The
Funny 115 - The Third One
#73.
The Nale Family
San Juan Del Sur - all season long
In the twenty-ninth season of Survivor, Survivor: San Juan Del Sur,
we were treated to the latest in the producers' never-ending orgy of
ridiculous twists. In this one, first time players would be
competing against someone they had an existing relationship with.
Basically, we would be doing "Survivor: The Amazing Race."
So in the opening, we were treated to an endless parade of
beautiful TV people who will be playing against their loved ones
Like these two
Or these two
This twist was so
much like the Amazing Race, in fact, that naturally the producers had
to cast a team we already seen before on the Amazing Race.
Twice. Just
because... well... because TV.
Our Amazing Race crossover
So in the opening, we continued our parade of beautiful TV people who
were going to do beautiful things for us on TV.
Or these two
And
then, finally, we got to the stars of today's Funny 115 entry.
Who can only be described by a comment I got from a reader of
mine named Kyle Mineault.
Kyle, why don't you provide the caption for the next picture for us?
"I
just remember the opening sequence of Keith and Wes, and thinking to
myself, what
swamp did they find these two in?"
Yes,
we have finally come to that point in the countdown. It's
time
for my tribute to two of my favorite characters of the modern Survivor
era.
This is my tribute to Keith, the constantly spitting
firefighter from Keithville, Louisiana
And his McNugget-eating champion son, Wes
Who were always good for a fun confessional
And who never failed to make the other players (or Probst
himself) laugh
Before
I go into my favorite Keith and Wes moments, I have to point
out
that this was, without question, one of the entries that people
requested the most when it came to the Funny 115. When I
first
started asking around for ideas for my new Version 3 countdown, I swear
like
40% of the suggestions I got were some variant of "WRITE ABOUT KEITH!
WE NEED TO SEE LOTS OF KEITH!" So right off the bat
I
already know this is going to be a popular entry. Even if I
screw
it up and somehow don't do justice to the legendary Nale
duo, the
fact that it is about Keith and Keith alone has already made it one of
the
version 3 favorites. Which is good for me, because (I hate to
say
this so I will use my really small voice) Keith
doesn't actually have that many huge moments in SJDS. Most
of his funny stuff is just a quick little line here or a funny little
quip there. That's
why (like Tony) this character entry will be one of his only F115
appearances. Please
don't hurt me.
Sorry I accidentally hit ya with mah spit
Okay,
with that out of the way, let's dig into Wes and Keith and their top
twenty-five moments in Survivor: San Juan Del Sur.
This is the entry you know you were waiting for.
And away we go
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THE TOP 25 AWESOME THINGS ABOUT
WES AND KEITH |
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#1.
When Keith comments on his son's mental fortitude
This
is one of the most perfect character introductions Survivor
has
ever had. This is where Wes is explaining how it's his time
to
finally move out of his father's shadow, and become the dominant one.
I believe this is the first time we
actually hear the two of them speak.
"This is my time. This is showtime for me, I
think."
"Social aspect. Physical aspect. Mental
aspect."
"I feel like I got it all."
Comments, dad?
"You're about as mentally strong as that rock."
Wes
#2.
That time when they couldn't make fire
This
is one of the funniest storylines in San Juan Del Sur. It's
day
zero (not even day one), and Keith and Wes are already having problems.
They were given flint and a striker to start a fire, and
guess
what the only outdoorsmen pair in the game has managed to do with them?
That's right, one of them lost the striker.
Well hell, where is it?
A stronger pair of hunters/outdoorsmen there has never been.
"We lost our striker for our flint rod."
"And, uh, I'm pretty sure it was him."
Wes
"You have to quit layin' stuff in the sand!"
So
that's all well and good. Keith and Wes were given tools to
make
a fire, and they couldn't make fire. Which is just wonderful
when
you realize that fucking Alec and Drew were able to make fire
and they weren't.
But
it's not like this is going to come up again later. The other
players aren't going to know about it, and nobody will be able to mock
them for losing their striker. Right?
