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Congratulations Linz Family

Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

The Linz Family have won the $1 million! And apparently there’s a final challenge where the second and third place finishers compete for a car. Check out the action here.

I Wanna Be A Cowboy

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

The Last Nice Family

Thursday, November 24th, 2005

I nearly choked when one of the Weavers said that they were “the last nice family in this race” because from what we’ve seen they’re nothing but hypocrites. I’ll give Rolly a pass on this one because he doesn’t say much but man all that complaning - Utah is ugly? It’s majestic!

The challenges were more […]

Aieeee, make the noise stop!

Thursday, November 10th, 2005

Is it possible to have negative goodwill?
After a strong finish in leg 7, the Paolos go to hell, at least that what it seemed like to me - more bickering and threats, they give dysfunction a good name!
I’m wondering if after this DJ Paolo will ever get a date. Marion’s comment “I’m hope you never […]

Losing The Amazing Race

Wednesday, November 9th, 2005

National Review Online has an interesting article on how the perils of “family-friendly” shows.
“Ironically, before it went family, The Amazing Race was one of the few really solid, parent-tested, kid-approved shows out there… Contestants visibly matured, or they fell apart spectacularly… The more audiences expect cleanliness at the expense of quality, the harder […]

Me = Sad

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

Whoa! For the first time, the Paolo family didn’t get on my nerves and I’m starting to see why ALL the other teams don’t care for the Weavers whatsoever.

But I’m totally disappointed over the ending of this episode, and I was struggling to keep back the tears myself.
Yeah, I’m totally gutted that the Gaghans […]

The Finish Line Oct. 19

Saturday, October 22nd, 2005

CBS debuted The Finish Line, a 30 minute Internet show that follows up with teams on The Amazing Race. The show is hosted by Sarah Bernard and Jon Weiss (Season 4)
Watch the October 19 episode at CBS

We Sure Know How To Pick ‘Em

Friday, October 21st, 2005

I realized that I hadn’t picked my favorite team to win The Amazing Race Family Edition in the poll section. I had decided at the beginning of season to give it a couple of episodes to see which teams I want to put my faith in. Early favorites were the Gaghans, the Aiellos and possibly […]

Talkback: The Amazing Race Family Edition Ep. 4

Thursday, October 20th, 2005

The world’s biggest chair, trailer homes and more product placement. Some teams get hit by a major dose of killer fatigue. Some quick thoughts from episode 4 of The Amazing Race Family Edition…

* A trailer home? I’m sure there’s more to Mississippi than just that?
* I don’t get why one of the Godlewski sisters […]

Recap : Episode 2 I Don’t Kiss I Make Out

Thursday, October 13th, 2005

As The Amazing Race takes flight (literally), we see a number of things happen…

A team power walks their way to victory
One team kinda loses it
There’s a mystery bus ride
A promising beginning is completely ruined

All these leave me wondering, where’s my TAR and what has CBS done to it?

After the disappointment of last week’s episode though […]