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SURVIVOR XII: COOK ISLANDS Is A Melting Pot!!

The black tribe is killed off first?... by DanielKurland	Aug 23rd, 2006 10:58:32 PM
I guess it's a neat idea, which is what Survivor needs to stoop too at this point. We'll just see if the first immunity challenge is cotton picking or something.
America Fuck Yeah! by McGsStepson	Aug 23rd, 2006 10:59:29 PM
Yeah! sounds fun but some of those hispanics' and there last names seem a little bit blanco.
Challenge: Tying bags of rocks to penises by brokebackcowboy	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:04:14 PM
Can't wait to see which tribe wins that one ....
Watch out for ANH-TUAN by Shermdawg	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:09:56 PM
He's from my neck of the woods, and if history repeats itself, he'll be one of the all-time most memorable Survivors. He's following in the footsteps of Big Tom and Johnny Fairplay. GO COWBOY!!!
sherm - hilarious by McGsStepson	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:14:48 PM
i don't even know what that means and after a sixer i'm laughing. now when the hell are my chicken kickers going to arrive!?!
When are they gonna be stranded on Cannibal Island? by chickychow	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:22:15 PM
Color don't matter when your nuts are garnish for a bloodhungry native, son!!
This is so politically incorrect that it's almost PC. by El Scorcho	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:25:21 PM
No, not really. Horrible idea, and vaguely offensive. Fuck you CBS and Survivor. I can't imagine the backlash not being huge.
This is what Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed about... by Ace Hunter	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:32:00 PM
...televised race wars. Next year they'll be split into retards, midgettes (excuse me, LITTLE PEOPLE), parapalegics, and left handed people. God, how I hate left handed people.
Oh my god. by scrivener	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:40:39 PM
This will be immensely entertaining. Go White Tribe!
No gay tribe? by scrivener	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:42:44 PM
Or will each tribe have their very own token fag?
Come on! Lets have an Arabs vs Jews tribal challenge ! by Monkeybrains	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:45:17 PM
Granted, we get that everyday but it would be must see appointment T.V. at it's finest.
I am going for the Asians by mrtwig48	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:48:33 PM
They seem like the underdogs. They are also good at math.
Hey, this isn't anymore racist than The Amazing Race! by Shermdawg	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:49:50 PM
"Black family, you're the last team to arrive. I'm sorry to inform you, but you have been eliminated from The Amazing Race." Now that was racist.
McGsStepson - ya lost me. by Shermdawg	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:52:23 PM

by Oceanlizard	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:53:07 PM

Whitey-American??? by Oceanlizard	Aug 23rd, 2006 11:56:55 PM
How about European-American, nut-crusher. Every other ethnicity gets a cultural identy except one? Are you working for CBS to promote racial tension to build a viewing audience?
This is bullpoo by brokebackcowboy	Aug 24th, 2006 12:01:36 AM
Karl Rove has something to do with this. I have a gut feeling.
The Asians will also win... by mrtwig48	Aug 24th, 2006 12:06:34 AM
...the ping-pong challenge.
There will also be... by mrtwig48	Aug 24th, 2006 12:08:29 AM
...a boxing challenge, a basketball challenge, and a tennis challenge.
I just hope they stay four teams for more than one show by Flim Springfield	Aug 24th, 2006 12:16:34 AM

