Survivor Podcast: Buffs Off

Buffs Off Fiji - Earl the Pearl

Mon, 14 May 2007 16:17:00 -0400

And so the sun sets on Fiji. Another season of survivor has come to a close and Earl has been named the million dollar sole survivor. Joing the Buffs Off crew as they wrap up the finale of Survivor Fiji!

Buffs Off Fiji - Built Yau Tough

Fri, 11 May 2007 11:52:00 -0400

The first can of the Survivor six pack is gone and only five players are left on the island. Join the Buffs Off crew as we recap last night's episode, make predictions for this Sunday's Fiji season finale, and let the air out of Yau-Man's monster truck tires.

Buffs Off Fiji - Counselor, You Are In Contempt!

Fri, 04 May 2007 12:12:00 -0400

We find the defendant, guilty. Despite presenting a strong case with a solid defense and a well executed closing argument, Alex, the attorney from Los Angeles found himself unanimously voted to the jury, leaving the alliance of six. At the reward challenge Boo finally showed some fire, winning the reward and blazing through the immunity challenge where he beat Dreamz and Alex ensuring his safety for at least one more day.

Buffs Off Fiji - Missing Mookie

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 13:00:00 -0400

The moment Clay was dreading finally arrived at last night's tribal council. Mookie was sent home. Join the Buffs Off crew as we recap the highlights and lowlights of last night's Survivor, spew predictions for future alliances, and mourn the loss of Clay's man-love.

Buffs Off Fiji - Apocalypse of the 4 Horsemen

Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:06:00 -0400

The gloves came off last night and it's getting nasty in Bula Bula camp. Alex, Ed & Mookie were played for fools, exposing the idol without real reason! Yao is no longer a player in this game, he is a force of nature. And Dreamz is working on his career as a double agent. Join the Buffs Off crew for reaction to the vote and a little time travel with Christmas Whetstone.

Buffs Off Fiji - Reunited and It Feels So Good

Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:52:00 -0400

Last night the tribes were reunited but they still didn't get to play together. With the losers stuck with an immediate trip to tribal council, members of the new Bula Bula tribe were forced to think for themselves and quickly. Join the Buffs Off crew for another round of morning after mayhem, Yao Pow, and a little man love as well.

Buffs Off Fiji - Tighty Whitey Ouch!!

Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:00:00 -0400

Should I Stay or Should I Go? The emotional roller coaster ride has ended and Lisi's turn is over. Ravu continued their losing ways, going 0 for 2 in the immunity challenge first by proving that they have no rhythm then by proving that everything they do is off target. Back at camp Ravu, Lisi and Dreamz slept while Mookie, Alex and Ed did a little digging and found exactly what they were looking for. Immunity. With both idols in play and a merge coming, it's now anyone's game.

Buffs Off Fiji - Rocky is Hurt, He's Down

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:56:00 -0400

Yao Man is the happiest little survivor on the block this week. He and the Shepard Earl executed flawlessly to get the idol into Yao's hands. Moto won yet another immunity challenge, but there was great rejoicing in all the land when finally Rocky/James/Hungry Hobo/All around jackass is sent home! And he never saw it coming.

Buffs Off Fiji - Lords with Flies

Fri, 23 Mar 2007 15:12:00 -0400

Buffs have dropped and there are whole new tribes this week. Ravu has become a real sausage fest and lord help us, Earl is getting a beach side campsite all sandy. Rocky won't shut up. Anthony won't just beat him down. And poor Lisi has to go play by herself. Someone grab a fly swatter, please!

Buffs Off Fiji - A Model of Imperfection

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 12:04:00 -0500

If insanity truly is defined as repetitive behavior with the expectation of a different result, Ravu is clearly insane. After an embarrassing display at the reward challenge, Ravu proved that not only are they physically weaker, but also mentally as Moto won immunity, downing Ravu in a life-sized version of Memory. Back at camp, Rocky was willing to take the blame, but in the end, Rita, her lip gloss and go stories proved to be too much of an annoyance as she became the latest member of Ravu sent home.

