, what former player would you most (and least) likely form an alliance with?
Probst: The least would be Jerri Manthey. I just don't trust her. And she's good at manipulating men, and who knows, in a weak moment I might fall victim to that crazy, scorpion-like attitude. As far as who I would most likely form an alliance with, probably Colby Donaldson, because we're pretty good friends.

TVGO: Have you seen Jerri on The Surreal Life?
Probst: We have a weekly poker game at my house and it's almost all Survivor guys, including Colby and three of the producers from the Australian Outback, and we played on that Wednesday the show premiered. We turned it on to watch Jerri's entrance and we all got a big kick out of her showing up... with a whole limo full of attitude. We kind of looked at each other and thought, 'What the hell are we doing watching this?' and we went back to cards, and we haven't seen it since.

TVGO: Give me one reason why I shouldn't fast-forward through all of the challenges on Survivor: The Amazon?
Probst: (laughing) This is different, because it's men against women... and I think the challenges will be more fun than ever. Can the women do it? Are the guys really going to lose to these girls?

TVGO: Um, still fast-forwarding.
Probst: At one challenge, nudity is involved...

TVGO: Pausing now.
Probst: ... and some of the Survivors turn nudity into an advantage.

TVGO: Being a reality show veteran, I need your expert opinion on something: Do you really think it was Brian Dunkleman's decision to quit American Idol, or was he fired and that was just his spin?
Probst: Here's the truth. I happen to know [Idol host] Ryan Seacrest, and I felt for Brian because he was simply outmatched. Ryan hosts a live radio show every day [in L.A.], and I got home from [shooting Survivor:] Thailand and saw the very end of American Idol. I was amazed at how Ryan completely stole that show from Dunkleman. I was thinking, 'If you want a textbook case on how to steal a show from your co-host, just watch the last six or seven episodes of American Idol.' Poor Brian, he didn't have a chance in hell. Not to mention, you don't need two guys.

TVGO: Interesting... but you still haven't answered the question.
Probst: (long pause) If you watched American Idol, I think the answer is painfully obvious.

1kid4us

Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 01:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks for that Car54, I love anything that has to do with Jeff. That made the 3 hrs and however many minutes that I have left until the show tonight go a little faster. And Jeff's little mention about Ryan gave me a mental image that makes AI worth waiting another week for. Could you imagine being a fly on the wall in a room with the two of them. Well wait, if I'm in a room with two hotties like them I wouldn't want to be a fly. More like a goddess that they would notice and couldn't resist. ;-)

Marebear

Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 04:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Great article Car54, thanks for sharing it. I have a huge crush on Jeff and can't wait for Survivor to start. His cute smile and those dimples just send me!!

Alaginger

Thursday, February 13, 2003 - 04:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well....just to let you know how dumb I can be....I thought this was going to be a thread with each of us coming up with 7 silly questions we could ask Jeff if given the opportunity. Obviously, that wasn't what this about......but I now have 7 silly questions for Jeff if it ever comes up again (LOL).

Ginger

Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 03:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh come on, Alaginger, ask your seven silly questions anyway! I have slowly become a Jeff fan over the years. I love how he's been so much more opinionated in these past few Survivors.

Ginger

Hermione69

Saturday, February 15, 2003 - 03:07 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
What Ginger said! Ask away!

Ginger

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 11:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
One silly question would be tell us about your relationship with Jerry! He seems to have no regard for her, and yet I recall hearing rumors that they were a "thing" after she got voted off.

Inquiring minds wanna know!

Kmjm

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 12:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I didn't like Jeff at first, but he has grown on me too, and he was priceless on last Thursday's episode- the best yet!

So.. who hooked up from the Australian outback? I want to know!

Alaginger

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 01:50 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay......you asked for it. I told you they were really silly questions. I mean, the silliest!

Question #1 for Jeff:
Do you wear boxer shorts, jockey shorts, or neither?

Once you figure out how silly that question was, you probably will not ask me what the others were.........(LOL) -- I warned you!!!

Hermione69

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 01:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Keep 'em coming, Alaginger!

Kmjm, I heard that Colby and Alicia hooked up, but I don't know if it was at the after party or later.

Alaginger

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 02:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hermione --- I can't believe you want another one. (LOL)

Question #2 for Jeff:

Do you sleep in pajamas, just underwear, or in the buff?

See, all my questions were of a personal nature and not about the show. I told you I had misunderstood the topic.