I hope there isn't a swim challenge by gildersleeve	Aug 24th, 2006 12:23:08 AM
Republican candidate Tram Hudson says that black people don't know how to swim
corrections by AshFett	Aug 24th, 2006 12:30:00 AM
There were 20 initial contestants in Palau also, though two of them didn't really get to play the game, as they were ejected after just a day or so when they were the last ones left during the "schoolyard pick" of tribe members. Also, MARK Burnett produces Survivor, not Rob Burnett.
This is a sad day for America... by robogeek.com	Aug 24th, 2006 12:37:22 AM
...and a desperately crass, perversely sick attempt to boost sagging ratings. Shame on you, CBS and Mark Burnett!
This is an awful idea... by TitsMcgee	Aug 24th, 2006 12:46:15 AM
What are each of the tribes going to name themselves? God-forbid that if the White tribe wins a challenge, they come together to form a tight circle, put their hands together and yell in unison, "WHITE POWER!" And what if an Asian wins the car? Not only will he NOT win Suvivor, but he is going to be the first contestant to crash the car.
"European-American"? by Monkey Butler	Aug 24th, 2006 12:49:19 AM
That's fucking stupid.
midgettes? Are those like little midgets? by Lenny Nero	Aug 24th, 2006 12:53:44 AM
Wait a minute...
For the love of god... by Shermdawg	Aug 24th, 2006 01:03:13 AM
I've watched that Gnarls Barkley video like twenty times tonight. sigh Youtube is evil!!!
Cold Weather Survivor! by thevision	Aug 24th, 2006 01:23:07 AM
Moonves must be desparate to approve Burnett's version of Tom Metzger's Survivor. Anything for ratings on this fast dwindling series, can't believe its been six year since it started, feels more like twenty years. If Burnett wanted to segregate people he should have done it by nationalities. Anyway, my idea to bring viewers back would have been to advertise in the promos another tropical/hot weather setting but when the show actually premieres the guest are taken on a cargo plane thinking they are going to a tropical paradise, the rear door opens and Probst shows up wearing a Parka- the guest have arrived in the Alaskan wilderness or Canadian Rockies. Probst informs the contestants can back out BUT if they decide to stay the winner will receive 5 million dollars instead of the usual 1 million. Cold weather setting means the herd will thin fast, no more scenes of lying around a beach doing nothing and taking their time finding shelter and building a fire. Hot weather involves potential dehydration, infected insect bites, sunburn BUT cold weather is frost bite, hypothermia and cold weather is demoralizing. The contestants would drop off quicker than the warm weather episodes unless they are in excellent physical and emotional shape. Cold Weather would wean out posers like Gervais and Susan Hawkes. Guys like Hunter Ellis would have the best shot because of his navy pilot survivor training. I'm sure cold weather has crossed Burnett's mind but the potential for loss of life probably put the brakes on the idea.
Posts by Roy Neary	Aug 24th, 2006 01:38:16 AM
Does anyone here really read posts that are more than a paragraph long? I don't have a short attention span but I've got shit to do
This is fucking disgusting! by Rearden	Aug 24th, 2006 02:12:34 AM
That is all.
This is Fantastic! by Monkeybutt2000	Aug 24th, 2006 02:36:38 AM
Us po black folk don't like the water though. Old Uncle Gumball said so after season 1
Dykes vs Straights vs Homos vs Trannies by Vader's Leash	Aug 24th, 2006 02:54:11 AM
come on Burnett... Got the balls?
Will certain groups get certain preferential treatment? by JAGUART	Aug 24th, 2006 02:54:21 AM
You know, them being traditionally under-represented, under-opportunitied and under-educated in da community and all.
Shermdawg by Basswizard8	Aug 24th, 2006 03:02:01 AM
Thanks for remembering The Amazing Race and the Black family! Jeez, why did that have to be their last name? Didn't the producers see this comin? Everytime Phil Keoghan said "The Black family", I got goosebumps! It was uncomfortable. I'm glad they went out first. I think even Phil was embarrassed saying "The Black family"! Yikes!
Survivor....Tard Island by simongarth2001	Aug 24th, 2006 03:49:01 AM
How about a grouping of retards? Better yet, make em midgets and we got ourselves a keeper!! This show needs to be put out of its misery. Jeff Probst needs to be put to sleep for pimpin' himself for so long. this show hasn't been challenging in a looong time. hell, I know for a fact theres a Mcdonalds, Wendys, and taco bell on cook island.....but no drive through in any of them.
Sagging ratings my azzz by optimus122	Aug 24th, 2006 04:25:02 AM
The show still gets between 16 and 20 million viewers every thursday night.
Mel Gibson would blame everything on the Jewish tribe. by BigTuna	Aug 24th, 2006 07:32:32 AM

