The Court Jester: The Story of Tyson Apostol - Survivor: Tocantins

[@Phenrir]

Could we talk about Tyson's iconic shot at the intro where he turns into a eagle catching its pray out of the river? One of the best intro shots.

[@SpanishFly120]

Man, I miss when Survivor US had intros. They should at the very least do them on the Premiere and Finale.

[@brawndothethirstmutilator9848]

SpanishFly120, show is less profitable than the old days. Cost cutting.

[@bigbuffguy9589]

I'm not a huge Tyson fan, but his confessional about how he can't imagine Sierra's boyfriend is that cool is an all-timer.

[@cameronholmes5590]

Don't forget his man-tiara confessional

[@RandomRex6]

Tyson is one of the most fascinating Survivor players to me. He's the only winner other than Boston Rob to take more than two tries to get a win under his belt, and he never really looked like a threat to win his first two tries like Rob did in his earlier attempts. I think it really does come down to not having the motivation to honestly throw his all into winning the first two times. Then Rachel goes specifically to weaken him and the kid gloves finally come off.

[@cjtrules1]

Yeah. His first 2 times it definitely looks like Tyson was playing to have fun and play mind games more than win the whole game. His athleticism made him a dangerous challenge threat though so if when he loses a challenge, blindsiding him wasn't too challenging.

[@joseduarte5840]

Agrred in almost everything except that Rob wasn't really a threat to win in Marquesas since he was the first jury member and i doubt anyone from rotu would vote for him, in all-stars had he managed big tom's boot better i think he would have won the season

[@teksnotdead902]

I feel like Rob was a front runner in All Stars pretty much the entire time. Pre merge at least, he was a heavy favorite. It wasn’t until he started trailblazing in the post merge that it started to look shaky for him. But his first outing for sure…he had moments of brilliance but wasn’t really in any kind of power position.

[@bigbuffguy9589]

He definitely played a lot better, though he still made some significant mistakes. Specifically, choosing to draw a rock rather than playing an idol to protect his alliance is among the dumbest moves made by a winner.

[@cjtrules1]

@@bigbuffguy9589 It's not one of the dumbest moves because he survived it. It would have been horrible if he would have drawn the 1 black rock. Since it worked out for him it is ballsy and risky, but you have to take risks and he did the math in his head at the time.

[@reginamachamer821]

If Sierra wasn't completely alone.. I think it would've come off less mean. She was like 19-20 years old, alone, literally no one on her side, and he was relentless. He's a lot funnier when he's mean to people who can take it.

[@CP-ll6qg]

Knowing he was 29 makes it worse to me in retrospect. In my memory he was younger, early twenties, more of a peer to her.

[@bryancarson5908]

He was a JOKE in Tocantins (in the best way) like sometimes I wondered if he was even there to win or just be humorous in tv 😂

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Why not both?

[@andrewberkovitz5552]

he said recently on his new podcast on the ringer that when he first went on he knew there were two ways to win, 1 win the game or 2 go so hard that you get invited back. I think maybe once he realized he wasn't gonna win Tocantins he just went as hard as possible.

[@bryancarson5908]

@@andrewberkovitz5552 this makes so much sense because he did show spurts of genuinely caring about the win at certain times but when he finally got the boot he didn’t seem like it bothered him too much 💀

[@cjtrules1]

@@andrewberkovitz5552 So dang smart! If you can't win the money then win the popularity contest with the fans. Be so memorable that people want you to play again.

[@The_FilmRoom]

Bro this main character side kick Comic relief and Villian was the most correct one yet

[@Rictavio27]

I think that Tocantins is quite possibly the best casted season. Coach, Tyson, JT, Steven, and Taj are all near perfect casting and are some of the best characters we've seen in the show

[@kingkrelly1315]

This is, by far, my favorite season and you picked a great character to start this series with! The entire cast is awesome, but I knew Tyson was a lock. He's so unique, much like the location this season. I'm expecting an 8 hour manifesto on Coach. :P

[@amydownes1626]

do you mean the dragon slayer himself?! That would be unbreakable, unbending, unyielding, immeasurable, immovable, invincible

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Not quite 8 hours, but Coach's video is 50 minutes 😊

[@mattlericain]

I'm surprised that you didn't mention Tyson saying "I can do it for you if you want" to JT during the sling shots

[@JAKEBB]

He's up there as an all time favourite for me, I even had him winning 40 lol, He's so entertaining, and i think he really needed that experience in heroes vs villains to be the player he became.

