Survivor V: Thailand

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Survivor V kicks off on Thursday September 19th, and since a lot of us Freepers had fun speculating on Marquesas, I thought it would be fun to start a thread on the upcoming series.

The bios are out, which you can check out here, and there's already been scandal associated with two of the castaways.

First there's Brian, an actor/used car salesman, who neglected to tell the show that he had a few "blue" movies in his past. They cast a porn star!

Then there's Tonya. Her story could have a lasting impact on the outcome of the show. Shortly before filming came to an end, Tonya's father back in Tennessee was tragically killed in a car accident. Reports are that she was immediately evacuated from the island.

If Tonya was one of the first 7 people ejected from the show, then her departure would have no impact on the outcome. However, if she made it past the merger and either onto the jury or in the final two, then that could mean one less vote in the final two, or something even stranger. Only time will tell.

[SC Swamp Fox]

I would be building a monkey trap.

It would be worth it just to see Jan bury the monkey's head and feet when I got done with it.

[luckystarmom]

LOL

[MomwithHope]

LOL too. My hubby was in Panama in the army, said the locals sold barbecued monkey meat on sticks. Tastes just like chicken.......

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

SURVIVOR - PING
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Good Morning All.
This is your spoiler alert.
If you taped last night’s show and haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, do not read this post.

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OK, for those of you who are still with me, here is Cuz’s weekly recap.

THE PLAYERS
Brian, Clay, Helen, Jake, Jan, Ken, Penny, Ted

THE JURY
Erin

THE LOSERS
John, Tanya, Jed, Ghandia, Stephanie, Robb, Shii Ann

Um, lets see if I can do this episode justice.

Chewy Gum stays up late to see which Sucky Jive got the boot.
Clay laughs. Ha Ha
Ted scratches himself.
Brian hopes it’s not Soon-Ye. (Funny, he don’t look like Woody Allen.)
Helen offers hot soup.
Jan is just out of it.

Jake eats the soup and reflects to himself.
Penny eats the soup and looks very pleased with herself.
Erin eats the soup and adjusts herself.
Ken eats the soup, confirms that Shii-Ann got the boot, and that from now on whoever gets booted will be on the Jury.

Morning breaks, with Magilla overseeing the camp.
Jake and Ken, bellyache about Chewy Gum using the front of the cave as a toilet.
Ken says “Even an animal doesn’t pi$$ in their own bed.”
Ted walks by and proceeds to do just that, while Magilla looks on in disgust.

Helen tells the other “girls” her favorite recipes.
Jake complains that’s all Helen talks about.
Helen relays more recipes.
Ken rolls his eyes.
Clay grins.
Helen relays more recipes.

Jake and Brian take the boat out to fish and discuss strategies.
A rain squall comes up, drenching them both.
They discuss forming an alliance.
Neither one quite trusts the other.
They arrive back at camp.
Helen is still relaying more recipes.

The next morning brings tree mail.
The tribes meet at challenge bay.

Jeff P. says they have to stay underwater while trying to breathe through a makeshift bamboo snorkel.
Jeff P. says that the total cumulative times of all four team mates will determine the winning tribe.
Jeff P. says that winning tribe will have immunity.
Jaff P. says that we could very well be here all day.
Jeff P. says “Chewy Gum, you are finally in the position that you have to sit one member out. Who will it be?”
Chewy Gum says “Duhhhhhh!” , “How bout we sit out our swimming instructor?” , “Yeah, good idea!” , “Helen will sit out.”
Jeff P. shakes his head.
Jeff P. says, “ready, set, down”
Jake, Ken, Penny, and Erin go under.
Ted, Brian, Clay, and Jan go under.
Penny pops up.
Erin pops up.
Clay pops up.
Ted pops up.
Ken pops up.
Jan pops up.
Jeff P. says Chewy Gum is ahead by 15 seconds.
Jeff P. says it’s up to Jake and Brian.
Jake pops up.
Jeff P. says Chewy Gum is winner.
Total time elapsed, about 25 minutes.

Jeff P. says “Someone go get Brian and tell him it’s over.”

Commercial break – it is now 8:30 PM and NO Reward Challenge.

Tribes arrive back at camp.
Find noodles tipped over and strewn in dirt.
Find bananas gone.
Helen says “That damn monkey! If I catch it, I’m gonna kill it!”
PETA starts protesting outside CBS studios!
OK, OK, I admit, I made that last one up.

