Sorry all, short podcast this Thursday.

The food auction returns and a few win food and one loses and heads off to Exile Island. As the girls eat chocolate cake and Erik licks it off their fingers, Jason is busy at Exile looking for the idol. After a short search he finds the idol!

Reward challenge brings a few past challneges back too - breaking tiles, fitting puzzle pieces together to make a wheel, and using two planks to cross a rope bridge. In the end it is James vs. Erik. Happy birthday to you Erik - your present is the immunity idol

At camp the girls plot to make Jason comfortable in his place with the tribe, while behind his back plotting to make sure he or James are voted out.

Jason becomes too comfortable and trusting and in the end gets blindsided and like his idol, Ozzy, is off to the Pondi.

Thanks all for joining the live show and chat. We’ll be back either mid-week or by next Thursday. Please keep continuing your wit and humor throughout the week by posting on the blog.

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Anthony Robinson, Survivor Fiji, is with us as we talk about the current Survivors, the game, and the chicks! Anthony still keeps us laughing and he and Mike have their moments. Then Mike and Marji talk about the Survivors and each of their chances of winning it all. As Anthony says, being popular is nice, but getting the million dollars will get you a lot more. Will Amanda be able to work it on her own? Will James be able to work it and stay in the game? What are Alexis and Natalie chances? And Cirie are you the best player who isn’t there but is?

Live show again Thursday, 9:30 EST. Come join the fun.

Favorite quote of the show: “Some funk’s comin’ off the brother!” (Anthony Robinson, 2008)

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Live show for all coasts to participate. Go to http://Survivor.TubeCasts.com/LiveShow

Yea - we have two challenges again this week!

For the reward challenge the group is divided into two teams, one person swims out, crawls through a net tunnel and climbs a platform. On the platform are a series of symbols. The person studies the order of the symbols, swims back and then tries to duplicate the order of symbols. First team to correctly put the puzzle in order wins. There are to be two teams of four players - that means there is one player left over. Jason, Ozzy, Eric and Amanda are one team Natalie, James, Parvati and Alexis are on the other team. That leaves Cirie. Cirie is sent to Exile. Jason’s team wins! They fly off to Yap and enjoy dancing, feasting and … (well you all know what Mike would be saying).

The immunity challenge is simple in design - stand on a post with your arm in the air tethered to a bucket of water - drop your arm and you are out. 20 minutes into the challenge Cirie and Erik quit for a bowl of candy (why?????). The others drop out and with 6 hours into the challenge Parv tells Jason he should take Jeff’s offer of food and quit. Jason wants a guarantee that he won’t be voted out then and with fingers crossed everyone promises to not vote him out - so would you have believed them? Jason drops his arm, shares his food with the others and Parvati wins.

All think Jason is a fool to believe the promises but Cirie has a plan to make the move and vote Ozzy out. She pulls the group together and in the end Ozzy is the fool to not play his idol. Ozzy is out.

Topics:

• The game - outwit, outlast, outplay

Predictions:

Thank you everyone!!!!

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Armchair Survivor Bonus: Leif Garret - I’m Made for Dancing. Erik should probably avoid being associated with this — Leif was pretty lame in this video. No wonder he decided to get some street cred and do a little time.

As many of you know, both our children’s births were near death experiences. Coincidentally, it was pretty cool when Mike’s brother, Gerard (we call him Jerr) became involved with the March Of Dimes. Every year at this time Jerr is involved with the “March for Babies” (formerly called the “March Of Dimes WalkAmerica”) both looking for sponsors and people who will participate.

In testifying about the good that the March of Dimes has brought to our society, there are two personal events Jerr has witness: the two lifes of our two children (Gabreille and Nicholas — they sometimes interrupt the show). Jerr’s niece and nephew are alive, in large part, because the March Of Dimes has worked very hard to improve the chances for those born prematurely (read more about the specifics here). Without the good March of Dimes brought to neonatology we would probably be parents only in name — with merely two urns of remains to call children. Instead, they lived. For that we are eternally grateful.

Once again, this year Jerr is doing his part to raise money for the March of Dimes so if you’d like to participate, please follow the links below. We and the March of Dimes appreciates anything anyone can do.

Click here to sponsor Jerr as he Walks for Babies	Click here to sign up to Walk For Babies yourself

Of course, if you do either, make sure to tell Jerr that Mike and Marji sent ya (it’s for bragging rights at Christmas and Thanxgivin’ — you know what an a-hole Mike likes to be).