SURVIVOR: MICRONESIA - FANS VS. FAVORITES

Little Ol Me | 01/29/2008 | Cuz It Aint Their Money

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Premiers, TONIGHT, February 7, 2008 at 8:00 PM (EST)

Greetings all, its time once again for your:

SURVIVOR PING!

The Airai Tribe: Orange Buffs
Alexis, Chet, Erik, Jason, Joel, Kathy, Mary, Mikey B., Natalie, Tracy

The Malakal Tribe: Purple Buffs
Amanda, Ami, Cirie, Eliza, James, Jonathon, Jonny Jackass, Ozzy, Parvati, Yau-Man

The title for tonight’s premier episode is “You Guys are Dumber than You Look”

Well here we go again. Fire up the VCRs & TIVOs, cuz you don’t want to miss a single minute of tonight’s premier episode.

From the previews, here is what we can expect to see:

The “Fans” (we are told) have no idea that they will be playing against the “Favorites”. And the “Favorites” have no idea that they will be playing against the “Fans”. Once these two tribes are introduced to each other (after a brief period in which the “Fans” fawn and drool over the Favorites) both tribes start displaying an intense rivalry and dislike for the other tribe.

Also different tonight, we have two Immunity Challenges. The first is an Individual Immunity Challenge, in which both tribes are instructed to swim out to an island. The first player from each tribe to reach the island will find an “Individual Immunity Idol” which will save them at tribal council. The catch is, the idol is only good for that tribes’ first trip to Tribal Council.

The second Challenge is the Tribal Immunity Challenge. This object of this challenge is for each tribe to assemble some puzzle pieces into wheels for a cart. Once the wheels are assembled and on the cart, load some tribe players onto the cart and push/pull the cart through the trees to a designated area. Once the tribe has their cart in their colored area, they have to remove and disassemble the wheels and use the pieces to form a turnstile of sorts. Once they have successfully assembled their turnstile, they need to turn the turnstile to start the flow of gas to their tribes cauldron and “make fire”. The first tribe to light their cauldron wins the Challenge and sends the other tribe to Tribal Council.

From the spoiler websites, we know the following:
start highlighting here -> The Fans win the first Immunity Challenge. Sometime between loosing the challenge and tribal council, Jonny Jackass throws a hissy fit when the rest of the tribe doesn’t go along with his recommendation on who to boot. There is some disagreement on whether or not Jonny Jackass quits or is voted out, but never the less, the outcome is the same. Jonny Jackass is the first players out of the game.

Well, there you have it:

CUZ’S WEEKLY SURVIVOR PICKS!

start highlighting here ->
Reward Challenge: No Reward Challenge tonight
Immunity Challenge: Airai tribe wins
Removed from the game: Jonny Jackass

I’ll be back Monday morning with a recap. So till then,
Take care,

FReepmail me if you want added to (or removed from) the Survivor Ping List.

[PeteB570]

And awaaaaayyyyy we go.

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Will a therapist be on hand to help Cirie finally conquer her leaf phobia?

[PeteB570]

For as long as Survivor has been on I’m still surprised by the number of tribes who don’t even attempt to put up a decent shelter made from materials in the local area. They sit around all sad faced for 6-9 days hoping to win a tarp.

Haven’t they ever watched Survivorman or Man vs Wide.

Most have been barely good enough for shade. I think IIRC the best was the one built in the Amazon - but it burned down.

[Tatze]

“You Guys are Dumber than You Look”

Gee, could that title come from something that Johnny Jackass says? Sounds like him. Thankfully we only have to put up with him for one show.

[Lee'sGhost]

The early Survivors actually had a survival element to them. Not so these days. I think some of the first folks came pretty damn close to suffering some permanent physical damage, so there are a lot more ops for food these days.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

The early Survivors actually had a survival element to them. Not so these days. I think some of the first folks came pretty damn close to suffering some permanent physical damage, so there are a lot more ops for food these days.

I think is was a combination of seasons 1 and 2.
Season 1 had the players catching and eating rats, which resulted in a lot of grief from animal rights wackos.
Season 2 had the players risking their own safety to retrieve a can of rice that had washed away in a storm.
From Season 3 on, the producers started giving them more and more food, both at the start of the game and as "rewards".

[SoothingDave]

Ami says it’s great being back on Survivor because, among other things, “you get to cuddle hot chicks at night.”

You think Ami wanted to lead an all-girls alliance just for strategic reasons? ;-)

[SoothingDave]

The Africa season the contestants were starving. Poor Elisabeth Filarski’s (Hasselbeck) hair was starting to fall out. That’s when they pulled back and started feeding them more.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Um not to sound like a "know it all" but...
Elisabeth Filarski (Hasselbeck) was in Season 2 (the Australian Outback) not season 3 (Africa).

[SoothingDave]

They both start with “A.” Close enough. ;-)

[Right Cal Gal]

Acme Brain Trust and the Gang over at Survivor Sucks concur on your picks.

[Right Cal Gal]

Also for Africa, they couldn’t leave the Bomas pretty much so any kind of hunting and fishing was out. All in all, except for the complete smackdown of those rude, a$$hat kids (dubbed “Playskool” by the fan boards), forcing Burnette to initiate the “switch” element, the only bright spot for me was Tom dancing around the beach in the SOS challenge with a feather stuck down his pants.

[mtbopfuyn]

For as long as Survivor has been on I’m still surprised by the number of tribes who don’t even attempt to put up a decent shelter made from materials in the local area. They sit around all sad faced

I was surprised at Season 1 they hadn't a clue how to start a fire and this is what, like Season 37.

[mtbopfuyn]

Thankfully we only have to put up with him for one show.

That in itself is worth tuning in for!

[Lee'sGhost]

Two minutes into the show and there are enough heaving bosoms for a remake of Gone with the Wind.

[Tatze]

You say that like its a bad thing.

[Lee'sGhost]

OK. Right off the bat Tracy wants to kick Johnny Wanker Boy’s butt.

I like Tracy.

[Tatze]

And Yau Man slammed Johnny Jackass’s head into the boat! Too bad he didn’t break his nose.

[Lee'sGhost]

I’m pretty sure Tracy has smuggle raisins onto the Island.