Reality Roll Call: Survivor’s Chicken Morris

On the first episode of Survivor: China, we said hello and goodbye to Steve Morris, a 47 year-old  chicken farmer from Marion, Virginia.

Steve, whose nickname is “Chicken, ” lived up to his moniker, which got him a swift kick out of the game. Chicken was clearly the stereotypical old country guy that you see on every season of Survivor, but usually these types stick around a bit longer. Then again, they usually don’t stand off to the side of all activity and have absolutely no opinion when asked anything.  “Hey Chicken, looks like a tree branch has impaled your left butt cheek. We want to get you some help, what do you think?”

“That’s okay, y’all just do whatever ye think is best, and I’ll go along with it..”

“But you’ve got a tree poking you in the butt!”

“I’m flexible. I’m jest gonna stay right here, and y’all decide and I’ll  go along …”

“Do you want the stick removed, or what? We’re asking.”

“Well, it’s really up to y’all. I’ll do whatever you want…”

“Yeah, well it looks like we want you to go home.”

“Damn!”

And that’s how it went. Okay, it’s not exactly how it went, but that’s my summary. Especially the way he startled everyone with his exclamation of, “Damn!” when he was voted off the island. Too funny!

A very interesting and important fact is that Chicken is a friend a neighbor of Survivor: Africa alumnus Big Tom Buchanan, a goat and cattle farmer. In an interview with Joe Legge of WDEF News, Morris  says that he feels that his friend’s outspoken behavior got him the boot. Ironically, it didn’t get him the boot immediately, like Chicken’s fence-sitting.

But, there are other things that would have made Steve a perfect fit for a game like Survivor. The chicken farmer used an outhouse until he was 25 years old, and used piles of paper in place of toilet paper, not because they couldn’t afford it, but because “we didn’t need it”.

He could have taught his tribe a little something.

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