A typical picture of Robb in mid-meltdown
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#108. Two B's. Two B's, guys.
Thailand - Episode 6
This moment wasn't as laugh-out-loud hilarious as some of the others on
this list, but I always thought it was
funny and charming in a sweet kind of way.
Day 18 was Robb Zbacnik's last day in Survivor: Thailand. Sook Jai had
lost the logic flag puzzle immunity challenge,
they were going to Tribal Council that night, and most everybody knew
that Robb would be the one going home. His
time in the game was just about up.
The problem, however, was that nobody on Sook Jai knew how Robb was
going to react. Here was this kamikaze skater
punk, who had a motor mouth, a hair trigger, and was a stressed out
bundle of energy at all times... and I think
people were a little worried about what his reaction was going to be.
What would happen when Robb saw his name
come up at Tribal Council? Was he going to snap and start screaming at
everyone? Was he going to throttle somebody
like he had tried to strangle Clay? Was he going to tear up the Tribal
Council set like a five year old throwing
a temper tantrum? Or was he going to fling himself down to the ground
in protest like he had just stepped on another
stingray? All of those seemed like very legitimate possibilities. And
nobody was entirely sure what was going to
happen.
A typical picture of Robb in mid-meltdown
Even though Robb had given an emotional speech around the campfire that
night, talking about how much he loved
everybody, and how much the game had changed him, deep down I think
Sook Jai was still a little wary of him. They
had seen too many random outbursts to think he would actually be able
to control himself. Robb just seemed like
he was destined to go out with a bang.
Robb's epiphany the night of Tribal Council
All of this was interesting, but it really didn't matter to Sook Jai,
because tonight was the night Robb was supposed
to go home. So one by one, they walked up to the voting podium and
wrote down his name. Everybody on the tribe
voted for him, and then they came back to their seats to wait. And
possibly brace themselves for how he was going
to react.
And what happened is the #108 moment on this list.
"Two B's. Two B's, guys."
The votes started coming up, one after the other. "Rob." "Rob." "Rob."
But the funniest
thing was that Robb wasn't even all that upset. Everyone expected some
sort of outburst, but it never did come.
It turned out that Robb truly had changed and grown up since his
epiphany around the campfire just a few hours
before. In fact he seemed downright amused by the fact that he was
leaving the game. The only reaction from Robb
at all was when he jokingly corrected all the misspellings of his name.
He simply chuckled and said "Two B's.
Two B's, guys." And that was it! There was never anything even close to
an angry outburst. Robb just walked
up to have his torch snuffed, told Jeff "thanks, brother", and then
thanked everybody for playing the
game. He said "Much love, much love" and "My hat's off to you guys" and
that was it! There
was no anger or no drama whatsoever.
"Thanks, brother."
Robb Zbacnik's exit from the game wasn't all that funny on a comedic
level, but the fact that his reaction surprised
everybody has always made me chuckle. And his "Two B's" quote is one
that has stuck with me even to this
day. The phrase was cute, it was charming, and it was easily one of the
best moments of the entire season.
And it came from Robb Zbacnik, one of the best characters we have ever
had on the show.
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