Camerman to team: Wow, quite the thing, huh? Team to cameraman: Yeah, it’s really scary and puts into perspective that we’re just here for fun. Hopefully he’s all right and we’ll just have to roll with the punches as always. Cameramn to team: How do you think this affects your chances? Team to cameraman: Well, this really sucks for us. The first plane becomes the second plane and so we’ve completely lost our advantage and have a lot more pressure on us. Director to editor: Use that last sentence.
While I’m sure all of the teams had a range of selfish to selfless responses, I doubt that for any of them what we saw is the only thing they had to say. And who among hasn’t been stuck in horrible traffic and even after hearing that it was caused by a fatal accident up ahead didn’t still spend much of the wait moaning about how this was ruining your day.
I have never been too crazy about the Globetrotters, but in the waterslide episode, the boyfriend of the woman who was afraid of the slide seemed to think that the Globetrotters should be happy to silently stand there as she was having her meltdown and wait patiently until she finally was coaxed (or coerced) into sliding down on her own.
The Globetrotters did nothing out of bounds during the waterslide “challenge”…
And I think anyone here would’ve done the same as them. Remember they were the last team and it was basically “go down waterslide, walk to Pit Stop.” If she had gone, they would have lost.
No–just tacky. Remember, at most, the Globetrotters would have had to wait 5 minutes (you had 5 minutes to go starting when another team showed up.) It’s not like they would have had to wait all day. 5 minutes of waiting (max) vs not playing on a hysterical person’s fear seems like a good trade off.
Again, Nothing out of bounds, nothing against the rules. Just poor sportsmanship.
The quotes aired (the whole episode is up at CBS.com):
VO (maybe one of the cheerleaders): That’s not good. Oh my gosh, a man has had a heart attack.
Margie (subtitled): The captain has said we’re going to Honolulu.
Zev & Justin: Our 90 minute lead has now evaporated. It looks like the first plane has just turned into the second plane. We’ve gone from racing for first to racing for last. It sucks.
The Globetrotters: The most important thing is that the person is fine and he’s ok.
It seemed like more when watching but that is the complete total of what players were presented as saying (out of what was probably five or six hours, at least, of them talking about it). The rest of random shots of them looking pensive, surprised, confused, etc.
Sure we all think it, but you don’t say it in front of a camera. I admit I’m so agreed I will open my mouth in school and either tell some kid or parent what I really think, or say something I shouldn’t when I drop something. I guess sometimes things just come out.
You lie. Or you give a non-committal answer. A question about grades? I’m specific and I certainly tell the truth. Asking about how I like him or isn’t he wonderful? I would never say I didn’t like a kid, even if I don’t. I don’t like all of them and not all of them like me. We’re human, but parents (and I am one) often have blinders when it comes to their own kids, so I just give one of those answers that you give when asked a question you can’t really answer. I can’t imagine being on a reality show and being on camera all the time. It must be like being Kate Middleton. She can never go to Tesco in her sweatpants again.
