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Pamy | Friday, November 14, 2003 - 09:18 am     Rupert is the Skipper, did ya hear him call Jon(Gilligan) his lil buddy? I was LOL!! I love Rupert! I find myself smiling whenever he is on the tv. |
Niceguy | Friday, November 14, 2003 - 10:06 pm     Vecepia knows she'd be in for the butt whooping of her life and she's comfortable now. I really can't say I blame her. |
Starshine40 | Friday, November 14, 2003 - 11:03 pm     Landi said.....which makes you wonder... if rupert and sandra went as representatives of survivor #7, that it was one of them who won. In the Survivor shows where Brian won and Vecepia won they have declined to go for S8, but others from their shows have been included. Landi, When Survivor 7 finished filming in August it was down to the final 2. The winner will not be known until Dec. 14th during the finale show of S7 which will be done LIVE. The votes are taken when it gets down to the final 2 but NOT disclosed until the finale show. Also, from later list of S8 All Stars, apparently only Rupert from the current Survivor is playing, Sandra is not. |
Kep421 | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 05:07 am     I have a question.... How can the Survivor7 finale be live if one or more of its contestants is currently off doing Survivor8? Would they pull them off the island for one day? I can't see that happening. Could it be that Survivor7's finale may be the first one not done live? *walks away scratching head over this one.... |
Resortgirl | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 06:14 am     HI KEP!!! Gosh I haven't seen you for soooo long!!! How the heck have you been? I'm coming to Chicago and hope to meet you! back on subject.... I'm not sure how they will pull that off. Hmmmm.... |
Azriel | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 07:05 am     Kep, the all stars Survivor is scheduled to finish before the end of this Survivor's season ending. So, if any of the current survivors are in all stars they will be through and able to go to the live season finale. |
Ginlei | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 11:46 am     I am glad to hear that Rupert will be in another Survivor series.... Loveable, simply loveable. |
Cinder | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 12:53 pm     SO they will have lots of secrets to still keep. They won't be able to talk about it too much at tht finale. |
Pamy | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 01:37 pm     I heard they are filming the final at Pearl Islands, and the finale is set around the time the finish the All Star, so they would be there |
Starshine40 | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 03:19 pm     Survivor All Stars which is also being filmed in the Pearl Islands (off Panama) is due to finish filming on Dec. 11th. The finale for Survivor 7 is on Dec. 14th in Panama City. So Rupert (apparently the only one from S7 in S8) will be taken from the Islands to Panama City (about 50 miles away) for the finale. |
Pamy | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 03:27 pm     I thought Sandra is on ASS |
Gen | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 03:51 pm     Pamy, no Sandra is not on ASS. Since this is not a spoiler thread, if you want to know the make up of the ASS, go to the spoiler section or the SNN site. |
Pamy | Saturday, November 15, 2003 - 04:08 pm     Thx Gen, I was going by the 11-3 post but I see the list has been revised since then. thx! |
Lorry | Sunday, November 16, 2003 - 11:36 am     I'm wondering how Rupert will have time to recover from the present show in order to have a fair chance at winning the All Star. Either he is booted next episode, and that will allow him time to beef up for the All Star, or else he's one very strong minded and physically fit man. Which I think he is...hehe... but then I sort of have a crush on him... so he is near perfect to me. |
Watching2 | Sunday, November 16, 2003 - 04:09 pm     I was wondering the same thing, Lorry. He may have time to recover if he is booted soon. It does seem like the others may have an advantage health-wise, since it's been longer since they've actually gone through being on the show. Although, Rupert may have better instincts and survival skills closer at hand than the others, as well. He's not exaclty perfect to me Lorry...but heh, it's hard sharing crushes with other people... esp. his wife. LOL |
Caycaye | Monday, November 17, 2003 - 01:19 am     Did you notice on the promos for Thursday's show where Burton, Jon, Lil, Darrah, and Ti make a "deal"...You KNOW Rupert is GONE next week...UNLESS Rupert win's immunity! Pray for Rupert to win immunity!!! |
Kep421 | Monday, November 17, 2003 - 04:17 am     Lorry and Watching.... S7 finished filming earlier this year. I'm not sure of the exact date, but I'm thinking May? That would have given Rupert about 4-5 months to recoup before taking on the S8 challenge. If Rupert looks "thin" (if that's possible, such a hunk, be still my heart) at the finale for S7, that would indicate he went far in S8. |
Pamy | Monday, November 17, 2003 - 05:00 am     I listened to the preview again and it sounded like Burton said the FIVE of us have to stick together, soooo Lil must be in with them |
Midji | Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 03:55 pm     In the promos for this week, when they show the people at TC, Rupert is wearing the immunity sword. I wonder if the picture is really from the next show or just an old one!!! I hope he really does win immunity!! |
