I know. If I Tivo it and fast forward through the commercials while watching tonight, can I be done by 10:30?
A joke. Tivo is cool, but it can’t bend the space-time continuum.
I just want to step in here and renew my objection to BJ and Tyler. I hate the mime clothes, I hate the we’re so wacky attitude, I generally just am bothered by their very existence. I am torn as to whether they are Team Bile or Team Shields & Yarnell.
I think Michelle and Like are Victoria & Jonathan Part 2.
All the teams are so freakin’ giddy it’s annoying. That pink team makes me wanna hurl, dag gummit! By the next episode, or if they have to run around San Paolo long enough, that should burn off that excitement.
I like the hippies, they have the least annoyance factor so far.
Well, do you think that
the oldsters will get that motorcycle put together? They all look like crap! The motorcycles that is. And the locals are getting a lot of fun out of Yolanda.
I love the nerdy couple. They’re a breath of fresh air after all those Model/Actor couples from previous seasons.
Team Bodily Function (AKA the “Frosties”) have got to go. Ditto Team Rinse ‘n’ Spit. Everyone else can stay.
I dunno. They kind of remind me of Weird Al Yankovic. In small doses, they’ll be OK. And they sure have and impressive travel background.
Me, I hate those Frostie ladies. They’re loud. They’re dumb. And they have potty mouths. Let’s get ridda them.
My jury is still out on them. They have potential, and you’re right that they are much easier to take than the model/actors.
I want the Black Couple to do better. And I have Wanda and Desiree in the office pool, so I have to root for them!
Awww…I love the Frosties! When it came down to them and Team “Just-Friends” I, despite my gay credentials, wanted it to be them. Not that I didn’t like John and Scott (?), just that I liked the Frosties more. Actually, to me an ideal outcome would have been Fran & Barry coming in last, because I really didn’t care for them that much at all. How do you pass the clue box FIVE TIMES and only see it after that because someone else was moving for it?
Did one of the teams call him “Scott Peterson?”
I thought I heard that, but it might have been that other voice I hear sometimes…
How the hell did I miss that?!? I work at Denver International… Right next to the Continental counter. They were out there at about the time of day I would be working. One of my employees should have seen something and there should have some chatter. Kinda cool seeing my airport on TAR.
The Local CBS affiliate is going to be watching the show with Fran & Barry. Hopefully Jim or Molly will ask them what the hell was up with them running back and forth past the clue box.
I’ll let y’all know what they say
Well the little TV chippie said that they weren’t allowed to speak to the media, but Ch 4 was allowed to film as their group of 50 friends and family asked them questions. There was lots of laughing and pointing at the TV. (Just like at my house)
When asked what they did to prepare for the race, they said running lessons. They shared some behind the scenes stuff, like not being allowed to speed, and not being allowed to be within 20 feet of any camera crew, which they said sometimes hinders you when you, your camera crew, another team and their crew are crammed in a tight area like an alley and one of the crews are slow… you are not allowed to pass on foot especially if a camera man is slow.
A chuckle and an evil look was then directed to the Ch 4 camera man.
the little field reporter chippette said all we know for sure is that our local team made it past the 1st pit stop, Barry did mention how fun it was to be able to go to LOTS of different exotic places. Make of that what you will. It was inferred that they are going to be around for awhile
I’m watching it on TiVo right now…
I need to apply to grad school , so I don’t have time for lengthy posts. I’m posting as a handy means of subscribing to the thread, and to dub the best line of th night:
“Oh, crap a big load 'a turds!” - A Frosty
They’re cute. And I like Team Hippie - so far, they’re fun and comparitively unannoying compared to Barbie & Ken, Barbie & Barbie, the frat boys, and the older couple.
BTW, I am relatively sure that even if I could manage to put together a motorcycle, I couldn’t do it with a large crowd blatantly staring at my ass. Yolanda deserves some credit for that.
I heard it too (and questioned whether I did or not just like you), so yep, that’s what was said.
A decent mix of teams I think. The only team I found completely unlikable were the Frosties, who seem destined to be permanent tailenders.
Thoughts I can’t seem to keep inside of my head:
I like the nerds. They’re very real.
I want to tear off Lake’s arm just so I have something to beat him with. Then I want to smack Lake’s wife with his arm for not telling him to be more respectful.
The hippies seem pretty decent, though I fear that they’ll annoy me for going too far out of their way to be weird.
Though vapid, the Double 'D’s are hot. That’s the only reason I want to see them stick around (and out) for a while.
I think I love Desiree. Unfortunately, I fear that I’m a whole licensed-to-drive teenager older than her. I suppose if all fails, I could just date her mom.
Ray and Yolanda, Eric & Jeremy, and MoJo aren’t on my radar yet. But none of them irk me. Except maybe Jo. She’s weepy.
