Things I Learned Watching the Survivor All-Star Finale & Reunion:
1) Even reality shows aren't safe from stunt casting during sweeps. At some point between the time they left the island to the time they reunited at MSG, Amber was replaced by a liposuctioned Trishelle, Boston Rob was replaced by A.C. Slater, and Jenna L. was replaced by a less-attractive Liz Phair.
2) Rupert rules! I loved that when he came back for the first time as a juror, he was still wearing his tie-dye shirt. Everyone who'd been kicked out before him had cleaned themselves up and changed into fancy clothes, but not Rupert. I was beginning to wonder if he even owned another shirt until he came out for the final jury wearing a button-down shirt.
3) Big Tom creates killer catchphrases. I hope that "Don't be stupid, stupid!" becomes as big as "Show me the money!" did.
4) Large groups of people are always retarded. Who the hell would want to be at MSG to watch this live, let alone pay a scalper $450 for tickets? The cheering, the booing, the "awwwwwww-ing" was all so grating... it's okay to watch the show, but come on, get a life!
5) There are exceptions. The one time I was pleased with the audience was when they booed Jerri so much that she left during the commercial break. Hilarious! Her life is just completely ruined. She could've been singing "The National Anthem" and still gotten booed offstage.
6) CBS is just as bad as NBC. Anyone who DVRed (or, if old-school, taped) the finale and not the reunion missed finding out the winner. It's not that hard to properly schedule programming, or if it was planned that the winner would be revealed during the reunion, tell people about it!
7) The "shocking twist" was a major let-down. Viewer's choice award is a cool concept (especially since it will hopefully make Rupert a millionaire), but it's hardly a shocking twist. Oh, and if CBS is reading, you may want to fix the voting link, which doesn't seem to be registering votes at all.
Now that the season is over, hopefully I can cut myself off from Survivor as I did after the first season ended.