Friday, April 30, 2010

Robert Lewis Stevenson meets Jerry Springer

An on yeah to start this.
Have somebody other than a six year old hide the idols please. They are too easy to find.

Okay folks, by a show of hands. How many of you have ever spent the night in a historical building and started a fight over popcorn? I can't count the times this has happened to me and last night on Jerry Springer we got to see it again. Good thing my mom wasn't there or they wouldn't have gotten to finish watching the movie.
"If I have to come up there... as God as my witness I will beat you within an inch of your life with this Treasure Island Book. Now grow up."
So last night on The Jerry Springer show, oops, I mean Survivor we first see Russell confronting Parvati about having two idols and didn't like that she didn't tell him she had the second one. Hey douche bag Bob, she would have only had one had you not given her the second one. She then says that word that just makes me crawl, "Whatever." I just wanted to take a boat oar and smash it over her face and then say, "Whatever." Rupert is working on Sandra telling her she is the now the power person. I must say in my egotisitical way I saw this one coming but..........
I never saw Candice flipping.
Shuffle Board
When I retire and go to a retirement home you can stop by and watch me kick some real butt in shuffleboard. Afterall what do retired people do other than, bingo, go gambling and shuffleboard. I actually think they make you sign a contract to this effect. Somebody give me the odds here but Parvati is already thinking ahead of the game that a clue will most likely be made available for the team of three that wins this challenge. She thinks that either she, Danielle or Russell needs to find the next clue so randomly chosen again, the three of them of course are split up one on each team. Remember back when Parvati just happened to sit in the chair with the idol clue in her napkin. So of course her closests allie (Fake boobs) Danielle gets to go on the reward challenge when Colby wins on his final shuffle. What unfolded at the house of Robert Lewis Stevenson was straight out of a Jerry Lewis movie. We see them arrive and a lady comes out and explains who this guy was.....................zzzzzzzzzzzzzz all the while Amanda starts thinking about where the clue might be. The only thing that topped that was Colby. Dude is lying in bed with two bikini clad women being oblivious to both the hidden clue or of course the two bikini clad women in bed with him. My GOD I have to rent Treasure Island because if he can be that cued into the movie, it must be really good. So then we get to see Danielle's attempt at finding and hiding the clue and then Amanda doing here WWF routine to steal the clue. The two of them starting wrestling all the while what is Colby doing, still watching the frickin' movie. I said this before but Amanda is way too soft to ever win this game and she caves. There are rules for someone who finds the idol and that no one can steal it, there are no rules for clues girl, keep it. Then back at camp Danielle does what all people are doing this season and that is giving away her advantage. She tells her tribemates this story about how she found the idol in the popcorn, fought wild monkeys at knife point, wrestled alligators and beat Amanda to the punch. Yeah we know, then you go out and let Russell find the idol while you are sitting not five feet from him. Yeah, we know. Of course Russell does what everybody else is doing and runs over and tells Candice that he has the idol and is telling her this to earn her trust. Yeah, we know. Can we go back to the old days when people tried to keep finding the idol a secret.
Sandra thinks this is the perfect time to get rid of Russell and she is correct. Colby thinks Danielle has the idol and he is incorrect. Sandra than tells Russell things and he tells her things.
House of Tiles
I loved this challenge the first time around and love it again. Build a tower ten feet tall while Jeff stands around and says, "Don't panic." Shut the hell up Jeff.
As I am watching this I am thinking, the worst thing for the villains would be if Russell won this challenge. There is no way he would give Parvati an idol again and she would be vulnerable. Jerri then wins her first individual immunity ever.
PRE VOTE
We then see people twisting and going back and forth and Candice being the main focus. I am thinking, girl you have to go with the heroes. The heroes talk and Candice goes and tells Russell their decision. Sandra confronts Candice about this.
At tribal council Russell makes yet another mistake. He tells the group that he plays the game aggressively like Danielle and that Parvati and Jerri are more finess and then leaves Sandra hanging by saying, "She is just here." Amanda goes home and the chaos continues.
Next Week
We see Parvati telling her troup not to listen to anything that Russell says. Divorce is so painful.

