It's strange how things work out sometimes. Television makes us long for relationships and lifestyles that we don't have. Look at the cast of NBC's Friends . The six main characters are attractive on their worst days. But that's the joy of television.
Entertainment television is one big fantasy.
Then along comes a show like Survivor . We know it's not real, but it's not completely scripted the way sitcoms are either. But my real attraction to the Survivor show was deeper. Knowing that these were just regular, albeit quirky, people out on this island made me a believer. Like so many Survivor junkies, I've secretly been thinking that these islanders could be me.