The Robfather

Who was that guy?

I want a floating ring match

I watched it. Not sure what to think about it. Seth, you idiot, you choose. Twice. Stop second guessing yourself. Is Luke going to go through all the Cooper girls? heh

Well, that sucked. I mean, I expected her to pick the hunk. And he wants to be an actor. Again, big surprise. I just hate that she had to break Brian's heart like that. She knew he was clingly and she knew she wasn't interested in him. She should have given him the axe long before the final two to avoid this shit. I don't care that she and Gilbot want fame, but it does bother me that she used Brian as a means to prove she wasn't shallow for so many episodes. She is a really nasty bitch. Oh and Gil. Good luck with that acting thing.

Welcome to the OC, bitch! (Just needed to be said) How the hell did I get hooked on this show? I remember seeing the promos when it first started about a kid getting a second chance, but I hated that he was getting in a fight in the first episode. I just thought it was 'one of those shows.' I don't know what, but it just seemed off. Oh yeah, it began when I saw a promo with Seth and his romantic dealings, watched it, loved it. Then, I preceded to download all the old episodes off the internet. I love this show so fucking much. Its insane. Its amazing how much of a bitch Summer was in the first episode, all the way to now. Her character has really changed. Well, she's still a bitch, but she isn't a cardboard cutout bitch like she was in the beginning. I'm glad Seth grew a backbone in regards to the public vs. private acknowledgement issue. Is it just me or is Mischa Barton a horrible actress? She cant pull off all these melodramatic situations TPTB put her in. Frankly, I wish Oliver had killed Marissa.

Sue knows she can't win, so she 'Hatches' a plan to accuse Survivor/Burnett/Jeff of sexual harrassment by allowing Richard to do that challenge naked. She quits and now will plan to sue everyone. That is my theory.

I am going to predict that she picks the hunk next week. She'd break the Joe's heart anyway. Hopefully, he'll get some dates after this. They are giving Adam, the final Joe from the first season, his own show. That's the only way a Joe will ever win if he is in charge of the picking.

link "Like every other institution, the Washington and political press corps operate with a good number of biases and predilections. "They include, but are not limited to, a near-universal shared sense that liberal political positions on social issues like gun control, homosexuality, abortion, and religion are the default, while more conservative positions are ‘conservative positions.’ "They include a belief that government is a mechanism to solve the nation's problems; that more taxes on corporations and the wealthy are good ways to cut the deficit and raise money for social spending and don't have a negative affect on economic growth; and that emotional examples of suffering (provided by unions or consumer groups) are good ways to illustrate economic statistic stories. . . . "The press, by and large, does not accept President Bush's justifications for the Iraq war -- in any of its WMD, imminent threat, or evil-doer formulations. It does not understand how educated, sensible people could possibly be wary of multilateral institutions or friendly, sophisticated European allies. "It does not accept the proposition that the Bush tax cuts helped the economy by stimulating summer spending. "It remains fixated on the unemployment rate. "It believes President Bush is ‘walking a fine line’ with regards to the gay marriage issue, choosing between ‘tolerance’ and his ‘right-wing base.’ "It still has a hard time understanding how, despite the drumbeat of conservative grass-top complaints about overspending and deficits, President Bush's base remains extremely and loyally devoted to him -- and it looks for every opportunity to find cracks in that base. "Of course, the swirling Joe Wilson and National Guard stories play right to the press's scandal bias -- not to mention the bias towards process stories (grand juries produce ENDLESS process!). "The worldview of the dominant media can be seen in every frame of video and every print word choice that is currently being produced about the presidential race. "

Great episode. Richard has no chance at winning, but damn, he caught a shark! A survivor first! He's legacy is secure. RobC doesn't get to play with the big boys. Uh oh for Mr. 8 Ball. He could be in danger. His tribe has a strong work ethic and he is being pegged as lazy. Drunk Amber wanted a kiss from Robfather. Next week she says, "You're so... (hot?)".... I did here a rumor of a used condom.. will these two make Survivor history? I understood what Tom was saying, but given that Tanya's dad did die in a car wreck during Survivor 5, it might not have been the best way to phrase it. Rupert REALLY screwed up on that challange!

At the end of the segment, they showed a clip of him getting powerbombed and let Jonny Fairplay make a short pitch. He also did a bit of Rupert bashing. "Nice guys finish 8th"

Ha! Sounds like going to RAW was a great idea for Chris... he'll be lost in mid-card hell in no time. Fuck you HHH!