Review
So where do they sit.
Parvati, Danielle and Jerri are a group.... I think they are but they can't advance as a threesome. Jerri does her Survivor owe life to Parvati though from last week.
Colby, Rupert and Sandra are together about as strong as the aforementioned.
Russell and Candice are a pair. A pair of what I don't know.
Parvati and Russell are done, they can't work together. She lied to him, he lied to her, they each took a bat to the others car and their egos will get in the way.
Sandra hates Russell (well she basically hates everyone) so he won't have an allie there.
Candice is playing the game like her hair is on fire and just burnt her bridge with Colby, Rupert and Sandra.
Danielle can't tie her shoes without her boobs getting in the way and like a horse walking back into a burning building she will jump off the cliff right behind Parvati because she is aggressive but not real bright. How can you be five feet from someone else and not see them find the idol.
Wow, I am confused.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Regifting an idol.

One of the best episodes ever.
Here is your brain on Survivor, here is your brain while playing Survivor and finding the hidden immunity idol. I think there is a direct correlation between finding the hidden immunity idol and being stupid. Correct me if I'm wrong here and please forward your cards and letters as well, but isn't one of the main points of finding the hidden immunity idol to help the person finding the idol win the game? There must be some directions written on the bottom that we don't see that state, you must do something stupid with this idol. Last week we see J.T. find the idol and then draft his letter of secrecy to Russell to use it if needed. Then at one point of this weeks show we see J.T. saying people are probably going to vote him off. You know what would come in handy in a situation like this J.T.? I may be way off base here but having an immunity idol might save your but you *&^%$ bag. For a former winner you sure are a dumbass. Anyhow.............................
We start this week with re-run of Russell saying "I am in control of this game." Yes we know you are Russell, we know you are.............................................
Heroes Camp.
The heroes find a trunk that is locked a note that says don't open yet or something to that effect. I am going out on a limb here but I am thinking there is something of value inside. Just a guess.
Villains
The villains treemail has a key included and a map to the heroes camp. One of the villains asks, "I wonder what the keys goes to?" Just a guess here and going further out on my limb but I am guessing the key is to a lock. Just sayin'.
The villains start weaving a web of lies when they realize Parvati is still in the game (Yes she is I saw her last night) and they need a lie to tell the heroes. When the tribes merge Russell tells JT and Rupert that the idols were played and Courtney was blindsided. The one problem with telling a lie like this is say, oh someone like Sandra comes along and tells a different story. Rupert is on to this game and tells everyone within ear shot to not trust Russell. Parvati then makes two comments the first being Russell and I are the King and Queen of this game. By the way she didn't clarify who was who, just sayin' again. Then the quote of the week, Parvati cries that she is offended that the heroes are treating her this way with no respect. When the commercial came on I hit rewind on my Tivo and then realized once again that I don't have a frickin' Tivo so I couldn't replay it, but that is what she said I am sure. Um Parv dear, it could be that you don't play well with others and more importantly you laugh when people are voted out. Just sayin'. Amanda then pipes in that her side doesn't want to lose their lead. Um, Amanda there are five people left on both sides, just reminding you.
So the challenge was a Courtney special, oops she left last week didn't she. She would have been a shoe in for this because it involved doing what Courtney does best which is nothing. Climb a pole and hold on. Before the challenge started I said the last three would be girls simply because their feet are smaller and could hold onto the pole longer. Danielle won with Parvati stepping off for second and Candance being third. Parvati made her first mistake of the night as people figured out pretty quickly she has an idol because she gave up. Anyhow Amanda attempted to make a bold move by telling Parvati that the heroes were voting for her. Amanda is a bad liar and should have moved on quickly but kept talking. But.......................
The heroes decide to go after Jerri and the villains go after JT. As the vote unfolded we see the villains won the battle, when Jerri was saved by the re-gifted idol, but on the other hand they just lost the war. Parvati does what most people are doing these days on Survivor and that being giving away her two idols to Jerri and Sandra. Oh yeah one of these idols was given to her from Russell which apparently didn't fit and instead of returning it to the Survivor store for food or shelter she gave it away right in front of Russell. In the ten seconds it took Parvati to give away the most valuable things you can hold onto in this game, she did several things that will add to her and her tribes demise.
1. ) It exposed Russell as a liar. Thanks Parvati, he gave you two idols to save your
butt and not only did you give away the second one you never told him you had
found another one. Then when you played both of them you just
cost him his credibility. The point being if you are going to screw somebody in
this game, don't do it to a friend ESPECIALLY IF THEY ARE STILL IN THE GAME.
2.) People don't like you and now they know you are a sneak and not trustworthy.
3.) Finally and more to the point. Just last week you laughed at JT for giving away
an idol and this week you give away not one but two. You just gave away your
power sticks to people who you think are in your alliance. And then you wonder
why people don't like you. It looked like a stroke of genius for about two
seconds until you think about the fallout to come.
Next week we see Sandra going after Russell, should be great.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Dear favorite blogger fan......................................

