# Could we have some MORE threads about "Survivor"? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 24, 2000, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-some-more-threads-about-survivor/30573 "2000-08-24T12:49:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-some-more-threads-about-survivor/30573/21 "2000-08-25T20:54:35Z")
> [@](#): > > I am aware of the fact that there was such a show. However, I have managed to live quite happily without seeing a single episode. Same here. I watched maybe ten minutes, total, of the final episode… but said “To hell with it” when I realized that Fox was showing _Star Trek: Generations_. Now that was a fun movie… The most I know about the winner is that he ran around naked on the island, and that’s only because Conan O’Brien made fun of him for it. My _Survivor_ synopsis… a bunch of people lounge around on an island, doing nothing. The only reason it’s not like a bunch of Peg Bundy’s is that they’re not watching TV. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2000, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-some-more-threads-about-survivor/30573/22 "2000-08-25T21:03:18Z")
Ok, Has there been _ **Survivor** _ saturation in the media? Of course there has. I could do with a little less, but . . . I watched and enjoyed every episode of _ **Survivor** _ (as well as participated in a thread). Why I am I a member of the “mooing herd”. I didn’t jump on a bandwagon. I saw the first episode, liked it, and decided to watch the rest. I didn’t blindly agree to what others were telling me. I saw the first episode of _ **Big Brother** _. I thought it sucked. I haven’t watched an episode since. Judging by the ratings it’s getting, most people are ignoring it, does that make us all members of the mooing herd not watching _ **Big Brother** _ as well? It doesn’t matter of it’s an intelligent show, or a morally uplifting show, or a show putting forth some great message. I found it enjoyable, so I watched it. Eat me if you don’t like my viewing habits. Do I piss on you for watching _ **Dr. Who** _, or _ **Masterpiece Theatre** _? No, I don’t. I just don’t understand what you would have had me do? “Well I found this show that I really enjoy, but too many other people enjoy it too, so I better not watch it. I wouldn’t want to start mooing or anything.” ---
**Author:** ![aha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eada6e/32.png) [@aha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aha)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2000, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-some-more-threads-about-survivor/30573/23 "2000-08-26T15:01:15Z")
Easy Jack, don’t have a cow. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-some-more-threads-about-survivor/30573/24 "2000-08-27T02:13:39Z")
I’m entitled to a little cow-having from time to time. Besides, it seemed this was turning into a “Let’s Bash Survivor” Party. Someone had to stick up for it. I wasn’t bullshitting. I liked it. ---
**Author:** ![tbea925](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@tbea925](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tbea925)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2000, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-some-more-threads-about-survivor/30573/25 "2000-08-27T15:10:12Z")
I didn’t watch it. It was a choice between Rich and Jenna and a bunch of other losers running around an island acting like a bunch of weenies to compete for a million dollars, and watching Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston and a bunch of other losers running around an apartment acting like a bunch of weenies for a million dollars each _per show_. Of _course_ you know what I watched? Damn straight. The Man Show. Girls with big boobs jumping on trampolines! Woo Hoooooo! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-some-more-threads-about-survivor/30573/26 "2000-08-31T20:37:45Z")
never cared to watch it, but a local guy wrote this [http://real.morriscomm.com:8080/ramgen/jax/audio\_news/survivor.rm](http://real.morriscomm.com:8080/ramgen/jax/audio_news/survivor.rm) and I thought it was a hoot… ---
**Author:** ![dietrologia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@dietrologia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dietrologia)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2000, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-some-more-threads-about-survivor/30573/27 "2000-08-31T22:29:01Z")
So you guys must REALLY love Big Brother then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-some-more-threads-about-survivor/30573.md?page=1)