"Let's talk about last night. You were each given
flint."
Oh boy.
"Who here had luck making fire?"
Guess who doesn't raise their hands
The two token gay guys on the end.
You were able to make fire?
"Jeff, if you're gonna be on Survivor, you need to know how
to make fire."
And what about our two firefighters? Any luck?
"No. We had a problem. The problem is,
we lost our striker."
Wes chimes in helpfully with, "We dropped it."
Welcome to Wes and Keith World. Get ready to see a lot of
reactions like this.
"So it started out bad."
"But we used a rock!"
"And we got our little bowl goin' with a rock."
"... until our flint broke in half."
Jeff just loses it at that part
"And then... it was downhill after that."
Wes provides a dramatic reenactment of the flint drama
Now comes the best part of the whole scene.
"I gotta say, I've used flint a couple of times."
"It's pretty hard to break one."
"Well, we did it."
#3.
That moment when Flintgate comes up AGAIN
Jeremy just won the first duel of the season. And with the
win that
means his wife Val will be sent to Exile Island (please refer to your
SJDS flowchart for an explanation of why and for a refresher
on
this season's rules.)
Jeremy gets to send one member of his
tribe to go off to Exile with his wife, and which member of his new
tribe do you think he picks to go with her?
Poor Val. She has to go off to Exile now.
So who are you going to send to camp out on Exile with her?
Jeremy picks the older guy in the camo with the walrus
mustache
Me?
That's an interesting choice. So why did you choose Keith?
"Because I know he knows how to start fire."
"I know he's an outdoors guy."
"And he could take care of her."
Ah okay, that makes sense.
Although Probst can't help but point out a wee little flaw in Jeremy's
logic.
"This is the guy who lost the striker and broke the flint."
Oh yes. The flint. Jeremy?
"It wasn't his fault, it was his son's fault."
To which Nale the younger responds, quite elegantly...
"OH, BULL!"
#4.
Get out!/Get in!
I always loved this little exchange. This is such a quirky
little Keith Nale moment.
Keith and Val are talking on Exile Island
And Val drops the news that her husband Jeremy is a
firefighter.
Val is surprised that Keith is actually a firefighter too
And here's where we get her little Elaine Benes reaction.
The
reason this scene is so funny is, because in all my years of hearing
people saying "Get out!" after Seinfeld popularized it, I have
never heard a person respond with what should be the logical response.
That is, I never heard it until I met Keith.
The logical rebuttal to "Get out!", of course, is...
#5.
The spitting thing
Yes,
Keith spit a lot. In fact, he probably spit more than any
other
contestant in the history of the show, with the exception of
maybe
Jenna Lewis.
Why did Keith spit so much?
Well,
some of the times it was because he was talking about something he
didn't like, and he wanted to show his distaste for it. Which
is
actually a very Southern thing to do. If you are talking
about a
person or thing and you want to show how little respect you have for it
afterwards, when you finish your sentence, you spit.
Like this
Then there were the times when he just appeared to have something
caught in his mouth.
Like this
Then sometimes he would spit because he was eating a taco
and he got a bite that was spicy.
Like this
Then other times, I don't know. He would spit because it was
Wednesday?
Or to celebrate Simchat Torah?
In
the end, we don't really know why Keith spit so much. All we
know
is that he DID spit a lot. And that I was able to catch
nearly
every one of his glorious spitting screen shots for purposes of this
entry. You can thank me later.
By the way, my mom would be thrilled
to know I am doing this with my life.
Keith
spit so many times during San Juan Del Sur that it actually came up as
an audience question during the SJDS reunion show. Probst
actually asked Keith's wife (Big D) why her husband spits so often.
And you thought that Survivor wasn't a classy show.
As if this weren't enough spitting for you, here, go to this page
if you want to see the ultimate Keith Nale spitting collection.
These are my favorite six animated gifs of him spitting, all
collected together on one page. I like the first one because
he appears to be showing his displeasure for the CBS show Criminal
Minds.