Sucky Jive starts in with their boo-hoo-ing, lets all have a pity party, shall we!
Jake sucks up his tears and gets the rest of the Sucky Jives to cheer him up.
Penny suggest that since this is their last night together, they should all sleep together.
Jake feels stirrings that as a 61-year-old, he probably hasn’t felt in a long time.
Jake says, “That sounds erotic.”
Erin glares at him and thinks to herself, “You wish, you old coot.”
Night falls and everyone goes to sleep.

Next day, Sucky Jive decides to eat their last chicken.
Jake offers up a half hearted prayer and rings the chicken’s neck.
Jan looks as if she’s gonna have a coronary any second!
Jan swipes the head and feet of the chicken and has another funeral for the dearly departed.
The production crew stands by with straight jackets, just in case, wink-wink.

Helen cooks up the bird and makes chicken, noodle soup.
Uh, did anybody out there happen to catch that recipe? I must have dozed off for a minute.
Anyway, back at camp, the girls wash up the dishes while Brian spouts off about how it’s a man’s job to lay about and it’s a woman’s job to cook and clean up.
Jake shakes his head and thinks to himself. “I must have been crazy to think that I could form an alliance with this Neanderthal.”

Clay eyes Erin’s butt cheeks like he’s sizing up a side of beef. But hey, Clay is just being Clay.

Sucky Jive continues with their pity party. Oh woe is us! We lost 4 immunities in a row! Oh boo-hoo.
At Tribal Council, Jeff P. tries to be cheerful and up beat about it but quickly realizes it’s a hopeless cause and calls for the vote.
Jeff P. says “I’ll go tabulate the votes.”
Jeff P. says One vote for Ken
One Vote for Erin
Two votes for Erin, One vote for Ken
And the eighth survivor voted out is – Erin.

Everyone has a group hug.
Erin takes walk of shame.
Jeff P. tries to cheer them up and finally gives up and boots them out of the Tribal council Shrine.

Sorry guys if this was a rather boring re-cap but what did you expect?
This was without a doubt the most excruciatingly BORING episode of Survivor I’ve ever viewed!

Here’s hoping next week is better!

Till then, Try to Enjoy,

[krb]

Clay eyes Erin’s butt cheeks like he’s sizing up a side of beef.

It is my humble opinion that one doesn't augment one's body the way Erin has done if one doesn't want to be treated like a side of beef.

[Xenalyte]

This was without a doubt the most excruciatingly BORING episode of Survivor I’ve ever viewed!

It was so boring that lying on the ground with my head propped up, so my chin stabbed me in the collarbone, I fell sound asleep -- with the Dread Boston Salty on my lap -- at about the time we all realized there was no Reward Challenge.

[tear_down_this_wall]

Outstanding recap, Cuz! Enjoyed the new "shotgun" approach.

Besides Survivor - the other hour of TV I watched yesterday was the President's press conference.

Glad it was interesting!

[Dianna]

Did anyone else catch Jake's comment about trying to suck up to Brian and something about I'm with you guys "no matter what it may look like"?

I think Jake will stab them all in the back the second he can. And what will happen when Suck Jive gets down to two people? It has to go to individual immunity after that, doesn't it?

Will Ken and Penny stick together to vote out Jake? Or will Jake and Ken stick together to vote out Penny?

[SC Swamp Fox]

Clay eyes Erin’s butt cheeks like he’s sizing up a side of beef.

Yes....I really liked the close-up shot, so none of us would be in doubt of what Clay was looking at.

[SC Swamp Fox]

the locals sold barbecued monkey meat on sticks.

I spent 10 years in the Navy. We usually called anything we couldn't identify "monkey meat"....and it was often served on a stick.

It was most likely beef, pork, chicken or....
cat or dog. All much easier and cheaper to obtain than monkey. But after several months of Navy food, we didn't care.

[finnman69]

Funny about Eric, on Survivor Sucks ther is a huge thread dedicated to rumors that Erin is a transsexual. Included are funny pics of Erin , Erin w/ one of our favorte survivor's head, and with her face, sideburns and no implants. PERFECT!

[finnman69]

This is the link to that thread.

http://pub124.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm1.showMessageRange?topicID=22373.topic&start=1&stop=20

[SC Swamp Fox]

Oh!

