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Jimmy Johnson touches down on 'Survivor: Nicaragua' | The Daily …

There are many things you can call Fox NFL sports analyst and coaching legend Jimmy Johnson but “wimp” is not one of them.

When two blocked arteries prevented him from competing on his favorite TV show, CBS’ “Survivor,” three years ago, Johnson underwent heart surgery, lost 30 pounds, cut his cholesterol level in half and applied again. the network couldn’t resist and offered him a slot on “Survivor: Nicaragua,” which premieres Wednesday at 8 p.m. (Yes, that’s a new night for the granddaddy of reality TV shows).

The coach behind back-to-back Super Bowl championships for the Dallas Cowboys is not the first NFL-er to rough it in the “Survivor” jungle — retired quarterback Gary Hogeboom made it to Day 30 in Guatemala five years ago — but Johnson is definitely the game’s first bona fide celebrity. his celebrated status only meant that he arrived on a Nicaraguan beach with a huge target on his back, or his famous perfect head of hair.

Full story: Jimmy Johnson touches down on ‘Survivor: Nicaragua’ – latimes.com

Jimmy Johnson touches down on 'Survivor: Nicaragua' | The Daily …

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Posted by - September 15, 2010 at 10:00 am

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Missing Gamble Rogers

It amazes me sometimes to realize just how many things get by me. It seems to happen more often now that I am older but it obviously happened when I was younger as well!

In any case I was updating the activities board at the hostel when I came across the name Gamble Rogers. they are having a Gamble Rogers Festival the first weekend in may. “Who the heck is Gamble Rogers?” I thought as I posted the information on the board. A quick Google later, my mind went back to my late 20′s; I had met this guy!

There are not a lot of things that occurred during my younger days that I remember but I did recall that night. I was traveling through St. Augustine and I stoped for some fun at the Tradewinds Tropical Lounge which is still operating in St. Augustine.

I remember having one heck of a lot of fun that night long ago. I was by myself and the guy they had playing to the patrons that night was the kind of guy that just made you like being around him, clearly a Florida boy who told a lot stories in both words and song!. I laughed a lot, he reminded me of Phil Harris.

I did some more reading. before I met him he was part of the Serendipity Singers, a folk group. they had appeared on the Tonight show, Hootenanny and Ed Sullivan. after he left that group he became quite a celebrity on his own. In addition to his appearance at the Tradewinds, he produced many solo albums, wrote music and a play “Good Causers: the Confessions of a Troubadour.” he is the voice on the film played to the tours of the space center. he wrote and stared in a play for television, “The Waterbearer,” aired on PBS across the country.

In 1990 he was doing a one-man play based on the good ole boys and girls that he new. some thought him to be a new Will Rogers.

In 1991 this good man died trying to save another from drowning; they’ve named a park after him. all these things happening, without my knowing, to a guy I met when I was 27; I miss Gamble Rogers.

Missing Gamble Rogers