Re: [Paddlewise] disaster- talk to the guy

From: John Fereira <jaf30_at_cornell.edu>
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2004 10:50:03 -0500
At 10:46 PM 2/1/2004 -0500, Michael Daly wrote:
>On 30 Jan 2004 at 15:27, John Fereira wrote:
>
> > Even "Survivor" always holds it challenges in warm climate venues.
> > Having a bunch of half naked people running around on beaches would
> > get better ratings than a bunch of young people in thick parkas on
> > "Survivor Greenland".
>
>What's interesting is the difference between the US version and the
>original UK version of the show.  The Brits sent a bunch of
>competitors to Canada for one show.  They dropped them in the
>wilderness just north of Frontenac Provincial Park (just north, in
>turn, of Kingston, ON). They chose the spring, which put them into:
>
>Prime mosquito and blackfly season.
>Very cold lakes and rivers.
>Warm days and cold nights.
>etc.
>
>They had to canoe their way to freedom - but they didn't know how to
>canoe.  The competitors weren't chosen for their cleavage and they
>barely survived.

Which series has been a greater commercial success?  The Brit version or 
the U.S. version?
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