What's with the camera operators draining people's car batteries? That's twice now. They're lucky that nobody has been eliminated because of it (although the Linzes might be in danger of it).
The Weavers getting stripped of their money had virtually no impact on their race so far. WTF? I think the only time they needed money was to get into Yellowstone.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 07:04 (eighteen years ago) link
OTOH, the Weavers are more harmless in a realistic way, but as far as TAR is concerned, you want, in a banal way, the fat one and her sister to be thrown off their horses, yet when they avoid elimination, you're grateful that they're still in the race so you can tensely keep on rooting against them. Also, they've gotten farther than Jonathan, though that only makes them more successful in a retrospective way.
I also forgot to mention from the previous episode: "Miss Latin Utah -- even better!"
― Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gentleee as you move (Leee), Wednesday, 30 November 2005 07:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Uh, you're headed for an *indoor* rink, you fools.
I also liked how the driver basically told them to get lost when they asked him to go fast. Montreal cab drivers are insane, you don't normally have to ask them to take you on a near-death experience through downtown Montreal.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 02:50 (eighteen years ago) link
I swear though, I thought Mother Weaver was going to propose to her cabbie they way she was going on about OMG U R A XTIAN 2!!
― Obsessing over the unobtainable and nonexistent. (Leee), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 23:51 (eighteen years ago) link
*'nt.
― D.I.Y. U.N.K.L.E. (dave225.3), Thursday, 15 December 2005 01:12 (eighteen years ago) link
What was with the "charter plane to a shhhhhhhh SECRET location"? I was hoping they'd fly to Baffin island ... Labrador ... somewhere a little bit out of the way ... Toronto? Were they supposed to unsure whether they were still in Canada? I don't get it.
The Bransens lost when they chose to go the Shoe Museum. I don't think the task itself took any longer than the boat thing, but they had to drive north through the downtown core (this would have been 8-9 AM, during the peak of rush hour unless this happened on a weekend) and then back the way they came to get on the highway to drive to Queenston. Since the Linzes remained close to the lake (and the highway), they saved themselves about half an hour worth of driving over the Bransens. If I had known about this and been around at the time (the Bransens parked on U of T campus about two blocks from my office when they went to the Shoe Museum), maybe I could have altered the final standings ... or organized that foursome :)
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 15 December 2005 03:02 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race9/
My early pick: Ray and Yolanda. They're athletes, they're smart, not much seems to faze them, etc.
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 19 February 2006 18:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― POOP BITCH (Mandee), Sunday, 19 February 2006 20:04 (eighteen years ago) link
BJ and Tyler are actually smart!!
The pink bimbos are even dumber than I thought they would be!!!
Lake is a psycho!!!!
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 04:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Wednesday, 1 March 2006 11:10 (eighteen years ago) link
this season also had one of the first three team foot races to a pitstop that i have seen in years.
― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 14 May 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link
― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 14 May 2006 21:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― Leee, Monday, 26 March 2007 04:02 (seventeen years ago) link
― Leee, Monday, 26 March 2007 17:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 15:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― scott seward, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 15:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― HI DERE, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― Leee, Tuesday, 27 March 2007 16:27 (seventeen years ago) link
i know i'm all alone. i don't care. season 12 i am there for you! i think it's still on after 60 minutes. 60 minutes is still on cuzza football i guess.
― scott seward, Monday, 5 November 2007 01:19 (sixteen years ago) link
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA THANK YOU AMAZING RACE
― HI DERE, Monday, 5 November 2007 04:16 (sixteen years ago) link
omg goth pink weird cuople is from louisville
― nickalicious, Monday, 5 November 2007 07:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I don't like them.
It was satisfying to see one of the most annoying teams go home. The donkey walking bit was very revealing of character, somehow.
― polyphonic, Monday, 5 November 2007 07:17 (sixteen years ago) link
okay now i KNOW i'm the only person still watching this show. what can i say, it's still the only show on t.v. where you are sure to see obnoxious americans speaking spanish to cambodians. "Rapido, senor!!"
(kazakhstan episode was great. plus, when do you ever get to see kazakhstan? it looked like a very cool place to be.)
― scott seward, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
it's still the only show on t.v. where you are sure to see obnoxious americans speaking spanish to cambodians. "Rapido, senor!!"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^This is the only reason that I'm still watching.
― Live from the Witch Trials (SeekAltRoute), Tuesday, 18 November 2008 21:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I was surprised by how nice Kazakhstan was too.
