Wow; folks should watch that video.  Probst's solemnity while reading the votes is remarkable. He seems so sad to have to do it.

One more: Joan Rivers, SPACEBALLS.

Arsenio Hall, COMING TO AMERICA
Bob Costas BASEketball
Greg Kinnear (a few movies).Chevy Chase, (a lot of movies)

Huh?  Those were actors playing them in THE LATE SHIFT.

Here's a counterfactual, @avclub-a5fdfa672284da6bf4f4326e2b3698bd:disqus : suppose it seemed like Coach/Ozzy were serious about forcing the tie at 2-2. If you're Albert/Sophie, do you vote against Coach instead of Ozzy as being the easier to beat at fire-burning, or are you so afraid of Ozzy before a jury that you…

How about bringing Ambuh back and letting folks see how she does without her now-husband?

I am really tired of Probst's bias for Studly Men and against women who play a strong social game.

And, @avclub-141f784f9d5f94e4b73e355ee69343ee:disqus , Rupert was so gleeful about *not* being a hero the first time around — the first episode of the season was filled with his "pirates steal!" tomfoolery.

@avclub-a5fdfa672284da6bf4f4326e2b3698bd:disqus , if Sophie doesn't win final immunity, then what's her argument to the jury as to why she's more worthy than Coach?

Cochran didn't get outsmarted; he made the best play he could, and it didn't get him far enough.

They sometimes cast for cool occupation as much as interesting person — mortician, dolphin trainer, gravedigger …

He's only a two-timer.  Getting eliminated with three votes in a nine-vote Tribal was truly epic.

But, @avclub-141f784f9d5f94e4b73e355ee69343ee:disqus and @avclub-a1967e6de4ca99fb2635d94b99453928:disqus , it's better to have someone there getting no votes when there's two other people vying for votes, than having a final two with one person getting (almost) no votes.  Was the Jenna v Matt final two a satisfying…

Oh, I agree. It's like how on the Redemption Island season, they never showed us any of the conversations regarding everyone knowing that Boston Rob had the HII, which would have explained why he was never, ever targeted.

Survivor is a two-part game: get to the end, then convince the people you've already beaten to hand you a million dollars.

Final Immunity at Survivor Australia was a trivia contest. It's boring as hell.  (Final four in Africa too.)

I can imagine HvV having gone to a three-way, with different people deciding that Russell, Sandra, and Parvati each had played the most strategic game.

It's difficult to think of a three-timer I could stand seeing again — Colby, if he weren't so bad at strategy; Sandra, just for the hell of it.

See, I love the Dead Homiez montage every year, especially the dismissive remembrances.

For example, there's a scene in which Cochran was told by Albert he'd have a path to Final Four if he flipped; only available on the website.