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| January 26, 2006 |
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January 26, 2006: CBSNews video of
a pre-game press roundtable discussion about Bobby, led by
Jeff Probst, with Mara Reinstein (US Weekly), Paul Adler (TV
Guide channel), Shawna Malcom (TV Guide), Dalton Ross (EW),
Jarett Wieselman (In Touch). Transcript:
 Jeff
Probst: All right, let's talk
about the last group, which unlike you guys, who thought
the younger women were the weaker group,
I'm concerned about our younger guys.
Dalton Ross: I am,
I am too. I'm concerned, except for of course, the Bob
Dawg.
Jeff Probst: The Bob Dawg, who talks
about himself as though he's a character.
Dalton Ross: Yeah, he
does. Well he is a character. I think we can all agree on
that, in more ways than one.
Bobby (pre-game interview): My name is Bobby
Mason, I'm 32 years old, and I'm from Los Angeles, California.
Dalton Ross: He's
a, a huge personality. Um, he says he's going to tone it
down. But we've seen this. Can you tone it down? I sat there
and interviewed everyone on All Stars, and people
saying, 'I'm gonna tone it down, I'm gonna be, I've been
through this before, I'm gonna keep my mouth shut.' You can't
do it! You just can't do it.
Bobby (pre-game interview): I'm not
like some pretty boy, soft, sensitive, caring, and considerate
dude. I was like, I'm basically a modern day caveman. I'm
Archie Bunker, Sam Jackson, and all these jokers rolled
into one.
Jeff Probst: I'm not
convinced he can't. I'm not convinced that Bob Dawg won't
go out the window the second they get on the boat. And that
he just becomes a guy, and maybe we get to see who he
really is.
Shawna Malcom: I think to me, he may actually
be very quiet, and kind of go off by himself. You know, be
a little bit of a loner type. He'll go out there first, and
try and to be a big personality, but actually he'll be the
one that's kind of isolating himself.
Jarett Wieselman: Yeah, I mean, he said
to me when I asked what was he going to miss most from his
real life, he said, 'the
ability just to go in my room, and close the door and have
that quiet time,' which was so odd for someone...
Jeff Probst: Well it's wearing to be,
to be Bob Dawg.
Jarett Wieselman: Yeah,
it has to be. You've gotta turn it off every once in
a while.
Jeff Probst: Is he
looking for a, a wrestling contract? I mean that's
the first thing I had, that Bob Dawg will become a, on
cups and t-shirts.
Bobby (pre-game, explaining his
many poses): That's the kings
ransom, the double dragon, the warrior's honor.
Jarett Wieselman: He's
looking for something, for sure.
Dalton Ross: Well he is, he's very
competitive, obviously. I mean, here's a guy, he's a
huge Risk player, a Monopoly player. He loves to win, win,
win. But he also loves... to be Bob Dawg. And are those two
things gonna be able to play in tandem, or against each other?
Jarett Wieselman: The
other thing is with his competitive nature, because
once he wins, he wants everyone to know he's won. You
know, so I think that may be a big problem, after the
tribe starts going.
Jeff Probst: Well,
we will manipulate the game to get rid of him, if he's
gonna talk. We'll do what we always do: we'll just rig
it, and get rid of him.
Jarett Wieselman: Well then there's
no problem.
Paul Adler: There are a lot of things
that don't fit with him. I mean, I don't really buy the
whole package. Because he's a lawyer, and he does
play Risk, and he, all these very sort of cerebral things.
And then on the outside, he's got the tattoos,
and the family crest on his arm.
Bobby (pre-game interview): This
is my family coat of arms. [On the other arm:] Two headed
lion looking forward and backwards. Looking backwards
at the dudes I've smashed, and looking forward to the
dudes I will soon smash.
Paul
Adler: Something just doesn't fit. I mean I,
it almost reminds me of Courtney, who, maybe he doesn't
quite know exactly, what he is.
Jeff Probst: If I had to guess, I'd
say Bob Dawg is less lawyer than anything else. Which
is not to take away from the education and all that.
I mean that's a huge achievement. [various inaudible
muttering from the group]. Okay, so we've talked, we've
covered Bob Dawg. Obviously a hude character, and uh,
and big enough to kick all of our asses. So maybe we
should end it by saying how much we enjoy him.
Jarett Wieselman: We love you, you're
going to win.
Dalton Ross: What happens
if Bob Dawg and Shane get on the same tribe? You know,
what happens when they mix up? Think about what would happen
there, it's like nitro and glycerine.
Shawna Malcom: Bob
Dawg would eat him for breakfast.
Dalton Ross: You think so? And then
strike a pose?
Jeff Probst: You
never know, unlikely, uh, pairings.
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January 22, 2006: Transcript of Bobby-specific
footage from the TV Guide Channel " Survivor: Panama
- Exile Island Preview" (featuring pre-game contestant
interviews and Jeff Probst comments from circa Ep1):
"Danni Boatwright: And finally, meet
Bobby. His talk is as big as his well-muscled body. But can
a guy who refers to himself as 'Bob Dawg' make it all the
way to the million-dollar payday?
Bobby (pre-game interview): In
terms of the survival stuff, I mean, I figure the tougher
it gets, the better it is for me. Because I'm a genius,
and I'll figure it out. I don't know how to make fire,
but I do know how to destroy people, and I'm bringing
that to the table.
Jeff Probst: He went to Stanford, and has a law degree.
But he walks around, talking about like he's a World
Wrester, you know, or something. So, I really don't know.
Bobby (pre-game interview): I think the things that are
gonna help me are the fact that I'm buff, and I'm bold,
and I'm beautiful. I think the things that are gonna
hurt me are the fact that I'm buff, and I'm bold,
and I'm beautiful. There's no way for me to fly under
the radar."
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January 9, 2006: Officially
revealed as a contestant on Survivor: Panama - Exile Island on
the Early Show.
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Bobby's bio, from the CBS Survivor:
Panama site:
Bobby Mason grew up in South
Central Los Angeles, where he lost three friends
over the years to gunshot wounds. When Mason reached
high school, his parents facilitated his admittance
to one of the top college prep schools in the country,
The Harvard School (now known as Harvard-Westlake)
in North Hollywood, California. While at the Harvard
School, Mason was exposed to a diverse community
of children from varying cultural and economic backgrounds
and varying degrees of privilege. Mason declares
he had experiences and made lifelong friendships
with people that he otherwise would probably never
have encountered or been exposed to. He honed his
dream of being a scholar/athlete at the highest levels
and was able to realize this when he was admitted
to Amherst College in Massachusetts.
In 1996, Mason
received his Bachelor of Arts degree cum laude in
political science from Amherst, where he had also
played baseball. He went on to attend Stanford Law
School, graduated in 2000 and is currently an attorney
in Los Angeles. He previously worked as an assistant
to a sports agent and a consultant at a consulting
firm.
Mason is a member of the American
and California Bar Associations, Black Entertainment
and Sports Lawyers Association, Black Sports Agents
Association, National Association of Record Industry
Professionals and Los Angeles Music Network.
In his spare time,
Mason enjoys working out, any competition, fantasy
baseball, drawing, reading and comic books. He describes
himself as dominant, loyal, malleable and stubborn.
He is most proud of being an all-around good guy.
He was on "Blind Date" in
1998.
Mason is currently single and living in Los
Angeles with his dogs, Bolo and Dog. His birth date
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