Jeff Probst
Jeff Probst
Jeffrey Lee "Jeff" Probst is an American game show host and an executive producer. He is best known as the Emmy Award winning host of the U.S. version of the reality show Survivor, he was the host of The Jeff Probst Show, a syndicated daytime talk show produced by CBS Television Distribution from September 2012 to May 2013 that lasted for one season...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionGame Show Host
Date of Birth4 November 1962
CityWichita, KS
CountryUnited States of America
You go into any Chili's during the month of September and simply color a pepper for $1. It doesn't sound like a lot, but every dollar helps the children who depend upon the life-saving research and care provided by St. Jude.
The notion of Exile Island was to remove someone socially as well as physically from the game. But there's simply not enough time, and you would see the same thing over and over: People hungry, sitting in the rain and trying to figure out how many more hours until they can go back to their beach.
We sit around and brainstorm all the time, even in our off period, ... We're always asking: What if? What If? What if?
Most of the time there's just one associate producer who's also acting as a camera operator. At certain times, we'll send a cameraman and an audio person. But even in those cases, there is zero interaction, unless the producer decides to interview the castaway about what's going on. You ask anybody who's spent a night on Exile Island and I think they'll tell you that they felt very much alone.
Survivor. With all the women together, there's no modesty.
I was thinking about retiring and spending my time traveling to exotic locations around the world, meeting new and interesting people. Then I realized, uh, wait a second, I'm already doing that with 'Survivor' and getting paid for it, as well.
Right off the bat, we send all the castaways on an 11-mile trek through the jungle. It starts one minute into show and finishes the next day. People are getting sick and everything. You'll see.
I finally met someone who could teach me about love.
He didn't hesitate to lie, ... He's got to run this little game of 'I'm good enough to keep around, I'm not so good that I can beat you. And no my name is not Hogeboom, it's Hawkins.'
Would they see them as an asset or would they be threatened by them and vote them off right away? ... We love to force the castaways to make decisions.
When it's raining, there's no cover. You just have to curl up into a ball.
You'll see many people on their back, on their knees, throwing up, eyes rolling back.
I feel good about the work I do on Survivor and am proud of my contribution.
My goal was, and still is, to write first, direct my own stuff whenever possible and control my own creative destiny.