Rupert Boneham (Team Drake)
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Rupert Boneham (Team Drake)
Lorry | Friday, November 14, 2003 - 01:33 pm     Here's my take on Rupert... I think he's an exceptional player. I think that as soon as MB realized how popular to the viewing audience that he was.... well, he might have been prompted to play up the Blackbeard, mighty pirate, It's my Island routine. Or, maybe Rupert is playing the game, playing to us the viewers, and being it's all about being a pirate... he's being the best darn pirate he can be... and that has to include things a real pirate would do. That includes being a little overwhelming, threatening, and even lying to get what he wants. If it works... it works... if not, he will either change his game, or fall on his face. Either way, he's given the viewing audience a champion to root for. Or to not root for. He has actually made the show better by just his ability to get this far... considering he was a target from the very beginning. Darn good for someone who surely realizes his every word and action will determine how far he gets. Rupert is a smart man, so it appears... we just have to wait and see I suppose. |
Prisonerno6 | Friday, November 14, 2003 - 02:10 pm     *shrug* It's all a matter of perspective. From my point of view, if anyone has a puppetmaster attitude, it's Jon. Of course, I don't mind it in him, because it's just so much gosh darn fun to see his deer in the headlights look when his *cough* masterful planning goes astray. |
Hermione69 | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 06:27 am     No hard feelings, Prisoner. I've said this before, but I think part of why my perception of Rupert and Jon is so different from the majority is that I didn't see episode one. I was working at a school event and did not get home in time. That seems to be the key episode where Rupert endeared himself to everyone and Jon was terribly obnoxious and unlikable. So I had a whole week to read the posts about how great Rupert is and how horrible Jon is, and that didn't match what I ended up seeing in episode two. My first real impression of Rupert's character came from his anger at Shawn about the spear, which, since I didn't have much of a background on either of them, seemed terribly out of proportion to me and I didn't like it. And then Jon, well, I didn't see what it was that everyone disliked so much and he actually entertained me. So my perceptions of the two of them started off very different from most people, and you know what they say about first impressions! (Tabby, I need you to email me! My computer had to have the system software reloaded a couple of weeks ago and I lost most of my addresses, including yours!) |
Pamy | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 10:46 am     All I know is that whenever Rupert is on the tv I find myself smiling. I love that man!!! I said this somewhere else but I believe he really is The Skipper, did you hear him call Jon(Gilligan) lil buddy?? I was ROTF! |
Cruzlvr | Friday, November 21, 2003 - 05:13 am     Ruper was not on the Early Show this morning. They are doing a tape of him of an interview that done shortly after he was actually voted off the island. He is still in his survivor clothes. This could also be the reason Yahoo Insider doesn't have a clip of his day after interview. The tape they are showing I think might be that. |
Schoolmarm | Friday, November 21, 2003 - 05:22 am     Cruz....I just got out of the shower when Rupert's tape was running on The Early Show. His shirt was NOT the same tie-dye one, but one with more blues in it. He was in front of some foliage which could have been on the island. What did they say as an intro to the clip? Any reason given as to why he wasn't there? I'm hoping it is because he is still on the island taping the All Star edition. The taped clip was very nice. |
Cruzlvr | Friday, November 21, 2003 - 05:42 am     Early show said Normally he would be with us this morning but Rupert is not available. While CBS would not confirm his whereabouts various on line sources claim that Rupert may be on location for next seasons Survivor's allstars. Rupert did, however give this exclusive interview soon after his flame was doused. |
Schoolmarm | Friday, November 21, 2003 - 06:21 am     My bad.....he has his shirt on inside out so the colors are not as vibrant. I really liked the footage, and am cursing CBS for running this clip earlier than usual! |
Cruzlvr | Friday, November 21, 2003 - 06:29 am     I transcribed the Early show and put in a folder of its own under the General Discussions, if anyone is interested in reading it, if they missed the show. |
Texannie | Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 06:09 am     http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/095309-2026-009.html After 'Survivor' eviction, where has Rupert gone? Rupert Boneham, of Indianapolis, perhaps the most popular contestant ever on "Survivor," was said to be hiding out. -- Monty Brinton / CBS By Will Higgins will.higgins@indystar.com November 22, 2003 Rupert Boneham, the hugely popular and resourceful Hoosier stabbed in the back and eliminated from "Survivor," was lying low the day after. Boneham's ouster was revealed Thursday with the airing of episode 10 of the CBS reality show. Typically, the morning after contestants are eliminated, they appear on CBS' "The Early Show." Boneham did not. Nor could he be reached at his home, on Indianapolis' Near Northside. Nor did his father know his whereabouts. "I have a call in to him, too," said Roger Boneham, of Fort Wayne. "He's not around here, I can tell you that," said his brother, Chris Boneham, who lives in Raleigh, N.C. "He's kind of hiding out." Hiding out? CBS was tight-lipped. "He is unavailable," said a spokesman, Chris Ender, adding "we don't have a comment as to why." Boneham's father speculates that, given his son's popularity, CBS privately may have big plans for him. "They'd be crazy if they didn't," the retired geology professor said. He suggested his son would be great on another reality show (an all-star "Survivor," to begin airing Super Bowl Sunday, is currently in production at an unknown location, with contestants from past shows, and there has been speculation Boneham is one of them) or even on a sitcom. "He could do a walk-on, see how he goes over with the audience." Ender was mum. "We don't discuss future plans per se in the media," he said. "I can say that Rupert is one of the most popular and engaging people ever to appear on 'Survivor.' " Roger Boneham said his son is "not the leading-man type," but Ender noted that a number of the missives sent to CBS by Boneham fans were from women with designs on the man that are unprintable. Clearly, Boneham has made a stir. He is a large man, thick-chested, bearded and with a gentle, what-you-see-is-what-you-get bearing. He looks like Hagrid, the huge and sincere person in the "Harry Potter" movies. A former gravedigger and bartender who currently mentors troubled teens, Boneham also was among the more capable people on the show. For several weeks, it was his spearfishing that kept his comrades fed. Boneham is vulnerable, too. "I always get hurt trusting people," he said after getting the ax. "I want so badly to be accepted, and I never get the acceptance that I want. I don't fit." The CBS Web site's "Survivor" popularity poll had Boneham on top by a large margin even after he was bounced. On Friday, the network was bombarded with phone calls and e-mails "showing concern and rage he's no longer on the show," said Ender. "People are expressing sympathy and offering to send him money." Next week, "Survivor" airs a night early, at 8 p.m. Wednesday, on WISH (Channel 8). Call Star reporter Will Higgins at 1-317-444-6043. |
Whoami | Tuesday, November 25, 2003 - 04:37 pm     You know what? Rupert may be right. In one sense, he really doesn't fit in with the crowd. Its cause he's head and shoulders above the rest. I'm reminded of a very touching scene in Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Its when Xander is talking to Dawn about how he knows how she feels about not being "special" like the rest of the Scooby Gang (what with them all having powers of some sort). He told her something to the effect of, "you're not special, you're extraordinary." |
Texasdeb | Saturday, November 29, 2003 - 03:30 pm     Please, please! Rupert on All-stars would be the greatest. |
Starshine40 | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 - 09:31 pm     This is a great interview with Rupert at Fans of Reality TV... interview with Rupert Please note (I did NOT post the interview because) the site says: For those here from other sites, please keep in mind that this is copyrighted material, and while you may link to this interview, you may not post it on your site without my permission. |
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