Keith hates you
Oh, and speaking of CBS things that Keith doesn't like...
#6.
The John Rocker quote
I already wrote an entry about the time that Wes
met former Atlanta Braves relief pitcher John Rocker, and how he used his Harvard law
degree to Torquemada the shit out of him.
Don't mess with the bull, Rocker Roker, or you get
the horns
But let's not forget that Keith had a great quote about John Rocker as
well. Remember this one?
It's the first episode of SJDS. And Keith
sure as hell knows who that tall crazy guy is standing over there.
I can has racism?
So Keith sits down to give a very Keith confessional.
"I watch all types of sports, and I'm pretty damn sure this
is John Rocker, the relief pitcher for the Braves."
"He was an ass when he played then."
"He might be still an ass now."
#7.
That time that Drew needed a whoopin'
It's the third episode of San Juan Del Sur, and Drew Christy
spends a lot of time laying around camp, just doing nothing
Keith sees this, and the old man's not thrilled about it
So of course, Keith sits down to give us some of his
thoughts on the matter.
"Drew's a big sleeper."
"If my son was acting like Drew, you probably don't wanna
know."
"I probably can't say it on camera."
"We still spank, we still whoop."
"Whatever you wanna call it in the south."
P.S.
Yes, of course, Drew is going to get his Funny 115 whoopin'
much
later. Keith is going to be proud of that entry.
#8.
That time that Keith was scared by the idol
Now this is a fun one. A
lot of people wrote in to request this as an entry.
One
such email: "Please include the scene where Keith is digging
for
the idol, and he accidentally kicks some dirt and there it is.
And then he jumps back like he just uncovered a snake.
It
makes me laugh every time."
Well here you go
From Reddit user Freakshowboater: "The part where
Keith jumps away from the idol reminds me of those videos where cats
freak out about cucumbers."
"It just jumped out at me, kinda scared me."
#9.
The fact that Keith lives in a town called Keithville
A reader named Josephine Lilith
wrote in about this one:
"Don't forget to mention that
Keith is from a town
called Keithville."
As if that weren't awesome enough, then another reader named Cory Gage
wrote in with something even funnier.
"He also lives on Keith Road.
Not joking. It's like
Keith-ception."
Do you think that warrants a picture? Of course it does.
A big thanks to Cory Gage for creating this for me:
#10.
When Wes made one of the funnier meta jokes of the season
This
is right before Wes is voted out of the game. Earlier in the
episode, he makes a comment that he doesn't want to get that little
lame hashtag on the screen right after he is voted out.
That's
his only fear. When I go, just don't give me that dumb
hashtag.
That one
This is when he is talking to Natalie.
"If me or him are goin' home tonight, just let us know."
"I just don't wanna get hashtag blindsided."
#11.
When Keith complimented his son
Speaking of Wes, how about when his dad paid him the ultimate dad
compliment.
"Wes is a good kid."
"He aint been in jail yet."
#12.
Oh, and don't forget Wes's magical birthday scene!
It's episode seven, and it is Wes's
birthday today.
And guess who forgot all about his son's birthday?
So Wes wakes up, and as he is doing his chores he gets
birthday greetings from the rest of the tribe.
And Keith feels bad.
So he decides to do something special to make up for it.
"It's Wesley's birthday today."
"Matter of fact, I woke up this morning, forgot all about
it."
"And then, uh, Josh wished him happy birthday 'fore I did."
So what does dad do as a present for his loving son? What do
you get the boy who already has everything?
"Here you go. Roasted ya a crab."
"Enjoy your crab in Nicaragua."
Awwwwwww. <3
"Happy birthday, right here on the beach."
The happy birthday boy
#13.
Damn, are people STILL talking about that lost flint??
It's the second episode, and the Hunahpu tribe is trying to start their
fire. But oh, whoopsie, it looks like somebody has managed to
lose their flint just like Keith lost his earlier.
Hey, you don't think Wes was hanging around here and playing with it,
do you?
"OH, BULL!"