The Robfather rules All Stars Island!

Oh my lord. That is some funny shit. Pretty clear this student is just trying to get a reaction out of the school and students, and it seems to be working.

Clinton was played up as a smart man who believed in nothing, other than his own political survival. Bush is played as an idiot, but someone who actually believes in a few things.

Heard this quote on the radio... thought it was funny... USC are the national champs the same way Al Gore is the president

The following is part two of a three part "Torch Talk" with Jon Dalton, a/k/a Jonny Fairplay, a top villain on the recently completed season of "Survivor" on CBS. He is also a former outlaw indy wrestling promoter, indy manager, and personal assistant to Roddy Piper who is now shopping himself around for a job with a major pro wrestling company as an on­air character. The interview was conducted Dec. 18, 2003. Keller: With Smackdown and Survivor going head­to­head, did CBS think you might help draw those wrestling fans who flip channels during commercials to get addicted to their show, Survivor, also? Fairplay: My thing was I did wrestling references initially just to make my own drinking game for my friends. My initial thing was my friends were to drink every time I made a wrestling reference. Well, almost every time I was shown there was a wrestling reference. It turned out my friends were drunk the entire show. I think they stopped drinking when I made a wrestling reference just to make sure they heard it. It turned out the opposite of my initial plan. I was constantly in the middle of challenges or when we got the boat, I was throwing up Wolf Pac signs and Hardy Boyz signs and V1 non-stop. I loved it. I had a blast. And of course the trademark Jonny Fairplay sign. Keller: Why should WWE even consider hiring you? What could you do for them? Fairplay: I think I could be of service for WWE in either one of two roles. Being a heel manager, how I started in the business, I think would be great. My thing with being a heel manager is that I'm too small to be a wrestler, plus too unathletic to be a Rey Mysterio. I think my size is good because I make these big guys look even bigger. Number two, I can be a mouthpiece for guys who can't cut the promos they need to get to the next level. I think I'm super­valuable in that respect. But also as a commentator I think I'd be good in that fashion. I don't know how much time (Jerry) Lawler has left on his contract, but I think a fresh new heel commentator on Raw would definitely be an asset. I think (Michael) Cole and Tazz are flawless. Gosh, I love those guys. (Jim) Ross and Lawler, I love them, but at the same time I don't see anything wrong with updating that crew. Keller: Do you think being on Survivor improves your chances of being hired by WWE or do you think WWE might see you as being too exposed as who you really are and thus they couldn't reshape your character into something they specifically wanted. Vince McMahon has a history of creating characters, but you've already done that on CBS yourself. So could having been on Survivor work against you? Fairplay: I hope not. I hope that they see that they have a package already created for them. (laughs) They can put their efforts toward other places where it's definitely needed. I hope it doesn't work against me. I know the possibility that it could. I think they'd be crazy not to take the ball and run with what I'm giving them. Keller: Do you think that you'd fit in well if you were brought in by WWE as an on-air character? Do you think behind the scenes you'd be at risk of rubbing wrestlers the wrong way just as you rubbed your castmates the wrong way during Survivor? Or would you and the wrestlers be able to separate your Survivor character from who you really are behind the scenes? Fairplay: You never know. You hear all the horror stories of people who are ostracized. I mean, Zach Gowen, the guy came in with arrogance and people just don't like the kid. I do have arrogance which is one of my faults, but at the same time I have so much respect for the business and so much respect for the guys in the business that I would hope that would translate to those guys and they wouldn't shun me for this other stuff. Plus, I spent my time on Survivor putting them over. It wasn't that I sat there and said wrestling is stupid. I went on there and said wrestling is the greatest thing on the planet. It's cooler than Survivor, it's cooler than anything. Keller: If you did work for WWE, how different would you be behind the scenes compared to who you appeared to be on Survivor? Would people be surprised if they followed you around at WWE backstage at how different you are when the camera isn't rolling? Do you ever turn off your personality that we saw on Survivor? Fairplay: It's a tricky question in that I feel the best performers that you see, the best superstars that you see out there are the ones who do carry themselves as a larger than life character outside of the camera's eye. When you see the guy out there being amazing and when you meet him and he's a boring person, not only have you pulled back the curtain, you've thrown it on the ground and it seems everything you've seen is a lie. With me, I am larger than life in person. Not size­wise. I want people to know, yes, it's an act, but there is a huge, huge part of it that's a shoot. I like walking, like Bruce Mitchell says, with that rock-star quality