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Jim Early (missyae): I think he's one of the better players but he can never win. He can get pretty far but he will never win. It's like Courtney [Yates] said, you could have a potted plant and Russell sitting there and the jury would give the money to the plant.

David Mumpower: God, we love Courtney. Human beings shouldn't be that funny.

Jim Van Nest: On that we agree. Love Courtney!

Jim Early (missyae): I love Courtney, too.

Jim Van Nest: He IS missing the end game, that's for sure. I do still think he deserved to win Samoa. Heroes Vs Villains, not so much. Also, Russell must LOVE David and Kim. He's not even Russell on BOP anymore...he's ELR (Evil Loser Russell), which they used to differentiate him from Russell Swan.

David Mumpower: Does Russell see it that way in your experience? Has he accepted how much more popular Sandra was? I heard that he had the incident with the fan the night he lost the first time. Knowing absolutely nothing about the details, I automatically presumed some fan taunted him about losing and he went off.

Jim Early (missyae):
He has his fans, too. You either hate him or love him, not much middle ground with him. And no, he won't accept how popular Sandra is, never will. He has told me before he hates her.

Jim Van Nest: Actually, judging from the responses to his Facebook posts, he has some crazy loyal fans.

David Mumpower: The most apt line in the history of Survivor was Sandra saying, "This is what I do. I hustle Survivor." She hugs people, takes their wallets and they hug her back all the while.

Jim Early (missyae): Sandra is great!! Shes been a very good friend to Survivor Whispers and the fans love her

Kim: When did Russell start to feed you boot information and spoilers?

Jim Early (missyae): I think he wanted the extra publicity that I could give him online. He saw how popular my spoilers were and I was slanting my postings in a very pro-Russell manner to please him. Maybe he felt it would help him win fan favorite?

Kim Hollis: How long did it take you to build his trust?

Jim Early (missyae): He started out giving me little clues, teasers, seeing what I could figure out myself and I was pretty good at it. It eventually got to the point he just told me everything he could remember. He had a hard time remembering a merged tribe name of all things. He remembered all the boot picks with no problems, all the challenge winners with no problems.

David Mumpower: The way you are describing him reinforces the opinion I've had that he has the worst Napoleon Complex in the history of reality television. Is there anything you would say to change my mind?

Jim Early (missyae): Pretty good analysis, David.

David Mumpower: Did he describe to you the process he had for unearthing hidden immunity idols sans clues? Independent of what I think of him, I'll always be impressed by that.

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