March
9, 2009: From a larger story about reporters passing
out when being forced to interview Probst:
"As for the current season of Survivor ( Tocantins), Jeff promises more
twists and turns coming our way. "There's a record number of blindsides
this year, which is always fun. There's more tribal councils where people don't
know they're going home and they get zapped than we ever had before." He
also is excited about the final outcome." [We have]
a really good finish, one of the best winners we've had in a really long time."
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March 6, 2009: We're not sure
this really has anything to do with anything, but we were interested
that Probst happened to run this list of names off in order
on his post-Ep4 blog entry:
"I know you guys like insight, so here's a little Insight:
Right now every other contestant on this season is reading
this blog and they are sooooo mad at me for continuing to talk
about Coach, the least liked person on the show. They want
me to talk about them. Erinn wants me to talk about her incredible
sex appeal. Brendan wants me to talk about how smart he was
for creating "Bare Naked Granola" and making millions
(yep he did). Taj wants me to talk about how good she looks...for
her age...(ha, sorry Taj). Stephen wishes I would comment on
his enormous brain. And Sierra – oh well, you get my
point. All I can say to that is, sorry. Not my problem. As
an audience member I just think Coach is hilarious."
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| Jeff
Probst on the Ellen DeGeneres
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February
19, 2009: As noted by JoeMadChina at
Sucks, Probst on Ellen DeGeneres: "We had four full-on medical
evacuations" for poisonous snake bites in Tocantins. The video
seems to skip right at the interesting part (editing by Viacom?),
but the sole concrete is example is a cameraman named Paul. It's
not clear from what Probst says if any contestants are among
the evacuees.
Video: Click here
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December 18, 2008: As a Sucks/Skills regular
pointed out to us in email, Jeff Probst bragged about the lack
of recent-season additions to the Survivor structure in his
final EW blog entry for Survivor: Gabon, which was
posted shortly after filming for Tocantins wrapped (he conveniently
overlooks the excessive emphasis on Exile Island, but apparently
they're sure that's reality gold):
"And for those of you who don't like us switching up the tribes
because it screws you up in your Survivor pool, how about this... no
switches next season. Straight Survivor. Is that what you want?
Two tribes. No switch. One merge. Final
2. Okay, fine. Done.
I'll call CBS and tell them I've made a decision."
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