Brendan admits in confessional that there is a scenario in which he could be in trouble. He says he always keeps the immunity idol in his pocket, and he'll use it if necessary. Do you think he would know if he had to use it? I'm betting no. Meanwhile, Stephen asks Taj if she would be willing to take out Brendan. He tells Taj he thinks he can pull something together, so that it looks like he's the one pulling the strings. This is smart because if she does what his new alliance does, she'll be none the wiser about it if he has to turn on her. Taj says she doesn't trust Brendan anymore anyway. "If we were even or ahead, it would be different, but because we're down, so I'm afraid," she says, which is something I had not thought about.
JT and Brendan talk about the upcoming vote, and worry that Brendan will use his idol and take JT out of the game. They realize that they can split the votes so that no matter how Brendan and Sierra vote, they will get to pick who goes home. They work with Coach and decide to put four votes on Brendan and three on Sierra (which means that everyone would be participating in the blindside but Brendan, Sierra and Erinn, I'm guessing) and then Sierra and Brendan's votes don't matter.
Coach makes a terrible joke about not catching any fish. "I have no patience for sitting around, holding a rod in my hand without anything working," and he smiles creepily like he's the funniest person in the world. "Did you catch that Debbie?" he says, just like Paulie Walnuts does on the Sopranos after he makes a joke he thinks was hilarious but actually was not. Even Debbie, who is mesmerized by even minimally shiny objects, rolls her eyes at this.
Coach tells us that he should either be called "The Orchestrator" for orchestrating a beautiful move that "keeps the initial gameplan intact by getting rid of the weak, and one of the most deceitful players" or that he should be called "The Dragonslayer, for cutting the head off of the dragon". I have so, so many questions about this: What has Brendan done that is even remotely deceitful, for which Coach has any solid evidence? How is Brendan a weak player? More importantly, how can someone be weak and also be the head of the dragon? Is this a weak dragon, the kind who gets picked last for dragon dodgeball at dragon middle school, and gets shoved into the dragon locker by bigger, stronger dragons?
Also, I would be remiss if I did not point out that the theme of this week's South Park was how people with giant egos tend to reframe things in their own heads so that they become the most important object in the story, and Cartman turns a story in which someone else kills a spider into a scene in which he actually slays a dragon. Coincidence? I think not.
And while we're on the subject of other television shows, did you guys see that crazy shit on Real World/Road Rules Challenge this week? I know it is embarrassing to admit that I watched that show, but: that shit was bananas, and also one of the funniest, most absurdist pieces of television I have ever seen. Completely tangential, but it must be said.
Anyway, Probst comes in, which they know means that Joe is gone. Probst tells them just that, and that Joe didn't want to go but they made him, and they took him out in a boring helicopter and he's going to the boring hospital, where he'll be boringly healthy and back to his boring self in no bore. What this means to the contestants, however, is that there will be no tribal council. Man, f I am Tyson, I am PISSED. I hope they let him keep his immunity through the next tribal council.
"Brendan lives to see another day, I am disappointed. The main thing was keeping everybody quiet," Tyson says, knowing that people are going to be unable to stay quiet for another three days. "The Dragonslayer has to wait another day to taste blood," Coach says. That's not true at all. You can punch yourself in the nose and taste blood quite easily.
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Comments (27)
The thought of anything 'F' with Taj makes me want to 'P'.
I thought Coach was saying 'lawyer' at first, then I thought he was saying 'worrier'. Finally, I understood that he was in fact saying 'wuhyer' and I felt much better.
Something more interesting than Joe (at least, within the Survivor Tocantins universe):
The true meaning of Coach's tattoos.
1 of 27 | Posted by itchy | Posted on April 12, 2009 11:15 PM
More interesting than Joe?
Tyson's sexual history?
Watching the paint dry on the new "Forza" sign?
The financial statements of Brendan's latest corporation?
The contents of Deb's brain?
Jeff Probst's life philosophy?
2 of 27 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 13, 2009 12:29 AM
Oooo, one more:
The color beige?
3 of 27 | Posted by pixielated | Posted on April 13, 2009 12:30 AM
Does that mean Taj likes "farting" and the "Fonz"? Just wondering.
Coach kept saying how smart he was, but it seemed to me that other people were coming up with the good ideas.
4 of 27 | Posted by ReeseWitherspoon | Posted on April 13, 2009 12:33 AM
More interesting than Joe? SWV's many contributions to society?
