Survivor Leads To Fame ???
TV ClubHouse: Archive: General Discussions:
Survivor Leads To Fame ???
Lorry | Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 05:03 am     Now we all know that those Survivors hoping for fame and fortune, are going to be, for the most part, sorely disappointed. There will be some commercials, maybe a radio show, maybe a spot on an already running show, as a guest... but overall, I haven't seen any real talent come out of the Survivor Game.... have you? Who do you think, among the Survivors this season, will go on to make a few bucks on commercials or maybe get their own show? I can see Rupert was the spokesman for Morgan Spiced Rum... hahaha Or with one of his own outdoor shows... fishing or maybe camping... what do you think? Who will make it into the entertainment field??? |
Enigma2 | Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 05:37 am     Lorry: I read your post and find that I'm staring into space trying to find any Survivors who will gain any celebrity. And I just don't see it. Yes, the few bucks for appearances and commercials, but that's about it. One or two of them may return to their jobs and find that the show has somewhat bettered their positions. (Andrew may get more celeb. clients. Lil may move up a bit in the scouts, etc.) But I think people like Rubert and Trish, who are already content with their lives, just will want to go home... (I can't resist noting that Darrah will not get extra business...due to Survivor) |
Jami | Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 06:47 am     Someone ought to offer Rupert some sort of wilderness show. My kids were saying last night that he should be the American crock hunter. Another idea for Rupert is someone should back him to open and run some sort of wilderness camp for troubled teens. |
Gidget | Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 07:20 am     I think Lorry pretty much covered all the celebrity the reality show contestant is liable to acquire. Yet, by the shear numbers, the odds are someone is going to hit it big time. I can see Rupert as America's reality sweetheart. If so many of us are enjoying him, I'm sure there are entertainment people with clout who are enjoying him as well. I don't see Rupert as the kind of guy who will give up his life for the spotlight, but he has had so many jobs, he is comfortable with change and will probably grab some offers. This year's Survivor cast does not seem like a bunch of wannabies. Most of them are settled in careers. That is why we are probably enjoying them. No bartender/stripper/actors this time around. Now if only BB could get a clue. After this season they have to realize they need to do something to save their show. A repeat of this year will bury it. Maybe they'll take a page from Survivor and change up next year's casting, too. |
Jan | Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 08:27 am     oops wrong thread |
Lori | Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 03:53 pm     I think we will definitely see Rupert! He certainly has marketing potential. For the life of me, I can't imagine the other Survivors being popular enough. |
Sunshyne4u | Sunday, October 26, 2003 - 06:23 pm     AW, I think they all basically could do commericals or something like that. NO huge careers have ever come out of Reality Shows so I doubt if anyone really expects that anymore. * The only person I cant see with some clear marketing potential is Rupert. He doesnt speak clearly enough to have his own show, IMHO. The aggressive growls and staring people down with hostile gazes makes him the LAST person I'd want running a Wilderness camp for kids with problems. I know he scares me as an adult, I would have been terrified as a runaway or kid acting out due to home abuse. |
Tasia | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 02:24 am     I can see Rupert doing A "Got Milk?" commercial. A Utilikilt ad A razor commercial among other things.. I think Rupert is the best candidate for any marketing potential. As for him working through Social Services with adolescents, he actually teaches them job skills that they can use in real life for kids that drop out of school. Rupert is comes off as tough, but kind yet with an honest, no holds barred attitude, exactly what half these teens need today. I certainly would prefer someone like Rupert out in the Wilderness teaching these kids, than someone like.. say. Osten for example. Oh, I could see him doing "Stay in School Ads" Public Service announcements etc etc. That sort of thing. I think that would appeal to him. |
Prisonerno6 | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 05:17 am     Quote:The only person I cant see with some clear marketing potential is Rupert.
Gosh, what a surprise. |
Sweetpea1994 | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 05:36 am     Hunter (I'm not sure which Survivor he was on) has his own show on the History channel. |
Lorry | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 06:05 am     That's right Sweetpea, Hunter did make a good move. He was also quite the survivor, but was not given a chance to really show his stuff. I was sorry to see him go... and thrilled that he got a show of his own. I think Rupert will get offers, but what they will be for is still anyone's guess. Jon will think he's hit the big time, even if he doesn't...rofl I'd like to see the girls get a chance to shine, and I think they will surprise us. Once the merge takes place... look for the girls to strut their stuff. What a great season! |
Jagger | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 09:14 am     I don't see any of them making any big moves after this show, maybe some of them in Playboy or Playgirl, but nothing else. I think the idea of turning these people into celebrities is past it's time, there are just too many reality shows out there now. As for Rupert, I don't think he'll be a spokesman for anything, this notarity would only be from Survivor fans and most other people would be turned off by his looks and his aggressive attitude. |
Gidget | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 09:42 am     I disagree Jagger. His looks are so retro, gentle ben.. little house on the prairie, smokey and the bandit, deliverance. And we are doing the 70's now, no? Of course, I can see some TV gopher taking Rupert to the salon for a little beard conditioner and highlights. |
Catfat | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 11:29 am     Rupert in Playgirl? The mind boggles. |
