Surely I’m not the only one planning to watch this, based on the promos? (“So – Jonathan – are you a jerk?”/reaction shot of * preparing to deny his jerkishness)
Next week in the TAR timeslot – be there or wonder forever if This Marriage Can Be Saved.
twickster, get out of my head! (Needless to say, I will be watching - Dr. Phil will have his hands full with these two, methinks.)
My Tuesday nights will be empty for the next three weeks, so I’ll probably tune in, hoping to see * humiliated.
Lord, help me!
Apparently i fast forward over too many commercials… who the hell is *?
I’d like to buy a vowel please?
Or a clue?
You know, I do love me some TAR, and I’ll watch almost anything to do with the show.
But not this. Those people offended me so much, that I just don’t want to give them the satisfaction of taking up any more of my time. I almost didn’t even reply to this thread because of that, but that’s just silly. I know they don’t give a rip what some one woman thinks of them, but I’m still boycotting them.
Besides, I don’t care much for Dr. Phil either.
But please tell me if he rips them a new one. I’d like to hear about that.
He is a particularly odious contestant from The Amazing Race 6. His time on the show with his wife was spent relentlessly fighting with his wife, the screechy Victoria. At several points he harmed her physically, either with car doors or by shoving her backpack (with her under it).
People call him “*” because (a) his name must not be mentioned and (b) because the asterisk closely resembles an asshole if you look at it right. 
Is this the wanker who almost got arrested by the African Police for not paying the taxi driver (who was very abusive as well if it isnt him), or the one who is a business entrepeneur and his wife (from the series with the Wrestler couple)?
We’ve just had 2 series run back to back so Im not sure which one we are currently on.
For those unable to decipher the acronyms and inside references that have been unexplained thus far, here are some quick definitions:
TAR: The Amazing Race. A CBS reality TV show featuring a number of pairs traveling around the world, competing for fame and fortune.
*****: Jonathan. 50% of the villain du jour on The Amazing Race this season. He was notorious for verbally and emotionally abusing his wife throughout their tenure on the show before being eliminated. In addition to the constant verbal and emotional abuse, there was an incident in Berlin where he punched her in the shoulder, sending her backpack flying, and her screaming in terror. The “" moniker developed because people took to calling him “Assathon”, and someone remembered Kurt Vonnegut (is that right?) using "” as a literative representation of the ole brown eye (sphincter, asshole, pooper, etc.).
Iris and I plan on watching it. Normally I wouldn’t but with * you’ve just got to. I did see him on the Morning show and * said he didn’t know he was so bad. I hope they rip each other a new one that would be great.
No, that first choice is St. Colin of the Broken Ox*, from TAR 5. The one we’re talking about is your second choice, St. Jonathan of the Missing Ass* (aka Assathon), the “enterpreneur” from this latest race, TAR 6.
*First Church of Lucifer and All the Little Annoying Imps Triumphant
Please don’t put Amazing Race spoilers in threads like this unmarked.
Use the spoiler tags! That’s what they’re for!! Aargh!!!
Huh? What spoilers?
Munch mentions that he does get eliminated, and mentions a country visited.
As episode 3 screens in Australia tonight, these are both things I should not know.
For people not in the States - TAR 6 just started here in Australia.
I will definitely have it on in the background. Now if only he could get Freddy and Kendra to join them.
Ahhh thanks for that, both of those guys just make me wanna punch them in the face repeatedly, with a sledge hammer.
Why such attractive women stay with them Ill never know.
And Victoria, being that she’s a former Playboy Playmate, you just KNOW she’s hard up for male attention.
Well, if she rips him a new one, will people have to start calling him ** ?
Keep watchin’…you’ll regret that adjective…