[@DyZaster.]

Tyson's line in that slingshot challenge was one of my favorites in that season... "I'll come over and do it if you want" and her conversation with Erinn in the individual immunity challenge never fails to crack me up no matter how many times I've heard it...

[@3amDayDreamer]

I’m so proud of Tyson! He has definitely matured over the years but never changed himself.

[@stephstarsshine]

My first watch through of Tocantins, I was floored by just how quickly he could flip from making me laugh to making me physically uncomfortable with how mean he could be. Now I suppose I laugh more at him because I see it coming, but I was really satisfied seeing him go that first time. I think he gets better in his subsequent seasons, a little less outright belittling and a little more teasing in nature.

[@jayharrison1785]

Tyson is one of my all time favourite players. An awesome player on every level and one of the funniest to ever be on the show. Was so stoked to see him go the distance in BvW.

[@murlocmasher3368]

Tyson talk about why he went with the peanut butter, in winners at war. made me laugh pretty hard

[@KingEthanual]

Blood v water was easily Tysons best season

[@bigbuffguy9589]

Well, yeah. His other three games weren't very impressive.

[@Chickenleg-hl4le]

I mean I would hope the season someone won is their best, Boston Rob may be the only winner who can say the opposite as his played against followers in RI.

[@thomasandmario4565]

Out of all tocantins Tyson is my favourite contestant due to his humor and unique brand of character makes him classic

[@reginamachamer821]

"Last night we established a leader kind of. So I guess.. Brendan or coach is our leader" lmao I laugh so hard every time I hear this quote 😂

[@markjackson6431]

MY DAY JUST GOT BETTER!

[@scottgregory4078]

I watched several of your videos over the weekend. I can't believe how good the production values are! Your narration sounds professional, terrifically blended with the video footage. Terrific work!

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Which season that Tyson played on did you like him the most? Tocantins? Heroes vs Villains? Blood vs Water? Winners at War?

[@MsPandachen]

I think blood vs. Water was my favorite Tyson season.

[@silentstorm454]

blood vs water

[@teksnotdead902]

Probably Tocantins. He's not as good a player yet but he's definitely funny.

[@mattlericain]

I don't think you should've mentioned the 4th Season 😅

[@cjtrules1]

BvW, Tocantins, WAW, HvV. Mainly because of screen time. His winning game was without a doubt the best season of him since he was still mean and blunt but so aware of every situation that he ended up winning.

[@gideonpowers5794]

Tyson looks and acts so much differently in tocantins compared to BvW and WaW I honestly forget they’re the same people

[@kellydaunis]

Me too

[@gideonpowers5794]

@@robtheservantof6257 one is definitely the shorter hair. The other is he seemed so goofy and more or less a character than a player the first go around. He was a sidekick in the first two times he was out but then the kingpin when he won and a much more mature adult on WaW.

[@franciscooropeza551]

I love your channel, thanks for these videos

[@EmmertBowl814]

OUAI - I love your in-depth research and quality produced videos! We all love your content! Thank you!!!

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Wow, thank you!

[@esdeathisbae9480]

I watched this season after winners at war and man I miss the unique locations

[@jacksonearle2280]

Great video as always, keep being awesome!

[@Itsmainduece1]

I just rewatched this season a few days ago and this was Tyson’s funniest appearance but not his best strategist

[@sophiehelbert6321]

I’m finally early I love these videos thanks for making them!!

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Thank you for watching them!

[@veebee-sc4tp]

"hes felt my warm steamy breath on the nape of his neck....even on the small of his back"

[@Asiabreesofine]

😂😂😂

[@bobgray6498]

Tyson was funny this season. Great video

[@spencerbarich9768]

This is an amazing video

[@paysonribaudo7622]

I would love to see a full video on all of tyson's seasons like you did with Stephanie, hes one of my favorites to ever play in all honesty

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

That would be great! The patrons pick the videos :)

[@PhillipOnTakos]

I'm sorry but I love Tyson being called the assistant coach and I wish this episode was named after that even if it doesn't sum up his game the best. Also I forgot how mean Tyson was this season. I'll admit some of these are funny but damn just straight up calling her an idiot to her face, for no reason it's just his abrasive attitude.

[@brookeb3056]

One of my top 5 Survivor players.