And it will still be boring as hell by Big Bad Clone	Aug 24th, 2006 07:40:18 AM

This can't be good . . . by mascan	Aug 24th, 2006 07:46:25 AM
but it'll sure be entertaining. How long until somebody drops the N-bomb?
Can't wait for the PC douchebags to have a conniption by SpyGuy	Aug 24th, 2006 07:47:11 AM
Morning talk show after morning talk show will be filled with brainless discussions of people looking down their politically-correct noses. We'll hear from all kinds of people who preach equality and unification among the races but are members of organizations comprised of a specific racial group. Me, I'm just sitting back and enjoying the hypocrisy while waiting for SURVIVOR's ratings numbers to go through the roof.
this will be great simply for the cringe factor by keyserSOZE	Aug 24th, 2006 08:06:28 AM
i expect to cringe several times per episode, which is really all you can ask. annnd also, some of the non-PC stuff in this talkback is just cracking me up. i loved the "Black family" on Amazing race...that gave the show a nice cringe factor of its own. oh, and whoever the dude was that said that if the asians win the car they'll be the first to crash it? now that is funny. nothin' like a little ethnic stereotyping...this premise is just so ridiculous it's great. again people, say it with me: "CRINGE FACTOR"
How do you stop black tribe from raping a white girl? by Elmore Rigby	Aug 24th, 2006 08:20:06 AM
Throw them a basketball.
CA 10 by Poiuyt00	Aug 24th, 2006 08:55:13 AM
they didn't go very far to find people this time. Jeez.
The "Missing" Tribe Is... by DeeJay	Aug 24th, 2006 09:01:46 AM
...pre-teen undersexed boys who pretend to be adults on the internet. Elmore Rigby and Jaguart could easily serve as the linchpins in this group. They would, of course, have a hard go at things, as members of this population historically have a hard time getting or keeping friends.
RACE WAR 2006!!! Can't wait for HOLY WAR 2007!!! by captboulder	Aug 24th, 2006 09:07:05 AM
I'm thinking Holy War 2007 will be the show to watch! Imagine all the bombing and exploding ody parts! Not to mention suicide bombers and hostages getting their heads chopped off! Shit we are inching closer to Battle Royale, bitches! WOO-HOO, now thats entertainment!
Worst idea ever by isispop	Aug 24th, 2006 09:21:09 AM
Dumbest thing I've ever heard. I'm a big fan of it too that's applied 5 times, but after this publicity stunt this'll probably be the first season that I actually make it a point not to watch. It's not hurting in the ratings, so why pull a stunt like this? Here's the thing w/me. 80% of the people that apply for the show are white. That doesn't mean that I think that many more white people should be on the show...but I'll bet that the whites that watch it will be put off with this idea. We're divided by so much shit anyway. Even recent events like Katrina. Why would I want to watch something that's going to divide us up even more? I have enough white guilt as it is. I'm not going to want to find myself rooting for the white team. Probably going to just be for the 1st couple of episodes anyway just like they did the older/younger men & younger/older women. Once the buzz has died out they'll be back to the old formula. Burnett & the producers can go on all they want about shaking things up, taking risks, social experiments & dynamics...but I see this for what it is: a cheap publicity stunt to get people talking about it. Plain & simple. Case in point is this talkback.