Wink

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 02:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Question #3 for Jeff

Are you just going to tell Alaginger the answers to her questions or show her?

Hermione69

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 03:40 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
ROFLMAO! Do you have a crush, Alaginger?

Alaginger

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well.....I do think he is adorable.....but considering my age, it will just have to be a schoolgirl crush. Of course, my school is basketweaving 101 for Seniors!!!

My questions 3 and 4 were somewhat related, so I'll put them together here.

Question #3 for Jeff: Are those gorgeous dimples really yours, or did you have them cosmetically done for T.V. personality reasons?

Question #4 for Jeff: Do you have any other dimples we need to know about......like behind the knees or on the buttocks?

Alaginger

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 03:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oh......and by the way......Wink!!! Please don't recommend that I get shown the answers ..... because I might have a heart attack or something. However, you could ask the other Ginger since she is a confessed fan and I'm sure is a lot younger than I am.......that is, if we really have to have any confirmations made! I don't think it is going to come to that.

Hermione69

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 03:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I am loving this, LOL! Three more to go, Alaginger!

Alaginger

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 04:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Questions #5 and 6 had to do with the eyes! I still can't believe how I sat here and prepared all of these questions before I actually checked to see what this thread was about.

Question #5 for Jeff: Do you wear any type of contact lenses that are a different color than your natural color for personality reasons? If so, what is your natural color and what color contact lense do you prefer to wear because you think it looks good on you?

Question #6 for Jeff: Speaking of the eyes, do you kiss with your eyes open or closed?

Alaginger

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 04:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wait a minute. I just read back a little further, and I think we should actually let Marebear do any confirming that needs to be done. She is the one that has really confessed a huge crush. Of course, we expect her to tell all!!!

Alaginger

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 04:15 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My 7th silly question for Jeff Probst would have been:

All of the Survivors are ultimately playing for $1 million before taxes. Several Survivors over the years have been asked if they would pose nude for magazine coverage. Some have said "yes" and some have said "never". My question to Jeff is, would you pose nude for $1 million before taxes?
jeff

Hermione69

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 04:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG, I loved your questions! I wish I could see such an interview between you and Jeff actually occur! I think my favorite was the one about the dimples and where else he may have them! He really is a cutie, isn't he? :) Thanks for humoring us, Alaginger!

Alaginger

Monday, February 17, 2003 - 05:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
T'was my pleasure, Hermione!!! Next time though, I'm going to open the thread and read the first entry before I go off half-cocked and get a bunch of answers/questions ready for something that doesn't exist. Now that it's done....it was kinda fun to do!!!

Ginger

Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 01:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No, no, nooo, Alaginger, don't you be giving my position as question confirmer away! I'm 34. In PERFECT shooting range to examine any dimples that need examining on our darling Jeff. And I even have an inside line to him, as one of my best friends was one of the higher ups on the crew for Survivor Thailand. I have Jeff info that I can't even share, lest my friend get in trouble! Darn! The thing is, it's probably best that I keep any Jeff wonderings only in my mind...it would for sure make my husband happier :). (Who, by the way, is about five hundred times more gorgeous than Jeff.)

Ginger

Alaginger

Tuesday, February 18, 2003 - 03:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Uh, Oh.......now I have to think up 7 silly questions for Ginger's hubby!!! (LOL)
Question #1 ---------- ???????

Ginger

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 04:38 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Alaginger! You made me spit my tea out all over the place from laughing so hard. And then I told my husband about the entire exchange and he just stood there smiling and shaking his head (ever so adorably...).

Here's MY question for Jeff: If you're reading this, as we are sure you must be, how on earth can you possibly resist Alaginger's evident charms?

Alaginger

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 05:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Whoops!!! Sorry about that! Sure hate to see you waste good tea .... especially since that's what I drink, also......oolong!

Oh, and thanks for the kind words. I'll just leave it up to you to ask hubby any questions you might have ...... but by now you probably already know the answers.

By the way, I have always been attracted to intelligent men, and I think Jeff Probst falls into that category, as well as being a cutie-pie!

Car54

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 09:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
From Underground Online.com

Jeff interview

Exclusive interview by Daniel Robert Epstein, contributing editor



Jeff Probst is the host of the sixth Survivor. This new season takes place in the Amazon and its new twist is that it is pitting eight men against eight women, and Jeff is stuck in the middle.
Jeff is also a filmmaker and has recently directed his first feature film, called Finder's Fee. But one thing is clear: Jeff has never had anything to do with The Lord of the Rings.