Gemma120in2002 | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 11:47 am     I could see Osten in vitamin and supplement commercials, Big strong looking man who can't lift a kitten. Take a protein pack watchamacallit and suddenly he can lift a whole basket full of kittens! Ooooh! Rupert! OMG! Can you see him in the next two Pirates Of The Carribean movies with Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom? Even as a guy in the background, he would be fabulous! I agree about the Captain Morgan Spiced Rum commercials, but he's so Drake, I don't know if he could do it! LOL! I could also see him in PSAs promoting kindness to animals and also doing work for children's charities. I fully expect to see him on the Celebrity Survivor, and he could easily become a favorite celebrity guest on many different talk shows and gameshows. His mass appeal is undeniable, whether you like him or not. He's a marketing goldmine. Heck, I could even imagine him standing somewhere in his Survivor Skirt, looking into a camera and asking in his low growl: "Do you ever have that 'not so fresh' feeling?" ROTFLMAO! On the "Reality of Reality" shown on Bravo, the agents and publicists showed how the more marketable contestants on Survivor have gone on to make at least a million dollars each. Keith Famie has easily earned that much since the Australian Outback, and he's not that likeable (imho). |
Rupertbear | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 01:00 pm     Well, I think the debate over Rupert is like coffee or tea. I detest coffee and people often look at me like...."what? how can you not like coffee?" I love tea and Rupert is MY cup of tea. If you really look at the guy's face, he is quite attractive. People only see masses of hair, facial hair and a guy who could lose a few pounds...which he has been doing since the beginning of the show. Apart from that though...his personality to me is very appealing...a confident, alpha male. I think he could sell rice to China, sand to Egypt, wine to France...(although maybe the 'whine' to France would be Osten's forté). I am hoping that Rupert gets some type of endorsement or perhaps a movie role or even tv from this because his mass appeal is due to pure, old fashioned charisma. |
Gidget | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 01:11 pm     No one flys the Rupert banner higher than Rupertbear. Are you sure you are just an incidental fan? <joke> I am enjoying the guy, too. What a lot of people are missing is he is a classic Aquarian. He doesn't give a rat's patootey for convention. Takes one to know one. LOL |
Lorry | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 01:15 pm     OMG Gemma!!!! I almost lost a mouthful of tea reading your post...hahahahahaha Tooooo funny!!! I think Lil can be the spokesperson for Boy Scouts of America... and wasn't one other Survivor an Eagle Scout? Rupert can do just about anything... Rupertbear.... I'm a very old hippie, and to me, Rupert is a hunk, a hunk, a hunk of burning love...roflmbo I love the look, the attitude, and most of all the sparkle in his eyes.... hehe I find him very attractive. I've never been one for the pretty boys... nice to look at, but usually no real substance. I like people in general that have character... have stories written on their faces, beauty on the inside where it counts, and more to talk about then themselves. I think you do too. |
Rupertbear | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 01:33 pm     Hee hee...yes Gidget & Lorry...guilty as charged As I mentioned, Rupert is the reason I emerged from several years of lurkdom! |
Gemma120in2002 | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 01:45 pm     I liked Lil too. Now, remember on the first show Jeff Probst said that they were all dressed in their travel clothes? They were dressed the way they were on the plane. Lil flew down there from Cincy dressed in her boyscout uniform. Not a good fashion choice, but it sure was a lucky move for her! LOL! As far as clothing is concerned, she was the most sensibly dressed person in the contest. I wouldn't be surprised if she made Mr. Blackwell's worst dressed list, but I don't think she cares very much about that. If they do have the third ghost tribe, I think that Andrew needs to worry about her coming back to haunt him. He didn't level with her about voting her off. |
Teachmichigan | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 02:08 pm     OOOoooo...let me put in another vote for Rupert modeling utilikilts!!! WOOHOO!!! He definitely looks like a Highland Scotsman to me! |
Amchess | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 03:09 pm     ROTFLMAO at Gemma's description of the "not so fresh feeling". The picture boggles the mind, lol. |
Prisonerno6 | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 03:15 pm     Quote:Of course, I can see some TV gopher taking Rupert to the salon for a little beard conditioner and highlights.
Queer Eye for the Survivor Guy? And I don't think you have go retro for the Rupert look -- Hagrid, from Harry Potter, of course. (They weren't in their travel clothes, they were dressed for a photo shoot, if I recall correctly.) |
Catfat | Monday, October 27, 2003 - 08:52 pm     I saw a guy in a Utilikilt today, great big bearded dude, I could swear it was Rubert, but he was gone before I could regain my wits. D@mn, he looked fine. |
Lorry | Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 08:04 am     I'm beginning to think our dear Rupert will be quite the celebrity after his two stints at Playing on the islands...lol I also think that Burton's beautiful face will soon be doing ads for men's clothing. I'd like to see Burton's buff body in a Jockey brand shorts commercial... yummy...rofl And the women??? I'm sure some ad person has noticed Christa's "Warrior Goddess" look... What do you all think, now that we have hit the merge point? |
Puttergirl | Saturday, November 08, 2003 - 08:31 am     Rupertbear and Ginger, I agree with both of you. I love big, strong alpha men who care little for convention. I feel safe in their presence. If I had been on this survivor I would have immediately gravitated toward Rupert and we would have become close friends. I hope he does well. |
Mydogbuffy | Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 01:36 pm     It's funny my daughter and all of us loved Rupert and was heart broken to see him stabbed in the back. But my daughter said that Rupert said that the tribe didn't know what they did, that he needed that money sooo bad. She said she wished there was a way that CBS would start a "back Rupert" address and that those that wanted could send in some 'cash'/donations to give to Rupert because "they" believe he deserves the money. |
Tasia | Wednesday, December 10, 2003 - 04:25 pm     Can your daughter be my agent? <smile> |
|