RHAP: We Know Survivor - Club Condo Survivor 47 Premiere

Episode Date: September 24, 2024

This week, Chappell and Rob discuss Survivor 47 Episode 1.

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That's a club condo. Club condo. So did I full tilt boogie at the sanctuary? You can full tilt boogie at the sanctuary. I don't know if you did or not. Yes, that's right. Club Condo is back for another season here. Survivor 47 premiere.

I'm Rob Sestrino back here with my Club Condo co-host. Here he is. It's Chappelle. Chappelle, how are you? Hey, I'm good, Rob. I'm very excited. It's Club Condo, but we're talking about Survivor Asia. Survivor Asia, like the continent, like Asia. Asia like Asia. I'm very ready for this. I've been waiting for this for months. It's time. Let's do it. Let's do it, Chappelle. How are you doing?

I'm hyped. I'm way better than i was doing on wednesday of last week last week i was in hell i have a feeling i'm not going to enjoy this season of survivor but i'm hoping that it goes well regardless you know okay well i'm thrilled to have you back here for another season of club condo and club condo is the podcast where we talk about all the fun from the week of survivor this is uh not the place for strategy unless chapelle has some of his uh strategic takes that he wants to give us here on club condo but this is my last uh you know survivor 47 podcast of the week so this is the time when we look back, talk about all the fun that we had and everything else going on in the

survivor world. Maybe some social media, maybe anything in the news about survivors. So that's where we do it here on club condo tomorrow night. I will say, yes, I'll say tomorrow night, Chappelle and I can be back together to talk about big brother on the slop. Now the slop we can only do for the patrons. Yeah. Yeah, go ahead. Tomorrow night, Chappelle and I are going to be back together to talk about Big Brother on The Slop.

Now, The Slop, we can only do for the patrons. Yeah. The Club Condo gets a little messy, but the Big Brother podcast gets sloppy. And so that's a patron-only show. That's going to be on Tuesday night at 6 p.m. Yeah. And we have an amazing guest. Who but Jacob Jones should we be bringing in to talk

about a sloppy episode of Big Brother, a sloppy week in the Big Brother house. Jacob Jones will be joining us. It don't get no sloppier than this, y'all. You're not going to want to miss it. Patreon.com slash RJP to make sure that you're a part of that. All right. So that's coming up on tomorrow night, but tomorrow during the day, we've got a very special podcast coming up, Chappelle, because tomorrow is going to be a very special day. Ten years ago, tomorrow, it was the premiere of Survivor San Juan del Sur. And so Tuesday afternoon, Josh Wiggler and I are getting back together to proudly present a 10-year anniversary podcast

of the premiere of Survivor, Sandwandelsir. That's going to be a... I believe we're going to be live tomorrow at 3 p.m. Eastern. Very excited for that one. That's incredible. That's fun, right? I love San Juan del Sur, and it's going to be so fun to watch you and Josh talk about it 10 years later, because I remember in the real time, people were not happy with my season of

Survivor. But let me tell you something, San Juan del Sur has aged gracefully. It's one of the ones that if you show it to people, they're like, yeah, the finished product is so much prettier than it was when you're really up close to it. The further you step back, you're like, okay, let's see what they're doing here. And you got a masterpiece on your hands. So I'm very excited to hear you and Josh talk about it.

Yeah, tomorrow is literally the 10-year anniversary. So we will do that. I think it would be a lot of fun. I'm hoping to also listen to the Know It Alls also during the day tomorrow to hear what I thought about it when it aired. And then we can talk about all that. I'll be watching the San Juan del Sur premiere in the morning to get ready. But today, that's tomorrow's podcast.

We're here to talk about the premiere of Survivor 47. Okay, so Chappelle, you were a uh nervous person you were not enjoying yourself during the survivor 47 premiere right i knew i would be difficult to deal with like uh personally like i knew that anybody wanted to talk to me about the game or anything was going to get a very biased version of chapelle but i also i didn't realize like watching it that i would be in turmoil and i I know I'm speaking for myself, the people in the chat, the listeners, I know y'all are probably well, well adjusted and don't have to do these things that could separate reality from reality TV. I cannot. And so I went in thinking,

yeah, I went in thinking no one's ever going to say Asia's name. I just, I felt like, okay, well, we're not going to hear anybody actually plot or scheme against her until, you know, it's too late for them. And then she will win a million dollars and then I can be happy. But within minutes, Rob, I mean, boom, we're talking about, oh, their tribe is losing and now that someone needs to go to a journey with someone else and compete for stuff. And then it's Asia. And then she, she's supposed to forge her own path, but she forgets to forge her own path, Rob, rushing to the stuff. And then it's Asia. And then she's supposed to forge her own path, but she forgets to forge her own path, Rob. Rushing to the ocean. And then I'm like, get up, Asia, punch him.

And then I was like, okay, calm down, calm down. It's okay, you cannot fight him. I was sending the spirit of Nayanka to Asia. I was like, snatch that thing out of his hand. You know, like, you know, what happened to break her arm? Remember those days? That's the survivor I love. I was like, Asia, do something, kill him.

You know, and so I had to really just reel it in, reel it in and breathe. And thank God for Teenie being there to talk me off the ledge. It got real. So Survivor famously has been said, Survivor's not fun. And now I'm starting to experience that as a person who has not played Survivor, but is really watching this one too close for comfort. Chappelle, this wasn't even a bad episode for Asia. This was a great night.

Awful, awful, awful. The first 35 minutes, I'm like, what are you doing? What's happening? Why are we doing this? What are these things? Like, every time, like, I remember the first commercial break so vividly when Rome was like, yeah, that was a big mistake. And I was like, Rome, I trusted you.

I was a fan of his preseason. I didn't draft him because I was saving my spot for Asia and I had plans. But don't make no mistake. Had I drafted this man, I'd be willing to forfeit the draft to make sure he doesn't win. Because you can't say Asia's name and think I'm going to be okay with it. I thought I was a fan. You could be wrong. You could think you like somebody and you could be wrong, Rob.

I was led astray. So, yeah, this is hard. This is tough. I'm not ready. I wasn't ready. I wasn't prepared, but I will be watching again this Wednesday, Bryson went present and I'll have to do it in public again. I don't know. How surprised were you that Asia went to go and try to win the tribe tools for her camp? I was so sad. I was so sad. I was like, what are we doing? What do we practice? What do we rehearse? But if you watch that scene closely, Asia literally looks at her tribe. She looks at the men on her tribe, Rome, Kishan. She looks them dead in the eye and says,

do you want to go? And they go, no. And so she's like, listen, me being Asia, Asia Welsh, Asia guns, you know, Asia calves, you know, she's like, I got it. I'll be the one to take on the six foot five football player across the way. You know, and so she took one for the team. And I really think that's why they welcomed her back in with open arms. That and Teenie, of course, stumping for her. But, you know, if nobody else wants to do it and Jeff needs a volunteer, you're either going to Rochambeau it or somebody's going to volunteer. And Asia said, listen, you men don't want to step up. I got it. I'm going to put the team on my back. And so I

have to commend her for being able to do that. I just don't want her to do it again. Stop doing that stuff. Stop. Stop it. Save yourself. Save yourself, please. Yeah. She felt she went to go to go and find the keys and she was doing great. But you mentioned the one problem for Asia. That she couldn't find her way out of the jungle. And then we hear TK say that, I just needed to forge a path out of the jungle. Asia, that's your thing. I am ready to forge my own path.

