More About: Willard, Angie and James

Just when I thought that I would never hear about Willard, Angie and James again, I come across a radio station in Canada (96x Edmonton's #1 Hit Music Station) that interviews each Survivor after he/she is voted off. Each former competitor gets interviewed by the morning show's hosts, BJ and Shannon, for about five minutes. The interviews are on the radio station's web site in MP3 format.

I've listened to the interviews of Willard, Angie and James and here are my notes:

Willard
It turns out that Willard is a hockey fan and an even bigger fan of curling (yes, curling). They talked about curling on TV for a little while (and Willard talks about the "crap on American TV"?). For more information about the exciting sport of sliding large rocks on ice visit the World Curling Federation web site.

Then thankfully the talk turned to Survivor. Wanda and Coby had a real emotional investment in the game. They really cared about doing well and were students of he show. Willard said he went on Survivor more as a joke (note: he previously mentioned a bet with his wife and friends; and Survivor as a way of getting in shape). He was asked if he planned to fly under the radar. He answered "no", but that's what the situation called for since he had heat exhaustion on day three and foot problems. (This is about the third time he's mentioned his mysterious foot problems without being specific. He's only said that he couldn't put on his shoes. If anyone knows any more details please leave a comment or contact me.) Willard never really considered what he'd do if he won the million dollars. He doesn't need the money, he's not really into things. (Maybe he could go see more curling matches.)

Interesting factoid: Willard met and moved in with his wife on the same day (the 1970s were wild times, weren't they?). They've been happily married for 34 years now.

Angie
She hasn't been nearly as interesting as she was on Survivor. Angie's appearances on the Early Show and Survivor Live were pretty uninspiring, which continued with this interview (I scribbled "bunch of nothing" in my notes.) She said Survivor was a once in a lifetime experience and she has no regrets (*yawn*). It was funny to watch Ulong continue to lose so much. Katie really made her mad when she watched the sock puppet show. The black panties Angie wore on Survivor are safely tucked away (what, no eBay auction?).

Interesting factoid: Angie phoned in the interview from her current place of employment - a New Orleans bar that's open 24 hours a day. The patrons have been very supportive of her.

James
As always James was oddly entertaining. To start, they talked about a whole lot of nothing but it was interesting. They played an audio clip where James said it "feels bad to have my butt whooped by a homosexual" (that would be Coby in the sumo wrestling challenge). Then they moved on to him being voted off. James feels betrayed by Stephenie and Bobby Jon. He said Stephenie is "just butch enough to write like a man" which is why Bobby Jon thought James voted for him. At Tribal Council he knew something was up when he heard Bobby Jon breathing heavily behind him. He just didn't know what really happened until he saw the show on TV.

The Knots. James admits that he "miscalculated their (Koror's) intellect" when tying his knots. Koror got through them a little faster then he thought they would. Ulong lost the challenge because they had fewer knots on the box and Koror had more knots. It was a case of quality versus quantity. Survivor changed his life. James said before the show he took his wife and four kids for granted, but not any more.

Interesting factoid: The first thing James did after Survivor, he "fornicated with his wife and roasted hot dogs and marsh-mellows with his kids." (Now that's what I call a new appreciation for one's family.)

James in TV Guide
Confirmed: his wife is a stripper and her name is Brandi (that sounds like a fancy city stripper name and not a good redneck stripper name). She sat on his lap throughout the interview. James said Brandi wants to confront Stephenie in a non-violent way about betraying him (isn't that what the reunion show is for?). James said that he has no regrets about being politically incorrect. He lost 22 pounds during Survivor.

Interesting factoid: James needs a job, "I take care of the kids and [Brandi] takes her clothes off for money."

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