Local Celebs Compete in “Survivor: H Street”

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Teddy Folkman like his chances in the competition. Photo by Shaaren Pine

As all Washingtonians are painfully aware, the media never seems to get enough of H Street and its many splendored personalities.  The spotlight will continue to glare on Northeast this Autumn as CBS has announced its Fall television line-up.  Survivor: “Keeping it Sort of Real on H Street” will run for 12 episodes starting September 10th.  Toki Chef Erik Bruner-Yang, Granville Moore’s Teddy Folkman, Atlas Theatre Poo-Bah, and H Street Festival Chaos Coordinator Julia Robey Christian star for “Team Gentrify.”  H Street Main Street’s Anwar Saleem, West End developer David Bernhardt, and Biergarten House’s Oompa Band “Ziggy & Ali” lead “Team Old School.”

Challenges include a discarded hair weave, an ironic beer can obstacle course, an endurance test of who can withstand the most verbal abuse while riding the X2, and a test to see if any one team member can eat an entire order of Horace and Dickie’s white fish dinner all in a sitting.

“I am my own island,” said ramen noodle king Bruner-Yang,  “I can’t see being voted off.”
“I came to America stuffed inside a sausage casing aboard a butcher shop ship,” said Ziggy.  “Our team will not be denied.  Americans are soft.  Team Old School in the house.”