Sorry I haven't been contributing. My Tivo isn't recording well enough for me to copy the show and disect it slowly. But I have been reading.

It seems to me there has been a lot of Camera time devoted to Charla and Mirna and this is bothering me a lot.

I didn't like that they were brought back for all stars. I didn't think they qualified as "stars". But, then again I didn't think Amber qualified as a star from Survivor Australia - but she went on to win Survivor All stars (or maybe Rob won it for her). None the less my point is, maybe I was to quick to dismiss them this season.

It has been noted that Charla and Mirna are almost getting a clown edit. But they aren't being edited in my opinion as comic relief. They are being edited to be discounted as competitors, Which on the face of it would be an odd edit for winners. But it seems they have gotten the lion share of screen time. And I've asked myself why? Then I had a really disturbing thought - America's Funniest Home Videos.

So, what does America's funnines home videos have to do with anything? At the end of AFHV the editors selected 3 videos for the studio audience to vote on - to determine which is the funniest video. But It doesn't seem to me the editors ever pick the funniest video's. They pick pretty marginal vidoes - and I think they do this to encourage viewers to think "hey I've got video funnier than that. I'll send it in and win some money!" Thus getting more people to enter move videos for competition. I think a Charla / Mirna win would have the same impact. Across America "Atypical" Teams would think if Charla / Mirna can win, then maybe I can win - I can do better than they can. And so more nontraditional teams could be encouraged to apply.

God I hope I'm wrong.