Survivor 19: Samoa's First 27 Days - Week 11

by Axion on Nov 27, 2009 9:00 AM EST in Events Comment 4 comments

Previously on ... the first 27 days of UNCOMMON SURVIVOR; surprise, a recap episode! They tricked us. They knew we'd be all fat and happy, too full to change the channel, and they got away with it. Maybe I'll use the rest of this to share Uncommon leftover turkey recipes.

So, Erik was a huge suck up. "I love you, leader!"
Mick is a terrible leader, jaw lines can be deceiving, apparently.
I'd forgotten about Ben's golden age basketball shorts. Good choice for TV.
Evil Russell's game plan also extends to copping feels.
Laura hated Shambo from day one.
Everyone hides papaya from each other. Erik cut a whole tree down and hid it. Isn't there a parable that goes something like this?
Shambo can't build a fire, and when Dave attempts to build one, she's talking shit on him, so he builds a sweet fire. She's like a clown.
After the challenge where Ben was eliminated, Jaison was mad about getting pushed down and called out John. It was a good story, too bad they probably had to cut it because Ben's a jerk.
Erik was obsessed with catching Shambo's sprung chicken.
This episode is literally half over and I haven't seen Brett once. I swear he walked out of the forest.
It's funny now, that Dave wanted to burn Shambo early, not that Galu was losing anyway, and he tried to be diplomatic, in his own way, but he pushed her away and now she's burning them.
I think I could handle a web series where Erik, or a similar Ed Hardy-class douchebag, tries to catch a chicken. Chickens sound weird when they scream, too.
Evil Russell letting out the chickens that night and walking around with the idol on and even talking to Dave? Those are classic pranks.
After Brett walked out of the jungle, he was Erik's puppy and his plan was to fly under the radar. He's camouflage.
Shambo is a bummer. Let's try to bond over cancer and then I'll cry on you. At least Laura pretended to be her friend until the clouds blocked out her sunlight. Shambo couldn't even pretend to be friendly back, that is not how you play.
I think Natalie and Evil Russell have the strongest alliance of anyone, but probably because she's completely dependent on him.
Weird, Shambo educated Monica on how to play Survivor, and she actually did it right!

The first letter of each bulleted sentence above represents the recipe to an excellent leftover turkey soup. Enjoy. Next time, God tells Shambo to vote out Dave.

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I was really pissed about a recap episode

but it actually turned out to be pretty entertaining. Not that I wasn’t still upset that the game wasn’t moving forward though.

Laura was such a bitch about the tanning and the cancer. Yeah Shambo bringing up cancer after 20 years wasn’t the most uplifting moment, but Laura didn’t even seem human in her response.

I’m really surprised Evil Russell told Jawline Mick his real job and profession. His game plan is keeping secrets and then letting information fly wildly, I’m not going to pretend that I understand but it seems to be working.

I really enjoyed seeing how heavy the contestants were when they first landed on the island and how much weight they lost later on. They need daily photos of them posted on the website. Survivor makes a great diet.

Did anybody else get disgusted when that fat slob was eating a papaya? I can’t even remember his name, the one that had to leave because of health reasons. I thought I was going to be sick after watching him go to town on that.

It’s amazing how bad Galu is at the game of Survivor. Who’s even playing the game right now Rocket Scientist John and Russell?

by jbox on Nov 27, 2009 1:41 PM EST reply actions 0 recs

Before and after

One of my favorite parts of writing this is going to find the pic of the eliminated person on the CBS website. Sometimes it’s hard to pick who’s who.

I thought it was great that he said they weren’t going to tell anyone they ate it when it was all over his beard.

Isn't it enough to know that I ruined a pony making a gift for you? ◔ヮ◔
Uncommon Sportsman :: Absurdity in play

by Axion on Nov 27, 2009 2:51 PM EST up reply actions 0 recs

This was actually a pretty good recap episode.

Usually the Thanksgiving recap is full of clips that we’ve already seen with a sprinkle of new stuff, but this was mainly stuff we haven’t seen. They basically used Jeff’s narrative to tell us stuff we already know (but fat and happy passers-by might not), while giving us some quality stuff that might give us insight as to why certain things will happen in the coming weeks. Fun.

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Nov 29, 2009 1:29 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs

Who in Galu is playing the game

I think Monica is doing okay. I mean, she’s going for the hot girl, social game where you latch onto a bigger target strategy and she could have done it better (and it totally got sunk when Laura got voted out, but that’s the risk in that strategy). She’s definitely playing harder than Kelly was and I even think she’s working it a little harder than Dave (And obviously Brett). I think she even has more game than Jaison (and obviously Mick).

Wisdom can not be cultivated through ignorance of information.

by Wonko on Nov 29, 2009 1:31 AM EST up reply actions 0 recs