Dear favorite blogger fan,

Please don't share this with any of the other weak ass people who call themselves blogger fans. I am giving you the hidden immunity idol tonight so you can continue to read my blog and feel safe. Read on........................

Tonight at Heroes camp we start by seeing Candance and Amanda talking about JT and not trusting him. Huh? Really? He found the idol after saying at a feast that they should look for the idol together. I wonder why they don't trust Mr. Broken Tooth?

Over at Villains camp we see that Russell is the only guy left and he promises to make sure that Sandra and Courtney are next to go. If history tells us anything then there should be a huge red light flashing, a horn blowing next to a neon sign which reads, ALL GIRL ALLIANCE AHEAD. Parvati is in charge and she is telling Russell what he wants to hear much like that one guy from Michigan, remember Eric the ice cream scoop guy who gave away his idol to Natalie because he trusted the women and then wound up getting voted off. More on this to come........................

The reward challenge was designed for Courtney in mind. It involves standing in one spot and not moving for longer than anybody else. The tribes were of course supposed to rank the players according to best to worst but that really don't go anywhere. Note to producers of Survivor, ranking players and then having them do nothing to prove their ranking other than doing nothing is stupid. Now put a blindfold on them, give them a knife and send them into a pond with alligators.........................
Anyhow, villains win the Outback Steakhouse winner take all do nothing challenge.
Then we come across total happenstance or however you spell it. Parvati finds a clue to the idol in her napkin and only tells Danielle. Talk about blind dumb luck falling into the lap of Parvati. Danielle offers to hide the clue in her boobs...................................................I'm sorry what was I talking about........................Oh yeah,Parvati stays calm when she finds the clue about the idol, unlike Russell who pees his pants, does a dance and calls his mom everytime he finds a idol, Parvati stays calm about it and then tells us she is in control. God I hate that girl, but she is right.
Oh yeah, we got to hear that Sandra went to Outback Steakhouse twice just before her husband went to serve in the army. Yea for Sandra. I am guessing with her attitude he re-upped and begged to be sent back. Sandra also did the waa waa you lost to the heroes when they lost the reward challenge. What a B............

Then we come to "The Simple Plan." J.T. drafts a letter to Russell which should have read like this:

Dude,
I am writing this letter from the red wood deck at my double wide tribal hut here in Dumbassville heroes camp. I found one of the most critical pieces to winning Survivor and wanted to pass it along to you. Although I barely know you, nor never had the opportunity to watch you play the game and don't know your strategies and only talked to you for about five minutes total. You are the last man standing in your tribe of people who shouldn't be trusted at all and I wanted to let you know that I trust you totally. Please don't tell anyone in your camp who you have spent the first twenty or so days developing relationships with that someone you don't know at all from the opposing camp is trusting you with this most valuable game piece. Please destroy this letter and don't share it with anyone.