What happened? I thought she was ready to forge a path. I'm about to say some expletives. Yeah, Asia, that's your job. You told them you wanted to forge a path. Now forge. Damn it, forge. It was time to forge the path.

It was time. Here's the problem. Asia and TK are playing a scavenger hunt in the woods. And the game of the game is find the rocks and the trees. This is an impossible game for anybody to play. I don't mind that they took, you know, that they played the game and that they went to do it. It was tough and it was hard. I mean, TK even got lost trying to find his way back to the path.

So getting lost isn't the issue. But he just barreled his way back down to the beach where Asia was literally looking for a path. She said she was ready to forge her own path, Rob, and now I'm concerned. Is she ready to forge her own path? Has she taken enough time to forge her own path? I think she's ready now. I think she's ready now.

She better be. Now, when TK had the buoy and then Asia came over, were you rooting for Asia to take the thing? Because TK was like, no, no, no, don't do that. Don't do that. Don't do that. tk was like no no no don't do that don't do that don't do that and i was like i was like asia don't listen to him listen to me snatch it snatch it dunk him dunk him under the water that can't be illegal they do it all the time just swim under the water and yell shark and then when he looks grab it and then and then just swim back really fast he's not gonna grab you i mean he might but you could you could take him look at

asia goods you know what i'm saying like i was like okay okay this is okay this is okay it's And then just swim back really fast. He's not going to grab you. I mean, he might. But you could take him. Look at Asia Goods. You know what I'm saying? I was like, OK. OK. This is OK. This is OK. It's fine. It's fine.

I can deal with this. I couldn't deal with it, though. I was very upset. I was not OK. And then he just kind of leaves her there in the ocean like, all right, bye. I was like, make an alliance with him or something. I was crying. I think at that point, my stomach was in my ass.

It got to the point where I really thought things were going to be, like, really bad for Asia coming out the gate. She turned it around, but I was nervous. Now, do you feel like that going into next week, you think you're going to be in a better position to be able to, now that you've had a week under your belt? No. What? No. I mean, unless Asia comes in and we get nothing but glowing reviews from all of her castmates and she finds an idol and she single-handedly wins the challenge. And they also

say that she's not a threat right now. And she's under the radar. Like I need all the good things because I am not okay. Imagine had Asia went on Big Brother. This would be me every day this summer. Like every day, 24 hours a day, I could not handle it. So I'm hoping that, you know, I've had a week, you know, I very much made this about me. I've had a week to breathe. I think next week will be better, but I'm still nervous. Asia is playing with my heart and my soul at the same time. And I wasn't ready for this. Okay. Well, we got to see Asia when she was leaving the beach. She knew that she was going to be in a tough spot because. And I know from being a survivor podcaster. This was not a good spot to come back without the tribe tools.

Baby, come back and say, I'm a married at first sight podcaster. Don't let nobody think that you're a survivor podcaster. They're going to start to think things about you that might be true. You might be a threat. You might be really tapped in to the strategy. But yeah, the moment she says, as a survivor podcaster, I know I shouldn't be doing this. I'm at home watching on my screen being like, yes, so why is it happening? So I was like, you're saying the right things, ma'am, but what are you doing so whoo it's it's tough i don't even know how i signed up for this why didn't you sign up to

be here today are you not hot i'm sweating this is hot it's hot in here i don't understand all right but asia came back and that people were trying to make alliances but teeny saved a spot for Asia. It was a beautiful moment. It was so beautiful. I don't know. I came into this on one winning condition. I still only have one winning condition. Asia needs to win the season.

Come on, but if Tini got second place, I would be very happy. They are so amazing. They were like, look, I got to leave a fourth spot. I even like the way they laid it out. I think Genevieve was saying like, hey, me, you, Kashawn, and Rome. And Teenie goes, okay, me, you, Kashawn, and let's just leave that same spot. Let's see if Asia can earn it. I was like, yeah, I can see the seeds right there. So when Asia comes back and Teenie, well, first she does the story time. She tells them, hey, okay, I have nothing to lie about. I mean, she seeds right there. So when Asia comes back and Teenie, well, first she does the story time.

She tells them, hey, okay, I have nothing to lie about. I mean, she really does it. I mean, you lost against a big guy. You know, whatever. No shame in that. You lost. But Teenie's like, okay, sounds good. Story's good.

Story checks out. That's great. I said, yes. Don't ask no questions. We didn't get no confessionals about anybody saying, I don't know. I think she's lying. I think she has something. We didn't get none of that. And we

got the moment that we've all been waiting for, Rob. She said the thing. Yeah. Okay. So So when Teenie approached me about recognizing me and knowing me from Rob has a podcast. Okay.

That's pretty good. I'm aroused. Yeah. My nipples is hard. You know like that that sounded so good i was like oh yeah like i smoked a cigarette like okay okay we can breathe now we can breathe now they said rjp we got it i the follow-ups started rolling in i was like oh look at all the i know i know your stats have been buzzing the asia bump is real, Rob. We got it. Yeah, this is so exciting. It is the best thing that's happened to me in a competitive sense in a long time because the Ravens are pissing me off. Didn't they win yesterday?

Did you see it? Didn't they beat Asia's hometown Cowboys? Now, look, they did. They did beat the Cowboys. And Asia deserved that for putting me through the hell that I went through. But they put me through hell on the way to doing it. I mean, that fourth quarter was just abysmal. And it was something we all saw coming if you've ever seen the Ravens play.

So I'm putting all my chips in the Asia basket right now, Rob. She is my Super Bowl. Yeah. I mean, but what an exciting moment. Everybody was thrilled. You know, all the messages were incredible. And yeah. Can you believe that that happened on Survivor?

How do you feel? I mean, that's your baby. And I'm not talking about Asia. I mean, you raised her too. But RHAP, you created this thing. And now Jeff has to acknowledge it. You know, we're a far cry from like, so why do you hate me so much? Like, we're past that now.

And Jeff's like, no, I'll let you get your shine on my show. I'll throw you a bone. Look at that. Y'all are in cahoots. Yeah, it might've been a confusing story for the other like 5 million viewers. But to us, like it was a,

such a great moment because, you know, kind of came out of nowhere that Asia's talking about uh being a survivor podcaster we already i believe in this episode had john talking about that he's a podcaster people we would not how many podcasts uh and then that asia uh is recognized by teeny uh and then she's on robin's podcast which rob Rob? Boston Rob, maybe? It don't matter. Doesn't matter. Doesn't matter.

Google it. As Russell Hansen once said, Google it. You know, I think that if they look it up, they will find WeKnowRealityTV.com. Subscribe to Boston Rob's Survivor Podcast at WeKnowSurvivor.com. Honestly, not the greatest time to rebrand. You know, like if you had just been Rob has a podcast, I think this would have been a lot, a lot smoother. But we know reality TV. We know Survivor.com.

Those things will lead you to RHAP and you will find the promised land, the land that built Asia Welch, who is our front runner in my eyes and in my life. It all goes to the same place. Type in Rob has a podcast. Type in we knowvivor.com. You're going to find us. We're like a picture of a rock with an X on it. Okay? Impossible to miss.

Yeah. You can't throw a rock without hitting a rock. That part. You know who is possible to miss? John Lovett. All these people talk in the preseason. I barely heard anybody. I don't think I heard anybody say John Lovett. All these people talk in the preseason. I barely heard anybody. I don't think I heard anybody say John Lovett was out there.

John Lovett introduces himself to his tribe. And they're like, podcast? I think I've heard about it. Asia is legit getting recognized by multiple people on the cast. Asia is more famous than John Lovett. You heard it here first. Okay. Well, let's talk about John Lovett, Chappelle.

