# First hints about new Survivor season. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355 "2010-07-28T19:42:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/1 "2010-07-28T19:42:46Z")
[Linky.](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100728/ap_en_tv/us_tv_cbs_survivor) Do you think they deliberately chose a picture of Jeff Probst that made him look old and haggard? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/2 "2010-07-28T19:59:18Z")
My Spanish isn’t what it used to be (and it was never much to begin with), but I recognize the names of those tribes. “Flower” and “Sword.” Seriously? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/3 "2010-07-28T20:04:29Z")
$5 says there’s a shuffling within 5 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/4 "2010-07-28T21:00:25Z")
How is that show doing? Has it been able to hold up over the years? It’s one of those shows that I don’t think about until I see something like this thread, because it is not my cup of tea. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/5 "2010-07-28T21:05:20Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > My Spanish isn’t what it used to be (and it was never much to begin with), but I recognize the names of those tribes. “Flower” and “Sword.” Seriously? Hippies vs. Marines! ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/6 "2010-07-28T21:30:02Z")
> [@Spit](#): > > How is that show doing? Has it been able to hold up over the years? It’s one of those shows that I don’t think about until I see something like this thread, because it is not my cup of tea. And I meant to add: My Wife is a big fan, so I figure that I should learn a bit about the show. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/7 "2010-07-28T21:46:44Z")
It’s certainly popular hereabouts – popular enough to support a thread a week, rather than a thread for the whole season, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![FlightlessBird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/cdc98d/32.png) [@FlightlessBird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlightlessBird)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/8 "2010-07-28T22:48:48Z")
Not noted in that story but released earlier is that one of the contestants is a celebrity: Jimmy Johnson He certainly brings a bit of drive and emotion to Team Flowers. Yeah that doesn’t sound right to me 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/9 "2010-07-28T23:02:42Z")
> [@FlightlessBird](#): > > Not noted in that story but released earlier is that one of the contestants is a celebrity: > > Jimmy Johnson That is still just a rumor at this point and it doesn’t even sound like a very believable rumor. He/she would be dumped at the first TC… probably without a vote. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2010, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/10 "2010-07-28T23:06:48Z")
For anyone who doesn’t know who that is,[spoiler]he’s one of the most successful football coaches of all time. The only head coach to ever win the National Championship at the top college level and a Superbowl in the NFL with a team he built. He actually led the Dallas Cowboys to two Superbowl wins in the early 90s before retiring. The talent he left there was good enough to win a third Superbowl two years later under Barry Switzer, who is the only other coach to win it all in both college and the pros. The difference is that Johnson took over the Cowboys when they sucked and turned them into a dynasty. Switzer inherited a great team and just let it ride.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/11 "2010-07-29T00:20:04Z")
First Immunity Competition: Oldies try to those chase damn kids off the lawn; younguns must try to stay on the lawn as long as possible. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/12 "2010-07-29T00:24:23Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > That is still just a rumor at this point and it doesn’t even sound like a very believable rumor. He/she would be dumped at the first TC… probably without a vote. This. Johnson’s worth millions. They would kick his ass to the curb in a heartbeat. He’s too well-known to be a contestant. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/13 "2010-07-29T00:44:12Z")
> [@EllisDee](#): > > For anyone who doesn’t know who that is,[spoiler]he’s one of the most successful football coaches of all time. The only head coach to ever win the National Championship at the top college level and a Superbowl in the NFL with a team he built. > > He actually led the Dallas Cowboys to two Superbowl wins in the early 90s before retiring. The talent he left there was good enough to win a third Superbowl two years later under Barry Switzer, who is the only other coach to win it all in both college and the pros. The difference is that Johnson took over the Cowboys when they sucked and turned them into a dynasty. Switzer inherited a great team and just let it ride.[/spoiler] And now he does commercials for Extenze Didn’t they already do a young vs. old season before? I remember some lady being mad about being on the “old” team. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2010, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-hints-about-new-survivor-season/548355/14 "2010-07-29T01:54:32Z")
I seem to remember there being four tribes that season: Young Men, Young Women, Old Men, Old Women.