In any case, Hunahpu has no more flint. So they are
unable to start a fire.
So, of course, the one guy you
go to is the guy who actually has some experience in this matter.
Jon turns and asks Keith...
And
there's no way I can capture Keith's response in just a screencap.
Try to hear it the way that I spell it out under the picture
instead. That's more accurate.
"Ate hayyyyulps."
#14.
When Keith meets his first gay guy
This is one of my favorite scenes of the season. It is just
such a perfect little Keith scene.
It's episode three, and Wes has just won a challenge.
Which means that his dad will be sent off to Exile Island.
Which member of your tribe do you want to go with him?
Wes picks Josh, the Broadway song writer
So the unlikeliest of pairs is sent off to go live together
Now
you'd think that a guy like Josh and a guy like Keith would have almost
nothing in common. You'd think that the two of them would be
as
different as night and day.
And, uh, you'd be pretty much right
Yet
the two of them seem to get along great. For whatever reason,
the
gay guy from New York and the old guy from rural Louisiana
just
sit around and eat snails and they have a great old time just hanging
out and chatting with one another.
Good times. Good company.
Keith even teaches Josh how to spit
Josh, of course, is pleasantly surprised by how open minded
Keith seems to be.
"I think people would be shocked at how well Keith and I get
along."
"You know, a Louisiana hick and a gay guy from New York."
"You know, it's not the two people you would ever think that
would just
be chillin' out and havin' a good time."
And Keith, of course, is just as delighted by this latest turn of
events as Josh is.
In his own Keith Nale way, of course.
"Me and Josh are probably as fars apart as, night
and day, you
know, black and white."
"He seems like a good ol' boy, he's just not MY good ol'
boy."
Then, of course, Keith goes full Rudy Boesch when he goes into the
sleeping arrangements.
"Josh is on one side of the fire, I'm on the other side of
the fire."
"There won't be no spoonin' goin' on up here tonight."
Keith Nale, ladies and gentlemen. You gotta love him.
"I just don't see many Joshes in Louisiana."
Oh, you
#15.
That time Wes ate too many tacos
Hey, here's a surprise. Wes is a guy who likes his food.
I know, crazy, right? You wouldn't think so just by
looking at him.
McNugget Eating Champion, Keith Parish, 2009.
Wes has a great scene involving McNuggets that isn't going to be in
this entry (don't worry, it will be its own entry later), but there is
one Wes related food scene you might have forgotten about. It
is in episode eight when he and his dad with a trip to the
All-You-Can-Eat Survivor Taco Bar.
Fuck yeah! Tacos!
Wes immediately chows down on as much Mexican food as he can
fit into his mouth.
And... well...
Yo quiero Taco Wes
He eats too much.
Judging by the edit in the episode, it looks like he eats about twenty
pounds of Mexican food in approximately five minutes.
And of course, as always, there's Super Dad Keith right next to him to
check in on his bowel-inflamed son and provide some wisdom.
Well you aint exploded yet, so that's good
Just kidding. Here is Keith's actual quote.
"As long as you keep burpin' I guess you're okay."
Thanks dad, you always know what to say
Wes goes out for a stroll to walk it off. And to possibly get
rid of some anal leakage.
Here he is with his ass literally on fire
And Keith is a paragon of empathy and sage narration, as
always.
"That's mah boy, overloadin' over there."
#16.
That time Keith did the Lambada, the forbidden dance of
love
No one has ever warranted an upskirt more than fireman Keith
#17.
The Baylor vote
This is a fun little Keith moment. This is in episode eight
where he discusses the plan to vote out Baylor...
... with Baylor's overprotective mom.
It's episode eight and Keith is pushing hard that everyone votes out
Baylor tonight. Which is strange because Baylor aint even
been in jail yet and she aint never stole a pig yet or nothin'.
"Right now the plan is to vote for Baylor tonight."
The tribe is standing around camp before the vote, and talking about
life, and tacos, or whatever. And that's when Keith drops the
bombshell that Missy needs to vote out her kid tonight.