And then, sadly, lovett i had him in the draft and asia yes they're both both the podcasters oh yes highlight of my night i was concerned rob i was like okay asia could go here and this would be tough and get immunity and i'm like bet this is good but then i started looking at the yellow tribe. And I said, I have two people in this yellow tribe. I need to make sure that we make it out alive. And thank God it was you who got the grenade because you stole Asia from me.

You stole her from me. She said with her own mouth that she wanted me to draft her. And you refused to let me have that. I have to go back and check the tape. Oh, I have the tape. I have the tape. I have to go back and check the tape oh i have the tape i have the tape to go back and check liana and chapelle and so i felt like it was a coin toss at best and somehow you entered in there well how am i supposed to pick how am i supposed to pick coin toss anyway i listen listen she said it was a 50 50 chance that it would be me or liana and

somehow you won and so i'm so happy you got the grenade. I don't know what to do. So good luck. Yeah. Good luck. Okay. I'll be fine. So we've got John Lovett. What do you mean you'll be fine?

What do you know? Did Angel tell you she won? Oh my God. I knew it. She won. She did it. She did it. Yeah, we did it.

Yeah. What are we doing? What are we doing here? We won. All right. Why am I being so stressed? Let's talk about John Lovett. Okay. Okay.

John Lovett. Okay. Okay. John Lovett. He was here for one glorious and perfect episode. So good. Yeah. He got the episode title, but it's one and done. Were you surprised that after all of the press from the, all through the summer, that it was one and done? No? No, no.

I thought this might be our grenade. I don't know why. I was just getting vibes. I was like, I don't know. I was thinking about the tribe and thinking, okay, if they have to eliminate somebody, then who could potentially go? And I think I landed on maybe the same exact thing

that they landed on, which is, you know, like if they want to keep the tribe strong, then they're probably going to keep baby Andy. and so i didn't know that it would come down to either being baby andy or john but uh once it looked like it was going to be either the two of them i really saw this like oh i think this is the end of it but i figured john wasn't going to be here for a long time see i was very surprised uh you know when i first saw that he was in the castle i don't think so but then like when he was on all of the commercials i really thought he was going to be in there for a minute gotta get your money's worth why put why put him on if you're not gonna show

him off i guess so uh people keep saying that he got uh drew barrymore like in scream that people uh came to scream and they saw her on the poster it's like oh this is a drew barrymore movie and it gets killed in the first scene. One perfect scene. They did the same thing to Jada Pinkett Smith and nobody talks about that. I think that Drew Barrymore is the perfect example of that because it was such a big draw to go watch the show, to watch the

movie, and then she has an iconic moment. It is an iconic scene. It's one of the scenes that people talk about the most from the Scream franchise initially. Yeah, it burned bright and fast and then it fizzled out. It was done. And so I think for John, I think that we were definitely robbed. I think that John Lovett deserved to be on Survivor. He was so good and confessional. He was so good talking about the game. He really understood the assignment. And I don't really think he messed up too much. I just don't think he gelled with his

tribe and then baby Andy happened. So for him, it just seemed like he messed up too much. I just don't think he gelled with his tribe. And then maybe Andy happened. So for him, it just seemed like he caught a raw case. You know, things have gone much worse for early boots in the new era than what happened to John Lovett. I don't even think he could be mad about, like, the edit. I think that for me, I thought John Lovett got an edit of somebody who made it through to the next round. So I don't know. I really thought Andy was going to go. When we got to tribal council, I'm like,

maybe they're trying to sell us something else. It's so obvious it's going to be Andy. Maybe they're just trying. Now they're trying to sell us. Okay, maybe there's something else that could happen. But it's definitely going to be Andy when we get to tribal council. So I was shocked when it was a five to one vote against John. The little devil on my shoulder really wanted Andy to go. I love baby

Andy, but look, at this point I'm thinking, who is a liability for Asia? What's best for Asia? And when baby Andy has his panic attack on the mat, he initially goes and throws John under the bus. I'm like, if he can do that to John, he can do that to Asia, you got to go. So although I was very happy that you got the grenade and that you will be losing this draft this time for stealing Asia from me, I was very concerned because I'm like, baby Andy is still in the game. And I don't know if baby Andy can reel that stuff back in to where I don't feel uncomfortable with him being out there with Asia, potentially with her game hanging in the balance.

So very nervous about things moving forward, but happy to see that andy was not defined by this one moment in the game he will live to fight another day okay let's go back to john and his podcasting because chappelle i don't know if you're a loyal pod save america listener but i've never seen this man before survivor okayor. Okay. I believe it was on Thursday night. Okay. John was back on Pod Save America. And his co-host, John Favreau and company, that they started to talk. Not that John Favreau. Okay.

And not that John Levitz. They started to talk a little bit about this experience and um there were some questions for john about uh the the the multiple podcasters let me play a clip this is courtesy of pod save america i lost it on the show we were like pod save america has anyone listened and it was like no no mate then one person said maybe maybe like it. The other kid's like, I love TikTok, though. I think they did listen to it. I think they did. I think they did. Keep in mind, there was another podcast host who

had a podcast that was about Survivor, but there's a scene in the, after Lovett gets, I don't know, maybe, maybe, someone goes up to this podcast and is like, I'm a huge fan. She's a celebrity. She's a celebrity. She's a celebrity. Love it. Not the most famous podcast host.

Good for Asia. I'm glad Asia got her flowers. They're laughing a little too hard. She's a celebrity. Say our name, John. Say our name. It was right there. It was right there. They're like, yeah, shout out to Asia. And what's the name of the podcast?

Come on, you can say it. It's right there. Rob has a podcast. We know. I don't think the people in the tribe knew. I don't think we saw anything in the preseason to lead us to believe that these people knew that that was John Lovett. And I think that when he got to talking, at best, baby Andy was like, I'm picking up like your podcast is probably massive you know you're a big famous guy but baby baby andy uh he he was i feel like your podcast is huge right

yeah yeah he like i feel like you're downplaying something about this podcast thing like your podcast is huge yeah baby andy knew and so uh he's got bpe they're laughing big podcast energy wow um i'm hoping that's what the P stands for. You know, for John and crew, I really think that they're just like, hey, we're laughing because it's insane that a podcast that big, like that massive, like Pod Save America could go unnoticed. And then, you know, our community is so tight knit and it's so niche that, you know, you know, you know, RJP, you know, survivor, we know survivor, you know, survivor.com in fairness. Okay. I mean, they are on survivor. So a survivor podcast is

going to be one of the most popular podcast. I like, if you went onto the floor of the democratic national convention and asked me, Hey, who here has heard of Rob Has a Podcast? Maybe not so many people answer in the affirmative there. Yeah. Rupert's hand might go up. That's about it. Rupert?

And he's still running for office? He's still doing that? I think he was an independent. I don't think he was at the Democratic National Convention. He wouldn't be there either. Maybe we try the Republican National Convention. We might nick wilson there yeah you might see you might see a couple of uh survivor winners there but that's for uh for another day but uh very fun

uh to hear that i also uh listened to the latest episode of love it or leave it and john also talked about his experience there i am disappointed that john John Lovett is gone. Me too. Oh, I loved everything we saw from him on television. It's just, if you're able to really talk in a confessional and tell a story, I think that makes you so much more fun as a survivor character. Because there's so many characters that are nothing in confessional, and so we don't really have any moments to latch onto them. But the survivor players we seem to love the most are the ones that have the sound bites, that have the jiffable moments. And I think John was going to be a factory for that kind of thing.

