Someone was called “Urkel.” Seeing as the other black guy is ripped, safe to say it was Floyd.
Somebody was speculating that they had auditioned for Suvivor and wound up on TAR. The gay Boston (Revere, actually) cop’s partner was on Survivor, though she didn’t go far.
Far too many high strung personalities/cops/firefighters/military for my taste, but we’ll see how it goes.
It was him. I thought it was rude, but he said was dual major, econ and applied math, so it’s probably not the first time he’s heard it. They seem like a good team. She’s a rock climber which should come in handy.
I was happy that they got the express pass. They seem like they’re there for the Right Reasons.
He called himself Urkel, then she repeated it:
Floyd: I’m a double major in econ and applied math. So, you know, Urkel.
Becca: Yeahhh Urkel!
Becca of Team Fun is SOOOO Sue Heck from The Middle.
I enjoyed it. Good first ep. A few teams seem ready to compete for last place every ep.
Eye candy this season!
I like the format this season too. I’ve frequently wished the better halves of many teams could ditch their boring partners and team up with someone more fun.
A lot of first responders and military. Should be interesting.
Thank you… this was driving me crazy. I spent time trying to figure out who she reminded me of…Thank you
Which one was the bizarre racist chick? "Tee-hee! All Asians look like they’re 12 years old < giggle> ". (Followed by a really nasty look from the possibly Asian cabbie-I only got a glance at him.)
That was the Asian model who said she was going to rely on her looks to get her through the race. She was speaking to her partner, the Hawaiian dude. I assume their Asian cabbie immediately decided to take the scenic route (at least I hope he did).
All three of them were Asian. Racist? :dubious: Has someone told all those Jewish comedians they can’t tell jokes about themselves anymore?
Man, he really fenrised up that post!
I was surprised that there weren’t more guy-guy teams selected. I am guessing that there were restrictions on team make up. i.e., only one guy-guy team and one woman-woman team would be allowed. It certainly seemed like guys were passing on picking another athletic guy in favor of picking an athletic woman, which could be strategically valid, but towards the end it seemed like guys were picking less athletic women when an athletic guy was still in the mix.
That’s just smart. If you’re a strong, athletic guy but not brilliant guy (for example) you don’t necessarily need another one like you - you want someone who will be good at the things you’re not good at: dancing, or puzzles, or charming people into helping you. I doubt they had to make those kinds of restrictions.
Just watched the episode last night on DVR, and though the competitors are a bit homogeneous, there are very few I really don’t care for off the bat. The one that Mrs. S and I were actively disliking was the Asian model, and we were very glad to see her go. I don’t care for the red headed guy too much, seemed to complain a bit too much, and the cowgirl just didn’t seem to bring much to the race, except the asinine idea that wearing cowgirl boots was a good strategy.
Overall, it will be really interesting to see how the team dynamics play out over the course of the season. I really like the Positive team; fun personalities, race fans, good combo of brains and strength, hope they go far.
For some that looked like their strategy and seems valid (Seth choosing Olive), but are you telling me Scott (who, if we are going to categorize dancers vs. non dancers, is probably a dancer) is better off with Brooke rather than Floyd (also hits a dancing stereotype), Joey (ok, probably not a dancer) or Logan?
And what about Vanck choosing Ashton when Joey and Logan were available. I can’t believe the logic that Vanck is a “strong, athletic guy” who needs a charming dancer. I could believe that maybe he’s a creep and wanted a female teammate, but it wasn’t strategic. (On the flip side, maybe Scott picked a woman because he didn’t want to be a creep, hmmm.)
Hence, my belief that there were restrictions on team composition for the sake of the show. Restrictions make sense in my opinion. The show doesn’t want all guy-guy all girl-girl teams.
I’m curious as to what prep work they got before this started. Only one guy screwed up getting the Panamanian flag, and I didn’t see anyone else trying to figure out which one it was.
I never would have known which flag to look for, I’d have probably done the same thing. I wonder how many people had a compass on them, I am good at directions but I never really know what direction I’m pointing.
I think they should have had a “no I’m not interested in pairing with them” type of clause, what if you don’t like who picked you for some reason? And picking mostly by who came in first sucked for the last couple of people, on one task you can’t really see how good or bad someone is. I said to myself I would have picked the last guy mostly because he knew he made a mistake and just went back to correct it. He even ran back knowing he would be last.
I’d say the strongest team is going to be the cop and firewoman.
If they ever do this again, I’d expect a new ‘twist’ where they do the same kind of first task ordering thing, then have the picking happen in reverse order. Everyone will go in thinking first means pick first, but instead last picks first. That’s the kind of mean thing these shows tend to thrive on.
The end result would be more balanced teams, which may or may not make for good TV.
I was thinking have it so the first 11 can only pick from the second 11. It still gives an advantage to arriving first but balances out the teams.