Yours forever, J. T. "Broken Tooth," Gump

The challenge was a laugher again for the heroes and we got to see the idol exchange and soft kiss between JT and Russell.

We then see Russell and Parvati reading the love letter from J.T. and the gall of them to be laughing out loud.

The talk at villains camp was simply, we can control Courtney but can't trust Sandra so of course instead of keeping the person they can control they keep the person they can't trust which makes perfect sense to any moron who ever got voted out of this game. The talk at tribal council even centered around having trust in people.
I think they will regret this decision as a preview from next week shows Sandra talking to Rupert. She knows she is on the outs and with her attitude she will jump ship I am quite sure. I think next week it will be either Jerri or Danielle going hom. The comment of the week was Sandra when she said, "Me without Courtney is like beans without rice." Classic. An oh by the way, Sandra didn't want her "beans and rice buddy," to go home but she still voted for her anyway. What a piece of crap.

Next week JT drafts a letter to the Wizard of Oz asking for a brain.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Snot Rockets, Welfare Checks and Topless Mud Challenges

I know that you have all been through this experience. You are trying to get over a cold and your left sinus cavity has been totally blocked for about three days and you reach for a tissue, blow your nose and shoot a snot rocket out that blows the bottom of your tissue apsrt. (Sounds sort of like a paint ball going through a fan) The air finally rushes into your left sinus and you nearly fall down because you get so dizzy from the pressure equalizing out in your head that you almost puke.
Happy Friday morning to everyone.
Villains
Is it just me or does anybody else think Sandra and Courtney would have problems getting welfare checks? They don't do anything on the show. Oh, wait a minute they do slow people down on challenges so they might be a good fit as state workers.
We start this week like every other week with Russell telling us he is in charge and then we see Danielle and Parvati talking about blindsiding people. Then we pan to Jerri saying she might have voted for the wrong person in getting rid of Rob and expressing this to Coach. Ya Think? You took out a person who not only was a great challenge player but he was in your alliance and was looking out for you. Why don't you go home and shove a fork in your dad's eye as a thank you. And then we hear dumbass #2 aka/Coach who voted for Courtney last time which resulted in Rob going home, saying the Villains are dead. Upon reading the tree mail they are convinced the merge is coming and do what all players do in this case, pack up their entire camp and assume they are moving.
Heroes
J.T. goes looking for the idol about five seconds after saying "The Group," needs to look for it together. Amanda has her radar on and follows J.T. and gets to him as he is admiring it. He does his best song and dance routine and is forced to show it to her. (He probably could have re-hid it had he not spent about five minutes fondling it like it was the first boob he ever touched)Then Candance comes along and soon everyone knows he has it.
Reward Challenge
Amanda gets in her weekly "OH MY GOD," when she sees the feast of food and then again when she sees Rob was voted out. I am pretty sure I have read where she has uttered those three words more times than all the reality stars combined in the history or television. Jeff teases the Villains by saying, Drop your..........expectations, we aren't merging. Dude probably stayed up night and waited many years to say that. Yeah.............Bowling for reward reminded of a show I watched on tv called Bowling for Dollars years ago. I think our bus driver appeared on the show once winning about $ 50.00 and gift card from the department store Mr. Wiggs. Mr. Wiggs was the early version of WalMart with the exception being you had to have at least six teeth and not wear stupid clothes to shop there. Back to our bus driver, she wouldn't have rolled five gutter balls in a row like the Villains did who once again got their asses handed to them. ALSO................I thought of this before the reward challenge and wrote this down. They had to have two people sit out and I wrote this down. DO NOT have Courtney and Sandra sit out the reward challenge because if you do, they MUST play in the immunity challenge. Now in going over my notes I see where Russell, Coach and Danielle have all said Courtney and Sandra are horrible challenges. More on this to come.
The heroes stuff themselves. Rupert and Amanda get a little cocky with comments including the "Fantastic Five." You are actually the fantastic four with a one broken tooth southern boy who is about you start back stabbing you.
Back at villains camp Jerri starts complaining about sitting out Courtney and Sandra for the reward challenge and Sandra says, "So you are blaming us for losing today?"
Danielle jumps in and says the same thing. You see one part of this game involves being social you see...............not being a dumbass. The team then starts talking about who they are going to vote out next, BEFORE they ever go to the challenge. As for the challenge the Villains should have just mailed this one in as the two people, take a minute and think about who sucked at the challenge, go ahead I will wait................................................................................ Sandra and Courtney cost the Villains again. Then they go back to camp and lament about losing again. OH YEAH, did anybody catch the topless Heroe girl covered in mud in the backgroud? It was either Amanda or Candance just standing there with her top down around her waist. DID ANYBODY TEVO THAT PART? Just asking. Back to the Villains, Um, just an idea here. Had you kept Rob and throw in the fact you put Sandra and Courtney in the challenge in the first place, it's not your effort but rather your dumbass decision making that is hurting you. It is an unwritten rule to get rid of the weakest players BEFORE the merge.
The Villains go to tribal council and Jeff is deep in Courtney's shit right away. I didn't think the host was playing but it appeared he was. Don't hide from it Jeff, you pushed her in front of the bus and I am saying this about someone who shouldn't be there in the first place. So the Villains make the obvious choice by voting out the only player to not only finish but win his leg of the immunity challenge and keeping the whiny ass girl with the bad ankle who only contribution to the team is she has good penmenship. Russell better hope for a merge or at the very least a win in the next immunity challenge. Next week we see J.T. toying with the idea of giving Russell the idol. WTF?