in the airport. People see me and think I'm not some schmuck who lives what he says, like Ric Flair. Keller: Do you think Vince McMahon would be crazy not to hire you? Fairplay: Absolutely. I love the guy (laughs). I worship the guy. I think he's being handed something on a silver platter here. Does he need me? No. Do I need them? No. Would I want to be there more than anything? Absolutely. Is it a match made in heaven? I can't think of a better one. Keller: If WWE doesn't come calling, are you interested in working for NWA-TNA instead? Fairplay: Yeah, I'm definitely interested. They've been in contact with my agent and they've been in contact with CBS, so there is interest there. I am interested. They want to bring me in as a heel manager. And that's also not a bad avenue for me in that I wouldn't be typecast as a wrestling guy if I were to do that in the Hollywood community because Hollywood doesn't really know about NWA-TNA, so that would leave the avenue wide open for me to do TV and movie stuff which I do have great interest in and offers are available. If I do WWE, Hollywood may frown upon that. It's a touchy situation there. I want to do the best thing for me. And I'm crazy not to. But at the same time, WWE has always been a dream. Being part of WrestleMania is a huge dream for me. With WrestleMania being at Madison Square Garden, it's just like the timing couldn't be any more perfect. At the same time, once I make my bed I have to lie in it. Keller: What did you think of Bruce Mitchell's article on you? Was it accurate, was it fair? Fairplay: Yeah, it was awesome. Bruce is my favorite writer in the business. And he's a great friend. He's helped me out businesswise more than anyone, no comparison. I was flat out just honored that he would write about me. And it wasn't for me begging, if that's what people think (laughs). I mean, this, a "Torch Talk," if you had told me a year ago that I was going to have a "Torch Talk," I would have said, "Of course, I deserve it. I don't see it happening (laughs), but I believe I do!" Keller: Was there anything in the column about how he portrayed you and wrote about you that surprised you? People are sometimes surprised at how others perceive them. Fairplay: No. The only thing I was disappointed in was I was hoping for ten more pages. I was hoping for the first Torch Encyclopedia to be written on me. Keller: What is your earliest involvement when you went from a fan to being in the mix in wrestling officially on some official level? What's your first story outside of watching wrestling and collecting wrestling dolls? Fairplay: In 1998 when I was 23, I was living in Greensboro, N.C. and there was a wrestling school being run by Ken Spence, supposedly one of the Assassins. It was at this warehouse or a barn behind some house. The ring was just so bad; I mean, like it had lawsuit written all over it. I showed up and said I'd like to learn how to take bumps. Five guys there pummeled me for like 20 minutes. Powerbombs, every move in the world. They didn't tell me how to take bumps. They just did moves. It was so backyard it was ridiculous. I think by the time I left I had a busted lip, a bloody nose, and probably a near concussion. I was dizzy for an hour afterward. I thought it was ridiculous. So then I saw they were having local shows in Greensboro for NDW. I met Bruce through Hitch, a friend of his who has a comic book store. I got in touch with Bruce to get ECW tapes. Then I expressed my interest to be involved in wrestling. He got me in touch with Chris Cruise and I did an angle where I was the crazy fan. The chairshot was all messed up. It was a clusterf­­­. I take full 100 percent responsibility for screwing it up. Then I learned to take bumps with Manny (Fernandez), Otto Schwanz, Joey Abs, and those guys. They schooled me on their own. Then when I moved to D.C., I met up with Axl Rotten and he taught me a lot. The guy knows the business and he taught me more than anyone else about how to do interviews, mannerisms, and teaching me other stuff. I'm not a big fan of my punches. He told me not to do punches, do forearm shivers instead. He said it's ridiculous for a big guy to sell anything you do anyway. He taught me the intricacies that make the difference. I owe the guy so much for that. When Bruce saw me again, he recognized that I changed, I now got it. I was a different guy out there. I learned that one big bump in a match is more important than four half­assed bumps. Stuff like that took my game to another level. Then I went to Portland, Oregon and began working with portland Wrestling, it took me forever to get an opportunity. They didn't think I looked like I'd be able to do it. Maybe they thought I was more show than go, then I went out there and they saw I could back it up. Playboy Buddy Rose totally marked out for me when I first met him. He told me he wished I he knew when he was my age what I knew then. Now Playboy Buddy Rose hates my guts because I ran a promotion and wouldn't give him the 500 bucks he wanted for me to book him on the show. There was a time where he totally marked out for me and that was awesome. Keller: How many indy shows were you a part of before you went to Portland? Fairplay: Maybe 30. Keller: Did you go to Portland to be part of that wrestling scene, or did you go there for other reasons and just end up part of the scene because wherever you go you're going to end up looking for the wrestling