That is very bad....and very good.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

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THE PLAYERS
Brian, Clay, Helen, Jake, Jan, Ken, Penny, Ted

THE JURY
Erin

THE LOSERS
John, Tanya, Jed, Ghandia, Stephanie, Robb, Shii Ann

Well, well, well. For all their Boo-Hoo-Hooing, for all their “Oh Woe is us-ing”, for all their “We lost 4 immunities in a row.” All, it seems, was not so hunky-dory for the last four Sucky Jivers after all.
There was back-stabbing going on to the very bitter end. At least as far as Erin was concerned.
During her early show interview, Erin stated that, as far as she had been told, the deal was that the three Texans (Jake, Penny, and Erin) would vote out the New Yorker – Ken. She went on to say, “I will have a few words with Jake and Penny after everything is said and done.” And, “They have to live with the fact that they lied to me.”
Well, I guess we know who WONT be getting Erin’s vote. Assuming of course, Jake or Penny makes it to the final two.

Anyway, I know that ya’ll are just chomping at the bit to discuss the new buffs so….Here are:

CUZ’S WEEKLY WEAKLY SURVIVOR PICS!

Yep! I said NEW BUFFS!

It appears as if we will get our MERGE after all.

From the promos, it appears the two tribes are called together to “view videos from home.”
My guess is that they each are given just “a sneak peak” of their loved one’s video.

If you notice Ted, Jan, Helen, and Clay are wearing their “old” red buffs. Also, take note that Ted is wearing a “sleeveless” blue shirt.

And then Jeff P. drops the bomb shell, telling them they are now merged and proceeds to hand out new buffs. He then informs them that this is an “Individual” Reward Challenge and the winner will get to view his/her entire video from home. This reward challenge will be in the form of an obstacle course.

These vidcaps show the Reward Challenge and Ted, with his new gold buff and the same sleeveless blue shirt.

While these vidcaps show others sporting their new snazzy gold buffs.

I think that Brian wins the Reward Challenge and gets to view the video from his wife.

He makes the comment “She's a little crazy,” as all the castaways see his wife’s antics on screen.

Helen sees “new cars” in his driveway and makes the snide comment “This guy doesn't need the money, that would be enough to vote him off.”
You know Helen, it’s asinine comments like this that gives the rest of us federal employees a bad name.
Besides, Brian has already told them that he is a Used Car Salesman. (snicker, snicker) Anyway, I would expect new (or at least new looking) cars to appear in his driveway quite frequently. That’s one of the perks of working at a car dealership. You get to take the inventory home from time to time. (Or so I’m told.)

Anyway, the next vidcap shows Ted in a different shirt. (A black long sleeve shirt this time.)

This leads me to believe that the castaways are now assembled later that same day for the immunity challenge, which I tend to think will be a survivor – family back home question and answer match-up. (Like they did in Africa.)
From the big smile on Jan’s face, I tend to think that she has won the immunity challenge.
Finally, I predict that at the end of Tribal council, Ken will be joining Erin on the Jury.

The final proof that the merge happens this week. Next week’s episode description in TVGuide online states: “One contestant wins a trip to the mainland and offends a friend by choosing someone else as a traveling companion. A 10th person is voted off the island.”
I think this proof speaks for itself.

Now for some additional information.
Since Thanksgiving is November 28th, CBS has decided to move Survivor to Wednesday, November 27th. This however, will not be a normal episode. Instead, this episode will be a “re-cap” of what has happened in Thailand up to now. With new footage! (Yeah, that’s what they said last season, and the season before that, and the season before that.)
Also, it has been confirmed that the final Survivor; Thailand episode will air December 19th.

So, short and sweet: The merge occurs, Brian wins reward challenge, Jan wins immunity, and Ken gets booted.

Well, enjoy the show and I’ll be back tomorrow with my re-cap.
Bye for now,

[Slicksadick]

That thread is hilarious, Dude? Erin, Dude!!!
I thought freepers had to much time on their hands...LOL

[stands2reason]

Let the games begin!!

[stands2reason]

Show time!!

[mystery-ak]

Im here...this thread is really getting heavy.

[Amore]

I'm here! Pant, pant!

Trying frantically to get groceries unpacked and also fix myself some din-din.

[inflorida]

I'm here. Unfortunately my laptop's screen went kaput today so I am only able to see about 3/4ths of the screen plus everything is very dark...lol!