You could just always go to John as a go-to guy for something like that. Almost like a glue guy. A glue guy? As long as he's there, you know things are going to come together because at least John's telling the story. Are you a glue guy? I don't know.

I thought you said Mike Bloom was the glue guy. They asked me who's the ultimate glue guy. And that's what I thought of. But I feel like that you're a glue guy. I might be a glue guy. I've always considered myself a Mike Bloom type. And so, yeah, if Mike Bloom is a glue guy, I would hope to be somewhere in that same realm. You know, I'm not really the best at many things.

But I think if you get me there, it gets the party going. I can keep the uh the vibes i think i'm a vibes guy i'm the vibes guy yeah yeah okay um here for a good time now some people have thought did john love it hint at all about how things were gonna go for him on survivor uh that he came back and he made an appearance on the steven colbert uh show okay check out this uh this video and tell me do you feel like was uh was john lovett hinting at anything that was going to come okay uh this is shared by Maddie Moorhead on Twitter. Check this out. Jeff says, on Survivor, if you want to be on Survivor, apply to be on Survivor. So I made a video saying, hello,

I would like to go on Survivor, please. And then all of a sudden, coconuts. Coconuts. Yeah, the word of the day. You know, like, you said coconuts yeah the word of the day you know like uh you said coconuts and i'm sure john love it somewhere it's flinching because who knew this man they clapped for him when he got his open his inability and ability to make a coconut might have been his downfall or to open a coconut might be his downfall because yeah andy pointed out that the tribe was very happy when John opened his. And when Andy opened his, nobody even flinched.

And so he probably astutely picked up that John was integrating himself with the tribe a little bit better than Andy was. So maybe this was a hint. This man is a professional podcaster. He probably has ways of dropping hints in a lot of his interviews about how he did on Survivor. But this is pretty clearly a shout out to the Coconut Gate. Okay. Speaking of shout outs. OK, so we've had this week where John Lovett appeared on the show.

Lots of different people in the media and probably around a Democratic politics tuned in to see how John Lovett was going to do. To see how John Lovett was going to do. And I woke up on Sunday morning. To Twitter. Being abuzz. After. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Posted.

Just watch Survivor. And oh man. Look. AOC knows what R.A.J.P. is, oh, man. Look, AOC knows what RHAP is now. You know, like, that's all I saw. Well, hold on. I guess so. I guess she was paying super close attention. Yes. Why would she not be paying super close attention?

It's AOC. We know that she's a stickler for the details, okay? She knows RHAP. Rob has a podcast. Yeah. We know AOC.com. We know AOC.com. Change the name of the website now. Coward.

Yep. All right. Then, she also posted, following up to John Lovett, internal politics, dot, dot, dot, not so easy.

I love it. I love it. Do you think Obama watched Survivor? I'd be surprised, but I don't know. I don't know how close him and John Lovett are. I feel like Barack, I feel like my guy watched it and then he went to RHAP and he was very

surprised and happy with what he found. I think that he's a big fan. I think that shout out, uh, Barack Obama. He's listening to this right now. What's up, Barry? I love y'all. What's up, Barry, Mish?

I love y'all, auntie, uncle, daddy. All right. So then John Lovett responded, but things were going so well when I opened that coconut. You know, that's probably a very sobering moment to think about because you have to imagine John Lett's out here on this island doing something he's never done before. And his one moment of triumph for sure

is I want to be able to fit in. I want to be able to do things. I want to be able to make a fire. I want to be able to open a coconut. I want to be able to fish. I want to eat food, blah, blah, blah. And one of the things on the checklist is definitely open a coconut.

He gets the machete. He opens a coconut for what I have to assume is probably the first time he's ever done that on an island in Fiji. And people are cheering. And as they're cheering andy's planning his demise you know so it's like dang you know grand opening grand closing yeah grand opening uh indeed okay so we got aoc then said uh shine too bright too early been there they did you dirty john they done dirty yeah i feel like they messed this up too and maybe it's because john misrepresented how famous he was or you know

they didn't give him a chance to really open up about that kind of thing but you know there have been conspiracy theories about mike white uh and how well he did on his season of survivors like were these people just trying to be on the next season of The White Lotus? Were they trying to lobby? I don't think The White Lotus was invented yet. But he was talking about it. You know, he was on the island talking about it. Like, hey, you know, I think I got a show in mind.

You know, were these people trying to be in the good graces of Mike White? Or, you know, were they actually big fans of his gameplay? And like, were they getting beat by him? And I've heard conflicting reports that maybe there's some of the things that were going his way because I wanted to be a fan of Mike White. I could just imagine a world where if they knew about John Lovett, they'd be like, I could meet Obama. I could meet Barack Amish. I could meet Derry. Okay. I could be there. I could go to these events. Like we, like if I'm Asia and I'm with John on the same beach, I'm like, hey, Rob saves America coming soon. You know what I'm saying? I'm with John on the same beach, I'm like, hey, Rob saves America.

Coming soon. You know what I'm saying? Like, how can we combine these two entities? But they voted it out so early. I don't think he's going to talk to any of them. I would be miserable to find out that somebody I voted out is, like, super famous. That would be so sad to know that, like, you didn't get to vote with the person. So they screwed up by not, they didn't realize who he was when they voted him out?

I think he should have told them, you know. I think he tried. I don't think he tried. Like, he's like, voted him out? I think he should have told them, you know, I don't think he tried. Like he's like, Oh yeah, I have this little, he, you know, he's doing the self deprecating thing that you do sometimes like, ah, it's just a podcast host. Yeah. I'm a podcast host. I was like, okay, sir. Thank you. Uh, felt that one. But I do feel like if he had maybe told them, maybe they would have seen the merit in keeping him around or at least being able to latch on to his fame because if he's if i'm him i block all they cause he doesn't need them yeah i i don't know if uh if that's how how he feels but i mean what is it what does he need with uh a bunch of survivor Speaking of, is there a world where he would love to come watch, I don't know, a live Survivor

viewing show with the rest of his cast in New York City live? Maybe if it was in his city. Or maybe he could get on a plane and fly to a different city with AOC, a city near her. Maybe. And they could come together. Maybe AOC and John

Lovett will be at the Survivor RHAP live show. I'm just saying these are scenarios, Rob. Scenarios that I've been thinking about. I mean, they probably have nothing else big going on this fall. They can take a break. It's a Wednesday. It's literally a Wednesday. Just take a couple hours.

Then get back to work. You know, if he had time to go film roughly an episode of Survivor, be out on an island for a day and a half, then I think he had time. That was a long time ago. That was in May. It wasn't that long ago. This year has been, this is a long year. And we knew that these things were coming up.

I just feel like if you had time for that, you can make time for this. I'm looking for him at the live show. Yeah. Okay. So we then got okay aoc posted about survivor and chapelle luckily every all of the survivor twitter and the survivor alumni if there's one thing they can do they're gonna keep their cool if somebody famous posts about survivor we know how to scare people off like no other you know uh let me tell you something the survivors are not gonna make it

all about them they're not gonna do that we this is now what we do we scared off kenzie and she won survivor that lady didn't stick around for one off season she was gone she was out of there she took her money and ran if we ran off kenzie aoc is her head is spinning she probably called cardi b up and was like what is wrong with these people you know like that's all like i don't know y'all we we almost had something nice but i think between the way the fandom acts and the alumni we might not be seeing that much more of aoc this might be her last might be her last tweet. This might be the last tweet. Might be the last tweet about Survivor. But what we did get confirmed

and maybe I knew this and I forgot it, but we got that AOC posted that actually she knows about Survivor because her and Courtney Yates used to be co-workers.