[@jpprigge1844]

A man tiara is essentially a prince's crown

[@chargestone96]

surprised they havent brought brendon back, just the story of being the dragon in dragonslayer could be a great story

[@meteorrejector]

tocantins is such an elite season. what a cast

[@ino7604]

Tyson in definitely in my top 5 favs

[@panoskamp4324]

Tyson may as well be one of my top three favourite players, I mean he was the funniest and the most entertaining player out there

[@motorwhales]

How funny, I'm watching Tocantins right now. Tyson is definitely one of the funniest players ever on the show.

[@steqhen]

16:00 you should have brought up the moment when he offered to sub in for JT 😂😂

[@frederickschiller2185]

I think we all know that Coach’s story video would be called “The Dragon Slayer.”

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

It is called that :) Can you guess Taj, Stephen, or JT's? I am sticking to the fantasy genre for everyone's names.

[@ethanvsetula6663]

@@OnceUponAnIsland Stephen and JT, gotta be the Wizard and The Warrior.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

@@ethanvsetula6663 One of those is right.

[@mattlericain]

@@OnceUponAnIsland Taj might be Mama George or something with Mother or Mama in it

[@frederickschiller2185]

@@ethanvsetula6663 yeah Stephen has to be the Wizard

[@justinrittenhouse3496]

Tyson is a true character! What is interesting about him is that he can be an arrogant jerk and he is still likable at the end of the day. Not always the best strategist, but he has a good sense of humor. He is also good at figuring out who is a threat like Brandon. Not very smart at how he treats outcasts like Seirra.

[@cameronholmes5590]

He's the type of villain you can root for. If I ever played I would wanna be a villain people can root for to win

[@triangle1332]

Great content, would love to see one of these on Ken Hoang one day!

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

You and me both!

[@powdermuaythai]

i love your videos so muhc :)

[@tylerhaggerty4805]

He's like a Bizarro Greg Buis! And it's kinda funny how he explains the Brendan split vote when we now know what happens in HvV!

[@pluckybellhop66]

He just seemed like such a tool at the beginning, his personality was being Coach's #1 guy lmao

[@luket7511]

The tocantins cast is so much better than the current cast they have. So much comedy and uniqueness to the players compared to the game bots now that over strategize everything.

[@wrenpyle7098]

would love to see tyson’s blood vs water season !!!!!!!

[@reginamachamer821]

18:04 "for him to go out as the first person from the merge.." Well clearly Coach doesn't really understand how this works lol

[@diegoprodriguez]

I think it’s an interesting thing to look at Tyson’s overall story in comparison to JT’s overall story. While they both came back in HvV, Tyson kinda got screwed whereas JT kinda screwed himself. Tyson ends up playing a really good winning game in Blood vs Water, whereas JT kinda plays a meh game in Game Changers. Come Winners at War, Tyson was on the season and JT isn’t, because JT is done with Survivor, I don’t think Tyson will be.

[@tymonster183]

Tyson is my favorite player.

[@FullCraftingMan]

The word "Força" translates to "Strength". Still, good video, hope to see more!

[@heppyzx5877]

It’s finally here bois!!!

[@vinitag4103]

i adore tyson

[@matthewbohnsack4352]

Have you done one for cirie? If you haven’t, can you?

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Patrons pick the stories 😊

[@gideonpowers5794]

Tyson looked like Cooper Kupp’s skinny twin brother in Tocantins

[@isabb]

Lovable pest. This season gave us so many great characters ❤ Nice 1st season, but BvW was best Tyson in my opinion.

[@teehalloween94]

I liked him in this early season but he left a bad taste for me because of how horrible he was to Sierra but I absolutely adored him in Blood vs Water.

[@cjtrules1]

It's hard to say for certain if someone like Tyson could be a returning player for 2 more seasons in today's Survivor. (Don't count WAW because players for that season HAD to be a winner so that is a very specific condition and casting would be a small pool) His mean and blunt comments would really rub people the wrong way to the point I think more than 1 person would see him as a parasite to tribe morale. Tyson was brilliant though by offsetting most of those things by being silly, bu then again strategy has really picked up since Tocantins. I think this Tyson wasn't thinking about how winning multiple individual immunities would change his threat level to others and if he was aware of that along with not being increasingly brutal towards Sierra then I think he would of gotten to final 6, maybe 5.

[@philipthomas8928]

Wait a second didn't we skip a lot of seasons between Danni and Tyson or wasn't this going in order, I'm confused

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

The patrons voted for Tocantins to celebrate the 2 year anniversary of the channel. We will circle back to Panama next time.