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Foreshadowing, Indecision and Egos

I am glad I waited to write this blog as my sister Gina asked me this past Friday: "Why didn't Rob and Russell team up and beat everyone?" I said for two reasons, they each had big egos and each wanted to be the leader. If they could have figured out a way to work together, they would be a touch force to beat. More on this later.......
At villains camp..........
We hear Rob say" It's ridiculous for people to think that 3 people can beat 5 people" which led me to believe that someone from the larger group was going home. We then see Russell say for the 185th time ( I counted ) since he has been on Survivor "I'm that good." We then see Parvati say Jerri is jealous of her because of her relationship with Russell and then she goes and says to Jerri "I will take you to the final four." When you make that type of comment to someone you are taking a lot for granted thinking you have the final four sewn up. There is confidence, there is cocky and there is being stupid. As I am watching I am thinking, "Have Jerri snd Coach put any thought into realizing they are the swing votes for this tribe?" Right now they have the power if they think about it. Rob, Courtney and Sandra think the two of them are on their side and Russell, Parvati and Danielle think they are in their court. Having the advantage of knowing how people have played before, I would go with Rob, Sandra and Courtney because there is only one brain between the three of them.
Heroes Camp
Rupert says "We need to stay strong." Colby makes the most obvious statement of the game so far, "If James knee had held up, I would be gone."
Reward challenge takes up to water basketball and we see Rupert and Russell mixing it up quite a lot and then we see Colby and Candance dominate the game for the Heroes as they win easily. When the Heroes get their reward they find a clue for the idol and immediately decide to look together to find it. This is a great idea in theory and will be valuable if they can make it to the merge without losing anyone. My question would be, what happens if they lose a challenge before the merge? Does anyone get use the shared idol? Makes you think.
Villains Camp
We see Russell making yet another deal in promising to take Coach and Jerri to the final three. I was't a math major but Parvati promised to take Jerri to the final four with her and then Coach promised to take Jerri and Coach to the final three with him. Looking at this logically that is five people vying for 3 and a half spots.
If Coach and Jerri are really as close as they say, they should compare notes and easily figure out that Parvati and Russell are the master minds and should turn them against each other later in the game. And what the hell is up with Coach all of a sudden? Where has the swagger gone?
Immunity Challenge
The netting relay puzzle race. I lay the blame squarely on Courtney here. Girl couldn't punch her self out of a paper bag if you gave her a pair of scissors and a book of matches. The villains were way ahead until she took her turn and couldn't get out of the netting. The Heroes won easily again which is becoming a pattern.
Vote
Why the hell did Coach vote for Courtney after listening to everyone talk? Dude is playing the ultimate, "I am loyal and a follower." Unless he is playing everyone which he may be but I doubt it, he won't win because he doesn't have the nads to make the big decisions on his own. While it is great to be loyal and all that, if you are paying attention dude, you will figure out Parvati and Russell.