scene? Fairplay: There's no way you can be successful in life and say you're just going to do indy wrestling. I think the 50 bucks I'm going to get isn't quite going to cover rent, $300 jeans, and make sure I can spend $300 every night I go out to clubs. At the same time, I wanted to maximize everything that I did. When I moved to L.A. and seeing as there was just XPW here at the time, I thought the run was over. XPW is not a product that is for me. I'm not into scarification. I love the way I look and I don't want to change that. I love hardcore. I watch it, but I'd rather watch Eddie Guerrero vs. Dean Malenko classics than King of the Death match. That's just what I like. Plus I'm a huge fan of just promos. I have a tape of just four hours of Ric Flair promos and I like that just as much as I like that Ric Flair DVD with matches. I bought an 8,000 dollar Rolex just so when I did my red carpet interview I could say, "Rolex says it's Jonny Fairplay time." Keller: When you went to Portland and got involved in the indy scene there, how did you end up promoting your own illegal outlaw indy shows? Fairplay: I came in as a heel manager in Portland Wrestling. They needed someone to do commentary, so they used me with Don Coss. I was doing commentary and cutting crazy one­liners that was a little more adult than anything they had done on Portland Wrestling before. It was so amazing afterward. Don said, "You're great. You're amazing. Do you know who you remind me of? Have you ever heard of Scott Levy?" I said, "Yeah!" He said I reminded him of Scott. He said I was identical to him when he was there. I thought that was the best compliment you could ever give me. Raven is possibly one of my biggest heroes in wrestling. I worship the guys' promo ability. I think that guy gets it more than most. And to get a compliment like that from a guy who worked with him almost brought tears to my eyes. I don't think anyone could say something that comes close to that compliment. From there I started doing a little bit of booking. They were doing such hokey stuff at the time. I thought it was ridiculous. They were finally starting to go with some of my ideas, but they were shooting down others. I was still making 40 bucks. F­­­ this. I decided I could make more money on my own. I knew a guy who had a ring. I looked into a promoter's license and all that stuff and basically they were telling me all the things I'd need and all the guys I couldn't use. The best talent weren't licensed because they couldn't afford the hundreds of dollars for all the physicals and paperwork. These kids just didn't have the money. If I wanted to use the best wrestlers, and they're not licensed, then why run a licensed show. If I wanted to do the best show possible, then do it. And then when the commission would show up at the shows, I told them they couldn't come in. You're not allowed in the building, it's sold out. Keller: And they didn't call the police on you? Fairplay: No, I continued to run shows. They would call me on a weekly basis. They told me I was making their life a living hell. They even saw the ridiculousness of it. They told me their problem is they get phone calls from Ed Moretti and Buddy Rose on a daily basis. They were making those calls because I wasn't paying them to be there. So that's the game. If I wasn't going to use them, they were going to try to shut me down. The commission people told me to call it anything other than wrestling. Then I started calling it Hardcore Sports Entertainment and things like that. I did every little loophole in the world. The next week they'd tell me that Buddy and Ed called again and said they were going to the police. Every week I had to come up with some new loophole. Finally I got a letter from the State Police who told me not to run any more shows or I'd be fined. I kept doing shows and never heard another word from them. I used their letter to roll a joint, actually (laughs). Keller: How many shows did you end up running? Fairplay: Maybe ten over a few months. My show was on TV for like four months. The TV show was produced and done well. It was on every Saturday night at 8 o'clock on cable channel 15. I think I paid $2,000 per show to have it on. I was writing the shows, producing, editing. Jim Valley and I were doing commentary. I was going and selling advertising for the shows, helping with commercials. I was doing everything. You can't trust others. I'd give others posters to put out and I'd go to their house a week after the show and the stack of posters is sitting there beside their bong. Jim Valley and I just worked ourselves crazy trying to do it right. And we did. We did a great job of it. But eventually finding venues got difficult because cops came to every show because I'd have wrestlers fight in the street and go across the street into bars and fight on pool tables. I'd work it out with the bar, but the fact is that they would wrestle and the entire arena would empty out and everyone would follow them down the street and they'd fight in front of the public transportation buses and the buses would call the police. It was hilarious. Keller: Was your goal to make money or have fun and break even or have fun and lose money, who cares? Fairplay: My goal was to make a videotape collection for myself. There's no money to be made in indy wrestling. Anyone who tells you there is is a liar or they think they know a money mark. You can't do it. It's been proven