# This is IT - last night of SURVIVOR!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 23, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526 "2000-08-23T23:53:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/1 "2000-08-23T23:53:44Z")
Ok, it starts in 9 minutes here on the atlantic. I officially predict it will come down to Sue and Rich, with Rich walking away the winner. I’ll go tally the votes… ---
**Author:** ![Tark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@Tark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tark)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/2 "2000-08-24T00:15:30Z")
Thank gawd. Enough, already! ---
**Author:** ![SILENT-BOB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@SILENT-BOB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SILENT-BOB)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/3 "2000-08-24T00:30:59Z")
:rolleyes: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/4 "2000-08-24T00:36:48Z")
Say, what’s this “Survivor” thing you speak of? ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/5 "2000-08-24T01:40:32Z")
Oh, yeah, I heard about this. It was on the “Today” show while I was drying my hair. Dawn Wells (Mary Ann of “Gilligan’s Island”) was glad Ginger got tossed immeidately, and it was between the Professor and Gilligan. Know what’s scary? Pop culture dropout here, but I never watched _any_ of this and still know snippets reported as “news”. I gather Rich is a pragamtic, ruthless shit; Rudy is a curmedgeon and several females tried to make alliances with them. Actually, it’s probably mildly interesting, in a grim sociological sense, but not enough to worry about. I bailed for good when Matt Lauer congratulated FemX for refusing to pose for “Playboy”. Knowing absolutely _nothing_ about this, can we sic Darva Conger on the winner? Glad I’m a reader, Veb ---
**Author:** ![timmar68](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@timmar68](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/timmar68)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/6 "2000-08-24T01:48:38Z")
I’ve never seen an episode but I thought I’d watch it tonight. Goodgod, I’m bored silly! I’m switching between that show and my normal Wednesday night shows because I AM curious to see who won. I won’t watch the reunion show…I’ll put on South Park. ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/7 "2000-08-24T02:52:28Z")
I can respect your non-interest in the show, but it IS possible to be a reader AND a TV watcher. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/8 "2000-08-24T03:19:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dewaholic \* > \*\*I can respect your non-interest in the show, but it IS possible to be a reader AND a TV watcher. 🙂 \*\* Point taken, and well taken, **Dew**. I was just suprised, as I was over the “Marry a Millionaire” about how _much_ I’d absorbed w/o watching a single minute of it! I don’t disdain TV, it’s just a bit amazing to me how much I’d absorbed without tapping into the prime source. Honestly, no snotty overtones intended–just suprise. Veb ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/9 "2000-08-24T03:28:22Z")
Okay, I got ya. My experience has been the same with the Sopranos. I’ve seen maybe 10 minutes of one episode, but with everyone talking about it, I don’t even need to watch it to know what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/10 "2000-08-24T12:34:50Z")
I know it’s only a TV show, but I didn’t want to know who won. I wanted to see it. That’s why I didn’t get into any other “spoiler” threads. So about 30 minutes before the show, I’m looking at the “wanted” section over at e-bay. Some guy wants yearbooks, another wants baseball cards, then: “SURVIVOR… RICH!” NO chance to avoid it. There is was. No way to avoid it. Sack. ---
**Author:** ![SqrlCub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SqrlCub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SqrlCub)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2000, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-it-last-night-of-survivor/30526/11 "2000-08-24T16:27:49Z")
I never watched the show. I saw last night’s as I was playing a video game. Rich one. He was an annoying snot but pretty much everyone else that came on was save a few of the girls. There was one that seemed to be a genuinely nice person. I saw that they had questions and things at the end. I would have asked both of them if they would kill the other for a million dollars. If either said no, I wouldn’t vote for them. If only one said yes I would. I wouldn’t want the ruthless badwords to hunt me down and kill me because they didn’t get the million dollars. 🙂 HUGS! Sqrl