Okay? That we got AOC posted about Survivor and then was asked by Evan Ross Katz, Hey, are you going to keep watching survivor and then uh aoc ended up responding is this right the right the right tab or uh no okay here hold on give me one too many aoc tweets okay i'm blow now i'm blowing it okay no it's fine here Here, try this one. Uh, eventually. Oh, something went wrong on Twitter. Oh,

what a shock. I deleted the tweets. Eli, look at you. Yeah. Okay. He's, he's throttling AOC's tweets.

Okay. Uh, just watch Survivor, oh man. Evan Ross Katz asked, uh, but will you continue watching or are you out? And AOC said,

I'll keep watching. I'll be it more casually. Fun fact, Courtney Yates and I, both waitress at the same restaurant. Okay. Is this her first season of Survivor? Or did she watch Survivor China and Micronesia and also Heroes of the Villas? Now, I think you have to ask AOC to come on this podcast. Use your connection to John Lovett

to get... No! Use your connection to Stephen Fishback to get Courtney Yates to tell AOC to come on this podcast so we can get an update on her survivor story because this feels like she's been a fan for a while. Alright, so let me just text Stephen real quick and

then if this doesn't happen, it's Stephen's fault, so let me just text Stephen real quick. And then if this doesn't happen, it's Stephen's fault. But let me put in the request. There are so many other avenues. You could go through Jam Jam. We saw the AOC and visited Jam Jam Salon. You could go. I'm pretty sure you could just text Courtney directly yourself. I'm sure Parvati probably has Courtney to vote.

There's a lot of people. I think Parvati probably has. Courtney, there's a lot of people. I think Parvati's busy. Ain't she always? She needs to stop. She needs to stop doing all these dang shows. You know, but anyway, when she gets back from Australia, allegedly, she could send us the message.

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was extremely hard to watch. Poor Andy. I mean, the night got started. He came out and Jeff went to him very early on at the mat and wanted to ask Andy about what it was like for him growing up, how he got to start fitting in. And he said something that was very interesting, I thought.

And I kept trying different things. I would wear Grateful Dead T-shirts to pretend I was a stoner. I'm not afraid of weed. Yeah. Yeah. After this episode, I can tell. I would advise. Just try it.

Just try it. It's legal. Just try it. No. Stay away, Andy. Don't do it. No. sometimes a chill a chill pill could do you good you know i really feel like maybe not smoking it but there's other ways to getting that that just calmness in you no i don't know don't get me wrong it could give you some paranoia but

at this point it could go either way but have what you are what you doing are you what you're doing currently is that working you know i'm just saying like let's try our options here I said the same thing to Angela on Big Brother I said hey you're afraid of the weeds but maybe just embrace it once just see what happens just once I'm not afraid of weeds just once

Angela wants to do the pots like you know like I feel like we get them together we get Angela we get Andy we get me I facilitate some typeela we get andy we get me i facilitate some type of circle of sorts where we all charge our moon water and then we just you know partake in a legal state where these things are legal okay now the andy announced that he's uh afraid of the weed uh right right after gabe uh said. When it comes to work and I'm a grinder man. And I was like, Gabe, help him out.

You know, I was sitting next to a small child watching this show this week. And when baby Andy says, yeah, I had like four friends in school. This little kid next to me goes, that's normal. And I was like, I mean, you're not wrong. You know, like, let's not sell yourself short. It's okay. There's nothing wrong with having a tight-knit group of friends yeah yeah as as uh john lovett said must be nice four friends yeah and look john lovett wasn't wrong because he didn't have four on the tribe no he did not not in this tribe and he's the

numbers guy okay and he he can factorial out that John was screwed. Yeah. Who knew Gabe was a grinder man? I mean, I was like, yeah, I don't know. Personally, I just like to go in. You can just break things down with your hands. You don't have to. Like, it's a part of the process. But who knew? Who knew, right?

Gabe is probably partaking in a lot of the weed based on his affiliation with the Baltimore Ravens himself. You know, I can imagine that Gabe has been experiencing a lot of the weed uh based on his affiliation with the Baltimore Ravens himself you know I could imagine that Gabe has been experiencing a lot of those things he's that grinder is working overtime this season all right um so Andy wants to meet up with Rachel yeah and he talks to Rachel there's a good a good uh you know, thing going with Rachel. And then says to her, Hey, all right, we could get up early and talk. Rachel says, I don't think so. I'm going to pass on that. You could miss me with that invitation. And he said, okay, I'm going to ignore you. And so he woke up early in the morning. It was like,

all right, in the middle of the night, basically, it was like, all right, Rachel, remember that thing I told you I wasn't going to do? We have to do that now. Because he's getting some bad vibes. He can tell that he's already on the bottom of his tribe. Things aren't going the way that he wanted them to go. And he needs Rachel right now to wake up in front of everybody

and follow him down to the beach to make him feel better. And Rachel very astutely says, this is not okay. This is not good. But could this be you was it like chapelle o'clock that andy was awake and then looking for somebody to talk to i don't bother nobody during chapelle o'clock i'm an early riser though like if like especially when there's other people around i'm kind of like hey wake up it's six in the morning we gotta go get breakfast but in the middle of the night no live your life let me just be me i'm out here chilling i'm not

not bothering nobody you know i'm saying The problem is when you invite other people into Chappelle O'Clock and that's where Andy went wrong. Yeah. OK. Andy ends up walking off during the challenge and basically like laying down. What did you think was going on? Oh, I watched it happen in slow motion in my mind. you think was going on? Oh, I watched it happen in slow motion in my mind. I saw it all. I could read his thoughts because you see the Gada tribe is falling out of the race with this puzzle. Asia and them have been done for hours, for years because of her strength. Did you see how she pushed that boat? Oh my God. And so I'm looking at the Gada tribe and they're like, the Gada tribe is not making any headway. And I could just see the wheels start turning in Andy's head. He's watching his game slip away with every puzzle piece that's not happening.

And he just has to remove himself from the situation because it started to get to him. And he just goes and lays down and tries to have a moment. And I love Jeff going like, Andy, you good? And Andy's like, I was going to get voted out. I tried my best, Jeff. He's like, God damn it. And so they have to bring in medical because it sounds like andy is saying his last goodbyes yeah i thought jeff handled this pretty well uh this whole situation what do you think yeah he wanted to shake andy so bad like an

etch-a-sketch and go get up stand up you're fine uh but andy was having a moment like it's over it's over i can't like no no no you're still here yeah he was doing um he was basically putting himself like in the past tense everything was like i was on the bottom they got me out i tried the hardest thing i ever did so hard yeah it got the best of me you know and jeff's like you're still in the game snap out of it come on come on get up andy and so they're able to will him back into the game but the paranoia was still happening right like his body had obviously given up on him to where he needed to lay down but once they got him cooled down he still had a little word vomit left in him from you know some of that anxiousness yeah okay so jeff asks andy all right andy could you could

you give us in your own words what's going on there? And I think that Jeff was really looking for like, yeah, I'm good. I'm fine, everybody. Don't worry about me. I think that's what Jeff was hoping for. He wanted one of those classic survivor metaphors. Like, Jeff, survivor is hard. And in this game, you know, sometimes you think you're ready for something like this,

but you get out here, you try your best, Jeff. But I'm not giving up yet. Like, he wanted something like that, and he was like, not great, Jeff. Not great. Um, yeah. Woo. I tried my best. They're coming to get me. They're coming to get me. They're trying to get me out. You know why?