Buffs Off Fiji - Maybe It Was Gargamel

Fri, 02 Mar 2007 11:42:00 -0500

After bailing Christmas Whetstone out of jail the Buffs Off crew is back in full, filthy force. Just as the undefeated Moto tribe says goodbye to an ailing Papa Smurf and a more-than-healthy Liliana. We have reactions to last night's tribal council vote and a strange ode to chowder.

Buffs Off Fiji - Building a Losing Strategy

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:50:00 -0500

Same stuff, different day - another episode, another win for Moto. In what has become a very familiar scene, Ravu came to the challenges fired up, taking an early lead only to fizzle out in the end. At tribal counsel, Ravu proved yet again that they are a tribe without direction as votes were split three ways between Sylvia, Anthony and a throw away vote for Earl. In the end, Sylvia's inability to find the immunity idol cost her as she became the third member voted out of the quickly diminishing Ravu tribe.

Buffs Off Fiji - The Misunderstood & the Malnourished

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:39:00 -0500

Christmas Whetstone where are you? Lacking female intuition this week, the Buffs Off crew wades through another episode of Survivor Fiji. With Moto living large, another Ravu tribe member heads for home. But not before Earl dishes up some Snake & Bake on Exile Island. Christmas, please come home!

Buffs Off Fiji - Boo Say Break'um Box

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 13:36:00 -0500

Nursing their season premier hangovers, the Buffs Off crew struggle to get back in the saddle for the beginning of a wild goat ride with this season's contestants. Fashion stylist Jessica takes a long walk down a short catwalk, while Rocky and Boo show off their lack of box opening skills. Join the fun as we kick off Survivor Fiji - but don't forget your waders.

Buffs Off Fiji Preview Trilogy - Return of the Old Guy

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:06:00 -0500

The Buffs Off crew wraps up their Survivor Fiji Preview Trilogy with more discombobulated discussion (that means bullsh*t) about this season's contestants. Join Clay, Christmas, Sterling and Lance as they get their dirty hands on the CBS rotisserie for a taste of Fiji's slightly seasoned survivors.

Buffs Off Fiji Preview Trilogy - Boston Rob Strikes Back

Wed, 07 Feb 2007 13:32:00 -0500

The snap judgments and ill-informed player predictions continue in Part 2 of our Survivor Fiji Preview Trilogy. Join Clay, Christmas, Sterling and Lance as they continue to dissect this season's Survivor contestants, poke their fingers in the CBS eye, and witness the reincarnation of Survivor's favorite Bostonian.

Buffs Off Fiji Preview Trilogy - A New Dope

Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:36:00 -0500

The buzz is getting louder, can you hear it? Join the BuffsOff crew in the first of three preview shows full to the brim with snap judgments and player bashing at its finest. Listen as Clay, Christmas, Lance, and Sterling work with the itty bitty nuggets that CBS has been gracious enough to grant to them.

Buffs Off Episode 15 - Brains Over Brawn

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 11:13:00 -0500

Snuff the torches and throw down your buffs, another season has come to an end. The finale offered no real surprises as Adam was given the axe and Ozzy continued to win immunity ensuring his spot in the final three, despite a valiant effort from Sundra. In the final tribal counsel Sundra and Becky faced off in a tie-breaking three hour fire-starting fiasco, and in the end, Becky joined Yul and Ozzy in the final three. At the final vote, the "Puppet Master" Yul pulled enough strings to edge out Ozzy and walk off with the title of Sole Survivor.

Buffs Off Episode 14 - Adam Said Knock Her Out

Fri, 15 Dec 2006 11:00:00 -0500

And then there was one. After getting down and dirty in the reward challenge, Parvati continued to get down, working her feminine wiles in an attempt to sway Ozzy's vote to save her and Adam. At the immunity challenge, Ozzy proved once again that he is indeed in a league of his own - making quick work of the balance beam and his puzzle, thus extending his winning streak. At tribal counsel, Jeff tried to provoke a fight over Yul bringing Jonathan his hat, but that quickly fizzled out and Adam's plan to throw Parvati under the bus came through as she became the next member of the jury.

