Well, Survivor China got off to a roaring start last night and it looks like this season is going to be another good one. I can already see at least a few potential arrogant drama queens ready to make this a very entertaining twelve weeks. Continue reading Random Thoughts on Last Night’s Survivor Debut
Outwit Outplay Outlast
It’s completely retarded how excited I get for each season’s Survivor premiere, the latest of which is tomorrow night at 8:00 PM on CBS! Woo Hoo! The show is heading to China this time around, and as usual there are some new twists to the game — kidnapping being one of them. In addition, each castaway was given a copy of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to read. It should be interesting to see how this guide to warfare will inform the game. In case you were concerned about “the curse of the Car Reward,” there will be no car giveaway this season, though the hidden immunity idol is still in play. I’m hoping that there are at least a couple of castaways who are major assholes – like Leesi and Rocky from last season – just to keep it interesting, but please god, let there be no boring “Exile Island” drama, because that shit is so played. Be assured that every Thursday at 8:00 PM, my friend and fellow Surivor fan, Tracy and I will be glued to the set for the all mud-slinging (literal and figurative) that they can dish out!
Survivor!
Survivor China Cast!
Backstory: It’s not always easy to lure me out of the Chickpad on a weeknight, but just last evening I hopped the M21 bus to Houston and Elizabeth Street to hang out at a listening party for the new album by some band called Motion City Soundtrack — a group of unwashed-looking guys pushing thirty who sing songs about what it’s like to be 15 years old and have “problems.” Aside from the fact that the party was held in a place where you have to make an appointment to custom design your own over-priced Nike sneakers, attendees were promised an “open bar” and snacks, so it really could have been any crappy band and I would have been there, because free food is free food. Continue reading Worst TV Show Ever: Hey Paula
Survivor Fiji: The Final Five
From Television Without Pity Dot Com
So with Alex gone, Yau Man is looking around and figuring out that if Boo and Stacy are ousted, that’s going to leave an F4 situation that will almost certainly not work out well for him, owing to the bond between Cassandra and “Dreamz,” in particular. This all becomes much more significant when we get to the reward challenge, where Yau Man actually manages to win a multi-stage contest for a truck. Probably not all that excited about driving a big truck in the first place, Yau Man offers “Dreamz” the following deal: at F4, if “Dreamz” and Yau Man are still there and “Dreamz” wins immunity, “Dreamz” gives the immunity necklace to Yau Man. Continue reading Survivior Fiji: This is Why I Love This Show
Ira Glass Hosts the Best Show on TV: This American Life
I take lot of heat for being such a shameless, diehard fan of reality TV shows like The Amazing Race, Survivor, American Idol and all those embarrassingly addictive programs on Bravo such as Project Runway, Top Chef and Top Design. Clothes, food, home décor: It’s like there is a reality show specifically geared to feed each of my secret obsessions! Hurray for digital cable!
Continue reading This American Life: Another Kind of Reality