time and time again. If ECW couldn't make money, then no one can make money. Keller: At what point did you say it's time to move to the next chapter of your life? Fairplay: I'm not really sure what the straw was that broke the camel's back. Oh, I know. I lost my power for three days. It was more important to me to have that show on the air and to make sure the boys got money than it was for me to have power in my house. At that point I decided it was stupid. No matter how much I loved it, I had to say smart is smart and dumb is dumb. And, you know what, I feel I gave it that good ol' college try and I proved to myself that I could do it and I am happy with what I did do. Keller: How did you become an assistant to Roddy Piper? Fairplay: I was living in Los Angeles when I received a call from Bart Sawyer, who is an awesome guy. He really helped me a lot when I was in Portland. We became really good friends. I received a call from him. He said, "Roddy is moving down to L.A. and he needs an assistant. He's trying to do movies and stuff like that. I thought you'd be perfect. Are you interested?" I said yeah. He had Roddy call me to set up an appointment to have lunch. So he called up and said (imitating Piper talking slowly and softly): "This is Roddy Piper." I go, "Awesome." He said, "I want to meet at the Palms restaurant." I agreed because they have expensive food and I love expensive food. So I met with him. I was waiting in the parking lot and he drove up and I walked over to his car and I asked if he wanted to smoke a bowl (laughs). Then we went in and talked for like three hours. He asked me about myself and what I had done. We talked for three hours. I told him about college, wrestling stuff I'd done, the other jobs I'd had. That was it. Then he asked what I was doing the next day. He asked to meet for lunch the next day. We met for lunch again and he goes, "So, tell me a little about yourself." So basically we had the same conversation again for three hours. The next day he asked to meet again. So this happened like three days in a row. On the fourth day he said, "Well, I don't know what you've got going on or what you're doing in life"—this, despite the fact that we had discussed this for three hours three days in a row—"but I'd like to offer you a job." He said he needed an assistant. He told me to take the night to think of a price and let him know the next day. So I met with him the next day and said this is the price I need. He said, "Done deal. You now work for me." I was upset; I should have asked for more. Yet the price I said was more than I had ever made in my life and I was perfectly happy with that number anyway. Plus, when you work for Roddy he doesn't let you pay for anything anyway. So the number I got was straight profit. He doesn't allow you to pay for meals. Keller: For how long did you end up working for him? Fairplay: About eight months. It was every day I'd wake up at 9 a.m. and I'd be at his place at 10 a.m. and I'd leave at 8 p.m. It was every day. The whole time I'm driving home he'd call. Basically you lose your life when you work for him. Keller: What did you do for him? Did he really need a full­time assistant or was he just buying a pal for 80 percent of the time? Fairplay: His accountant works non-stop. He was trying to do the movie stuff. I would go and meet with producers, directors, writers, like 60 percent of the day. I'd read scripts for him and let him know if they were worth looking at. I have a pretty good mind entertainment-wise. I can tell you if something is sh­­it or not. I can also tell if something sucks ass, but if the money is there, who cares. It's not like Roddy's done great movies. He did two—"They Live" and "Hell Comes to Frogtown." But "Immoral Combat" and some of this other stuff, they're f­­­ing D-movies. Keller: If you met with him for three days in a row and he didn't remember any of those conversations, who is hiring him and why for anything? Fairplay: We sat there with a casting director one day and he said they had a movie, the budget was $20 million. He explained, "There is a black minister in New York who is willing to fund half of the money if he can have dinner with you." We were like, "Where does he want to eat?" That's how movies get done. When you're watching a movie that sucks, the only reason that movie was made was so that a minister in New York could have dinner with Roddy Piper. That's how that movie got made. They just pick one script out of 10,000 sitting on the shelves and go with it. That's how stuff gets down. It's hilarious. Roddy's a name. When you want to pick a wrestler to be in a movie, there's not too many out there who could do it and could do it with the charisma and name value of a Roddy Piper. Keller: From seeing him in TNA, I don't see how he would function well enough to be a participant in a project with his mind seemingly floating out in space somewhere. Fairplay: Well, when something is scripted, like in WWE this last time, when he knew word for word, he'd deliver. You can't deny that. The guy is taking acting classes here in L.A., one of the best teachers there is. We'd sit and run lines. He did the scenes from "True Romance" with Dennis Hopper and Christopher Walken. We would run lines every day getting the scene down. The guy got it. He f­­­in' got it. The guy's done this so long, he knows how to turn it on and do it. But when he freestyles out there, time has been tough on the guy.