isispop: EXACTLY! by mbeemer	Aug 24th, 2006 10:05:38 AM
From a publicity standpoint it's a BRILLIANT move - everyone is talking about the show when otherwise only die-hard fans would be interested and everyone else would be shrugging. "Another season of Survivor? Oh, well..." Whether it's actually offensive (or even remotely entertaining) is another matter.
Poiuyt, more than 10 from California by Acappellaman	Aug 24th, 2006 10:37:28 AM
13 of the 20 contestants are from California, and far too many of those are from LA. What the heck is that about? The show may be ethically diverse this season, but not geographically.
There are so many from CA because by Big Jim	Aug 24th, 2006 11:02:23 AM
that's where you find most unemployed actors who will do anything for a little attention and a possible payoff. I find the show has become, like most reality tv, a factory for wanna-be pseudo-celebrities. Potential D-listers, if you will. And yet I still feel compelled to watch.
Whatever haters, you know we will all watch by Elmore Rigby	Aug 24th, 2006 11:32:12 AM
And love it at that. This is the way to revive a franchise that has gotten stale! Politically incorrect as hell, hopefully they will have challenges to cater to each group: basketball (blacks), car building (asians), capitalism (whites), lawn care (hispanics). I CAN'T WAIT!
And what the hell are you talking about, Herc? by Elmore Rigby	Aug 24th, 2006 11:37:22 AM
I looked at the CBS site, and only TWO of the girls are hot. Candice and Parvati, who are both white - all of the rest of the women are average at best.
What about Mice vs. Doves vs. Monkeys vs. Chipmunks? by chickychow	Aug 24th, 2006 11:44:12 AM
tell me you wouldn't be rooting hardcore for them lil chipmunks.
LOST season 3 poster by chickychow	Aug 24th, 2006 11:56:59 AM
set it as your wallpapers now, Staypuffs. http://www.comingsoon.net/news /tvnews.php?id=16176
No love for the zombie race? by cromulent	Aug 24th, 2006 12:22:40 PM
They won't put a zombie group in there cuz they know they'll kick...err eat all their asses!
Treasure Hunters also had a "Brown Family"... by Flim Springfield	Aug 24th, 2006 12:23:25 PM
Which after the Amazing Race thing, was doubly hilarious. Too bad Treaure Hunters was a crap show.
I want Trekkers vs. Browncoats vs. Whovians vs. Scapers by SpyGuy	Aug 24th, 2006 12:45:41 PM
After the Browncoats are quickly whittled away, the Whovians and the Scapers make a secret alliance and take out the Trekkers following the merge. Then the Whovians use their fourteen-feet long Fourth Doctor scarves to trip up a Scaper during the final Immunity Challenge and make it to the Final Two, where Sue from the Scaper jury compares them to Hynerians and Scarrens during the pre-vote question phase.
DeeJay by JAGUART	Aug 24th, 2006 12:54:20 PM
Yes, and you've historically had a hard time being funny. Here, let me help you.
Knowing Survivor, the 4 tribes will merge into 2 by Big Jim	Aug 24th, 2006 12:55:46 PM
within the first 3 shows. And probably mix it up again halfway through. Race will not be an issue for long. Hopefully the immunity idol will be used this time for more than an attempted barganning chip.
SpyGuy, lol, that was good. by Shermdawg	Aug 24th, 2006 01:21:35 PM

