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maybe pizza is too ghetto for her

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Wednesday, 9 February 2005 22:16 (twenty years ago)

- Weird conversation about language differences between Kris and Jon: Kris decides that Chinese isn't Germanic, like English, and blurts:
"Babe, I love you"

Jon inexplicably says: "Can you please fetch me some water?"

dude this was the funniest exchange of the whole episode! jon was talking about how abrupt chinese is, and from there they started saying random english phrases abruptly. they were schticking.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 10 February 2005 03:46 (twenty years ago)

Well, yes.

― David A. (Davant), Thursday, 10 February 2005 08:23 (twenty years ago)

dude this was why i noted it. did u miss my massively telegraphed disclaimer?

― David A. (Davant), Thursday, 10 February 2005 08:25 (twenty years ago)

i guess i don't understand what was inexplicable about it.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 10 February 2005 16:26 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

so, um, is everybody ready? why it seems like just yesterday...

can you say 2-hour premiere 2nite? I CAN!

― scott seward (scott seward), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)

Why are there Survivors on this?

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 19:11 (twenty years ago)

CBS loves famewhores (and ratings).

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

They did that before with that icky gal from Big Brother. She lasted two seconds. I'm guessing Boston Rob will confuse directions or something. He's kind of dim-witted.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Tuesday, 1 March 2005 19:55 (twenty years ago)

And Adam was "kind of" obnoxious.

― Huk-L, Tuesday, 1 March 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

I'm loving this.

You will all bow to the awesomeness of Rob and Amber, who are vying with the gay boyfriends and the mother-gay son combo for the most entertaining team. The hillbillies and the blondes aren't far behind.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 03:12 (twenty years ago)

The hillbillies are very far behind now.

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 04:05 (twenty years ago)

I watched this for little while tonight, during the zip line thing. I feel that I'm missing something. It was dreadfully boring. There's a an Ashlee Simpson kind of vibe to it, they're all dashing around through gorgeous and inexplicable terrain, going "oh are we supposed to get on that thingie? GRASSIASS." Maybe some of the other stunts are better/more humiliating?

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 04:19 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, the part with the zip line isn't representative of the rest of the show.

A few of the teams are able to speak Spanish.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 04:26 (twenty years ago)

Maybe it's because it followed so closely on the heels of the last and the big whiz-bang finale, or maybe because it was two hours long, but this felt awfully tedious.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 2 March 2005 07:12 (twenty years ago)

For those who couldn't get enough of Road Rules.

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 07:16 (twenty years ago)

You really should watch the whole thing, Traacer; you tuned in at probably the most boring portion of the show and missed all of the llama snot.

I am very sad that the hillbillies lost out, partially because of the potential entertainment factor and partially because of how evilly ironic it would have been for the POW to get cut on the very first episode. I am also intrigued that the two biggest "stories" (in-vitro Enron casualty couple and "help the troops" ex-POW) are at the back of the pack; I wonder if the producers allowed for this possibility when casting the race?

Also, imagine a celebrity Amazing Race with the proceeds going to charity! It's too bad MTV can't swing the budget to do a RW/RR Amazing Race (although they kind of had a mini-version with Battle Of The Seasons).

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 14:36 (twenty years ago)

That one hillbilly dude spoke the most fucked up Spanish I've ever heard! He still had a hillbilly accent! They were funny, it's a shame they lost, where the two blondes got through.

I love those two girls that came in first! They spoke Spanish very well, and even when they got angry at each other, they were sweeties.

That dude Rob is an ASSHATFACEJERKWAD and I hope he loses and they let his girlfriend keep going. Say "suck it up" one more time dillhole!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 14:44 (twenty years ago)

I love those two girls that came in first!

But they're evil! They're all kissy-kissy when things are going well, and then when they were doing the llama they showed no team spirit when it actually mattered. I suspect they're sort of a Chuck & Buck-style couple.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 2 March 2005 14:49 (twenty years ago)

Sometimes evil is good, though! (See next week when Bianca curses out Rob, for example, or Mirna from AR5.)

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 14:51 (twenty years ago)

When they were racing away from the starting place, the "come on, baby"s were flyin'. I hope that was a little joke from the editors, like the old lady saying, "Oh doggone it."

― dave225 (Dave225), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 15:08 (twenty years ago)

I'm writing a paper on why evil is good on reality tv!

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 15:43 (twenty years ago)

Oh wait, I'm confused, I thought Rob was the dude who was like "suck it up"x1,000,000,000 to his girlfriend when she was like "this thing's choking me!".

REAPPLY ONE CARRYING STRAPPY DEALIE

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 15:47 (twenty years ago)

Rob is half of the Survivor duo; you're thinking of Ray.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:22 (twenty years ago)

Did anyone else get the impression that the girls who came in first were more than friends?

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

I did. I think they have a secret.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:27 (twenty years ago)

The brothers were ALL OVER THAT! Did you see that in the airport? We larfed.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:33 (twenty years ago)

Did anyone else think the POW dude was lame-o when he was talking to karate dude: "i don't know if i'm gonna be telling everyone this, but here's my whole POW story and I'm gonna give the million dollars to charity and feel free to pass that along to everyone if you want". Um, i'm paraphrasing.

― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:36 (twenty years ago)

Why would anyone (besides dude named Meredith and his wife [I can't believe there's a man named MEREDITH]) choose the llamas over the baskets? That was a grand display of RETARDOCITY on the parts of the llama choosers. And none of them even told any of the llamas to "come get some HAM"!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:42 (twenty years ago)

The older couple were the only ones who did the llamas correctly (which figured heavily into their surprising-to-me 6th place finish).

Poor Bianca-and-Loveress are going to have difficulties when they hit a non-Spanish-speaking country.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:48 (twenty years ago)

We thought there was a hard and fast rule that the first option (i.e. llamas) is always quicker and easier than the second one. Maybe the producers are mixing it up better this time.

I bet the producers were bumming that the hillbillies lost.

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:51 (twenty years ago)

I think only one of them is in love with the other. The other seems to tolerate and manipulate those affections. I think we're going to see a full-blown meltdown of that relationship by the time they hit Helsinki.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:52 (twenty years ago)

I think the producers were thinking the altitude would be a bigger factor than it ended up being; it seemed like only Deana ws really hit by it of the people who chose the baskets.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:53 (twenty years ago)

They called those gals "roommates" but when they did their little interview, one of them said "she completes me" - have you ever had someone who was just a roommate who completed you?

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

The married couple seemed surprised to come in 6th too! Pleasantly surprised! Meanwhile RAY (not Rob, Nick, not Rob) was such a DICK about coming in 7th. Dude, you're not out! "Suck it up" fuckface!

I'm bummed that the hillbillies lost. Maybe they can drop them in a Cessna on LOST island or something! They need more fat people, so they can turn to cannibalism when the boar/rat/fish runs out!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:55 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I hated that. It was such a "Ooh, feel sorry for me and let me win the million dollars" move.

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 16:59 (twenty years ago)

such a DICK about coming in 7th

"We'll take it."

Oh, thanks, we can all breat a sigh of relief now asshead. We were all worried you were going to refuse NOT GETTING ELIMINATED in the first round.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 2 March 2005 17:00 (twenty years ago)

I bet my roommate $2 (I only bet on tv shows nowadays, apparently) that the whiney kid with his mommy's balls are going to drop midseason, he's going to figure out what's going on with those girls, try to get in on a 3-way, and end up getting ultimately busted masturbating watching them through the window by his mom.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 17:02 (twenty years ago)

Um, you know that whiny kid is gay, right? I hope you didn't need that $2 to pay the gas bill.

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 17:17 (twenty years ago)

Ray and Deanna are Jonathan and Victoria (from last season) waiting to happen. Ray is a bit psycho.

Deanna + (I forget her partner's name) : their CONSTANT harping on about Rob & Amber ("Robandamber are ahead of us now, where are Robandamber, we're two minutes behind Robandamber ...") is 10000000000000X more annoying than anything Rob and Amber could possibly do.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

Seriously. Don't worry about what the other teams are doing, just focus on racing.

― Leon the Fatboy (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 18:08 (twenty years ago)

I am convinced both girl/girl teams are gay. Debbie and Bianca are way too touchy feely. Actually, it seems like one of them is way more touchy than the other. The other one, the blondes, their bio on the cbs page makes it seem like they are together too. Well not really, I am just picking up on that one works and one is a stay at home mom. But who knows maybe she's making bank on the child support.

I like the out gay couple Lynn and Alex, I feel they are this year's Oswald and Danny. I loved those guys.

I like Rob and Amber. I am actually pulling for them. I was on the fence about them before, but everyone's obsession with them is pushing me towards them.

I'm happy with this season so far...There are a few times I can see liking.

― rocknrolldetox (rocknrolldetox), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 18:46 (twenty years ago)

Oh man, that kid really is gay? I thought he was just some poor unfortunate exactly-like-me-at-16 painfully-effeminate-but-otherwise-straight mama's boy!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 18:54 (twenty years ago)

He said he was gay in the opening montage when they introduced the teams one by one. Their stated plan was to downplay themselves to the other teams by assuming apple pie mom + mama's boy roles.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 19:28 (twenty years ago)

He even introduced himself to the kissy-girls as "Hi, I'm gay."
Slightly more transparent badge-wearer than POW.

― Huk-L, Wednesday, 2 March 2005 19:46 (twenty years ago)

Maybe he's PRETNEDING to be gay, yeah, that's the ticket! So then when he's all like "hellO LADIES" when his balls/voice drops, they're all like "oh we thought you were gay!" and then they all lez up, except there's a dick in there somewhere too.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 19:48 (twenty years ago)

You're thinking of another show (Amazing Lays)

― Maria D. (Maria D.), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 20:02 (twenty years ago)

The fatbilly with the goatee spoke Portuguese, which is why it may have sounded like weird Spanish.

Ray and Deanna are Jonathan and Victoria (from last season) waiting to happen. Ray is a bit psycho.

Definitely. The producers seem to think now that they HAVE to have this sort of a team on every season now. Unfortunately, they didn't pick a real interesting cockface this time around; he may be a monstrous jerkoff, but it's not really translating through the TV all that well -- he's coming off rather bland in fact.

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Wednesday, 2 March 2005 20:31 (twenty years ago)

Hahaha how quickly Debbie and Bianca went from being strong frontrunners to sucking all kinds of ferocious ass! Also, is Rob a Jedi?

― The Ghost of Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 16 March 2005 19:09 (twenty years ago)

i missed last nite's episode (one of the only times ever that i've missed this stupid show.) did anything memorable happen?

― scott seward (scott seward), Thursday, 17 March 2005 01:15 (twenty years ago)

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