Not sure how much you can believe what Jonny has to say, but it is an interesting read... link Every Thursday night, a few million wrestling fans watch WWE wrestlers recite their signature catch phrases. For the past few months, nearly 20 million viewers every Thursday night have been watching Jon Dalton, a/k/a Johnny Fairplay, spout off the wrestling catch phrases of Ric Flair, Randy Savage, Razor Ramon, and others. Fairplay has been deemed by numerous media outlets the most villainous and devious heel ever to play Survivor. A lot of people wonder if reality TV is worked like pro wrestling is. Some former cast members have made accusations and filed lawsuits claiming the contest isn't on the up-and-up. In this "Torch Talk" with Fairplay conducted Dec. 18, he talks about the manipulation through editing by producers to create certain characters for the show and addresses rumors that even more of the show is worked for the sake of TV ratings. He also talks about the reactions of the producers and his fellow castmates to his obsession with pro wrestling. Wade Keller: How did being close follower and participant in the wrestling industry over the years influence how you approached the game of Survivor going into it? Jonny Fairplay: Survivor is basically a game of faces and heels. As far as TV time is concerned, cutting heel promos guaranteed me more airtime than anyone else. As far as strategy in the game, good backstage workers like Triple H were definitely inspirational in how to manipulate others and get the things that you want. Keller: I know some people watch Survivor and think that contestants should have a code of honor even in the attempt to win a million dollars because you're living with these people for 39 days. It seems you went in there thinking this whole thing is for television so you would say or do anything to get the money. Is that how you approached it? Fairplay: I approached it as a gameshow as far as the rules were concerned. The only two rules in Survivor are you can't attack another player and you can't conspire to split money in the future. Those are the only two rules. The motto is "outwit, outlast, outplay." By outwit, that means lie, cheat, and steal - pull a Latino Heat (laughs). Keller: At any point while you were in the game, did you get the feeling other people in the game looked at a lack of honesty as as much of an affront as they would have outside of the game of Survivor? Or did everyone accept everything was fair game even if you surprised them with how far you were willing to go with the deception? Fairplay: Out there you know that everything is fair game. I think I changed the way the game is played in the respect that I was more malicious than any other survivor before. As a result, people became more malicious than they would have otherwise ever been. I brought out the worst in people. I mean, there was so much they didn't show. I mean, I hid our food i the woods for 12 days. I wouldn't tell people where they were until after tribal council. People would burn other people's clothing when they went to go get wood. They'd throw it in the fire and say, "I don't know what happened to it." Producers said they had never seen more hatred between players than they did this season. And I'm happy about that. (laughs) Keller: Do you think at the reunion show on Sunday that everybody was past any hard feelings and saw the game for what it was, which was just making good television, or do you think absolutely there was strong resentment toward people, especially toward you, for how the game was played? Fairplay: I think everyone gave me credit for being the best Survivor player of all time. Anybody who has been interviewed going into the finale of the reunion special had said that. As far as ill-will, the only ill-will is by Lil and that is something she has to live with. I'm not losing any sleep over it. Keller: She has ill-will toward you? Fairplay: She's crazy. She's absolutely nuts and no one really liked her there. I noticed that a lot earlier than anyone else. That's why I continued to carry her along. But post-Survivor, she hates me and I kinda don't like her for screwing up my (chance at the prize) money. Keller: Being part of the show and then seeing the show on television, do you think there was strong manipulation to create certain images that were deceptive or were an unfair representation of what happened? Or was it such a good portrayal of reality that it was practically a documentary? Fairplay: I think the only person who was really portrayed accurately was me. I mean, I was about as evil as possible. But obviously people liked me in that I was there that long. Some of the more harsh things I said were done in the one-on-one interviews that nobody else heard. Those were just heel promos for me. No one liked Rupert. We're sitting there watching this show and they're like, "Rupert, America's Favorite Survivor." I mean, we all hate Rupert. There's a reason he didn't make it past the halfway mark. They created that character. Burton became really evil toward the end. We were hand in hand in doing some of the most ruthless things ever in the history of Survivor. However, his character was that of an all-American. The editing was done in a way to not jeopardize that. You never saw how evil Burton became. Keller: So the producers wanted a clear delineation between him as the babyface and you as the heel of your pairing? Fairplay: Yes. I was cast as the villain. Burton was the all-American. Rupert was the pirate. Darrah is the quiet Southern girl. I mean, Darrah talked all