Buffs Off Episode 13 - Goodnight, John Boy

Fri, 08 Dec 2006 11:39:00 -0500

Sorry Jonathan, your story doesn't have a happy ending. In a rare and unexpected win, a blindfolded Parvati and her dad won the reward challenge and joined Adam and Sundra for yet another island feast while Jonathan spent a lonely day on Excile Island. Enticed by leftovers, Yul and his posse abandoned their plan to starve the other survivors and in Jonathan's absence, learned just how harmonious their camp could be. At the tribal council, alliances were broken as members of Aitu and Raro banded together to show their true disdain for Jonathan and his insistent talking as they unanimously voted him out and returned peace and harmony to the island.

Buffs Off Episode 12 - Clownhouse Massacre

Fri, 01 Dec 2006 11:57:00 -0500

Sorry Billy, I think your woman is cheating on you. Shunned by the members of Aitu and sent to exile island yet again, poor Candice knew that her stint on the island was just about up. Despite her best efforts at the immunity challenge, she was unable to pull off a victory as Adam won his first challenge and saved himself for at least another day. Back at camp the name-calling continued as the remaining members of Raro continued to berate Jonathan and plead with the Godfather, Yul to send him home first. But in the end, Aitu stuck to their plan and added Candice to the jury.

Buffs Off Episode 11 - That Crack is Whack Fruitcake

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:08:00 -0500

How does that saying go? If the shoe fits... Unfortunately for Nate the shoe fit perfectly, as he was blindsided by the newly merged Aitutonga tribe. Strategy is in full play as Yul convinced Jonathan to switch sides yet again after revealing that he possessed the immunity idol. In the first individual immunity challenge, Ozzy continued his dominance as he outlasted Candice, clinging to his rain-soaked pole as she slowly slid down hers ultimately dooming Nate and his nonsensical wordplay to the jury. Hey Nate, does that come in a slingback, dawg?

Buffs Off Episode 10 - Tribal Counsel Doubleheader

Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:19:00 -0500

For the second time this season, we got a two for one episode as a demoralized Raro team continued their countdown to extinction after being swept in both the reward and immunity challenge by a determined Aitu team, anchored once again by strong performances from Ozzy and Yul. At tribal counsel Raro decided it was time to get rid of the dead weight and sent Rebecca packing. To further heighten the drama, Raro was presented with the first-ever Survivor "message in a bottle" directing them to immediately vote out yet another member of their dwindling tribe. Alliances quickly shifted as the original Raro tribe banded together to send Jenny back to the real estate world.

Buffs Off Episode 9 - Mutiny on the Aitutaki

Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:40:00 -0500

Bombs away Raro; your immunity ship she is a-sinking. Despite being the benefactor of a mutinous twist, Raro still found a way to lose as the newly streamlined version of Aitu proved that bigger is not always better winning both the reward and immunity challenges over the beefed up Raro tribe. At tribal counsel, Raro showed us once again that in their tribe, the only thing less fashionable than acid washed jeans is speaking up, as they decided to keep the mutineers around for at least another week choosing instead to send home the recently outspoken Brad.

Buffs Off Episode 8 - Keep Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:53:00 -0500

After losing the reward challenge in typical Raro fashion and losing their "Soaring Eagle" Adam to Exile island for a night, the disjointed tribe pulled it together and, with the help of some accelerated assembling at the immunity challenge, came from behind to make quick work of their puzzle (despite the lack of input from their spatial genius Brad) to send Aitu to tribal counsel. At the ceremony Aitu unanimously decided to send home the former roller derby diva Flica Flame. Sorry girl, time to hang up the skates - the jam ends here.

Buffs Off Episode 7 - Everyone's Safe

Fri, 27 Oct 2006 11:50:00 -0400

Maybe to avoid competing with the World Series, this week's episode of Survivor Cook Islands brought us a look back at the first six episodes and gave us all a little more behind the scenes insight on the castaways. From Billy's attempts to form alliances with everyone in his tribe to the Oscar worthy performance Stephanie delivered to J.P., listen as the Buffs Off crew takes a look back, and ahead.