I watched John cut that coconut open, and people went crazy. I didn't, no one even looked at me. Do you see this, Jeff? They're coming for me. And I was going to throw John under the bus too, but I just was so, like, he's my number one ally i was gonna take him out do you understand me jeff just like what i mean all the other drivers are like what's happening andy was like i'm airing it all out this was the shot of the episode i think in this moment i think we were all tiana Tiana watching like no no stop doing this don't do

no no I wanted to reach through the screen and grab him and just snatch him through the screen so that he wouldn't be there because I really thought stop it stop no I thought the next sentence out that man's mouth was gonna be in ages on a podcast

I really got to the point where again, we have the same birthday. Right. I know we know each other. So I was like, Oh my God. And so I'm happy. He just threw John under the bus. Uh, but it was hard. It was hard. I was, I felt, my heart went out to baby Andy in that moment, but that is a class. That is going to be a classic survivor moment. It's just Andy kind of like almost like psyching himself out of the game you know yeah um it yeah i get like you know people you don't know how you're going to react to a situation until you react to a situation you can

think you're going to react to a situation a certain way but if your body and your mind aren't aligned and then your emotions get involved too anything can happen this was a wild moment for sure we thought with jelinski was like, whoa, could we like this? Could you believe this? Could you believe this? Andy's like, hold my beer. Hold my weed.

Crazy. No, give him weed. See, that's what Jeff Trudeau did was like, hey, here's a gummy. And just kick it. It'll be all right. You'll be all right. This is going to level you out a little bit, baby.

But between Jelinski and Hannah Rose and Jackson, and it's hard to have a normal first vote out in this new era. There have been so many moments. I saw people talking about how the Yellow Tribe is basically cursed anyway. There have been so many moments where things have just gone so crazy in these first tribal councils yep chapelle then remember jem from last season i do i do remember jim i drafted yeah and then she went and just did some wild stuff and didn't play her idol she had some

advice for andy oh she said a note for andy for survivor. I too opened many coconuts for my tribe and didn't get any praises when others did. They all got the praise. They got all the praises in the world. One could think that they found the cure for cancer. If I had to redo it, I'd let them die of thirst or drink salt water. I don't think she's wrong. mean i'm not i mean obviously about them

dying from thirst yeah that's crazy but i think that that's the one thing if everybody has pretty much unanimously said is that andy was correct you know he picked up on the social cue that he and john were on the bottom of this alliance you know like that was a thing when he saw that he that they didn't even look in his direction when he cut his coconut you you know, it reminds me of when Karishma was bleeding that time and everybody just like kind of stepped over her like, all right, Karishma, girl, get out the way. Like, it was like that. It kind of shows how much care that the tribe has for you.

And in that moment, if they're not reacting, you can see that maybe they don't really care. They don't have your best interest at heart. Not to say that they have any maladjusted feelings for you or whatever, or malcontent, but they definitely aren't looking out for you. You know what I'm saying? They're like, oh, look at John doing a cool thing. Oh, it's just Andy over there. He's fine. You know? And so I think Jim's correctly pointing out that she might've been on the bottom of her tribe too. Chappelle, how much do future Survivor players have to cheer

for every single coconut now? gotta you gotta cheer you gotta hey good game good answer good answer it's like family feud like hey good all right good coconut all right no whammies come on good one honestly this is like a tale as old as time and big brother you know like when someone wins the hoh you look around for the people who are not happy for that person even a survivor somebody wins immunity if everybody has the face crack going on like you it's like, all right, y'all must've wanted me out. Just think about how they looked at Bruce every time he won immunity. They were like, God damn it. And Bruce was just ignoring them, just ignoring them like, la, la, la, la, la, they don't want me out, blah, blah, blah, blah. I guess I just believe Emily Flippen. So you got to pay attention to how

people react to when you do stuff. And it's uh you know disjointed or uh not comparable then you have to take note to say why is that and i think for andy and even jim they can look at these moments and say yeah it was very clear that i was on the bottom people were just giving away the cues a little bit in ways they didn't think about chapelle you said before you were not feeling rome when he felt like that Asia was making a big mistake. You shouldn't have done that. Getting angry again.

Getting angry again. We can't really talk about this right now. Before Rome... When are we going to talk about it? I don't know. There's new episodes in two days. When she gets the million, I'll be willing to talk about how she got there. But right now, it's really tough because Kashawn mentioned her in the pre-season and said you know i got a bad vibe from that aw

girl and i was like wait a minute hold on pause so i really had he was on the top of my hit list but now rome has gone out of his way to put himself above kashan on my hit list and so now yes i'm looking right at rome as rome needs to worry about himself because rome could be in some trouble okay uh yes rome he found the clue so he found the beware advantage and he went out and started looking for the idol he's looking all over the place on this island and he does uh not end up going unnoticed by asia who uh sees that he's out there this was asia spotting it hello mr gamer hello mr gamer look at her so subtle like hey i see you over there mr gamer over there game with your game and so yeah exactly and And she peeped it. And I was like, yes, Asia, the revenge. Asia's

karma is back. Let's get him. And Rome handles this so perfectly. He just takes off running. Like, all right, bye. And he ends up finding himself looking for an idol over here. I mean, he's searching around. He got the beware advantage. He's searching. He's searching. He's got to

wet the wood to get the next clue. And and asia catches him there you know so she eventually has to tell the rest of her tribe hey rome's out here doing weird stuff he's out here being sneaky he's looking for advantages let's go get him and so they all got their tiki torches and went after them they didn't go to tribal council oh i'm sorry pitchforks now you know like this is a witch hunt yeah yeah okay all right so uh rome ends up going into the well to go and uh get out the clue uh rome tweeted about his experience going down the well okay uh here is a uh tweet from Rome here you go uh here's Rome uh and he says for more context my armpit was fully underwater Juan Lavo will drink my armpit water first find out in the next episode of Survivor 47 face down ass up like bro get your ass out that well that is so it's funny

because people were like that's nasty he has nasty body odor and then you got in the well like it's a well y'all it's a well the water was never sanitary in the well he pulled a big ass rock out of it like y'all thought they cleaned that rock before they threw it in there no it's probably got whatever funguses and fungi that it had on it before they put it in there. This is gross. Don't get me wrong. I would not want to drink the Rome water, but I don't blame him. He's out here being the gamer that he is.

He's trying to get there. They put the thing on the bottom of the well. What y'all want him to do? But this stick was right there. He could have tried the stick. He could have tried the stick. Here's the thing thing it's right there he didn't even try it

he's like I wonder what I could use to get this key I'll just dive in now had he gone all the way in yeah that would have been hilarious had like Asia had to come pull it out Mr. Gangster you're drowning like pull him out the well but he did it he handled it I ain't mad at him he didn't have a lot of time, Rob.