the time. She talked about chocolate chip cookies and a boob job, but she talked all the time. They made it appear as though the girl never said a word. Like Tijuana, she cried every challenge she didn't win. She would cry for like 30 minutes. But they portrayed her as a strong black woman. Everybody had a role and the editing is done to make sure that that role is portrayed. Keller: Do you think there was a portrayal of people that was so different from reality that it wasn't even close to being a documentary of what happened on the island, or do you think it was more a case of oversimplifying people's characteristics and excluding things that contradict their oversimplifications. Fairplay: It's a little bit of both. I mean, the fact that no one liked Rupert I think is a huge editing ploy. They created America's Favorite Survivor. Rupert was not. The guy lost his temper on a daily basis. It was only shown once, him losing his temper, and the only time that was shown was with me. He lost his temper to the girls, everyone. The guy has mental problems (laughs). Keller: Do you think the TV show turned out the way anybody who was part of the cast who lived through the experience expected it would? Fairplay: I sat there everyday and said, "Next show, they're going to show this on the show." And the next day I'd say they‘re going to show this. Everyone was like, "You have no clue what they're going to show." Then I received calls the entire season from the other Survivors and they were like, "You predicted every single exact thing they were going to show." I said, "Look, I know what would make the best TV. As a result, I knew what they were going to show." For instance, at the tribal council with me being drunk, the other Survivors said there was no way they were going to show that. I guaranteed they were. They didn't show the fact that I actually fell off my stool, but I had a very clear idea of what they were going to show. There were other people in denial, thinking they were going to have much more airtime. I told them, "You know, you're not that entertaining. You're not entertaining to me on this island, I don't think you're going to be entertaining to 25 million people." Keller: Do you think if you had never followed wrestling that you would have been as accurate at pinpointing what the producers would decide would most resonate with the viewers? Or did your background help? Fairplay: Sure. Absolutely. The wrestling background was huge. When I had my own promotion in Portland, Oregon, I produced, wrote, edited, directed, I did it all. I knew the things to take from that and I just carried it over. Keller: Do you think that the producers of Survivor are deceptive or hiding anything significant about how that show is created or produced as wrestling promoters did for decades in the 1900s where they wouldn't want the secret out? Or do they have nothing to hide? Fairplay: No, they are monitored by the FCC like the movie Quiz Show. Like with the fish thing. I was convinced that maybe one of the producers had thrown out the fish to create animosity. I talked to a producer about it. He said, "We don't have to do anything to mess with you guys. You guys are insane. If we did anything, it would probably make you guys less crazy. There'd be no point in it." They are governed by the FCC, so they aren't doing anything that would jeopardize them or cause huge fines or lawsuits. Keller: Do you believe any of the accusations made by other cast members in previous seasons that there was manipulation by producers, or are those just sour grapes? Fairplay: Definitely sour grapes. It's not worth it to them. And they have no reason to. If they really wanted to manipulate the game, Sandra would not have won the game. Lil would not have been in the final two. I was responsible for every person I had the chance to throw a vote against being eliminated from that game with the exception of Burton and myself. Unless I work for the producers (laughs). Keller: How did you originally get cast for Survivor? Fairplay: I had just gotten through having sex with my buddy's girlfriend and I was on my way to pick him up. We stopped by a gas station and she went to get gas and I went out to go get a soda and I was on the soda on the corner waiting for her to finish and the casting director drove by and locked up her brakes and got out of her car and she was like, "Do you mind if I ask you a crazy question?" I was like, "You're hot, why not?" She asked if I ever watched the show Survivor. I said, "No, they're a bunch of losers." She said, "Well, I'm the casting director. Would you be on the show?" I said, "No, probably not." She goes, "Well, I'm offering you a 1-in-16 chance at a million dollars." She told me I'd be perfect. I said, "Tell me something I don't know." She said, "That's it, you're on." Keller: What was it about you that got her attention? Fairplay: I had a pretty cool L.A. look. I was rockin' with 0 camouflage pants, a 0 t-shirt, a stocking skull cap, and had the blond curls coming out and the big blue eyes. It was the Cally Boy look. After meeting me and seeing all the arrogance, she was like, "Oh my God, this guy is great TV." Keller: Did any other members of Survivor get cast that way or did they all send in applications? Fairplay: Yes, myself, Christa, Burton, Shawn, and Nicole. Keller: Is being cast off the street something they don't like you guys to talk about since so many people send in tapes. That seems to make the show seem a bit manipulated if they're actually casting certain types of people for the show off the