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marigold:
Jeff Probst posted a blog on his myspace:

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Blog 6 Survivor Gabon June 20, 2008

JUNE 20, 2008

Just arrived basecamp in West Africa after traveling for 3 days. Left LA with layovers in Paris and then Libreville. Finally arrived Gabon this morning. Most of the crew is still living in tents. Small, individual tents and some people are sharing! It's like the old days! Our housing units, which are small modular rooms were delayed, they have just begun to arrive.

In typical Survivor fashion, the first housing units that arrived were given to those who had been here the longest. It doesn't matter that they weren't the most senior people, the highest paid or even a head of department. The only thing that mattered was they were most deserving because they had been living in tents the longest. Those who arrived later are still in tents.

Since I am the last one here, I too am taking my tent. There is no room for hierarchy when you are all living together. I am not going to sleep in my modular unit until everybody else is in theirs. Until then, it's tent B1 for me. Fortunately I have friends near me so if I snore too loud, they'll let me know!

The last time I was in a full on tent situation was … Survivor: Africa! When we were in Kenya we all lived in tents and it was actually really fun. We'll see how we all hold up 14 seasons later and how long it will be "fun!"

I arrived at basecamp and we immediately rehearsed the open. It's very cool. This season will have a completely different terrain than ever before. Beautiful rolling hills of green! There are huge valleys, and craters that look as though a U.F.O. has recently landed there.

Weather is not as hot as China and we are all happy about that. I'm hoping it stays this way for 39 days.

Our crew is in amazing spirits considering what they have been through. It has been our toughest location in the history of our show. Everything has been delayed – housing, food, supplies – it's been one disaster after another.. and yet… the show hasn't been affected at all. It's kinda crazy how everyone has come together. Today we literally had 25 people who had the day off (a rare thing out here) volunteer to help build housing units. Our medical team, our camera operators, art department crew – it was like our own version of habitat for humanity! I have to emphasize that a day off is a very big deal and to give that up to help other departments shows you that even after 16 seasons we are still a very tight family.

I also got my first look at tribal council. Jesse Jensen and Dan Munday (our Production Designers) have done it once again. You're going to love it!

My goal is to add blogs throughout the season. Let me know if there are general areas you're interesting in learning about and I'll do my best to share.

Thanks again for all of you who are so loyal to Survivor. It's because of you that we all still have jobs!

Jeff

marigold:
An interesting article:

Jeff Probst Celebrates Emmy with New Survivor

A week after winning the inaugural Emmy Award for outstanding reality host, Survivor's Jeff Probst is still staring incredulously at the statuette in his living room.

"It didn't hit me 'til the other day," Probst tells PEOPLE. "I came downstairs and I had my tux still slung over the couch and the Emmy still sitting on a coffee table with a piece of paper with my name on it."

Adds Probst, "We won an Emmy a few years ago for the show but this one, as an individual award, it feels good. I am so proud of it. I'm not embarrassed to say I left it out on the coffee table!"

At one of the after-parties on Sunday night, "Kristin Chenoweth and I hung out with Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka and they were so gracious," Probst says.

Other well-wishers included his fellow nominees. The day after the show, Probst says, "Ryan [Seacrest], Howie [Mandel] and Tom [Bergeron], all three called me and each one said, 'You deserved it.' That meant as much to me. These guys know the kind of work we do and they made it feel Okay."

But now Probst, 46, is relaxing at home in Los Angeles while the current season of Survivor, set in Gabon, Africa, is on the air. "Gabon was actually a very hard season," Probst says. "But things just played out that there was a group of people who were likeable and endearing in an almost naïve way, and there was another group that was take-no-prisoners."

The host adds teasingly: "Will a nice person win or will a mean person win? The season is a slow burn but there is a definite build to the end!”

Link:  http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20229369,00.html

RudyRules:

--- Quote from: TARAsia Fan on September 22, 2008, 12:45:45 PM ---In other news today, Jeff was seen pushed out of a helicopter by Mark Burnett.  :snicker: :snicker:

--- End quote ---
:lol:  I wonder if Burnett was just joshing around or whaat? 

RudyRules:
Aww, I love the way Jeffie writes in his blog.  Good to read about the background stuff and all the work that goes into making the show a huge success.   

marigold:
An interesting article:

Exclusive: Jeff Probst creates new show for CBS



Survivor’s Jeff Probst has created — and will host — a new reality pilot for CBS, EW.com has learned exclusively. The show, Live Like You’re Dying, will feature a person who has been given a terminal diagnosis with a finite amount of time to live and “take them on the last adventure of their life,” according to Probst. That adventure will include reunions with lost friends or formerly feuding family members, a “legacy moment” that will ensure their name carries on forever, and living out a personal dream. “It could be playing guitar with Eric Clapton or jumping out of a plane into a volcano,” Probst explained to EW.com. “Whatever it is that you’re still desiring to do in your life — we want to make it happen.” (A new subject will be profiled for every episode should the show get picked up and go to series.)

Of course, a program profiling people with terminal diseases runs the risk of being just a tad morbid, but Probst insists the show will be inspirational rather than depressing. “The focus of the show is not death,” says Probst. “The story we’re going tell is about living. This is a show that is intended to inspire everybody to get the most out of their lives every day.”

Joining Probst on the project is his Survivor boss Mark Burnett, who will also be executive producing, and Denise Cramsey of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Trading Spaces, who will act as showrunner. Production on the Live Like You’re Dying pilot will begin in January (after filming has wrapped on season 18 of Survivor), and no air date has been set should the show make it to series.

Link: http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2008/10/probst-creates.html?xid=rss-feed-todayslatest-20081020-Jeff+Probst+eyes+new+series

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