Time is of the essence. Yeah. By the way, when I was on Survivor, I would have killed for some well water with Rome in it. Compared to the like Coca-Cola colored water. We actually drank Coca-Cola also. I said y'all had Coca-Cola too, Rob. I'm sure Rome would sacrifice this water. The water we drank was much dirtier

than this water with Rome in it. Yeah, it had piranha in it. The water was so nasty. The disgusting water we had to drink out of the river. This ain't even the nastiest water we've seen on Survivor by far. So Rome could swim in that water, get out of that water, and it would still be cleaner than the water they drank on Survivor Thailand far. So Rome could swim in that water, get out of that water and it would still be cleaner than the water they drank on

Survivor Thailand. Would you like to see more players doing like well keg stands? I mean that was pretty cool. You know, honestly, if you have to have a moment, that's kind of a cool moment to have where you just went like face first into the well. But he was looking for the

beware advantage. I mean, what other choice did he have? They were going to take away his vote. And if i'm not mistaken he does he have his vote back or did like he found the idol right or is he so he found the key um i don't know if he went and opened the thing i think then we went back to gabe uh going to so i don't know if we got to see the the finish of what was going on with this story yeah i don't think so i think rome has effectively lost his vote as of the end of this episode because he's still trying to figure out the where's this beware thing i kind of wonder if this might have been happening um after the challenge was over uh that we were seeing something a scene that was taking place after they they they came

back and won the challenge and then they were doing this stuff because that the stuff that was going on with g Gabe seemed like it was happening the morning of day three, like, like waking up before the challenge. But this was a lot of stuff going on here before they had their immunity challenge. If that's the case.

Yeah. And Gabe didn't have to reach into the well to get his beware advantage. So I liked that. They're putting them in different spots. You know, they're not the same on each beach. Yep. Okay.

Then question from ashley in the chat we could take your questions here on club condo ashley asks chapelle what does rome have to do to earn your forgiveness well obviously he needs to play an idol for asia you know uh but when he plays that idol for asia he then needs to go home as well so he's like he uses her idol to save asia and then he's voted out as a way to sacrifice and then to pay homage to her glory. You know what I'm saying? Like you have to be able to push her ahead

while also taking yourself out of the mix. Okay. You know? Yeah. I've thought about this. All right. So we'll see what happens. But I feel like that this red tribe,

based off of what we saw from the challenges, I don't think they have to worry about going to tribal council. Between Asia and Saul and Rome and Teenage, Red Tribe, based off of what we saw from the challenges, I don't think they have to worry about going to tribal council. Between Asia and Saul and Rome and the team that they have together really is a very strong team, but you cannot forget they did lose the very first challenge.

And so maybe, I mean, they do have some weaknesses, but they killed the immunity challenge for sure. Asia was pushing that boat. The puzzle, it seemed like they did in just seconds. They flew past Yellow and Blue. And honestly, it really came down to them not being able to manage the boat. You know, Yellow and Blue both capsized their boats with those treasure chests.

And so in my mind, this was a win for Red, but it doesn't really solidify them as a powerhouse in the challenges because had those boats not tipped over, I don't know who would have won. Shabog, I want to go back to the first challenge. It was an unusual challenge that we broke people up into pairs and then went and sent them into it. My favorite part of it was that Jeff introduced everybody, talked about how Survivor is like a community, and then was like all right everybody follow me and then brought them to go to a different place for the challenge yeah and he's like we brought we brought him to the gladiator arena and then they had to compete in these uh i think people were calling it the indiana jones uh challenge or something like that asia and tk was indiana j. They call it. Oh, okay. Okay.

So yeah, this is the one that got the ropes and they got the, you know, the, the mud and all that stuff, right? The mud. And so Jeff, I listened to the on fire podcast this week. Uh, another, another podcast that's out there. And, uh, Jeff talked for a while about all the work they do to get the mud ready for Survivor. They really it's incredible the lengths that they go through to to get all this mud out here. And the reason why they do this is because the Survivor contestants that, you know, they go from their everyday lives.

from their everyday lives. And Jeff explains this in great detail to that. What they, what Jeff likes and the producers like is that they go into the mud. And that is basically a, your birth into survivor. Jeff even says it in the episode. That mud is birthing you into survivor right there. That mud is birthing you into Survivor.

Yeah. John Lovett said baptism by mud. I want to just go ahead and say something. I normally don't talk to Jeff, you know, but I feel like he might listen to this episode of the podcast, in which I'll say, Jeff, you don't have to waste your time with this anymore. We're good. I feel like the mud is nice, but if it takes that much work, skip it.

Skip the mud. I feel like we'll be okay because I'm not a huge fan of this. I think that in the past, we've seen better versions of this kind of thing. I like when they isolate the, the ballot of Jelinski. We don't do sweat and savvy. Right. But even prior to that in the old era, um, I'm thinking like David versus Goliath, you have Christian and Lyrsa, I think doing their challenge and everybody's like so shocked that Christian can do these slide puzzles and this algorithm and all that kind of stuff. You learn things about these people in those first challenges. Uh, sometimes this way around, you don't get any of that. You get baptism by mud and then a puzzle. It's like, we don't get anything from that. Jeff, keep your mud.

So, Chappelle, I was thinking about this and this whole idea of like, okay, the mud is birthing you into Survivor. Did they also make them crawl through a very tiny tunnel also? that was that part of it also i mean like a birthing canal was that what was that what they were going for yeah do you think that that was sort of the that was also part of it you are you are coming out you literally are yeah that's it that's what they did jeff jeff has made some pretty

ridiculous ass jokes in the past uh that have been uh suggestive but this is pretty on the nose you know uh he's like hey you got to do you think do you think that that's what it was like was it intentional it it feels intentional it really does it really does because it's not like you joked jumped in the mud and just climbed out of the mud yeah now you have to crawl you have to battle like they make a big thing about how you're being birthed into the game and then you also have to like claw your way out of this you know yeah it's uh yeah it's a whole thing jeff's a freaky frog freaky freaky frog you shouldn't be doing this did you spend all this money on mud just so you can do this hey what are we doing what are we doing jeff jeffrey jeff yeah okay uh now chapelle i know

you were watching the show live uh but were you paying attention to the commercials this week okay not at all what happened i'm gonna get your question about this okay so during the survivor 46 finale okay there was a commercial uh that d ended up doing uh do you remember this for what it A Quiet Place colon day one? Yeah. I loved it. I remember thinking like, look at Dee flipping that survivor money into a career as an actor. Yes.

I love it. I love it so much. I don't know what Dee's doing right now, but I'm really hoping that she's doing more commercials and stuff like that because she ain't that. Okay. Well, I think that it must have been a success because they are pushing for more survivors, I guess, promoting movies. And it looks like the people behind the wild robot brought in Mother, Ceri. Mama? mother Sari mama yeah now Sari is a little busy right now

yeah but allegedly okay she's here to promote a brand new film the wild robot during survivor now you heard about the wild robot I don't know these people I don't know what this is.

All right. Check this out. Anthony, Survivor GIF. Anthony, at AnthonyD46 shared this clip. One of your favorite Survivor legends gives you an exclusive look at the new movie, The Wild Robot. Keep watching. Keep watching. Okay.

Keep watching. Yes. All right. So tell us about The Wild robot wild robot in theater september 27th take it from me true survival is about opening up your heart and spreading your wings most of all it's about becoming more than you were programmed to be take a look at this sneak peek from the wild robot where roz not only survives, but thrives. Yes! The robot got off the couch, Roz! The robot got off the couch and is walking

across the balance beam ready to go. Okay? Okay, look at this. Okay, look at this bird. Do you require shelter? Your inefficient participation will slow the process. Just this once.

Okay, the robot is picking up a bird. Okay. All right. Okay. And. Home. Home. The Wild Robot.

May be PG in theaters September 26th 26th okay i'm not watching that wait is youtube gonna snatch this down for uh for us playing this trailer it's a commercial i mean it's not like we're not putting the movie yeah you're right there's a lot of movie trailers on youtube i don't think i'm gonna watch this what s Seri? Sad to go see it Yeah, and normally I do whatever she says But she ain't around You know, when mama's not around I'm gonna do what I want You know, if Seri is in the movie

Then I'll go see the movie But if it's just a commercial Eh, I'm good How did they land on Seri For We got this animated movie About this robot. Mm hmm.

