SURVIVOR 7: PEARL ISLAND

14 Aug, 2003 | Cuz_it_aint_their_money

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

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AVAST Me Mateys!
Shiver me timbers & Blow Me Down!
All hands on deck!
Heave to & strike the mainsail!
This here's Captain Cuz bringing you scurvy scallywags the latest in Survivor news!
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Well ping-ees, it’s that time again!
Mark Burnett Productions has once again permitted 16 media whores to ply their trade just to bring us a few hours of blissful enjoyment. So without further ado, here is what your intrepid Captain Cuz has come up with so far.

During the final show of Survivor 6: The Amazon, Jeff Probst provided the following voice over for the first Survivor 7: Pearl Island Promo:

This Fall, 16 new Survivors journey off the coast of Panama, to a land steeped in a bloody history of piracy.

A hidden chain of more than a hundred tropical islands, located in the blue-green waters of Central America. These are the PEARL ISLANDS. It is a place of ancient riches, with a turbulent history of looting and plundering. The ruins of Spanish forts and sunken ships are monuments to a violent and infamous past, where the deeds of pirates like Drake and Morgan are legendary.

In these Panamanian waters lurk some of the most exotic and dangerous marine animals anywhere in the Pacific Ocean. Schools of sharks, sting rays, dolphins and sea turtles thrive in a spectacular world beneath the sea.

And our Survivors will begin their adventure during the migration of the humpback whale. For the first time, each tribe will have its own island and the marooning will be unlike anything experienced by the previous Survivors.

Who will outwit, outplay and outlast all the others to become the sole Survivor? Find out this Fall as the adventure continues in the Pearl Islands.

Well, you just knew that with all the Survivor Junkies out there in Webland, it wouldn’t be long before someone came up with some pictures about the Pearl Islands, and here are a few I have selected from the many out there in cyberspace: Photos courtesy of claycritters.com

Tribal Council view from right rear

Tribal Council from left side.

Close up of Tribal Council. Stairs under construction leading from the beach to the fort.
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Here is a brief “History of the Pearl Islands” – (an excerpt from SurvivorFever.net)
These islands have a long history as they were the first islands to be explored by Spanish Conquistadors. In fact the most famous conquistador and the person who gave the Pacific Ocean its name, Balboa, lived on these islands after having crossed the Panamanian Isthmus. He chose the islands because the weather was cooler and the mosquitoes non-existent.

After Balboa left, the islands were a center for pearl divers and the greatest of pearls, La Peregrina was found off their shores.

La Peregrina was given to Queen Mary Tudor by Philip the II of Spain in 1554; later the pearl ended up in the hands of Napoleon the III and today Elizabeth Taylor has the pearl in her possession. Richard Burton gave it to her as a Valentine's Day gift in 1969. Who knows maybe there are more such pearls to be found? In the 20th century the Pearl islands, especially Contadora were developed into vacation spots for Latin Americans and Europeans.

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Well intrepid ping-ees, that’s just about all Captain Cuz has for now.
The show will debut Thursday, September 18th, 2003 at 8 PM EDT.
And hopefully, the official Survivor Website will list the contestants sometime next week.
If so, I’ll be back next Thursday with the bios of the players.

Until then, feel free to post your own spoilers!
And remember, don’t take any wooden doubloons! Har Har Har!

P.S. Remember to Freepmail me if you want on or off the Survivor Ping List.

[cmsgop]

Thanks Cuz!

[MomwithHope]

Thanks for the ping, Cuz.
I have a job now and will be at work Thursday evenings.
Please keep me on your ping list, I will have to get hubby and daughter to tape the shows. He was stationed in Panama in the army and is really looking forward to this one. First prediction - the winner will be a male this time.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

This is supposed to be a "cast photo" of the new survivor castaways.

Enjoy and remember, don’t take any wooden doubloons!
Har Har Har!

P.S. Remember to Freepmail me if you want on or off the Survivor Ping List.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

BTW, photo courtesy of www.survivorfever.net

[jmc813]

I get the one in the upper right! :-)

[mystery-ak]

Ok, which one is the Gay?....*not that there's anything wrong with that*

[Lee'sGhost]

Dibs on #7!

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#9's looking mighty fine. Can't wait to see her face - tomorrow on the Early Show.

[finnman69]

7 & 9 Looking Fine!

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

I agree, both #7 and #9 look mighty fine!
However, I'm also reminded of a comment I heard early on in my foolish youth!
Something to the effect of "They all look the same with a paper bag on their heads."
And paper bag... black dot... it's pretty much the same.

[Lee'sGhost]

Uh, I heard it a little different. They all look the same if you turn 'em upside down.

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I'm thinking that #12 has potential as well.

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Also, Darrah Johnson is probably #3.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Also, Darrah Johnson is probably #3.

Actually,
I’m thinking that Darrah Johnson is #11.
I’m also thinking that numbers 3 and 6 are Black, 14 looks possibly Asian, and 15 might just be the “infamous one-armed-man” that been speculated over on the SurvivorSucks board.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

BTW, you might think about changing your tagline.
Not being sarcastic or nuthin' but...:~D

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How's this?

[ken5050]

Last show's "handicap du jour" was deafness..this time it's satyrisis....

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

OK, I admit I had to look it up!
Webster's defines satyriasis as "excessive or abnormal sexual craving in the male."

Well after seeing the cast photo (particularly #7 & #9), I would tend to agree.
Course, I'm stuck here at work and cannot see the early show.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Much better even though it still galls me that the double poofs won.

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You can check out the player profiles here.

Early reports had a tall skinny man as the 1st or 2nd boot. That has to be Ryan.