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Survivor Recap And Review: What About Bob?
Posted in CBS, Humor with tags exile island, gabon, survivor on December 7, 2008 by sgottahurtDoesn’t anyone know how to play this game anymore?
So on this past week’s Survivor, Bob tried to pull a quick one which failed, but in the grand scheme of things, he might have inadvertantly improved his situation.
Basically, he fashioned another immunity idol (where is he getting all those beads?), and hoped to use it to sway everyone to vote Matty out and save Corinne. Both he and Corinne told Kenny this plan, thinking Kenny could get Crystal to go along with the idea, which he could and would, but the backfire was a loud one coming.
The inherent flaw in the plan is this: the idol isn’t real. Of course, Kenny would try to flush it out. He’s dumb, but not stupid. Mor-on that in a second. Why-oh-why did Bob and Corinne think he would let her keep it. One alternative could have included Bob telling Kenny he had the allegedly tossed idol, and he would swear to let him use it if needed, under the condition that he would vote Matty out. It might not have worked, but it’s a better plan than the one they went with.
Here’s where I think Kenny made a fatal flaw: if the idol was real, two votes would have been enough to knock out Matty. I know he thought it was fool-proof, so what did it matter? But now the game will/should/must change further.
This is the way I see it. Matty probably expected Corinne and Bob’s votes. Kenny’s he did not. What Matty (along with Sugar and Bob) needs to realize is Kenny, Crystal, and Susie are the weakest powerhouse ever. They will not be broken in theory. Matty should set his sights on Kenny, and to do so he needs to forge an alliance with the teacher and the pin-up girl whom actually has the real immunity idol.
I’ll give huge kudos to Bob if this was his plan all along, but somehow I doubt it. My conspiracy theory is this: the producers provided him the materials to build fake idols, and the plots to give one to Randy to get in with Sugar and the second to stir the pot up. What did he get out of it? The safari walk he went on while at Exile Island. Why else were there helicopters swooping around to capture the panoramic view of him?
The finale is on December 14th on CBS. One week to go, then one month until my other island show is back.
Thanksgiving Day’s TV Picks
Posted in ABC, CBS, Film, FOX, Humor, The CW, TV with tags adam sandler, charlie brown, click, gabon, grey's anatomy, smallville, survivor, thanksgiving on November 27, 2008 by sgottahurt8pm – Am I having deja vu? ABC is playing A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving again in case you missed it or didn’t get enough with your first helping. I’ll be watching the Survivor special on CBS, even though that will probably be lame. Behind-the-scenes footage would be so much better if they showed the crew giving scripts to cast members… how else can you explain Bob’s fessing up his fake immunity idol to Sugar? If neither of these are your cup of cranberry sauce, Chloe apparently has developed powers on The CW’s Smallville.
9pm – You can watch the last half of Click on Fox. Adam Sandler’s life journey is about as melodramatic as Derek and Meredith’s love story on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy. Who am I kidding? By 9pm, everyone should be passed out from the tryptophan.
10pm – Zzzzzzz….
Survivor Recap: That’s The Way The (Sugar) Cookie Crumbles
Posted in CBS, Humor, TV, Video with tags bob, corinne, crystal, entertainment weekly, eye of the tiger, jeff probst, jerri manthey, kenny, matty, randy, sugar, survivor, Survivor: Gabon, susie on November 22, 2008 by sgottahurtAs this season of Survivor starts picking up some serious steam (baths… at least for Susie), it’s the developing maturity of two contestants that is making the difference. Scratch that. I was enjoying watching Kenny and Sugar grow up into their own skin the last few weeks, but there still is some childishness left in them.
As Jeff Probst put it in his weekly, um, Entertainment Weekly blog:
…I felt badly for Randy getting played at tribal council like a banjo at a small town country fair. (Yes, I know, bad analogy and small town and country fair are probably redundant)…
It is redundant Jeff, but I make up words. Like Randy got Sugarfied…
…So why did I feel bad? Maybe there is just something about Randy that I can relate to and sympathize with. Oh, he will hate me saying it like that.
My friend Serena thinks the answer lies with Sugar and the way she handled herself as I read the votes. “Not cool.” (I think she might be right. Serena is almost always right.) That uncontrollable laugh that came from such a deep place inside Sugar was so uncomfortable that I almost wanted to pull the votes out, rearrange them, rewind the tape, and vote Sugar out…
She pulled that after the entire fiasco with the cookies. (She spitefully took advantage of Randy’s last offer for a chocolate chip cookie so he couldn’t get one. I’m not defending him at all, but he could have spilled the entire tray on the ground! I bet Probst & Co. were hoping for that one.)
The thing is – my hands were sweating watching that Tribal Council. I not only felt slightly bad for Randy, but also for Bob. (Not Corinne, though. I agree with what Jeff says below.) Bob seemed like he had second thoughts about the deception, whereas with Randy, it appeared that whatever little faith he had left in humanity was extinguished with his torch.
Jeff on Corinne:
Corinne on the other hand is equally as mean as Randy but I don’t find myself rooting for her in any way. She is an original. I will give her that. Not sure we’ve ever had anybody on the show quite like Corinne. Corinne is as subtle as a thunderstorm. Subtle as the look I give a Survivor when they want to quit. Subtle as, I know, a Probst analogy.
Jerri Manthey can’t hold a candle to Corinne. Jerri had some likable qualities about her, Corinne has none. Just ask her. She’ll tell you the same thing.
And about Kenny’s immaturity – he may be controlling the game… for now, but his choices for elimination seem to come from as equally a vindictive place as Sugar’s.
Click here for an exclusive deleted scene involving Matty’s future plans in Survivor, involving Kenny. (via EW)
Here’s hoping what happens next: Bob, Sugar, and Matty make an alliance against Kenny, Susie, and Crystal. (Corinne is a non-point, except for the possibility of seeing her naked.) And it’s a knock-down drag-out fight to the finale.
In closing:
Survivor: Gabon (Backseat Driver) Strategies
Posted in CBS, Humor, TV with tags bob, corinne, crystal, gabon, jeff probst, kenny, matty, randy, sugar, survivor, susie on November 20, 2008 by sgottahurtFor those of you watching this season of Survivor, host Jeff Probst promises tonight’s episode to be one of the best of the season.
Here’s the strategy that us over at “TV Is My IV” would suggest to the remaining players:
Bob, Matty, and Sugar should form a new sub-alliance. Kenny, Crystal, and Susie will not be broken up for any of those three, and Randy and Corinne simply need to go.
What Bob needs to do is convince Randy he’s on his side, and give him the fake Immunity Idol. Then he can safely convince him to vote out Kenny or Susie (Crystal will never win immunity, and thus will be an easy target), while going to the others and telling them to vote for Randy. I don’t know how it will totally work out, but it’d be sweet to see.
Another option should the new alliance not come to fruition – Bob should say Dan gave him the idol to make everyone else think Sugar’s is fake.
I don’t care what happens, as long as Bob or Sugar make some power play move.
What do you guys and gals think?
TV IS MY IV 