I was bummed to see Molly Shannon and her granola boyfriend go home. They were very entertaining.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 18 November 2008 22:19 (fifteen years ago) link
i would root for the frat boys, but the one who isn't seth rogen is REALLY annoying.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:10 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah. Also, they are terrible at the game and don't deserve to win.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 19 November 2008 00:11 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/plechazunga/tybe/tar/13/09-dan-march5.gif
― Leee, Monday, 1 December 2008 05:42 (fifteen years ago) link
They sure lucked out tonight.
― nickn, Monday, 1 December 2008 05:46 (fifteen years ago) link
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/plechazunga/tybe/tar/13/09-dan-march2.gif
― Leee, Monday, 1 December 2008 05:57 (fifteen years ago) link
I'll say! Mother and son were SUCH the better team the entire season.
― scott seward, Monday, 1 December 2008 06:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Were they though? Well, compared to Team Slack, yes, of course -- but this year has had historically bad racers.
As a weekend Communist, I am mad beyond humanity that none of them knew what Lenin or Stalin looked like. Also, what was Toni's reason for making Dallas do that Roadblock?
― Leee, Monday, 1 December 2008 22:04 (fifteen years ago) link
This season is shaping up to be really good! Mel is so awesome.
― Leee, Monday, 2 March 2009 04:59 (fifteen years ago) link
Yep, totally rooting for Mike and Mel. I was disappointed that the lawyer siblings didn't go home last night. That dude is insufferable.
― lindseykai, Monday, 2 March 2009 16:16 (fifteen years ago) link
haven't read thread for fear of spoilers but have quietly caught up on seasons 1-4 online. season 4 was easily the most forgettable of these.
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Sunday, 15 March 2009 19:22 (fifteen years ago) link
Hmm, best Roadblock ever?
― Leee, Monday, 16 March 2009 03:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, quite a lovely half to one of the Detours.
― Leee, Monday, 16 March 2009 04:11 (fifteen years ago) link
T_T over flight time and big easy... 2 of the bro-iest classy dudes ever on the show. i may even be coerced to go checkout a HGT game next time they're in town.
― vlogger working on a thinkpiece about the gastro-truck revolution (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 2 December 2009 21:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Flight Time definitely chill, he never lost his cool when Big Easy made the world's stupidest decision ever.
― Leee, Friday, 4 December 2009 06:20 (fourteen years ago) link
tbh i thought it was a genius move IF all the teams had to go to the airport to travel in the morning. unfortunately this is one of the only episodes i've seen that they start and finish in the same city.
― vlogger working on a thinkpiece about the gastro-truck revolution (Steve Shasta), Friday, 4 December 2009 06:30 (fourteen years ago) link
lots of lolz to be had. melon face thing obv, but the tattooed couple need to stay in as long as possible.
― No Good, Scrunty-Looking, Narf Herder (Gukbe), Monday, 27 September 2010 02:04 (fourteen years ago) link
― leTeReL (Leee), Monday, 29 November 2010 05:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Dude is such a comic villain. Suck up the asthma, I say.
― Gukbe, Monday, 29 November 2010 05:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I feel bad for Vicki -- she seems like a cool chick except for the fact that she puts up with him.
I am in heart with Brook.
― leTeReL (Leee), Monday, 29 November 2010 05:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Despite some of the worst racing ever (GOTHS), I am totally digging this All-Stars edition. Anyone else out there?
― farting in the shower - C/D (Leee), Monday, 4 April 2011 03:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess not?
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Monday, 11 April 2011 01:49 (thirteen years ago) link
I am! Yeah, the goths are just terrible people who seem totally unaware of what assholes they are. (WTF with pushing that poor guy out of the taxi?!) Very happy to see whatsherface and her irritating dad go home, though.
― lindseykai, Monday, 11 April 2011 03:21 (thirteen years ago) link
zomg, the taxi jacking was so messed up. Their in-game prick-act -- e.g. lying to Gary, lying about their missed flight -- I can understand and don't get much of a dander over, but seriously, abusing/messing with the locals? That's something I'd expect from Jaime (& Cara, but not Cara).
Total lulz though for Mallory digging through dung, redux.
― Matt Groening's Cousin (Leee), Monday, 11 April 2011 04:03 (thirteen years ago) link
can't see Mallory without seeing the SNL version of Miley Cyrus.
― Gukbe, Monday, 11 April 2011 05:58 (thirteen years ago) link