One more thing, it's not a "melting pot" if by Big Jim	Aug 24th, 2006 01:45:05 PM
they are separated by race. Technically it should read "Survivor XII: Cook Islands is NOT a melting pot!!"
Finally... by Jar Jar 4 Prez	Aug 24th, 2006 01:57:05 PM
We will know which race is superior to all others.
Yeah the Lutherans by cromulent	Aug 24th, 2006 02:37:46 PM

Right, JaguarT & Thanks to Jar Jar by DeeJay	Aug 24th, 2006 02:38:51 PM
Jaguar... "hard time being funny?" If so, that would give me at least one commonality with you. Still, why you'd think I was joking is beyond me. Now hurry along--- it's about time for your mother to arrive out front, so that she can pick you up. Jar Jar... your post further illuminates the absurdity in all of this, so thanks for keeping things in perspective! :-)
Treasure Hunters by Acappellaman	Aug 24th, 2006 02:50:23 PM
My wife and I enjoyed that show thoroughly, with a few nitpicks. What I didn't like: 1)The host - too robotic with his Motorola Messages (why did they all have to say "Look! We have a Motorola message!" whenever they got a call? Stupid product placement, and I'll now never own a Motorola phone in my life), 2)the editing - they repeated the messages the contestants received too many times. We're not idiots. We can understand that they have to go to location X using the clue they just received. You don't have to tell us three friggin times. 3)The stupid Genworth Financial clues that they showed to the viewer which obviously was not visible to the contestants. What purpose did they serve? None! What did we like? 1)The puzzles. They were much more challenging than what they give on Amazing Race, which was good to see. The contestants had to use their brains to get their next clue. 2)Stupid characters to make fun of. The Wild Hanleys were complete inbreds, with the exception of the kid. It's not too late for him yet, but he needs to escape from that family. The stupid Fogal brat. I've never in my life watched a reality show with such an annoying person. Because of that showcase of stupid emotion, she will remain single for the rest of her life. OK, so I only listed two things I liked about the show, but overall I did enjoy it, and so did my wife.
DeeJay by JAGUART	Aug 24th, 2006 07:45:49 PM
Get your computer & connection from some program did you? Now hurry along and spend your food stamps.
Oh please, the tribes will last two episodes by vich1	Aug 24th, 2006 09:15:12 PM
tops. Then they'll go to a regular tribe deal. Vic
Two episodes? Here's the Fall 2006 Survivor Summary by JAGUART	Aug 24th, 2006 10:15:51 PM
http://tinyurl.com/zvad3
Personally... by Zarles	Aug 24th, 2006 10:26:41 PM
I'd like to see Survivor: Talkbackers. 14 talkbackers from AICN (13 guys, one girl, natch) are marooned in a deserted strip mall for 39 days. The food court has been abandoned, the arcade only has the Guns N' Roses pinball machine, and the lone comic book shop was destroyed in a fire 8 months ago. Will it be a non-stop catfight, or will the talkbackers' ACTUAL personalities come out? Will they spend the entire 39 days calling each other AIDS-infested buttpluggers that wouldn't know a good piece of cinema if it was sucking cum out of their ass, or will they use their time to not talk to the lone female on the island and make a Nintendo Wii out of coconut husks? It's the sexless dorks against the, uh... bigger sexless dorks! CBS - Thursdays!
Deejay by brokebackcowboy	Aug 24th, 2006 10:51:24 PM
FWIW, I think you were seriously wronged by Jaguart's last post. That was a fucked up and cheap shot. Rush Limbaugh likes the latest Survivor setup, which explains the enthusiasm Jaguart has for it.
At least one of the Black contestants this year by Trader Groucho 2	Aug 25th, 2006 12:05:44 AM
is of mixed heritage. Also, she's no racist. I haven't spoken to her since she's gotten back, and even if I did, she couldn't say anything, and even she did, I wouldn't spill out of respect. But if it was me, every grumble out of my piehole would be about the racist producers. And whoever pointed out that as contestants are eliminated the groups will get mixed together and race won't be such an issue has a point.
Maybe the producers' brilliant strategy by Trader Groucho 2	Aug 25th, 2006 12:08:10 AM
is to start with separate races, mix teams together as the pseudo-Darwinian elimination occurs, and make the point that only by working together can one mixed group successfully backstab another.
ahhuhuhuhu you said Woodcock by JackDonkey	Aug 25th, 2006 09:55:03 AM

Racist commerical? Innocent mistake? by callmecapo	Aug 25th, 2006 10:32:27 AM
Anyone seen the commercial where they hype it all to hell, and the only clip of a contestant speaking they show is one of a black woman saying something along the lines of "It's really important for us to come together and represent!" ...
Big Jim that was funny about the melting pot by Bobo_Vision	Aug 25th, 2006 01:34:19 PM
And it was also factually correct!
i'm still waiting for the straights vs the gays by Gengar	Aug 25th, 2006 02:49:14 PM

