We've become a society that stares into our devices and depends on the interwebs for everything. GrubHub for food. youtube and vimeos for videos. realitytvworld and ... no, I can't think of any other online resources... for social interaction. And MasterClass for instruction in the fine and sporting arts. Dustin Hoffman teaches acting. Serena Williams teaches tennis. Jeffrey Dahmer teaches cooking.Why struggle when you can have a mentor show you how to cut corners and thrive in the wild? Don't be a Survivor, be a SurThriver ™! So we have enlisted the aid of "Boston" Rob Mariano and "The Queen of Mean" Sandra Diaz-Twine to stand next to scary "stone" replicas of their heads and take our fledgling Survivors by the hand. Welcome to "Island of the Prop Department"!
As we begin our 39th season, over at Lairo, the contestants jump into it and start building their shelter. Intros all around and Elizabeth Beisel and Missy Byrd start to stand out.
The Vokai slumber party gets off to an equally fast start with team building and mistake-making. Alliances form and Jason Linden slips away, presumably to look for an Idol. And our first awkward episode arises as Kellee Kim, who already admits to being a germaphobe, notices that Dan Spilo seems to be a little too touchy feely with his female tribemates. They hold a #MeToo intervention, but we'll see if the message actually takes hold.
Although we've been Jeff-less so far, he finally drops his Exec Producer cigar and martini to greet the new batch of Survivor contestants. He intros the first challenge; an obstacle course and puzzle combo (shocking!). Winners receive Immunity and a flint. He also introduces the first twist for this season... a ticket to the Island of the Idols.
At this point I need to step out and break up a huge crew fight. While John Kirhoffer and the Challenge Designers have usually been the behind-the-scenes "stars" of Survivor, the Prop Shop have been pretty pumped up about their Easter Island Heads of Rob and Sandra. There's been quite a bit of alcohol (and kava) consumed and one too many "Dum Dum" chants from the Prop guys.
This is going to get ugly...
Mark "Security" Burnett
LAST EDITED ON 09-27-19 AT 00:09 AM (EST)
So, just when is the auction of those heads going to be held? I have plans for that Rob head, and yes, it will be ugly.(On the plus side of having those props, I think they would be rich sig. fodder for Tribe. Wonder if he's watching)
I gotcha y'all! There isn't only one Elaine who can fake it! I knew Ronnie was a dead duck but I'm already thinking of jury management and how all you suckas are fooled by tears even when they're fake.
Asking the Makeup Dept. if they had any glycerine for fake tears wasn't the smartest move ever, but you managed to cry on cue. So that worked.Or maybe the smell coming off of gym owner Aaron Meredith was enough to do the trick.
Hidden takeout, crouching cookie.