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.

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"

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. "

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.

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

Hasselback looks like a fool now