Apparently 300 is getting moved from March 16, by iamnicksaicnsn	Aug 25th, 2006 03:44:06 PM
according to SuperHeroHype. Hopefully it's earlier, I can't friggin wait for that shit. I also may watch Survivor for the first time since it's first season after this crazy ass stunt. Sounds crazy!
Thanks, Cowboy! by DeeJay	Aug 25th, 2006 05:32:16 PM
Cowboy
this is a huge... by iconboy	Aug 25th, 2006 05:55:09 PM

.... mistake by iconboy	Aug 25th, 2006 05:56:25 PM
hmmm.. i wonder what teams people will get behinde and for what reason... hmmmmmm really makes u think
All I have to say is... by Zain	Aug 25th, 2006 11:06:10 PM
GO BLACK TRIBE!
Deejay by brokebackcowboy	Aug 26th, 2006 12:33:56 AM
No problem, friend, and I agree with you. People should be free to lay on the commonly accepted insults like calling each other basement-dwellers and virgins, and such because goddammit, that is some funny shit sometimes. But Jaguart was getting downright personal and racist. More than that, he was being unimaginative and pedestrian, too, which I believe violates AICN posting guidelines. And yep, Rush did throw his rusty pennies in on the Survivor flap but I won't do him the honor of repeating what he said. Let's just say it accurately reflects the mind of a hate-mongering drug addict who is having withdrawal issues.
Cheap by NudeandAroused	Aug 26th, 2006 07:37:06 AM
Could this obviously cheap and racist attempt to inflate sagging ratings be the beginning of the end for the reality show?
so basically by smackfu	Aug 26th, 2006 11:56:35 AM
we're going to be watching the entire history of humanity condensed into 30 hours? I wonder if the White team is going to be stacked with waifs just to ensure no one gets a sense of deja vu when watching this season of survivor lol
from the official survivor website: by smackfu	Aug 26th, 2006 12:35:27 PM
Immunity challenges include watermellon eating contest, calculus, car stereo removal, and whatever while people are stereotyped as doing. Wearing slacks? Golfing? Standing around with their hands in their pockets at a dance club?
Wow - Great Idea by Itchy	Aug 26th, 2006 03:01:28 PM
Can the Caucasian tribe sneak across the island and enslave the Black tribe ? Will the Hispanic tribe get an exemption from a challenge is they siesta right through it ? And I guess the asian tribe is going to lose the "cock off" challenge, huh ? Jesus this is sad. They should have the hot nudist tribe versus the sex offender tribe. Now THAT would be entertaining.
Only in America would people get upset about this by slone13	Aug 26th, 2006 04:56:38 PM
All your politically correct asses are ruining all the fun in this country.
Uh, Regina... by Bobo_Vision	Aug 26th, 2006 08:23:48 PM
Telling a black woman that 'Black women are so funny and no one matches them when it comes to catfights' WAS a racist thing to say. Thats like if someone were to say to you 'Mixed race women are so funny and no one matches them when it comes to sounding like a complete retard'. And, with regards to a black man being your best lay therefore that means you aren't a racist...um, just because you let your vagina play slip and slide on a black cock doesn't mean that you don't have racist ideals in your head. It doesn't mean you do, but for future reference, if someone calls you a racist, I wouldn't respond by saying "I'm not racist, I love fucking black dudes!" Actually, on second thought...feel free to say that.
Survivor 2009: The Crusades by Cabron	Aug 27th, 2006 12:36:32 PM
Big ratings. Set it in Kashmir.
Bobo & Slone by DeeJay	Aug 27th, 2006 01:16:53 PM
Bobo... though quite irreverent, nobody could've said it any better. Slone... are we to suppose that the suggestion of dividing tribes by cultural groups would've excelled in countries such as Bosnia, Iraq, or Sudan? What's your idea of "fun"... using mirrors to direct sunlight into the eyes of school bus drivers?
Big Jim by MRJONZ72	Aug 27th, 2006 01:31:45 PM
I agree with you 100%. That is what I think will happen as well. About 3 or 4 eps in, We wil see the intial tribes turned into 2. I say 4 eps.

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