Do a commercial. And let's get Suri. She's the ultimate story of somebody who went on Survivor to survive and then thrive. But with all due respect, Christian Hubicki is right there. But he was thriving before that. You know, Suri got off the couch. I know. Hey, I'm Christian Hubicki and I know a But he was thriving before that. You know, so we got off the couch. I know. Hey,

I'm Christian Hubicki and I know a thing or two about building robots. Yeah. But like, that would be like, oh, you brought in a robotics instructor. Like that does like Christian in the robot world is Christian, the robot guy.

And we needed somebody who would like speak to this from a survivor aspect. And I think Siri, when you like pair her with a robot, it gives, let's tell the story of somebody who survived now i do think christian should at least be in the movie or consult with them to make sure that it's uh you know accurate you know because i see a lot of time christian is fact checking things online um maybe christian was busy maybe he flew out to go

film a different survivor show i think he's around i think he's i think I think so too. I think so too. Yeah. I just thought that this is so interesting and I do wonder if we're going to get more survivors who are then going out and promoting these movies. We could get Genevieve to impersonate Parvati while she's going to Australia. Yeah. Why?

Because people are saying she sounds like Parvati? At first, I didn't hear it. But I hear it now. I watched the episode and I was like, dang, it's kind of eerie how much she sounds like Parvati. So yeah, I think that if you need a voiceover and Parvati's away,

I think we could go to Genevieve to fill in that void. Yeah. Okay, I'll have to listen for i had that's not something i had clocked on my own well she's barely in the episode her i think her only confessionals are talking about how much she likes rome and uh yeah i don't know that's a great spot for her considering how the rest of the tribe is not a fan of rome right now okay all right so uh the good i'm sorry the wild robot opens up this friday sari has crossover appeal she appeals to the survivor audience the big brother audience and the traders audience which also includes the real housewives audience and the bachelor audience that's true audience you know i'm saying like you pick sari you're covering a lot of bases i think this was a good choice okay all right chappelle do you remember vine yeah i was very shocked that it came up on the podcast

uh i mean on the episode uh john love it saying like yeah i'm trying to connect with these people and i'm talking about vine and back in my day this that other eventually he landed on tiktok and that's when i realized how old i am because if people start talking about TikTok, I just gloss over. I don't remember. That's not really my realm. I'm more of a Twitter guy, I guess. But yeah, Vine coming up on Survivor is probably as shocking as R.J.P. coming up on Survivor.

Yeah, they were looking for a Vine, and they're asking if you remember Vine. What did you used to watch on Vine? Six-second videos. They weren't a lot it was seven second you know you know honestly i always had a conspiracy theory that some of them weren't actually seven seconds because there was like some vibe that felt like seven seconds and then there were other vibes that felt like full-length movies uh even though it said seven

seconds so i used to watch vine every now and then i got some some some funny vine memories do it for the vine i ain ain't going to do it. You know, like, I remember those things. Mm-hmm. Yeah. They keep saying they're going to bring it back. Bring back Vine? Yeah, they always say they're going to bring it back.

They're not bringing it back. Well, we don't know how to downsize anything. Like, this is America. We're only getting bigger and better every time we do something. Everything has to be, like, has to include everything that everything else has before that. They're always making things longer. Yeah. Yeah. getting bigger and better every time we do something. Everything has to include everything that everything else has before that. Yeah, they're not going to go in and say, oh yeah, we have to

downsize this thing to only seven seconds. No, no. How long is this video? That's how I feel about Twitter. Twitter can put full-length movies on if you have that blue check or whatever. You can do a whole movie. Why would someone do that?

But I've been very blessed to find several movies that I didn't want to go pay to see in the theaters on Twitter. So that worked for me. Okay. Chappelle, what else did you clock from Survivor 47's premiere? I was a big fan of my draft picks.

Annika being the project manager that she is and taking charge and finding this coconut that you apparently can find. Yeah, apparently you can find it at Trader Joe's in Hollywood. Not WeHo, but Hollywood.

Yeah, that was a very funny scene as well. Annika just basically assuming that John Lovett was from WeHo. Mm-hmm. Yeah. I saw Scali tweet out that that was a hate crime or something like that. Yeah.

Lots of different neighborhoods in Los Angeles. Yeah. I thought it was a funny edit. I'm sure that's not how it happened, but if it was, I think that's very funny. And then my other draft pick, Sam. Great episode for Sam. He's the glue guy as far as he's concerned and i think he gave me a new term because i've never i've never called anybody the glue guy

before but i think it if it works out if he wins i think we owe it to him to start using that more what do you think of his um assessment of what the glue guy is he said it's not the best person or the worst person but it's kind of like the person that keeps the party going and keeps like uh the team intact when they're there it's a little bit like everything is better. And he wants to be that in survivor where people never think to vote him out because the group isn't quite the group without him being in that spot. I thought that was pretty cool. I was like, I've never heard anybody talk about survivor in that realm. Um, but it made me feel very positive about my, uh, like his outlook as a potential winner of the season for somebody

who could have drafted them so asia doesn't win my my rankings right now asia and then sam and tini todd for a second okay we got previews for next week it looks like there's going to be uh even more nonsense coming up it looks like all of the tribes are going to be seemingly fighting with one another. Good. We like mess. We like messy TV. Let's make it happen. Let's make these people fight.

I want to see if baby Andy's able to fight back from the deficit that I'm sure he's clearly in after episode one. I want to see if, you know. Do you think he can bounce back? Yeah. I think we've seen this story on survivor told a billion times like this is a very common story it looks different on a lot of different people but it happens all the time you get somebody who is immediately painted as being on the outs and then they go on to win the entire game we saw or or go very far and be even survivor legends we've seen uh aubrey do it we've

seen david wright do it we've seen nick Nick Wilson do it. We've seen so many people. You talk about Holly Hoffman as somebody who made such a comeback. It happens. Everybody's not going to land on the island on day one, the same level as everybody else. Some people are going to have to have a different path. And I think that maybe Andy can make a very compelling story for somebody who can bounce back from that. I also have the same hopes for Banu. Didn't work out for Banu. No. But I'm going to try this again. Run it back. Brandon Donlan had a great article that he wrote for our reality TV newsletter, The Confessional, about players who had a bad first episode and who some of whom

bounced back. You could read that at realitytvnewsletters.com. Yeah, the chat saying Emily Flippen, also an incredible story, coming back from basically throwing Bruce under the bus the first chance she got, being on the out of her tribe, being saved basically by a quit from Hannah Rose. Bruce had a bad first episode in Survivor 44 and came back. Bruce had a bad first episode from Survivor 44,

came back and let Emily, who also had a bad first episode, packor 44 came back and let Emily, who also had a bad first episode, pack him up and get him out of the game because he listened to her when she told him not to play as Idol, even though she'd already identified that she didn't want him in the game. It happens. Your story is your story. You can't really tell what it's going to be while you're out there, but you got to make the best of it.

I have my fingers crossed that Andy's able to come back from this and be an asset to his tribe and to Asia when she wins the game. Okay. All right. Chappelle, overall, good first episode, or it was too much stress for you? Too much stress for me.

Too much stress for me. I'll be signing up to watch it again on Wednesday for sure. But, you know, if I have to suffer every week to make sure Asia gets her million dollars, then damn it, I'm going to suffer. But I'm definitely going to make the best of it by talking to you about every episode of this season every week. And then, you know, linking up with you in New York to talk about it at the live show. We're going to have a good time this season, despite Asia stressing me out.

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