# The Amazing Race 8/24 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 24, 2004, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-24/261275 "2004-08-24T14:56:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-24/261275/81 "2004-08-27T04:18:29Z")
Anybody else having problems getting the insider video to work? I keep getting this error: Unable to establish connection with server: [http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/network.now.com/;sec=6018;sz=320x240;ord=1093580179](http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/network.now.com/;sec=6018;sz=320x240;ord=1093580179) Connection to server could not be established. You may be experiencing network problems. [http://wwwimage.cbs.com/Common/images/spacer.gif](http://wwwimage.cbs.com/Common/images/spacer.gif) ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-24/261275/82 "2004-08-27T14:45:30Z")
> [@Mullinator](#): > > And, Flo never existed. True. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, etc. > [@Mullinator](#): > > AR4 - I actually can’t think of any teams failing due to meltdowns. Maybe Chuck and Millie. Maybe, but I would have to say that Tian and Jaree began to do a slow meltdown (sort of like ice cream at 40 degrees F) starting about 5 seconds after the first leg began, and ending in episode 7 with their elimination. I sort of remember Millie and Chuck’s breakdown, but damn, looking back on it, AR4 was lackluster. ---
**Author:** ![Mullinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c2a13f/32.png) [@Mullinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mullinator)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-24/261275/83 "2004-08-27T17:16:56Z")
> [@scotandrsn](#): > > True. War is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, etc. > > Maybe, but I would have to say that Tian and Jaree began to do a slow meltdown (sort of like ice cream at 40 degrees F) starting about 5 seconds after the first leg began, and ending in episode 7 with their elimination. > > I sort of remember Millie and Chuck’s breakdown, but damn, looking back on it, AR4 was lackluster. Yeah, Tian and Jaree is a good call, but they suffered from the same thing that plagued all of AR4. There was no one quite distasteful enough, no one that was quite likeable enough, no one that was quite odd enough. It’s like they had ideas of characters to cast but then did so with people that only matched about 40% of the criteria. Just an overall bland race. Still the best reality show on TV, but it didn’t really get the blood flowing. ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2004, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-24/261275/84 "2004-08-27T22:54:35Z")
> [@Mullinator](#): > > Yeah, Tian and Jaree is a good call, but they suffered from the same thing that plagued all of AR4. There was no one quite distasteful enough, no one that was quite likeable enough, no one that was quite odd enough. It’s like they had ideas of characters to cast but then did so with people that only matched about 40% of the criteria. Just an overall bland race. Still the best reality show on TV, but it didn’t really get the blood flowing. I dunno…wasn’t AR4 the one with the Clowns? I really liked them. And I _loathed_ Kelly and Jon…I mean, I loathed them at Mirna levels of loathing. Fenris [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-amazing-race-8-24/261275.md?page=4)