The new season of Survivor starts February 13th on CBS.

Check out the website for Survivor: The Amazon here.

UGO: What do you think of the battle of the sexes that has happened with Survivor now?

Jeff Probst: It was very exciting. It was really unnerving at the beginning, because we really didn't decide 'til the last minute. When we were casting, we knew it was something we were thinking about, but we were also planning for it to be like it was before; men and women combined. And then, really at the last minute, Burnett said, "You know what? Let's do it." And our fear was, what will happen if the men just run crazy over the women? How will it end up playing out if we end up having eight guys left? We thought through the scenarios and we thought either way, even though it wouldn't be great to have guys at the end necessarily, it will be interesting either way to have the dynamic of men together and women together. From the first thirty seconds, you see that it's true. Once the women figure out that it's all women, this weird energy sort of shifts. It's like, all right ladies, we're not competition, we are a team, let's kick their ass. And of course, the guys within forty-five seconds themselves are saying, "This is ridiculous, we wanted some competition." So you have got heroes and villains right away and you have people to root for. I think most all women will probably root for the women, but I think the big question will be, who will the men root for? Some guys will say, "Let's go kick their asses," but I think other guys will say, "You know what? I wouldn't mind seeing those fellows get the ego handed right back to them on their lap."

UGO: [Laughs] As a man, is it a little scary to see a whole bunch of women scheming against men?

JP: I found it very sexy, actually.

UGO: Oh, really?

JP: Yeah. I think there was a lot of sexual tension, and it would come up at tribal council. if I was with the women, I would say, "So, noticed any cute guys?" Oh, yeah. And certainly, when you say to the guys, "Have you noticed any hot girls," of which we have a few, you started getting some honesty. So it worked in a couple of different ways. One was, it was a great ice breaker at tribal council, and two, the fact that they were separated increased the tension, so when they got to the challenge, there were two things going on. There was the "I want to win" element playing, and there was also the check her out, hey look at that cute guy over there. So it added a new dynamic, which I know they really enjoyed, and we enjoyed as well.





UGO: It must have really surprised the contestants, too.

JP: Yes.

UGO: They must have studied previous Survivor like crazy.

JP: Yup, and they had no idea it was coming, and once we were out there, the other assumptions were thrown into disarray. Will there be a merge? Will there be food rewards? Who knows, now? And so that helped. It kept them a little off balance. That's something we continue to try and figure out how to do, is keep them off balance when, as you said, they're studying the game so much that they figured out a lot of the nooks and crannies.

UGO: There are so many reality shows now. How tough is it to think of new things to do?

JP: It's extremely tough to keep your show fresh and keep it authentic and true to what it is. We were the first one; we laid a lot of groundwork for us that we stayed with, which is a lot of ritual. I'll always go say the same thing at tribal council, I'll go tally the votes, the tribe has spoken, it's time for you to go, whatever those things…fire represents life, that is part of our ritual and from the beginning that is what we wanted our show to be, was for it to feel like the show had been going on for thousands of years in a corny sort of way, with these phrases that were just new to you, but they weren't new to the world. We worked hard to create a world that was very specific. Now shows like Fear Factor have taken one element from our show and made a whole show out of it, and that is happening more and more. So I think the challenge for us is, how do we keep our show intact without stealing from other shows and without being influenced by other shows, remain true to us but still find a way to turn that screw one more time in a different way> I don't think it is endless. I do think you will reach a point where you either say, "This is the game as you know it and we are going to play it again," or you have to consider making some radical changes, and we are not at that point yet.

UGO: Just to be a little un-PC here do you see that bringing a deaf woman on is like opening up the whole new realm for reality shows, like bringing people with one leg on and one arm?

JP: No, I think, we've never been averse to casting someone with a physical limitation like hearing. Using the word "handicap" brings up an interesting topic, because when you are the only two African-Americans among fourteen clearly Caucasians, you could say that's a handicap.

UGO: Yeah that's true.

JP: When you are one of two girls who have really big breasts and a great hot body with six other women who aren't, you can say that is a handicap. In a game that deals with social interaction, handicaps are really relative, and it's all based on perspective. So Christy comes into this with a hearing disability, but does it work against her? At times, absolutely, I mean, who are we kidding? She can't read lips in the dark. So if you want to have a conversation that you don't want Christy to hear, just wait 'til the sun goes down and you're in the clear. You could talk two feet away and she won't know it. Could Christy use that perception of being at a disadvantage to her own advantage? Why not? Maybe she plays on their sympathies a little. Maybe she plays on their political correctness and the fear of voting off the deaf girl. So we asked Christy to tell us, is this fair? And she said no, but life is not fair, let's go. So she was ready to go and we were ready to go. Would we have other people with maybe the loss of a limb? Sure.