Congrats, Schoonie on your milestone. Thanks for the laughs, and for your suffering!
I hate Coach.
5 of 27 | Posted by briar | Posted on April 13, 2009 3:19 AM
Things more interesting than Joe:
A South Korean sweet potato salesman
A jelly jar half full of Canadian change
Angela Lansbury's stamp collection
A dead tadpole on the bank of a stream in Arkansas
A rubix cube with 4 missing stickers
What do I win?
6 of 27 | Posted by behbojo | Posted on April 13, 2009 6:03 AM
I kept wondering during the challenge why Tyson removed his shoes and no one else did that I saw. Of course he's going to win the challenge because his toes gripped the pole better than shoes can. Did Probst ask if anyone else wanted to remove their shoes before they started?
7 of 27 | Posted by LisaMay | Posted on April 13, 2009 6:39 AM
Didn't they say the cast was going to be more likable this season? I would like to drown everyone of these morons in the Amazon.
Forza is Italian for "strength." Coach probably got it from watching the Italian soccer team play -- their motto is "Forza Azzurri." "Força" is the Portuguese word for strength. Not that Coach would care that Italian and Portuguese are different languages. Or from different countries. Of course, he probably invented Portuguese and Portugal has been spelling their word wrong all these many years because Coach is never wrong. Wanker.
I kept hoping for one of those little candiru fishes that swim up men's urine streams into their penises would get him during one of his Samurai meditative moments. That would be classic! I pretty sure this is wrong of me to hope for, but this guy is a first class arsehole. He invented the Samurai thing? Where is the penis fish when you need it?
8 of 27 | Posted by jennaboa | Posted on April 13, 2009 6:57 AM
More interesting than Joe?
Definitely the penis fish jennaboa just mentioned.
9 of 27 | Posted by southern_essence | Posted on April 13, 2009 7:05 AM
Penis fish is more interesting than Coach, too. :)
More interesting than Joe: Watching grass grow. In the Sahara.
10 of 27 | Posted by jennaboa | Posted on April 13, 2009 7:29 AM
This is about as interesting as Joe, but here it goes: the actual Portuegese word for "will to overcome" is dingus (pronounced din-goose,) not "vignus." And it would have been funny to hear Jeff mispronounce it at challenges just to make fun of them.
I am now also rooting for the candiru fish...maybe we should make T-shirts.
11 of 27 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on April 13, 2009 7:50 AM
Also, is it me, or are Tyson's legs unusually short? (see the "trade pants" picture.)
12 of 27 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on April 13, 2009 7:55 AM
Schoonie -
I have to join the chorus for "penis fish" as more interesting than Joe!
And congradulations on 100 recaps.
I have to add one more Coach=douche moment. After JT and Tyson (Schoonie - in the recap, you had the conversation between JT and Brendan) talked about Brendan's potential use of the idol, it was JT who came up with the "split the vote" scenario.
After Tyson told Coach about it - suddenly it was Coach's "brilliant plan."
God, I hope the penis fish get him!
13 of 27 | Posted by channel dasher | Posted on April 13, 2009 8:45 AM
Congrats Schoonie!
More interesting than Joe: Watching Lisi fall.
14 of 27 | Posted by Clair | Posted on April 13, 2009 9:15 AM
More interesting than Joe: watching my cat shed.
15 of 27 | Posted by cattyfan | Posted on April 13, 2009 10:19 AM
cattyfan: I don't think I have ever noticed Tyson's legs; I'm usually too busy counting his ribs. He seems to be incredibly ribby.
I would buy a Team Candiru tee-shirt. Força, candiru!
Also more interesting than Joe: Counting Tyson's ribs.
16 of 27 | Posted by jennaboa | Posted on April 13, 2009 11:38 AM
In response to your question, “What has Brendan done?” The answer is nothing. Tyson and Coach are simply backstabbing, insecure bitches.
Brendan=dreamboat
Tyson=sideshow freak
Brendan’s butthole is, I’m sure, more attractive than Tyson’s face. Tyson is ugly. Oh, and if Tyson and Coach had big dicks they wouldn’t be so jealous of Brendan.
Regarding Joe, uh, he’s the male version of Sydney.
You know I like Coach being on the show because he always makes me laugh and I always feel superior.
17 of 27 | Posted by Mr Dangerous | Posted on April 13, 2009 11:46 AM
Mr Dangerous: I totally agree with you. Brendan is absolutely hot and I'm glad the previews showing him back with his secret alliance.