Way to be super political, Keith
And away we go.
"I hate to be blunt."
Uh, Yikes. Um, Keith?
"Baylor sleeps. And she goes over there and eats."
"I been here six days and I seen her with one stick of wood
in her hand."
And here it is!
I love Missy's face right after Keith talks shit about her
kid
Surprisingly, Missy doesn't respond well to Keith telling her her daughter
is a worthless piece of crap. So she sits down for a
confessional to tell us.
"You're really gonna talk to me about voting out my kid?"
Now she launches into a surprisingly accurate Keith impression.
"Baylor needs to go!"
"Baylor don't do anything!"
*spit*
And then... the aftermath.
"Keith told me we should vote you out tonight."
Baylor: "He told YOU that??"
"To my face."
"Yeah, he's not very smart."
Care to comment, Baylor?
"You don't tell the mom that you're voting for the daughter."
"PERIOD!"
#18.
Fartgate
Okay, since we're on Keith vs. Missy, let's talk about their most
hilarious showdown of them all.
This happens in episode eight at Tribal Council when they get into a
minor disagreement.
Over farts.
Missy is speaking at Tribal Council, and she makes a very
valid point about how some of the guys around camp can be jackasses
"The younger guys pretend like they're in a frat house."
"Well you gotta be talkin' about Wes and Alec."
What??
OH, BULL!
"You got it. They literally belch, fart, spit."
"They don't care if there's females there or not."
And, well, if there's one thing Keith Nale isn't going to
stand for, it's for a stranger to besmirch his son's name over spits
and farts.
Keith's rebuttal?
"But we're not at the Hilton."
"We're not at the Hilton, Missy."
This should be part of their new advertising campaign
But that's not the end of Keith's argument. See, it's not
enough that they aren't at a hotel chain that specifically frowns upon
farts.
Keith now launches into the second part of what is now the San Juan Del
Sur version of the Lincoln-Douglas debate.
"And I haven't heard Wesley fart lately."
"Or spit. You know."
And of course what parent wouldn't throw themself under the bus just to
protect their kid?
"But I've
had a little bit of gas."
"I'm sure everybody on this panel's had gas."
Guilty
No comment
You monster
"It's just a normal body function."
Probst managed to make it this far during the Fartgate argument without
laughing. But now he finally loses it.
Any final comments, Doctor Fartenstein?
"This is Survivor. And stuff like that's gonna
happen."
"You're gonna get dirty, you're gonna get nasty."
"You're gonna have gas."
Oh my god I can't even
#19.
Wes and his tongue
I bet you're wondering how I went this far without mentioning it.
Well here it is.
WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH WES'S TONGUE?
AND WHY IS IT ALWAYS HANGING OUT OF HIS MOUTH??
It actually only happens a few times, and only during Tribal Council.
But it is one of those things when you see it you will never
forget it. It is the number one thing most people think about
when they think about Wes.
Is it a nervous tic?
Is it just something he does when he is thinking?
Does he have a particularly delicious spot on the right side of his
mouth?
Does he have a hidden McNugget over there?
WHAT THE HELL. AND WHY IS IT ALWAYS THE RIGHT SIDE OF HIS
MOUTH?? I DON'T GET IT!
In any case, here's an especially creepy gif of his tongue pulsating
and moving like it's a mealworm. Have fun sleeping tonight.
The creature
#20.
Keith idols out his own son
Well we can't talk about Wes and Keith without mentioning this moment.
Nearly everyone who wrote in about San Juan Del Sur requested
I write about it.
It's episode ten, and at Tribal Council Keith is worried
he'll get votes so he decides to play his idol
Although first he offers it to Wes. You want it?
No dad, you play it.
This IS a hidden immunity idol
Although for some reason it's all covered with spit.
Gross.
So the Keith votes come up.
And he is able to cancel them out
But then comes the person who the cancelled Keith votes all wind up
targeting instead.
Aw, poop
GOD DAMNIT WES PUT THE FUCKING TONGUE AWAY
And just like that, Keith has inadvertently managed to idol out his kid.
