# !SURVIVORS! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 3, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294 "2000-06-03T16:21:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/1 "2000-06-03T16:21:14Z")
This is that new game show where they have two groups of people on some Island & they have to survive. But of course, since the camera is there all the time, we know they can’t be far from civilization. {Should have given the groups camcorders, ala Blair Project}. Seems kinda fakey but its fun to watch. That big guy who sits around giving instructions simply on the idea of giving instructions as if he was in some board room is funny. I hope they vote him out. Rudy was rude but got to stay because of one vote. & no nudity? ---
**Author:** ![starfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/87869e/32.png) [@starfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starfish)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/2 "2000-06-03T17:38:04Z")
There was an article in the paper on it. It sounds like the only thing you have to survive is each popularity contest where they vote who has to drop out. It’s not like it keeps going until people choose to drop out because they can’t take it. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/3 "2000-06-03T18:47:29Z")
I saw something about this on the news. It looked pretty cheesy but entertaining. I mean, we arnt exactly talking the “eco-challenge” here. What station is it on? time? anyone know? I’d like to catch it and see what I think. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/4 "2000-06-03T18:53:02Z")
Handy said: > [@](#): > > That big guy who sits around giving instructions simply on the idea of giving instructions as if he was in some board room is funny. I hope they vote him out. I don’t. I think he was right. He was asking them to plan, and they just wanted to run around like a bunch of chickens with their heads cut off. > [@](#): > > Rudy was rude but got to stay because of one vote. Yeah, but he also knew what he was doing, which a lot of the others don’t. (Though I did find the one girl’s comment amusing – about how he’s an ex-Navy Seal but he can’t even get a fire started.) I felt kind of sorry for the woman who got the boot. She made one slip in the contest, and she’s gone. Then again, when I first saw her, I thought to myself, “She’s not gonna stay very long.” But I thought they’d vote her out for playing that ukelele! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/5 "2000-06-03T19:20:12Z")
oooh…ahhhh…damnit, I can’t emote here. I’m going to the pit! ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/6 "2000-06-03T19:22:00Z")
saturday night, that’s tonight, it should be on at 10/9pm. I don’t remember what channel though. Those two who found the fresh water [okay it was planted by the show & its just a big water jug in the ground] who decided not tell the others where it is so they won’t get out voted, rank very clever. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/7 "2000-06-03T19:24:46Z")
Thanks! Im gonna try to catch it. ---
**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2000, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/8 "2000-06-03T19:48:16Z")
I understand that next season they’re going to produce a show in which people who desparately need money are placed on the run from a heavily-armed group of military network officials. Oh, wait! Sorry! That was “The Running Man”! Seriously, it would be more interesting if the people who got voted out had to swim for it, or just got eaten. Dr. J ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/9 "2000-06-08T23:46:48Z")
Ramona was lazy but BB didn’t make it, he didn’t seem to want to stay on that Island with the kids anymore anyway. This tv program gets more viewers than Millionaire 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2000, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/10 "2000-06-08T23:55:55Z")
That show hasn’t made it to Oz yet (thankfulyl by the sounds of it) though we had a show recently called The Mole which was fun. If it was a blatant ripoff of a US show pardon my repitition and ignore the synopsis: Ten people are given a series of challenges, each of which carries a corresponding amount of money. If succesful the money goes into a kitty. Here’s the catch though: one of the group is The Mole whose job it is to sabotage as many of the challenges as possible without getting caught. At the end of each episode the contestants were given a survey concerning who they thought the mole was and what happened that day. Whoever’s survey was least accurate got the cut. The challenges were diverse and occasionally a bit offbeat but strangely it was a fun show to watch. ---
**Author:** ![David\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/51bf81/32.png) [@David\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_B)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/11 "2000-06-09T01:33:44Z")
Are they going to rerun Wednesday’s episode on Saturday like they did last week? I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/12 "2000-06-09T05:25:38Z")
**David** : nope that was just an attempt to suck more viewers in with the premiere. I have to admit I like this show - sure it is a blatant _Real World_ ripoff, but it is addictive. The way they vote someone off at the end of each show is great television. These people are so conniving and back-stabbing. BTW, the regular time is Wednesdays on CBS. ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/13 "2000-06-09T08:40:49Z")
So what happens if two people tie in the voting? Voiceover: "And we’ve had a tie today, to see who leaves the team. To break this tie the two contestants will race each other to stay ahead of the man-eating crocodile. And there’s the crocodile! Look at it go! Who knew they could move so quickly on land?" ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/14 "2000-06-09T08:46:03Z")
being a bit of a survival buff myself, I would love to be on that show. I notice that the “bossy” old men", who actually make decisions & do stuff, are some of the 1st to go. Idiots. If this was a “real” survival situation, most of those “he’s too bossy” young girls would be the 1st to go. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/15 "2000-06-09T15:15:57Z")
One young couple would just go into the woods for an hour & no one knew where or what they were doing. But they wondered. ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/16 "2000-06-09T16:01:39Z")
Wednesday night when it came on and before I could change the channel, Baby Jesus turned towards the tv, put his little 3yo hand up to his forehead and said, “LOSER!” Ranks right up there with his first words, his first steps, and his becoming potty learned a year ago. I did catch some of it. If this were real, they would all be dead by now. Let’s see. BB uses up the last of the fresh water. Girl bitches about having to walk **in the rain** to the fresh water hole. FAL. WTF does she think rain is? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/17 "2000-06-10T00:28:53Z")
Why can’t they catch any fish? Its been like three weeks too. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/18 "2000-06-10T00:44:45Z")
My father said that if that was a real survivors show, they would have dropped them off in the middle of the jungle with just enough supplies to get along, and whoever turned up dead were the losers.I agree with him. That cheesy “Tribal council” thing is sooooooooo lame! I’m glad they didnt try to make it look “southeast asian” (Something I hate, western spins on what they think “popular” ethnicities decorate in). They make it seem so serious also. Reminds me of those feel good, hippie retreats. _whew_ i’m calm. Anyway the show is fun to watch, but i mean, it’s not really a survivor show, just survive getting voted out. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/19 "2000-06-10T02:08:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > So what happens if two people tie in the voting? > \*\* No kidding! I’ve been wondering all along how this is going to end. Eventually, it’s going to come down to 2 people - well, first it’ll be 2 people on a given team. What then? Do they just keep voting until one decides to vote himself out? I have this vision of that Far Side cartoon, where cavemen are sitting around. One says, “OK. 1…2…3 Dang! Tied again.” The caption is “Before paper and scissors.” ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294/20 "2000-06-10T14:32:50Z")
’ So what happens if two people tie in the voting? ’ Probably another contest. They do that. Like with those beetles that you have to eat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survivors/21294.md?page=2)