Tabbyking | Tuesday, November 18, 2003 - 06:29 pm     i think S7 filmed mostly in july...so rupert would have had maybe 10 or 12 weeks to get ready for the all-star survivor? he could do it! he may have decided to wear more clothes the first day he showed up in case they ended up with only the clothes on their backs, though! |
Riviere | Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 12:46 am     My family adores Rupert!!! |
Texasdeb | Wednesday, November 19, 2003 - 04:07 pm     I adore Rupert. |
Jkm | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 05:51 am     from: www.kokomotribune.com (must sign in to read article) Will Rupert survive? Publication date: Thursday, November 20, 2003 BACK HOME AGAIN: Chris Boneham, left, poses with his brother Rupert who is currently on “Survivor: Pearl Islands.” The photo was taken the day Rupert returned from filming in Panama. The two are both former Kokomo residents and graduates of Haworth High School. (Photo provided) By NICOLE ROALES Assistant features editor With their son a budding celebrity, the family of former Kokomo-resident Rupert Boneham attribute part of his success on "Survivor: Pearl Islands" to his time in the City of Firsts. After all, if it hadn't been for the wildlife in Highland Park, where else could Rupert and his younger brother Chris have learned to fish? "I can remember looking for turtles and frogs and snakes," Chris said Wednesday during a phone interview on his way home to Raleigh, N.C. "I think people think of Indiana as a corn field and not much wildlife, but he's very comfortable with the wildlife because of Highland Park." Now Rupert catches fish for fellow castaways on CBS' "Survivor: Pearl Islands," a reality TV show that airs Thursday nights at 8 p.m. At 6 feet and 1 inch, with long scraggly hair and a bushy beard, Rupert has been a beloved contestant all along, preferred by viewers each week to take home the $1 million prize given to one of the 16 survivors. After last week's show, 46.1 percent of voters on CBS.com said Rupert would take home the grand prize. Each week, the castaways vote one person off the island. And so far, Rupert, a 1982 graduate of the now-defunct Haworth High School, has won over America, though recent episodes have shown that some of his fellow castaways are turning against him, fearing his popularity and power over the group as a whole. TV Guide calls him "Bluto with team spirit" and this week's issue of Entertainment Weekly said "Rupert may be the most popular 'Survivor' contestant to date -- not just because he runs around in a skirt looking like Captain Lou Albano on acid, but because he's genuine, caring, loyal and plays every challenge as if his beard depended on it." A man of the outdoors, Rupert first learned to fish from his father, Roger Boneham, a retired geology professor from Indiana University Kokomo. When Rupert was younger, Roger took his sons fishing. They often went to the dam in Highland Park and Mississinewa Reservoir. Although Roger can't recall the first fish Rupert caught, he does remember one 14- to 16-inch carp his son was proud of catching in the park. "A friend of ours who was teaching art showed him how he could ink the fish," Roger said. "She inked the fish with an ink roller and rolled it on a piece of paper. We had a picture of that fish for a while." Not only did Rupert enjoy fishing, but he also liked searching the waters of Kokomo Creek for turtles. "He'd go down there and get a bunch of turtles with his hands and he'd bring back three or four turtles," Roger said. And, after some gentle pleading, Rupert convinced his dad to buy a plastic kiddie pool for the backyard so he could put his turtles and fish inside it. During the summer, young Rupert caught crawdads for his friends in the pool. When fall came, Roger made him let the animals go so they could hibernate. Once the animals were returned to their habitat, it was time for Rupert and Chris to go back to school. The two went to Maplecrest and at the time the Boneham family lived on James Drive, which meant the boys had to walk to school. When the boys went to high school, Roger said the family moved to President Lane, a subdivision across from Haworth. "I never did like the bus, so I said these guys are going to walk to school," Roger said. The exercise was nothing for boys who were active in sports. Chris was a four-time state swimming champ and Rupert was a long-distance runner at Maplecrest, a bowler and a member of the Haworth Swim Association and the Haworth High School's swim team. It's his swimming experience in high school that helped Rupert on "Survivor" and his love of nature that helped him with the elements on the island. Perhaps it was a few of the more dramatic experiences in his life too, such as the time he was robbed at gun point when he was working in Kokomo as a pizza delivery man shortly after graduating midterm from school. "I said you're not going to die working for a pizza delivery company," Roger said. After that, Rupert went to Texas where he worked on an oil rig. He later worked as an orderly in a hospital. Along the way, he picked up a variety of skills, such as the ability to work with and listen to people, that have helped him cope on the show. "What you see is what you get," Rogers said. "He acts just like he's always acted. He's pretty easy-going. Every once in a while he gets angry, but basically he's pretty easy-going." When Roger found out that Rupert was going to be on "Survivor," he