Well that shore wasn't stickin' to the plan
Alec reacts with horror
So does Probst
It's a hashtag blindside!
And with that, the legend of Wes Nale, McNugget eating
fartsmith, has come to an end.
Damnit, I knew it
#21.
Wes's Final Words
This is one of those things that I don't think a lot of people catch,
but Wes has some amazingly funny final words that I don't think he
meant to be funny.
If you like subtle little unintentional humor, here you go.
In Wes's final episode, he steps down from his last immunity
challenge for this. A giant plate of chicken wings.
Chicken wings? I'm there.
Mother of god this is the fruit of paradise
So Wes goes out because he is hungry, and because he wanted chicken
wings. And like I said earlier, don't worry, this entire
challenge will be its own entry later down the road, so for now just
ignore the rest of it.
Then Wes is voted out later that night
Then Wes sits down for his final words. And I don't think he
meant to use this exact word. But he did. So of
course I am right here to point it out to you.
"You gotta wing it sometimes and take a risk."
Wes winging it and taking the risk
Thank you, Lord Wessex of Tonguesbury, for being a part of this entry.
It has been a joy and a pleasure.
"You gotta risk it to get the biscuit."
As far as I know there was no biscuit involved.
Note: From Reddit user JPtoony: "One detail about
Wes you may like is that he gained eleven pounds his first night
at Ponderosa."
#22.
Keith's finale intro
This is a personal little favorite Keith moment of mine.
Because it shows that the editors loved him as much as
everyone else loved him.
You know how the editors do a little slo-motion action shot of each
player as they are starting the finale? You know how they try
to highlight a players' athletic prowess (or just badass prowess in
general) by showing them doing something physical in slow motion?
Well which clip do you think they chose for Keith?
Maybe the best finale intro shot for a contestant ever
#23.
Keith's final words
Keith may not have won San Juan Del Sur. But of course his
final words were nearly as good as his son's.
Goodbye stranger. It's been nice.
Hope you find your paradise
Naturally, as he is walking out of the game after being voted out, he
spits.
*spit*
And then comes our final Keith-ism of the season.
"It's three women."
"I can barely handle one woman at the house, much less three
of 'em here."
The Keith Slayer
#24.
Keith's first trip to a spa
I know that Keith has technically
already been voted out of the game. But I wanted to save this
one for the end of my countdown, because it's my favorite.
It's episode thirteen, and Keith has just won a trip to a
Nicaraguan day spa
Surprisingly, the guy who spits and farts and who is banned
from the Hilton has never actually been to a high end spa before
And here comes one of my all time favorite Keith quotes
"What is this? I don't know what it is."
"I see some goobers on the end."
Yes Keith. Welcome to the highest of high end spas.
Only in the finest day spas in Beverly Hills will you find
goobers.
Note: For people who aren't familiar with the American south,
goobers is a slang term that means "peanuts."
It is actually short for "goober peas." The phrase took hold in the 1800's because of a song that was popular during
the Civil War. So there's your little
history lesson for the day if you didn't already know that. Also, I'm
pretty sure this is only spa on earth that will serve you
goobers with your massage services.
So Keith eats his goobers. And he does the whole girl thing for a day.
"Wes is gonna die when he sees that you're at a spa!"
"It's a girl thing. But long as there's food
here..."
"It's a guy thing."
He even takes a rejuvenating buttermilk spa shower, so he can wash the
stank out his ass.
Well this here is nice
And he turns into a guy who might actually enjoy a nice little
spa day every once in a while.
"I've never had a spa day or spa food."
"Turned out not too bad."
Ah, but then we get the cherry on top of the sundae. We end
the scene with Keith receiving his first ever massage.
Which goes pretty much exactly like you expect it would go.
We are also introduced to the now-legendary "Keith Cam"
Which, if you think about it, looks like Keith dressed up to
cosplay at a Ren Fest
"That's mah bony ribcage!"
Sire, we need to storm the castle!