UGO: Sure. Survivor sets the bar and then everyone else goes under it.

JP: Reality is a genre that seems to be here to stay. I don't know how many of the new shows will last, but certainly some of them will, and they'll probably be some really good ones. And the more competition you have out there, the harder that pie is to slice up if people start developing shows that were based in one small part of your show and it makes it tougher to keep your show intact. We don't like to repeat. There are many times when we will be out in the field and we'll have an idea that's a good idea, but then one of us will realize that another show has already done that, and we don't do it. So we work hard at staying as original as we can. Most of our conversations are about how will this affect the Survivors, and, what will our audience think, because we feel that we are really lucky that we have an incredibly loyal audience, we've averaged the same numbers, give or take the really high season of Australia, But if you pull Australia out, our numbers have been right around twenty-one million every season.

UGO: That's unbelievable. It's almost like Milton Berle is back on, there are so many people watching.

JP: It's that same loyalty. Most people I run into say, "I haven't missed an episode," or, "I rarely miss an episode." But what we figured out is, either you like Survivor or you don't, but if you do, you're a loyal viewer and we respect that, so we want the audience to be satisfied, and so we really do spend an inordinate amount of time saying our audience will hate that. For instance, in Thailand, we did the fake merge. Now the Survivors that were shooting the Amazon did not know that. They did not know; they were already gone when that episode aired, so we had a big question, and the question was, we could pull that big merge again, these guys will never see it coming. Do we do that because we know it will result in great reality, maybe it's worth a lot? But we do have to consider that our audience has already seen it, so if we do it again, we have to know that, for them, this is old news, and make sure that, if we do it again, we spin it slightly in a way that is different for them, as well as for the survivors.

UGO: Totally, that makes sense. What are some of the new stunts?

JP: Not really. There is nothing earth-shakingly different in terms of the challenges. It's become more and more our edict to ourselves to make the challenges smarter and a little less physical, because we started feeling that, in and of itself, was becoming disadvantageous to some people, and let's try to always involve some strength, balance, leadership, teamwork and maybe a puzzle as well. That's a big job, coming up with new challenges every season. They have now done six seasons at seventy challenges, so they have done 250-300 challenges. That's a lot of challenges.

UGO: How much are you involved with the show?

JP: I'm pretty involved in the day-to-day show. The challenge itself, when the Survivors are there, takes maybe an hour by the time they show up and we tell them the rules and we run it and we get them out of there. But we will rehearse it two or three times before they get there to make sure that it's not going to break and make sure that there is not a loophole that we haven't thought of. We have a full staff of locals that we hire whose job it is to try and find a way to cheat in the game. We tell them try to break this game, try to find something we haven't thought of, so that we could get there before the Survivors do. We spend a great deal of time in the rooms just throwing out ideas. How can we make this challenge a little better? What's happening in reality? It's an amazingly fast thirty-nine days, because you are rarely sitting there surfing the Internet. You're usually working on the show, because things are changing so fast. We'll get to a point like we did in the Amazon: We had problems with the weather, and a couple of the challenges couldn't happen. We were flooded out. So now what do we do? How do we move this challenge to a different location, or how do we modify it so we could do it on dry land and still keep the same? You keep fairly busy with that stuff.

UGO: What surprises you most still working on Survivor?

JP: What surprises me most is the same thing that has surprised me from the beginning. The thing that surprises me is the thing I have come to believe most about human nature: You cannot change who you are. You can have a situation where a certain person is in the driver's seat, and all they have to do to get to the final two is to just not drive the car off the road, and you show up at a challenge or tribal council and before you know it, they are turning so hard to the right they're in the ditch, they are past the detour sign, they are so far past go that you can't even get them back. And you think, how did this happen? Well, it happened because they can't change who they are, and either an event happened that caused them to react, or something was said at tribal council and before you know it, they are sticking their foot so far down their throat that it's lodged forever. That was a long kind of meandering analogy. The thing that surprises me is that nothing is for certain. We will sit there and say, "OK, it looks like it's these five against these three, and it's going to be a numbers game," and then you show up and, all of a sudden, it's a big shift; we are now at four vs. four. Well, so and so said something to such and such and now they are mad at each other and they are going to switch tribes and the other guy doesn't know it. And you're going, "Oh my God, how did this happen? They are screwing up their whole game." But you can't change their nature.

