It's about time for this review. My tivo also cut off Jolanda's comments so I had to go to the CBS website for her video. She just says the usual, "I wouldn't have played the game any different, blah, blah, blah..."

Jolanda rubbed me the wrong way for some reason. I felt she barked a few too many orders to her tribe. At some point though, her fellow tribe mates went on this stupid rant that she lost the challenge for them because she said take everything. Who knew the other tribe members didn't have a say in that decision? That was news to me.

Nixah

PS - "Ultimately, Ulong grabbed food and water, but no fire. I guess their plan was to cook the food with their hunger." Heh, classic line!

The imunnity idol looks like Willard.

I have a feeling we haven't seen (or heard) the last of Wanda and Jonathan. Think back to the Outcasts. You know Burnett is gonna bring them back in some future "twist".

"Enjoy your fire now, my pretties!"
Wanda didn't seem that wicked. Jolanda got tossed 'cause she didn't work hard enough to cover her ass. While she was targeting Angie, a whole other group was zeroing in on her. Props to John Boy or whatever for refusing to vote against Jo.

I can't believe how much underwear there was. People still arrive in suits? I would layer up in my best swimsuit and most breathably thin pants and shirt. Fools all.

After I saw the previews saying that they wouldn't have help of any kind, (which they say every season) I knew the twists were going to be dumb so I didn't watch it. Then Saturday roled around and it was on again so I watched part of it (I didn't want to miss 'America's Most Wanted'). Anyways, I watched just enough to choose my favorite. Jeff. So, that means he won't last very long. I think Ian has the best chance of winning so far just because he started off on a good start which means he has a lot of luck or something.

And since I didn't watch the beginning of the episode, I was watching it thinking to myself, "why did these woman wear miniskirts and thongs on Survivor"? I later realized why. They wanted to look sexy for what they thought was going to be press. However, I still don't know why Coby opted for a pick skirt. Did his original outfit make his legs chafe like what happened to Rupert?

And on the topic of Twila and her mullet, she was on 'The View' a while ago and they gave her a makeover. Hair extensions actually made her hair look normal but I'm sure they're gone by now.

I will miss Wanda, she would have been fun when the going got tougher and dirtier.

Musac??? Musak !!
This could be a good series.

cruelty, thy name is mark burnett!

poor jonathan! first he follows the jackass girl out of the boat and ends up looking like a fool. then, thanks to the bitchy machinations of coby (soon to be known as richard hatch 2.2), jonathan gets hit in the head with a cannon-ball of ridiculous karma for all the times he got picked first for kickball in grade school. then he has to ride off into the sunset to a soundtrack of incoherent warbling courtesy of wanda, who from her first moment of screen time seemed less likely to survive the first tribal council than to end up bound, gagged, and buried head first in the sand. i'm all for the twists, but jesus.

as for all the hardbodies, my guess is that burnett wanted to stack the deck with attractive, athletic types to prevent another 'weak ganging up on the strong' scenario. the young-vs-old dynamic seems unlikely since the only 4 people who qualify as actual adults (willard, janu, caryn, and tom) are all on the same team, and two of them (janu and tom) showed signs of superior athletic prowess that should make the youngsters think twice about ditching them early on.

but what are these 2% body fat types going to do when the starvation factor sets in? granted, over the last two or three editions of survivor, finding food has not seemed like a major obstacle (some of the vanuatu survivors looked like they were actually gaining weight). but if burnett and probst are serious about knocking the difficulty level up a bit, we're going to see some scrawny survivors by the end of this trip.

Christ, I don't even WATCH the show, and the recap is hilarious. HA!!!! to what's below:

"Behold! BEHOLD! Bow down before your demigod and marvel at the power of KHAKI!" he screamed as thunder clapped in the skies above. Unfortunately, Bobby Jon refused to genuflect, causing Probst to unleashe a torrent of fire from his mouth, quickly roasting the survivor into a burnt skeleton.

Teams would have to go through some net things and whole other bunch of shit before arriving at several crates of supplies.

I hated the beginning. I can't believe the made 2 people go home like that. I thought that was incredibly mean.

And why didn't anyone pick Ibrehem sooner? I kept thinking that during the show as well.

And that ass gay guy. Ooouuu, I want him voted off. He's nothing but drama. And he didn't pick Angie who he tried to bond with earlier.

Someone had to be voted off, and Jolanda was annoying.

Angie is cute. I hope she stays awhile. And women not shaving is not disgusting. Geez, men!

"And women not shaving is not disgusting."

You are entitled to your opinion but a majority of American men (and women) do find a hairy woman "disgusting." You can have the nature thing.

Oh yeah, and what's up with Ibrehem having a full on beard and mustache after 3 days?!

If there is a God I will be reborn in the body of the Greek adonis Ibrehem. This brotha is already on the rice and coconut diet. We he'd better put that physique to work and flirt with both the females & males, as there appears to be more than your average number of gay guys on this episode.

Fire . . can make it with flint, rubbing sticks together, or ...... glasses. Both Ian and Willard wear glasses. Wouldn't Tom the Fire Fighter know this and stop shitting kittens because they lost the flint. This happens every season of Survivor, no one uses glasses to start a fire. This makes me think that it might be in their contract, 'if you need glasses and bring them, do not uses them to start a fire (it would take the fun out of watching you waste away)'.

Just started reading tvgasm last week, but best recaps of shows any where on the net.

Wanda: Most annoying human on the face of the earth after only 10 seconds of airtime.

Jolanda: She was voted off because she thought that after she won the first immunity she was queen of the jungle. She was annoying as well.

Is there anyone this season who does not annoy? That remains to be seen. I always start out hating pretty much everyone and then by the end of the show I am rooting for someone. Preliminarily it's probably Tom.

Classic line about cooking the food with their hunger!

I feel i must miss the second show because of the preview showing rats galore. i've got this phobia about rats. I hope its just a one shot deal. If they go on about trapping them and eating them..ugh. I may tape it, and hope to find someone here, would tell me prior to them appearing and for how long on the tape as I play it back fast forwarding. Ugh!!

I thought it was lame that they advertised starting off with more people then got ride of two before any challange.

B-side, sad to wait for the review, but in general the 3 or 4 days without new tvgasm were the most productive I've had in a while.

I have yet to watch a whole season of Survivor. Maybe this one will be different. If only to be able to know the insides to B-Sides jokes.

did anyone else notice how Coby announced to the world his preference to ganja when after the coconut was empty he says, "this is cashed"

anyone, anyone? oh well, not that i have anything against that I just thought it was a bit humorous.

It probably isn't Tivo cutting off the final words, CBS does it every week. I don't know why, but the last couple words are always cut off. I've just come to expect it.

I got the cashed comment :oD I was laughin when he said that :)