Un-Broke: The Cribs Edition

I don't know if this is going to be good or not, but I'm definitely going to be watching. Isn't that right Professor Puggleface? Friday, May 29th at 9p ET on ABC

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Survivor: Tocantins, Episode 12 Recap

Coach needs his own theme song. "And then there's Coach!" He had so many one-liners this episode I should have written them down (more gold with his belief that his alliance is the bestest alliance ever just because he gave it a name). Any time he mentions the words "integrity", "warrior" or "honesty" you can see his brain working triple overtime trying to help him ignore the fact that his actions and his words have nothing to do with each other. I know he believes himself, that is what makes him so entertaining. But boy I'm glad he isn't my next-door neighbor.

I don't even know what to say about the fact that his visiting loved one is...his assistant coach. What they coach together is never mentioned (chiropracty perhaps?), and I'm not sure I'd want to know anyway. It is absolutely something you'd expect, but at the same time I have to admit it made me a little sad for him too. That is, until he bragged to his assistant coach "Did you know they call me the Dragon Slayer?". Um, Coach, no one calls you the Dragon Slayer. You call yourself the Dragon Slayer. There is a BIG difference, not that you would ever understand something like nuance.

While Stephen is arguably the brains behind his alliance (I say arguably only because it hasn't taken much brains to outwit Timbira), he has been a disaster at each and every challenge. So I give him props for his win here, especially because he came from so far behind.

I don't know what to say about Debbie. Stephen keeps saying that he thinks she is a clever player who is "playing hard", but I never saw that. I think his compliments come from a place of paranoia more than anything else, so he is giving her way too much credit for her scrambling. Debbie went home not because her scheming was anything unusual, but only because the boys got paranoid about her somehow doing, I don't know, something. She seems like a terribly nice lady, and other than her ridiculousness with Sierra over the last few weeks, I think she played the best game she was able, and as usual I appreciated her high-road farewell speech. Also I bet she gets a terrific makeover for the final show. But while I was sort of hoping for Coach to go, I wasn't sad for it to be her either. As long as Coach goes next. I mean, I love him, I really do, but the relentlessness of his ego is wearing me down, and I just can't tolerate a Dragon Slayer speech in the finals.

Side note - my Dad was here this week and watched American Idol with us. The rock week theme was pretty hard for him to get over. "I like two kinds of music", he says, "Country, and Western." Still, he watched, and thought Danny would go home. I thought the scream was awesome, in a bad way, but not as awesome as Paula slutting it up with a bunch of young boys. I mean, Paula is like my mom, so that was just disturbing. Good for you Paula, but next time remember that at this point in your career, you should be thinking more Marie Osmond than Cher.

Benny Lava...(WITH LYRICS) Halarious

Some of the translations are a little "R" rated, but it is still just funny. I bet I could spend hours on YouTube watching these things.

Survivor: Tocantins, Episode 11 Recap

Lame. I mean, clearly the audience has been manipulated to like Sierra more than the people who are all there (all of whom seem to totally hate her, which says something), but still, all I want in life is the opposite of what Coach wants. I LOVE watching him be denied those reward challenges. So, no offense Debby, but I was totally rooting for you to be booted, just because it would have stung Lying Liar Coach. (Do you think he will ever admit that he lied, or has he already convinced himself that he didn't?) I also thought it was a dumb strategic move, you always want to break up alliances before you worry about a solo player WHOM EVERYONE HATES. But then it looks like Debby turns against Coach next week, so obviously the Coach/Debby thing isn't what we've been led to believe anyway.

The one thing I will give Coach credit for is not freaking out about Tyson. I expected a freak out. If I were Tyson I might be a little hurt by their indifference, but I assume playing it cool was a strategic decision that must really hurt. It sucks eating crow, but it was the right decision to make.

Favorite moment of the episode: Coach winning immunity. Not because he won, I hate watching him win anything. But I love that winning a pinball challenge, in his eyes, makes him a Dragonslayer. (Then later to JT "Did you hear me say Dragonslayer?!" He is such a child.) His ridiculous ego gives me such joy (at his expense).

I am curious why Taj voted for Debby, that was a very curious break in the ranks. Erinn voting for Stephen could prove very shrewd. Early in the episode she promised Sierra she wouldn't vote for her, but knowing Debby might get some votes probably couldn't vote for her either. As long as Stephen knew beforehand and doesn't get paranoid about it, it is nice way to cull some favor from Sierra assuming, as I'm assuming, that Erinn has a great shot at getting to the finals. I really don't see her winning, but still, every vote you take away from someone else is a good thing.

So I'm thinking this is going to come down to Stephen, Taj, and Erinn. Coach and Debby will go next, depending on how soon Stephen turns against JT.