UGO: That's great. Can you believe that Survivor has lasted this long? Did you expect it to?

JP: I never thought it would get past two. I really did think Australia would be fun, and then it would be, "You guys have blown it now. You showed us all your tricks." I couldn't believe it when they said, "We are going to do three in Africa." I thought, "Who are you kidding?" And now I really believe that this will be one of our best seasons. I think it's going to keep people really interested. I don't think reality is going anywhere. I don't know how long Survivor will be on the air, but shows like Amazing Race…people just seem to really enjoy watching people in that situation. And you've got now Star Search battling with American Idol. All these new shows that I find myself watching; hell, Bravo has reality shows on, and they are good.

UGO: In ten years do you see a reality show with you, Joe Rogan and the first Bachelor?

JP: No, that will mean my life has gone completely downhill.

UGO: [Laughs] One thing I found out that was very cool: You directed the Lord of the Rings video game. Is that true?

JP: No.

UGO: Oh, so that's fake?

JP: Where did that come from?

UGO: It's on the Internet Movie Database. [IMDB.com].

JP: What? It's listed under my credits?

UGO: Under your credits of what you directed. Did you have anything to do with Lord of the Rings?

JP: No. I directed a movie called Finder's Fee.

UGO: Yeah, I saw that.

JP: Interesting. Lord of the Rings video game…no. That's funny.

UGO: How tough is it to keep your mouth shut about what's going to happen? I mean, obviously, there are contracts. Do you ever catch yourself?

JP: Yeah, all the time. The good thing is, if you keep talking, then you can cover it, you can slip up and keep talking and slip up again and keep talking and slip up again and keep talking and then say, "Well, you figure out which is the truth." I mean, we have so many lies going, and we have so much misinformation that there is usually an out; there is usually a way to recover. I can tell you who the winner is right now and you wouldn't know whether to believe me or not.

UGO: That's true.

JP: Yeah, but for the most part, after the first season, I got pretty good at learning how to speak in "what if?" versus the definitive on what's going to happen.

UGO: All right, so who's going to win? No, I'm just kidding.

JP: [Laughs] It's a guy or a girl.

UGO: How nuts is Mark Burnettt?

JP: He's pretty nuts. On a scale of one to ten, he is a definite seven with a silver bullet. But he is brilliant, and people that know him could see that. I mean he will come in and we'll have worked on an idea for six hours, and we'll say, "OK, we've kind of got it figured out, Burnettt, this is what we are thinking. What do you think?" He'll listen to it and he'll say, "That's great," and then he'll give it one final twist that none of us thought about that seems ridiculous, and he'll leave, and we'll go, "How are we going to make that work? I mean, what is he thinking?" and about twenty minutes later, we'll go, "Wait a minute! That's pretty good. Holy shit, that's great!"

UGO: Do you have an example?

JP: Well, with the loved ones in Thailand. The whole notion of bringing them back, letting them leave without any love, that was the original plan. Come make them do the challenge and then the people who don't survive, only one person will make it, the others get no love and that's the way it goes. And that's tough love, and that's Survivor. And that was the original plan. And the thing that was bugging me about it was that everybody loves the love, you want to feel the love, but that is what we were going to do. It's either do or die. Then Burnettt came in with this idea that a day and a half later, we're going to bring them back and they're going to compete with their loved one and we'll have them embrace them. I thought, "That is the stupidest idea, we've already said goodbye to them." I mean, emotionally, we are done with them, they are gone from the show. We sat there for a minute, we started thinking about it, holy God, that is great, that is what the audience is going to think. They are gone and how cruel of Probst to let them go and wait a minute, here they come again. And then the love will really be spectacular, and it was. It was great. Burnett just intuitively gets stuff like that, that doesn't seem like much on the surface, but really is.

UGO: Awesome. Thank you so much.

JP: Yeah, man. Good chat. I'll look into that Lord of the Rings thing.

Marebear

Thursday, February 20, 2003 - 10:30 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OK Alaginger - I love your questions (I just got back here to read this thread) and I would LOVE for him to answer or show me the answers to those questions - and I would share him and the answers with Ginger too hehehe and anyone else for that matter. I'm on the older end of the age ladder too (47) but I still have a sparkle in my eye and can move and groove when the need arises . I just don't know what hubby would think LOL.