The Funny 115 - version 2.0
When I was researching entries for the new Funny 115, a friend
of mine named Juhani suggested I go back and watch the first episode of
Heroes vs Villains. He said, "Hey towards the end of episode
one, there's this completely random shot of Coach and Russell on a see
saw. There's no build up for it or anything, it just comes
out of nowhere. Courtney just walks by them and there they
are. It has got to be one of the biggest WTF moments in
Survivor history."
So I went back to watch Heroes and Villains and yup, there it was.
Russell is talking about how the Villains won the immunity challenge
earlier today, so now they can just kick back and have fun and not do
any strategizing the rest of the day. And then we get the
famous shot (below) of Courtney walking through camp.
In this shot you see Russell and Coach, two of the most intense
badasses
to ever play the game of Survivor, two guys who are so much larger than
life, and rarely ever smile or break character for the camera, jumping
up and down on either side of a log like they are about eight years
old. They look like
they are having a blast. The first time you see it, it looks
exactly like two kids who are hopping up and down on a see
saw.
At
the end of the clip, the image to the right finally registers with
Courtney and she does a weird little double take.
That's the
part that kills me. It finally registers in her head what she
is
seeing, so she flinches and probably says the exact same thing
that all of us said the first time we saw this clip.
"Russell and Coach on a see saw? WTF?!"
Great moment.
Perfect entry for the first moment on the new Funny
115. There are going to be lots of bizarre entries like this
on the
countdown this time around, so get ready.
P.S.
A bunch of us were talking about this moment on Survivor
Sucks
the other day (that's the focus group for most of these entries, I
trust Sucksters' judgments on Survivor moments more than any other fans
on the internet) and a poster named AttackoftheJoe wrote "it doesn't
look so much like they are see-sawing, but like Coach is trying to
launch Russell like a catapult." That image stuck in
my head
and made me laugh. And then I remembered, hey there used to
be
this video game in the late 70's that was exactly like that.
You
had two clowns on a see saw, trying to launch one another into the air
to retrieve balloons. I think it was called Circus.
I asked if anyone could make me an animated gif file of the old 70's
video game Circus, and sure enough, a poster named IAmNotChrisDaugherty
(Matt) sent me the one below in about thirty minutes.
God bless the internet.
I love Survivor Sucks sometimes.
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