street without letting that be known? Fairplay: The problem is they receive 80,000 tapes every season and the problem is they bring these people in for interviews and they have nothing to say during the interview. They ask what they do for fun and they say, "I don't know, I play softball." Then two minutes of silence. They figure if they can't entertain them for three minutes, what makes you think you deserve an hour of our time a week on television. A lot of people who take the time to do those tapes are just really geeky people and it's just really difficult. You don't want to do the show with someone who's going to be scared to death of the camera. When you see someone is beautiful or larger than life or exciting, that's the person she wanted on the show. People get upset about it. But, you know what, if you're exciting enough, they're going to see your tape and pick you. I mean, the sad fact is out of 80,000 tapes, they only found 11 people. Some of these people applying are fat and in front of their keyboards more than they are out living life. That person would make for a horrible athlete and a boring person. Keller: Do you think others besides you performed for the cameras even at the exclusion of their chance to win because they wanted to be stars more than they thought they could win the money? Fairplay: Yeah, Shawn spent more time making sure that his buff looked good on his head and concerned with how his hair looked and all that than actually playing the game. As a result, people hated the guy. They couldn't stand him because people thought he was doing Survivor just to get his girlfriend back who left him for another guy. As a result, the guy was portrayed as an idiot on the show and he was trying to do the exact opposite. I think it was hilarious. The cameras didn't bother me at all. I didn't even notice them. My biggest problem was not paying attention to the cameras in that my language was just so bad that after the first day they told me nobody is going to know I'm on the show because every other word was "f---." At the same time, I was always cutting jokes. When I was doing Ric Flair impressions, I was getting across some stuff I wanted to TV-wise but at the same time, I was also entertaining the rest of the Survivors. They didn't want to get rid of me because I was an entertaining guy and they were bored as sh-- every minute of every day. Keller: How boring is it out there? Fairplay: That's the reason I was on it as long as I was. Most people show up and they have two stories because most people don't have really exciting lives, so they tell these two stories over and over again. And by day ten it's like, "Shut the f--- up. I know! You went to the store." It's just boring lives. I've led one of the most exciting lives of anyone I know. I mean, I've done some pretty amazing things. I tell these grand tales of wrestling or the L.A. club scene. I've been able to do some crazy stuff. Going to the Players Ball at the Pimp of the Year Awards with Roddy Piper. That's a crazy story. I have a crazy story for almost every day that I've been alive. Every day I was their TV. They hated my guts, but at the same time they'd probably slit their wrists if they had to sit there and listen to Darrah talk about chocolate chip cookies and boob jobs. Keller: How did the other castaways respond to you being a wrestling fan? Did they want to hear stories or did they think you were just a big geek? Fairplay: I was scared in the beginning to talk about wrestling. I know the stigma that pro wrestling carries with most people. It wasn't until maybe day two or three that I mentioned wrestling to a couple of people and they loved it. Christa emailed me right before the episode where I voted her off and she was excited to see what I had to say when I wrote down her name. She said, "You wasted Razor Ramon on that dumb bitch Michelle." She got Ric Flair so she was pretty happy about that. But it got to the point where even if you weren't a wrestling fan, they just wanted to hear stories. Some of the wrestling stories are some of the most incredible stories out there anyway, so it didn't matter if it was wrestling related or not. Plus, when you are talking about something you really feel passionately about, it makes for a better story and you want to be as entertaining as possible. Keller: How many good solid wrestling stories did you have? Did you have a new one for every day? Fairplay: I probably had ten new ones for every day I was there. Keller: Did the producers and castmates know you had aspirations to work for WWE before the show was over? Fairplay: One of the questions during the Loved Ones Challenge when I said the grandma lie, one of the questions was "What would be your person's dream job?" I wrote, "Work in wrestling." My buddy Thunder D wrote: "Work for the WWE." And Jeff Probst goes, "WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment!" I couldn't believe he knew what WWE stood for. There were tons of wrestling things said between producers and myself. They referred to me as Wrestling Guy. During the editing, the casting director called and told me they were using almost every reference I made because they're adding a demographic they never had before. It was smart of them to include the people in their ratings. They see the numbers that WWE does. Why not add that to the 20 million they already had.

OU isn't going to lay down yet

This game has been fun to watch

OU really needed that

7-0 LSU

Well, a turnover a piece. This is getting interesting.

Well, they were looking good

LSU is looking good