Fran & Barry can’t find a freakin clue box they run within two feet of. They then complain for what must have been 20 minutes about how they can’t put a bike together, but don’t actually do anything about it. Like try. Or leave. They need to go away.
The Frosties are by far the most annoying people in the race. Can you do anything without shrieking? I can just picture their family Christmas, but not without a pained look. "Aiiyeeeeeee! Is That Roast Turkey??!!! Aaahhhhhhiiiiiiyyyyyyaaaaa!! Thank you Jesus. Jesus, please let there be some turkey left for us. Please Jesus! Aiiiiiyyyeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!. Just…please…for the love of Jesus and all that’s good any holy…shut up.
Anyone else getting tired of teams who think that holy prophets and Godly manifestations really give one tiny rat’s ass whether their believers win a freakin’ game?
I hadn’t watched the couple of seasons before the family one (which sucked). It feels good to be back!
Team Nerd are just a leeetle too touchy-feely for my taste. I really don’t need to see them kissing quite that constantly. It comes off just ever so slightly forced. “Oh, we’ve never kissed in a helicopter before!” Blech.
I’m not willing to write off Lake as a Jonathan clone quite yet. He at least took some measure of responsibility for the phone reservation screw-up. You know if it had been Jonathan it would’ve been something like “I’m sorry you made me screw up.” And so far at least he hasn’t been overtly physically abusive. He’s loud and obnoxious and at this point I won’t be sorry to see him go, but he doesn’t make me physically ill the way Jonathan does.
I like Team Slacker quite a bit and not just because they’re my new TV boyfriends. They were really at ease with each other and with the locals without being dicks about it. They made a decent effort to be cool with the other teams and their interaction with Team Double-D was amusing. And Team D-D’s goofing on them after the fact moved D-D up a notch in my estimation. They just need to lose the Pepto-Bismol couture and they may be cool.
Team MoJo loses points because a) they made shirts with “Team Mo Jo” on them and b) they named themselves the same as the woman who blew Joe Millionaire and that brings up just way too many flashbacks.
Bless Team Old for trying, but they can’t be long for this world no matter what they may have told the local news team.
Overall I’m pretty pleased with the casting for this season. Once Teams Shields & Yarnell, Bodily Function and Rinse n Spit are gone it should be a pretty strong season.
So far, the nerds and the hippies are my favourites. Both teams are obviously having so much fun, I’m willing to look past the fact that the hippies remind me of the Spin Doctors. Also, Wanda (that’s the mother, right?) reminds me of a friend’s mother, so I’m cheering for them for now as well.
Lake is already at the top of my asshole list. If he’s like this at the beginning of the race, what’s he going to be like as the pressure builds?
I agree with everyone who says the Frosties need to go next. I hate, hate, hate people who shriek over every little thing.
All in all, it’s nice to be back to a real Amazing Race.
My first thought upon seeing the pit stop: “Wow. Imagine a Slayer concert there!”
Lake is a shrill, obnoxious asshole who really needs a rotor blade shoved up his tailpipe, but at least he’s no Jonathan. However, I can definitely see him dumping his pregnant wife’s body in a lake (no pun intended) several years down the road. :eek:
Speaking of :eek: moments…not to denigrate their looks or anything, but imagine what the Nerds’ children will look like!
Team Double-D are pretty, but way too airheaded to spark my interest. However, Latin Mom & daughter are hot hot HOT! They seem to be a very strong team, too. Could they be the first parent/child AND all-female team to reach the top three?? Place your bets now!
The Frosties are annoying, but they do manage to come up with the best lines. “Oops, I just peed my pants!” has supplanted “My implants are frozen!” as my favorite TAR quote ever.
When Frankenberry spent five minutes complaining how they were definitely going to lose, I knew they’d make it. (I’ve been watching this show too long to be fooled by that type of editing!) Their cab driver must’ve kicked ass to beat Team Double-D, though! My gut tells me they’ll be blindly stumbling through the course for quite a few more legs…call 'em Team Weeble II, I guess. Or Team Alzheimer. We can also add another rule to the Unofficial TAR Hint Book: "Do NOT Attempt To Assemble A Motorcycle, Unless You Already Know How To Assemble A Motorcycle."
And I know they’re just friends, but…when Scott said, “It’s time to pull out the genie”…well, let’s just say I had to double-check the TV rating…
I’m happy the Race is finally back. Must admit, the family edition left such a bad impression, I really wasn’t excited at all up until 11 p.m. tonight. (My NoTaTiVo tends to crash when I’m watching a show that’s still recording, so I can’t start watching until the program’s completely over…although it was closer to 11:20, since I decided to finish watching Dante’s Peak instead.) But once they started sprintng out of Red Rocks (which looked a LOT more isolated than I’d imagined – must take hours to empty out after a concert!) it was like TAR8 never happened. GO HIPPIES!!!