Survivor: Never Again

Survivor: Never Again
by Brenda McAlice

When it was suggested to me that maybe I should follow Rick's lead and write some articles on the crappy CBS show, Survivor, it didn't seem like a bad idea. I thought, "Hey, I like the show enough, it's easy to make fun of, and it might actually be fun." I was wrong. I thought that Rick had just gotten busy and that must have been why the articles had stopped. I now realize that the articles stopped because Rick must have realized what I realized a few weeks in to last season's show. Survivor sucks. Writing about Survivor sucks. In fact, even Thesaurus.com knows that Survivor sucks.

SURVIVOR as defined by Thesaurus.com:

Main Entry: leftover
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: remains
Synonyms: debris, leavings, legacy, oddments, remainder, remnants, residue, scraps, surplus, survivor, trash

I think that "remnants" and "trash" are the best adjectives for the show. Survivor has become nothing more than the remnants and trash of previous seasons. The games are the same, the players are cookie-cutter versions of past players, the music is even the same. I think Jeff Probst even wears the same wardrobe season after season. The show is tired, and it is time for it to die. I will lead the effort to kill the show by officially denouncing it here on Babblog and throwing in the towel on the writing of all future Survivor related articles. I hereby officially quit as the Survivor correspondent for Babblog. I know, I know, wipe away those tears. It's hard to part with such breathtaking, cutting edge journalism, but you'll SURVIVE. :)

Brenda can be reached at brenda@babblog.com.