Next week we start to see the wheels of the villains truck falling off.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Banana Etiquette, Ropes and Being Stupid

Sometimes people change and sometimes they don't. (Sorry again for the lateness as the Wednesday episode threw me for a loop) As I was watching the opening of the show on Wednesday I wrote down "James is finally getting it." He offered Colby a hug which I took as, "Too bad dude, enjoy your last days here." More on this later.
We then see Candance explaining her changing her vote to ax Tom last week which really made no sense since she was in the majority already. Throw in the fact that people don't like her and Candance is gift wrapping herself for a quick ouster. She must be a real putz behind the scenes because people really don't like her nor do they trust her which means she doesn't have any chance to win. People will still vote for you to win the million because they think you outplayed them even if they don't trust you, however, when they don't like you, they won't vote for you even if you were the best player. Remember Natalie beating Russel in the final last year, nuf said.
We then see Rob making the comment "Russell is playing the big boys now," and then we see Russell saying almost the same thing about Rob. Then we see them having a night time talk. Rob says, "Watch your back," and Russell says "Watch your back," then we get the "NO you watch your back," etc. I am hoping they both stick around for a long time.
The challenge is reward and someone going home. When the teams come together Danielle is surprised that James is still there and that the heroes voted out Tom. I have to admit, I thought the same thing. The tribes square off in a rope maze with both teams having a winner for immunity and both teams having to vote someone off. The ultimate winner gets to have his team watch the losers vote their player off. Candance and Boston Rob win. Back at camp we see Amanda crying because she thinks James will be voted out so she does what every American born person would do, she asks a cripple to run. This was a version of dumb and dumber because everybody was going to vote off Cobly before James decided to take the advice of Amanda and race one of The heroes vote off James as the villains watch. Okay, I am confused, you vote off a good player last week who isn't injured and then this week you keep a guy who wanted to leave and who was aligned with the player you voted out last week. Although James was hurt, he wanted to be there. If history shows nothing else in Survivor, players who want to leave will continue to give up later in the game, count on it. As far as Candance is concerned, her days are numbered.
Not to the "What the hell what I thinking," portion of the game. I ain't the smartest guy in the world but when Rob explains to the group the theory of splitting the vote 3 - 3 - 3, it made prefect sense. Um, it made perfect sense to the 12 million people watching and eight of the nine people playing. The only person in the free world who didn't think it was a good idea was the only person who it mattered to, Tyson. It was quite apparent that he doesn't have the ability to count to four. I didn't think he played much of a game the first time around and this time around he totally sucked. His picture goes up on the wall with James with two idols, Ozzie getting blindsided and Eric giving away immunity. An oh by the way, Russell giving Parvati immunity wasn't a stroke of genius in my book but a huge gamble. Had Tyson not changed his vote it would be Russell's picture on that wall. That and the fact Russell always says he is the best player ever, then why in the world would you save one of the most two faced players ever?
And finally, about banana etiquette. NOPE, not going to go there.
Andy