Wednesday night and we’re blessed with another 2-hour block of Survivor. As a fan, I love these nights. We get 2 Tribal Councils, 2 eliminations, 2 more pieces of the puzzle solved. And I hear tonight is the tribe swap, so we’ve reached the next phase of the game.

As you know, this is when the game really begins. Because if you thought things were bleak before (I’m talking to you, No Collars!) this is when the tide can suddenly shift in your favor, and reaching Final Tribal may suddenly become a possibility. We saw it on BBB when the Brains went from bottom of the barrel to the top of the heap in a moment, with both Spencer and Tash benefitting from the swap. No, it didn’t get them to the final, but it did put them in a position where the final became a possibility. I wonder who’s going to benefit tonight, since there’s a lot of people sitting comfortably right now.

Here’s how I see players’ standings in the game:

Sitting Comfortably: … Continue reading →

Here we are again, with another episode of, Survivor: Season 30, heretofore known as, Survivor: Pulling Our Chains. Because really, are any of you looking at this cast as being “the most impressive one ever assembled,” as we were promised? Hell, no! I’m starting to feel like Jeff doesn’t have our best interests in mind and he only wants to lure us in just to increase those advertising dollars… He wouldn’t do that, would he…?

However, I get it. No, really. I do. You gotta be a good showman. Well then can you show up once in a while in the episodes?! Not just at one challenge and then Tribal. We need to get our Probst Groove on a little bit more than that. Okay? Thank you…

Backtracking a bit, I want to apologize for the tardiness of last week’s column. Yes, I know you think it had something to do with my birthday, and being hung over, or waking up in a Tijuana jail, or getting a quickie marriage in Vegas… But the truth … Continue reading →

Wednesday night and I’m having some trouble deciding if there’s more conflict on the No Collars tribe…or the floor of the U.S. Senate. I think I’ll leave politics out of this column, since debates about that can only lead to arguments, and I think there’s far too much going on in Vince’s head to discuss anything political. And I really hate to pick on him so much, but between him, Joaquin Dead and Cliffy Marblebag, everyone else is just kinda…there. Not sure what other trouble we’ll get into tonight – oh yeah, we get to see Shirin’s pixilated cooch and Brian Wilson’s (Max) shiny white ass – but hopefully that’s just the tip (pun intended) of the iceberg…

Not much to relay about So’s departure last week. I didn’t watch any Survivor After Show (is Jeff What’s His Name still hosting that?) but I recall seeing that she was not a fan of choosing Deceive. Evidently, (according to So) Joaquin was pretty clueless about how to play the game, and when he suggested they pick … Continue reading →