[@philipthomas8928]

@@OnceUponAnIsland oh alright, who doesn't like a little bit of Tyson anyway ;)

[@AbandonedAccount3]

I hope Joe gets a story, the guy may have been medically evacuated but dang did he have potential!

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Tyson, Coach, Taj, Stephen, and JT are all getting stories :)

[@AbandonedAccount3]

@@OnceUponAnIsland Dang,, Joe should've gotten 1 imo.

[@brendanpang4059]

Would Tyson have won sitting next to Stephen or Taj? The dynamics would have been wack for that to have happened but was thinking about what would happen if he made it to the end sitting next to a Jalapao member

[@kat8559]

I like him despite the shitty attitude. I hate guys like that irl. They're so mean but they get away with it bc they're 'funny'. Great tv tho!

[@TheDizzleHawke]

4:49 and also like Todd from China.

[@reginamachamer821]

I honestly think Tyson didn't care about winning the first time. Idk I could definitely be wrong lol I'm just assuming this like I've never heard him say that.. but I think his main goal wasn't to win, the main goal was to be remembered. I think he figured that as long as he was memorable, he'd be able to play again and again and he could win later (which, you know, works out nicely for him lmao) and since survivor pays every contestant, he probably just figured that if all else fails.. at least he gets a little money and a free vacation 🤷‍♀️

[@letstalkfiction5187]

I never liked Tyson a ton, but I do think he was one of the funniest characters ever on survivor

[@Malnofski]

Love the scripture at the end! Is that going to be a regular thing, or just a one-off? And what inspired the inclusion?

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

It's going to be a regular element of the videos moving forward. I am adding them because I want to include God in everything I do.

[@KingEthanual]

@@OnceUponAnIsland that's a good moral

[@Malnofski]

@@OnceUponAnIsland Love it, man! Totally support you in that!

[@kellydaunis]

@@OnceUponAnIsland Awesome

[@jsbenfica3929]

Let’s goo

[@patrickkenneally3016]

What I don’t get is, why was he such a jerk to Sierra? It might just be the edit, but she didn’t do anything to warrant all the crap put on her.

[@30vonage]

There's no survivor that i love to hate more than tyson. But I have to admit, it wasn't as difficult to go back and watch him as i thought it would be. Good tv. Still the biggest douche in survivor.

[@colinyork2215]

Why did you skip season 12-17? Great vid btw.

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

The patrons voted for Tocantins to celebrate the 2 year anniversary of the channel. We will circle back to Panama next time.

[@gtalobbyqueue9452]

Where'd the Tyson story of his win in S27

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

The patrons pick the stories 😊

[@JAKEBB]

How can tyson be a villain he loves everyone lol

[@isabellaearnhardt6380]

❤️

[@reginamachamer821]

I love Tyson but it was so satisfying that Sierra lasted longer than him lmao he was fcking brutal and she deserved at least that small satisfaction.

[@LeboShu]

The Bible verse at the end?

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

Philippians 3:7-11

[@TheDizzleHawke]

He should have kept Brendon.

[@bc5163]

Was kinda more looking forward to Cirie/Terry/Aras/Danielle/Shane/CourtneyM followed by Yul/Ozzy/Penner/Parvati/Candice

[@dyread]

I never liked him. The best thing about him was when he basically voted himself out.

[@gabrielmurray929]

Going from Guatemala to Tocantins and not Panama?

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

The patrons voted for Tocantins to celebrate the 2 year anniversary of the channel. We will circle back to Panama next time.

[@gabrielmurray929]

@@OnceUponAnIsland Thanks for clearing it up!

[@scottiethegreat74]

Hated Tyson in this season!! Arrogant wanker!! But his second season, my opinion mellowed, and his third season, I loved him!! Although I hated him originally, I loved watching him grow and mature through the years. Still don't like him when I watch his original season, but knowing his subsequent growth, I can at least get past hating him!! Would love to see him play again one day!!

[@bc5163]

Personally not a fan. I never understood why he bullied Sierra so much and why the fans brush it aside but then they don't forgive other players for much less.

[@RisitasKEKW]

Black woman voted off first. A true shocker. 🤦‍♂️

[@Averiel73]

I haven’t seen the channel in a while aND i aM vErY COnFUseD WHy yOu arE doing TOcAntIns lol

[@OnceUponAnIsland]

bECause tHe PAtrOns VoTEd FoR iT lol

[@Averiel73]

@@OnceUponAnIsland wHy 😂

[@turtletcp1598]

I was never a fan of Tyson. Don’t know why, I’m just not a fan.