Buffs Off Episode 6 - The Rhinestone Cao Boi & the Cop

Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:52:00 -0400

Whether from a pole or a tribe, parting is such sweet sorrow. In a fire sale with a twist, win or lose, both tribes were forced to pay a visit to the tribal council area, each sending home a member of their tribe. After making Cao Boi their sacrificial lamb, Aitu added insult to injury kidnapping Nate and feasting in front of the depleted and demoralized Raro tribe as they gave Cristina the beatdown.

Buffs Off Episode 5 - Mashed Potatoes or a Million Dollars

Fri, 13 Oct 2006 11:10:00 -0400

How many pounds of mashed potatoes and gravy could you buy with a million dollars? Stephannie will never know. A week after voting one of their strongest members out, and anchored by Nick and Adam, Raro proved that physically, they were as strong as ever in this week's reward challenge. In the immunity challenge, Aitu continued to stake their claim as the dominant team and sent Raro back to tribal counsel with their come from behind win to stand together as one. At tribal counsel, Nate let it all hang out as he called Cristina out on her "bossy behavior", but in the end, Stephannie's comments once again came back to haunt her as she was sent home to enjoy mashed potatoes and gravy.

Buffs Off Episode 4 - Serve, Set, Spike, Kill - J.P. Out

Fri, 06 Oct 2006 11:51:00 -0400

After dominating the challenges the previous week, and reveling in the splendor that was their manliness, the Raro men were quickly brought back to reality as Aitu swept both the reward and immunity challenges - in part to Ozzy's aquatic agility, and Yul's ability to pull Becky and Candice through a hole half the size of their bodies. At tribal council, the estrogen alliance flexed their newfound strength and continued the slaughter of the original Aitu tribe as J.P. became the third member of that team, and first of the new Raro voted off.

Buffs Off Episode 3 - Merging Tribes Do Not Yield

Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:11:00 -0400

"Buffs off" No really. The social experiment is over. Only three episodes in, the survivors are no longer separated by race. The four tribes merged and now stand as two. Picked in traditional schoolyard "I'll take him" fashion the new Aitu and Raro, squared off in their first immunity challenge, a throwback to episodes past where the teams run through knee deep water trying to catch each other. Despite being one of the strongest players on the island, Yul was unable to carry the load for Aitu and as a result Cecilia was voted out. Join the Buffs Off crew as we look back on episode 3 and say farewell to Cecilia.

Buffs Off Episode 2 - The Day That Metal Died

Fri, 22 Sep 2006 13:20:00 -0400

Crank up the volume and kick up the distortion, as Episode 2 of Survivor Cook Islands brings us the Ballad of Billy. An inspired movement filled with deception, disgruntled teammates and delusions of love, this tortured tale ends with a chorus of "the tribe has spoken" and the metal guitarist loosing his flame. And speaking of flames, the Hiki tribe shows us that even when you have the tools, starting a fire might not be as easy as you think. Sit back, listen to the surf and join the Buffs Off Crew as they look back on the day that metal died.

Buffs Off Episode 1 - The Beginning

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 17:00:00 -0400

Still nursing their season premier hangovers, the Buffs Off crew hunkers down and takes a look back at the first episode of Survivor: Cook Islands. From the Asian camps spiritual and mystical encounter with the "bad wind" (not the type your Grandma gets) to "Forsaken" skulls in the Latin camp, the first episode of the 13th Survivor Installment brings plenty of fodder to the Buffs Off TV tray. Put your ear up to the weather beaten studio/bomb shelter on Pukapuka island to hear Christmas Whetstone, Clay Melon, Lance Manion, and Sterling Inwood get their first taste of conflict and carnage from the Cook Islands.

Buffs Off Bios - Behind the Mic

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:40:00 -0400

Ever wonder who's behind the mic? Sneak a peak through the looking glass and learn more about what, other than beef jerky and lukewarm beer keeps these degenerates going.

Shove Off! Buffs Off Survivor Preview

Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:57:00 -0400

The castaways are ready to heat up the Cook Islands and the Buffs Off team of air pirates is ready to gnaw on that first episode gristle. But first, a preview of what's to come in this peg-leg stomping, chaw-choking, official unofficial Survivor podcast. My Odeo Channel (odeo/94b257e5897f0d31)