The Funny 115
#115. Colby's Ridiculous Hat
Australia - Episodes 8-12
This is one of my all-time favorite moments and there was no
way I was
going to cut it. Because in the 8th episode
of Survivor: The Australian Outback, Colby all of a sudden has a giant
fur-lined hat. He just shows up with it
one morning while sleeping and no explanation is given. We've never
seen it before, and we don't see it again for
a few episodes, but there it is, perched atop Colby Donaldson's head.
Colby all of a sudden has a giant big-ass
bombardier hat.
Where did he get it? Did he have it all along? And why did
we never see
it before? This has always intrigued me,
because you can't just drop a giant hat on a guy eight episodes into
the season and not explain it. There should
have been a confessional about it, or a snide comment, or something. I
mean, it's simple editing 101. You can't
introduce a character like the giant hat without giving some sort of
back story about it! Did Colby kill an Eskimo
to get it? Is he really a Russian Cossack? Are giant fur-lined hats
standard winter attire in Christoval, Texas?
What was the story behind that frigging hat??
Like I said, Colby's hat shows up in episode eight, then it
disappears
again. But the best part comes a few episodes
later, during the Rodger boot episode, when Colby actually wears the
big ass hat to Tribal Council! Check it out!
The big-ass hat even makes a featured appearance when Colby
casts his vote!
Like I said, this was always one of my favorite unexplained
Survivor
moments and that vote for Rodger was the last
time we ever saw the hat again. I expected Jeff to ask about it during
the reunion show but sadly the audience
was left hanging once more. Pity.
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