Tyson is unbelievably dangerous and these people better start thinking about what a challenger he is. It would make sense to get rid of him before Coach. Who in the jury would vote for Coach to win?
Debra needs to go too--way too under the radar and a personality that rivals Joe.
I say Taj or Brendan FTW.
18 of 27 | Posted by bluzgirl | Posted on April 13, 2009 12:01 PM
Nice recap
speaking of real world road rules challenge, is anyone recaping it? I've been looking for you guys to put up a recap
more interesting than Joe:(I have a mix of boring ones and actually not boring)
Sydney
watching sierra hit her face on the pole
Schoonie=way more interesting
waiting an hour and a half to load a 2 minute american idol performance...dang dial-up
re-watching the entire season just to count Sierra's wardrobe malfunctions with that tiny striped dress, if you can call it that...not that I have done this, but it would be very boring plus think of how much non-stop coach that would be
19 of 27 | Posted by tv freak | Posted on April 13, 2009 1:02 PM
More interesting than Joe: Watching Joe's own nut hair grow!
20 of 27 | Posted by ReeseWitherspoon | Posted on April 13, 2009 3:53 PM
more interesting than Joe? This recap and these comments (seriously, people: hilarious)
also more interesting than Joe:
- my use of punctuation
- the AIG congressional hearings
- Ace of Bass
- schoonie's dirty dishes
- school bus rodeos
- toe jam
Congrats on the big 100, schoonie! xoxo
21 of 27 | Posted by here4beer | Posted on April 13, 2009 9:01 PM
Congrats on hitting the century mark Schoonie.
More interesting than Joe: Joe's puss.
22 of 27 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on April 14, 2009 7:34 AM
That should have been "pus." If Joe actually had a puss that would make him interesting.
23 of 27 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on April 14, 2009 7:35 AM
Just a quick thought...since pretty much EVERYTHING in this world is more interesting than Joe, shouldn't the contest have been to find something LESS interesting than Joe?
That certainly narrows the field down considerably, doesn't it?
In which case, I resubmit the meaning behind Coach's tattoos idea.
The substance of which probably holds as much "truth" as the candiru fish myth. And the telling of which could be bottled and sold as a non-addictive sleep aid.
It would make much more sense that the fish would go after Coach's vagina, anyway. You just know he has one. Probably invented them.
24 of 27 | Posted by itchy | Posted on April 14, 2009 8:46 AM
LOVED the editing at the beginning with the mega-dramatic music and lightning to Coach's regrouping his thoughts. Does he realize what a douche people think he is?
I totally agree with your head of the dragon comments. He's soooo full of shit! And, Tyson. He is one nasty dude. He's the cancer in the tribe if anyone is. Getting rid of his ass would be the ultimate blindside!!
Speaking of Coach's tats...did anyone see Propst's recap on the EW site? He says they look too crisp and new and speculates whether Coach had them done specifically for the show. Leave it to that douche!
25 of 27 | Posted by 2muchbravo | Posted on April 14, 2009 9:27 AM
Hey Schoon, congrats on the 100th!!!! That makes you old school here, eh!
Had to comment, I'm not really watching, and it's a bit hard to follow, so I don't want to bore y'all with my lack of a clue, but I had to say, that penis fish thing, fucking funny, funny, funny!!!!! I can't stop snickering . . . go Jennaboa!!!!
Personally, I think Probst calling Coach a douche is more boring than Joe . . . and I don't even know Joe . . .
26 of 27 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on April 14, 2009 4:19 PM
I'm going to give this a shot. More interesting than Joe:
*Kanye West's "808s And Heartbreak"
*Meredith Vieria's Jokes Planted Into Option D On The $100 Question
*My trip to Disney World at Age 16
*"The Moment of Truth"
*"I Love Money"
*The first 5 episodes of "Pirate Master"
*The first 2 episodes of 50 Cent's reality show
*"Big Brother 9"
*Disney Channel
*Boy bands
*Def Leppard
*Poison
*"The Strangers"
*Vinyl Records
*VHS tapes
*Plane Trigonometry lectures
*Rascal Flatts
*Canada
*K-Fed
*"The Apprentice"
*ABC Family
*Power Rangers
*Emo bands
*MTV reality shows
*CNBC
*Waits in a doctor's office
27 of 27 | Posted by nerrawllehctim | Posted on April 15, 2009 9:08 PM