was surprised but said Rupert had tried out for the show four years ago at the Indiana State Fair and was nearly selected for a season. Now he has the pleasure of seeing his son on TV, but he has to watch anxiously with his wife in Fort Wayne, because he doesn't know when or if Rupert will be voted off. Although Rupert and the other contestants are back from Panama, the last episode with the final two contestants duking it out for the grand prize, have not yet been filmed. "The first thing I told him is I don't want to know," Roger said. That's also the reaction Lisa Boneham, Chris' wife, had. She'd rather watch each 60-minute episode with her husband pacing the room. The couple has a "Survivor" party each week that begins with their four kids lighting the tiki lights in the backyard before they go to bed at 8 p.m. First thing Friday morning, their children watch the show before going to school where Chris said they are "pseudo-celebrities." "We have four kids who love Uncle Rupert, so they are very excited about the show," Lisa said. Lisa met Chris about 30 years ago when they were kids, both competing in swimming competitions. Lisa, then a Carmel resident, didn't meet Rupert until 18 years ago, but said Rupert is "like a brother to me." After 14 years of marriage and four children later, she can safely say she knows the elder Boneham son well and insists the Rupert America has seen every Thursday for the last eight weeks is the one she's grown to know. "That's the real Rupert," Lisa said. "I would say he's not playing up for the camera." When Lisa and Chris take their children to Indianapolis, they always look forward to seeing "Uncle Rupert's Zoo," which is what they call the exotic pets he has in his north side home. Chris said Rupert has a python, a boa constrictor, an alligator and turtles. Already, Chris and Lisa's 9-year-old daughter are bringing pet turtles home and she doesn't mind spiders. Maybe it's her Uncle Rupert's kindness to the creatures or perhaps it's genetics. After the show ends, family members are certain Rupert will still be the same man he was before "Survivor" first aired. Lisa said she doesn't see him building a mansion in Carmel, and Chris said the most he sees coming of it is perhaps Rupert's own reptile show, something similar to "The Crocodile Hunter." It seems like a natural fit considering his audition tape showed Rupert with snakes and reptiles, and also jumping out of a boat to grab an alligator, Chris said. But even if he doesn't get his own reptile show after "Survivor" ends, Rupert already has a couple jobs to fall back on. He has already worked several years for ABC Sports, as a camera cart driver for college football games. He operates the cart that goes up and down the sidelines and drives the van that transports the cart to each game. His wife, Laura, and 4-year-old daughter Raya go along with him. He also buys dilapidated homes and refurbishes them, bringing in troubled teens to help him do the work. Through a contract with an Indianapolis social service agency, Rupert shows them how to use tools and how to plaster walls and fix bad plumbing so they have a trade. "What he teaches them mostly is that you have to come to work every day," Roger said. "These are kids who are on the edge of being juvenile delinquents and he teaches them, 'Hey there is another way of life.'" Trouble may brew Although Rupert is well-liked among those on the island, his family fears his popularity may work against him on tonight's show. "They are going to soon realize he's a threat," Chris said. "You know this guy has been a great provider and a great listener, but you know what? He's now a threat. I hope he wins all the challenges (which give contestants immunity from elimination) from now on because if he doesn't I think they're going to vote him off." Lisa, who has watched every season of "Survivor," is also concerned about Rupert's fate and said it's unfortunate that the nicest person isn't always the winner. "Unfortunately he's not one to lie and backstab," Lisa said. "He's not like that and I think it's the one who lies and backstabs who wins. He is truly the survivor in the ultimate way, but I don't think that's what the survivor is. You have to be willing to compromise your values to win and that's not what Rupert is about and he wouldn't compromise that even for the $1 million." No matter what happens though, everyone can agree on one thing -- the attention won't change him and they're fairly sure he'll remain in Indianapolis after the show concludes. "I think a lot of people go on that show trying to become actors, trying to become someone," Chris said. "I think he went on it for the challenge of the show. I think he might parlay this into something else, but I don't think that was his ultimate goal. If you are asking if he is going to forget about his family and his brother, then no." |
Jkm | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 05:55 am     BACK HOME AGAIN: Chris Boneham, left, poses with his brother Rupert who is currently on “Survivor: Pearl Islands.” The photo was taken the day Rupert returned from filming in Panama. The two are both former Kokomo residents and graduates of Haworth High School. (Photo provided) |
Lorry | Thursday, November 20, 2003 - 06:08 am     Once again, Jkm has come through with a great article. I loved it. I love Rupert... and yeah, he's too big a threat. My only hope is that he wins all the immunity challenges. Thanks Jkm... |
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