I read an interview with Probst in which he said that he thinks Coach should have his own reality show. At first I recoiled, but then I thought Jeff's reasoning was sound. His idea is that everybody would love to see Coach negotiating ordinary daily life and would be curious to see if he dates, has friends, if his family thinks he's crazy, etc. I'm sure he would get boring pretty fast, but I'd tune in for a few episodes anyway.

Jeff also said that the actress who plays Pam on The Office emailed him and said that everything that comes out of Coach's mouth could come out of Dwight Shrute's mouth.

I'm not giving away any spoilers, because I read this in Probst's interview: he says that there is a "major betrayal" in tonight's episode. So maybe everybody won't be so darn likable by the end.

I wanna see what question Coach asks the finalists and what he says when he votes.

During the immunity challenge when Coach started moaning, I expected him to yell out "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"

Oh, realitywatcher, that's a good one. lol

cattyfan missed the last few moments of the show because cattyfan was busy dancing around cattyfan's kitchen and singing out loud...happy that cattyfan won't have to listen to Ben Wade talk about himself in the third person using made-up nicknames anymore.

KICKED IN THE FACE!!!!!

[snort] I'm pretty sure I pointed out the Michael Scott- Coach parallel a couple of weeks ago [snort snort][End Coach Wadishness]

Thanks for "protecting" us from spoilers... I promise I'll watch it today... (ah, it's great to be freelance...)

Oh yeah, has anyone checked out Coach's various quotations to see if they're accurate?

I always wonder about people who can reel off a quote for every occasion. But then, I have the memory of a hummingbird.

Haha.. great recap!
I almost peed myself at the Probst play by play of the "stick building" during the reward challenge.
Just the visual of Coachs' wobbly, crooked, stick.. compared to JT's straight, strong, stick was hilarious!
Oh how I wish you had put up a screencap of that ..LOL!

The whole "lets be noble, coach" thing that JT did was even better than you described. When Cooch went to JT and Stephen at the beginning of the episode, Cooch said that the noble thing to do would be for him or JT to go as they were the only ones who hadn't gone yet. So not only did JT give him a chance to volunteer, but he used his own words against him. Awesome!

During the immunity challenge, I also got the christ upon the cross vibe from Cooch's antics. What a douchebag! In typical narcissistic fasion, he had to make the immunity challege about him. JT won and the moment should have been about him NOT Cooch.

Thanks for another great recap, Schoon!

schoonie, I can't believe you let Coach turn you into a fan.

Sell out. :P

"Hit me with your best shot Pat Benetar"...

KICKED IN THE FACE!

Talk about a guy that you love to hate. I am so glad that they kept him around. He made the show so much better, because of the reactions that he got formthe other players regarding the things that he said...

I think that Taj has played this game great, she and Brendon really had something going when they decided to "turn this game upside down." It worked for Taj, not so much for Brendon.

But I think that JT and Steven's handeling of Coach was truly masterful. After the Tyson blind side and the Debbie blind side, they jsut kept him eating right out of their hands. I would find myself wondering if Coach was really buying into what they were saying or if he was just keeping up with his personna that he created.

I took a few seasons off (the last 2or3) but this is hands down the best season that I have ever watched. And these recaps make these shows that much better.

Can't wait to talk about the finnale...but I will out of respect of the "HONOR" and "INTEGRETY" of the recap.

Rest In Peace mighty Dragon Slayer...

You DOUSHE!

Coach is the reason Arrested Development was cancelled??? NOW I HATE HIM! Bgrrrrrrrr!!!!

Schoonie, reading your newfound lovin' for the CoachMaster, I couldn't help but hear SWV's "I'm So Into You" playing in my head.

love, J-Mo :)

i read somewhere that when coach returned home, he contued using the dragon cane. ROTFLOL! does this guy have a life?

I just read your recap. (I was on vacation. You know, the night this episode aired I checked into a place called the Carlton in Oak Park just to watch it. It was a quarter to 7 and I was willing to check into ANYPLACE that had a TV.)

This was your funniest recap EVER. Why? Because it was about Coach. Mister, you need to work Coach into all your future recaps. He's gold for you. Thanks for all the laughs so early in the morning.