Survivor Nicaragua: The Old Folks Get Rid of Jimmy Johnson

I am enjoying Survivor Nicaragua so far.

I enjoyed the Episode 2 boot of Shannon by the young tribe.

But, I did not understand the unanimous booting of Jimmy Johnson from the Elder Tribe in Episode 3.

Maybe I was not paying close enough attention. Did the oldsters blame Jimmy for coaching them to defeat in the Immunity Challenge, not putting in a new sand bag tosser to replace Tyrone who quit having luck at getting the bags on the barrels? Jimmy T begged Jimmy J to put him in. Eventually Jimmy J sent Jimmy T to toss bags, but it was too late.

I would have thought the logical boot was the wheezing geezer Dan. Marty plotted against Jimmy Johnson. In the end everyone went along with voting Jimmy Johnson out of the tribe. Except for Jimmy Johnson. I assume he voted for Dan.

I also did not understand the logic of Marty sharing with everyone that he had the Hidden Immunity Idol. And some of the others saying this made the tribe stronger. I think I need to get Survivor for Dummies to help me better understand what I am watching.

Survivor Nicaragua: Young Tribe Loses & Kicks Out Shannon

That is Shannon on the right. He was very bitter about getting kicked out of his tribe tonight.

Just as the previews had indicated, Jeff Probst's first question at Tribal Council did open the biggest whoop ass at the start of a Tribal Council in Survivor history.

I think before his tribe got to Tribal Council some of Shannon's tribe might have been placing there vote elsewhere, but Shannon's hot-headedness may have turned a vote or two against him, which left only, I think, 3 voting for Brenda.

That is Brenda in the middle, with Chase to the left of her. Chase had an alliance with both Brenda and Shannon, but turned on Shannon after, I think, Shannon tried to get Chase to turn on Brenda.

Survivor is such a complex, treacherous game.

Meanwhile on the Old Geezer team it turned out to be one of them who took a tribemate's shoes, filled them with sand and sent them out to sea. Last week's previews made me think this happened on the Youngster Tribe.

But it was a crazy ol' coot named Holly who went all wackydoodle from the Survivor stress. Before she took one of her fellow Geezer's shoes, Holly took away the food that Jill was eating and threw it away. Holly's breakdown grew worse as she decided she could no longer play Survivor. But then Coach Johnson had a pep talk with her and got her back in the game.

Had the Geezers not won immunity, it likely would have been Holly kicked out of the tribe.

An amusing thing, the CBS website still calls Jud by his Jud name, but on Survivor's opening credits it is now calling him Fabio. Tonight Fabio went from seeming like a dumb blonde to seeming a bit more grounded, goofy, but grounded.

In his final shot at his tribe, Shannon derided their childish immaturity and said he should have been on the Geezer team because he had been married for 11 years.

I forgot, another of Shannon's charming moments, at Tribal Council, was when he asked Sash if he was gay. That then degenerated to a catfight between Sash and Shannon over how many women have been blessed with them. Shannon seemed to turn more and more stupid the more he talked.

Very amusing Survivor tonight.

Oh, and Jill figured out where the Hidden Immunity Idol was, and then for reasons unclear to me, told Marty, which then had another Geezer involved. Eventually the trio found the idol and now have to figure out what do to with it.

Survivor Nicaragua: Wendy Kicked Out of Geezer Tribe

That is Wendy in the cowboy hat, making her exit from Survivor, after being the first kicked out of her tribe in Survivor Nicaragua. What's the deal with the strange cemetery the bootee walks through?

I did not realize the new season of Survivor started up this week. My DVR somehow did not get the memo that Survivor had moved from Thursday to Wednesday.

I told myself I could watch it online, if I felt the need.

And then today I discovered my AT & T U-Verse DVR thing has a new feature called "Video on Demand." I've no clue how this technology works, but eventually I found my way to CBS and Survivor.

I always have trouble at the start of Survivor. Too many people, too little plot. The Geezers vs. The Babies twist was sort of good. I guess. The Geezer who got the boot, Wendy, stifled her personality, which seemed sort of fun, to me, when she finally unstifled herself, after she got evicted.

Jimmy Johnson is one of The Geezers. A lot of the other Survivors seem to know who he is. I know who he is due to living in the Dallas zone where the fact that a former coach of the Dallas Cowboys was on Survivor was news here. Apparently Jimmy Johnson coached the Dallas Cowboys long ago, when they actually won a lot of games and were in Super Bowls.

I think Jimmy Johnson is the oldest of The Geezers. He had a real rough time his first night, no clue it would be so miserable. He told his tribemates he was on Survivor for the adventure, that he knew he could not win the million, but he wanted to help one of them win. No one believed him.

When the Survivors finally met up with Jeff Probst, after some bantering, Probst told them about a new Survivor twist. The Golden Medallion of Power. Or something like that. First one to find it, had the Power. Whatever the Power was.

The girl who, I think was a cheerleader for one of Jimmy Johnson's teams, found the Power. Probst then divided the teams into The Geezers and The Babies. Then he tempted the Power Holders with a treasure chest that they could have if they gave the Power to The Geezers. They did so.

Then at the Immunity Challenge we learned that if you play your Golden Medallion of Power all it gives you is a slight advantage in the challenge. You can opt to keep the Power to use in a future challenge, which is what The Geezers decided to do. Had they used the Power, the Medallion of Power would have gone to The Babies Tribe.

The Golden Medallion of Power seems a goofy twist to me. I'm sure I'll end up liking it. But, right now it seems goofy.

The Babies with their Treasure Chest got fire, while over on The Geezers, one of The Geezers, I think her name was Jane, used her magic powers to quickly make fire. That was impressive.

Let's see, what else was notable. Well, one of The Babies lost part her lower leg due to a birth defect. Her prosthetic device seems to work well.

Another of The Babies has his teammates saying he is a Dumb Blonde. I don't remember what his name is, but they have taken to calling him Fabio.

Another odd thing. All the guys on The Babies Tribe seem to be wearing the same type boxer underwear. Not the loose baggy type, but the stretchy tight type. And for some reason the fronts of these boxer shorts must be blurred out. This type blurring always seems really perverse to me.

Next week I think it is The Babies who go to Tribal Council, due to the previews showing Jeff Probst at Tribal Council saying something like "In 21 seasons of Survivor that is the biggest whoop ass that has ever erupted from the first question at a Tribal Council."

I am guessing it has something to do with Fabio.