# The Amazing Race 4/29: "Oh My God The Teletubbies Go To War" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 29, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092 "2007-04-29T22:09:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/1 "2007-04-29T22:09:24Z")
Last week: Oswald! Danny! NOOOOOOOOO!!! Oh, phew! This week: Team Cha Cha Cha are **Marked for Philimination**. The Final Three will be determined and at least one all-female team (Dustin and Kandace or Charla and Mirna) and at least one all-jackhole team (Charla and Mirna or Eric and Danielle) will go through. Can Oswald and Danny overcome their 30-minute penalty? Could we for the first time in the history of the Race have two all-female teams in the Final Three (sadly, we’ve had far too many Races already with two all-jackhole teams)? Let’s watch! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/2 "2007-04-29T22:34:00Z")
FWIW, the on-screen TV guide says they go to Guam and visit a military base. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/3 "2007-04-29T22:50:40Z")
Danny and Oswald _must_ overcome their penalty if I am to go on. I probably should have gone shopping and gotten a pedicure today to get my nerves in the right place for watching tonight. (Instead, I ran a Race, but not an Amazing one). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/4 "2007-04-29T23:03:16Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] FWIW, the on-screen TV guide says they go to Guam and visit a military base. [/QUOTE] Hey, thanks for the unboxed spoiler! ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/5 "2007-04-29T23:08:51Z")
The preview at the end of last week’s episode showed one team (Dustin & Kandice?) in a military cargo plane, and Danielle getting lost & freaked out on a ground-pounder military task. **Otto** , I don’t see why you call Danielle a jackhole, beyond a lot of guilt by association. Sure, if Eric were any more of a jackass he’d have four feet and be braying, but what has Danielle done to be called nasty names? Charla & Mirna, however, I understand. The editors, I think, are trying to give Danny & Oswald a “good guy” image and Dustin & Kandice a “bad girl” image. I think the BQs have raced a lot more cutthroat than any other team, which is not in and of itself a bad thing. Given TAR editors’ tendency for deceptive previews, I suspect Eric & Danielle will NOT be eliminated tonight. Personally, I’d like to see them place first, **just this once** , so that all surviving teams have a chance to be in the #1 spot. I’m rooting for the BQs to win it all. So for my $.05, I’d like to see Charla & Mirna go home tonight. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/6 "2007-04-29T23:35:35Z")
[QUOTE=Otto] Hey, thanks for the unboxed spoiler! [/QUOTE] ??? What did that spoil? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/7 "2007-04-29T23:46:09Z")
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] ??? What did that spoil? 😕 [/QUOTE] The same thing that TVGuide preshow information like “Another contestant is voted off the island” does… ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/8 "2007-04-29T23:57:33Z")
[QUOTE=lorene] I probably should have gone shopping and gotten a pedicure today to get my nerves in the right place for watching tonight. (Instead, I ran a Race, but not an Amazing one). [/QUOTE] Good for you. (Everyone saw my _Pirate Master_ [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=418348), right?) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/9 "2007-04-30T00:13:12Z")
Oh my god, not only does Mirna know she does the horrible accents, _she chooses among horrible accents_. And yet they all sound exactly the same. [QUOTE=ElvisL1ves] ??? What did that spoil? [/QUOTE] It spoiled a destination. It is more than “Another contestant is voted off the island” since while I knew that someone is going to be eliminated tonight I didn’t know anything about how they get to that point. After reading your post I did. Thus, spoiler. (edit) Man, Oswald and Danny _really_ got lost last time. An hour and 47 minutes behind Schmirna. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/10 "2007-04-30T00:27:45Z")
I’d have definitely picked the humanitarian detour option with the really big plane rather than the scrub the engine task. Much more exciting. Even if it does end up taking longer. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/11 "2007-04-30T00:29:52Z")
Um, yeah, you’re in the middle of a _military training exercise_ but, like, we’re on a race on a TV show? Could ya hurry it up please? _God_ I hate her. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/12 "2007-04-30T00:32:43Z")
OK, so I misremembered the preview. I do agree, this Detour was somewhat about personal preference, as the tasks looked to be similar in length. Off the start: Dustin & Kandice - 2:15 AM Charla & Mirna - 2:50 AM (0:35 back) Eric & Danielle - 3:06 AM (0:16 back) Oswald & Danny - 4:37 AM (1:31 back) All teams made it to Guam on the same flight. We had here a good case study in when to go for the tight connection. Uwchenna & Joyce took a flight a few legs back with a 45 minute connection, to try to take the lead; they missed the connection, and bought it. Oswald & Danny took a flight with a 45 minute connection, to try to stay in the race. They had no choice but to take it. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/13 "2007-04-30T00:50:21Z")
Dammit Oswald, RUN! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/14 "2007-04-30T00:53:26Z")
NOOOOOoooooOOOOoooOOOOO!!! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/15 "2007-04-30T00:56:40Z")
Well that sucked. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/16 "2007-04-30T00:59:59Z")
I don’t even want to talk about it…I’m going to cut a black armband to wear. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/17 "2007-04-30T01:07:46Z")
Nooooooooooooooooooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/18 "2007-04-30T01:13:02Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] I don’t even want to talk about it…I’m going to cut a black armband to wear. [/QUOTE] When you’re done with the scissors, pass 'em over here. My veins aren’t gonna open themselves. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/19 "2007-04-30T01:13:10Z")
First time I ever wanted all 3 finalists to lose. I may not even watch next week. FTR, based on the registration of the helicopter in the preview, the next leg is at least in part in Kauai, Hawaii ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2007, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092/20 "2007-04-30T01:14:02Z")
[QUOTE=jayjay] I don’t even want to talk about it…I’m going to cut a black armband to wear. [/QUOTE] Make me one, too. ☹ [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-4-29-oh-my-god-the-teletubbies-go-to-war/402092.md?page=2)