"I don't get around to many of these in Louisiana!"
Masseuse: "Do you feel the knots in your shoulder?"
"I think so. Half of 'em might be my bones."
And, of course, we finish the scene with Keith giving one of his best
confessionals of the season.
"I've never had a massage before."
"I mean, don't tell nobody about all that, you know."
"I don't want the guys at the fire station knowing I'm goin'
to a
masseuse."
"And gettin' all this other extracurricular stuff."
#25.
The Sia quote
And of course you knew I had to end
my countdown with something special. This one
comes from a reader of mine named Russ Bartlett.
Who immediately saw the comedy when Sia crashed showed up at the Kaoh
Rong reunion.
And she did this.
"I'm giving $50,000 to Tai for being kind to animals."
Well that was nice. Thanks Sia.
Oh, but then at the end, she added this.
"I wanted to do the same thing for Keith last season."
As
Russ pointed out, when Sia said she wanted to give Keith 50k for being
nice to animals, if you went over to Keith's Twitter page, this was the
very first thing you saw.
I mean, come on. That's comedy that writes itself.
Thanks Sia!
So that's it. My tribute to Keith and Wes and all
things Nale on Survivor. And I actually could have stretched it
to thirty if I had wanted to include things like:
Keith's godawful Hawaiian shirt
When Reed got all frustrated trying to strategize with him
"Sometimes I don't know if Keith quite understands exactly the
intricacies of how this game is played."
When Keith became The Ball Master
The fact that Keith is basically the sloth from Zootopia
The fact that Keith is also basically Scruffy the Janitor from Futurama
The fact that Jeff Probst (11/4/61) and Keith Nale (8/16/60) are nearly the same age
The theory that Keith is actually pulling a "STEVE HOLT!" from Arrested Development
In the end, I think Keith's time on Survivor can best be summed up with
the following quotes, all of which came from readers of mine who wanted
to help with this entry.
Keith Nale fans, take it away.
"The funniest thing is that Keith was closer to winning
Survivor twice than master strategists Ciera, Zeke and Spencer were at
any point even once."
-John Debono
"The
thing I love about Keith more than anything is just how earnest he is.
He probably genuinely never expected to leave Louisiana or at least the
U.S. in his lifetime, and yet he ends up on national television traveling
halfway across the world, and he almost wins a million bucks! It's just
so damn refreshing in this era of BIG MOVEZ and STRATEGERY ONLY to have
a guy like Keith give such an honest perspective about Survivor."
-Ali Adamjee
"I love how Wes is this huge fan and he dragged his clueless hick dad
on the show when he knew next to nothing about Survivor. And then when
it's all said and done, Keith is a star character, a fallen angel who
lost a million dollars by one challenge, a huge fan favorite to this
day, and gets to play a second time while being lauded as one of the
best characters in years among the fanbase. And Wes is just some
purpled kid who eats chicken nuggets, exposes baseball players, and got
idoled out by his own dad before fading into "Who was that?" territory
with the audience."
-Cory
Gage
"All
I want in life is a documentary series featuring Keith, Wes, Big Tom,
and Bucky Bo traveling to exotic locales and experiencing world
culture. Narrated/translated by Liam Neeson."
-Ali Adamjee
"You should see Keith's Twitter. His tweets are hilarious. It seems
that Wes set him up with an account sometime during or after SJDS, and
most of his early tweets had him ending each tweet with "roger" as if
he
were on a walkie talkie."
-Aaron
Conn
And finally, what was the best thing about Keith Nale's contribution to Survivor?
"The funniest thing about Keith is when it looked like he
could win and everyone on the internet got real mad."
-Joshua Muir
HOW DARE A NON STRATEGIST DO WELL ON SURVIVOR! I'M GOING TO RANT ABOUT THIS ON MY PODCAST!
In any case, thank you for everything you have ever done for Survivor, Nale Family. You made us laugh again.
Wes: I farted.
Keith: I know.
** Thank you to Katie
Banks for the Mole/FUBC picture
**
