The rest of the teams hit the Road block. This one is a pain in the *ss for most of the teams. Basically, they have to deliver two goats upstream in a canoe that they have to drive with a long stick, gondola style. One of the goats even p*ssed on Winnie, which was kind of awesome. Chuck and Wynona aren’t doing very well with the canoe task either. You would’ve thought catching goats and canoeing up a swamp with a stick would’ve been just another Saturday for these two, but apparently not. Those two were bickering up a storm and I wasn’t sure they weren’t going to head right for an African divorce court if they ever got to the pit stop. Anyway, at one point, Chuck and Wynona and the roller derby moms almost crashed their canoes into each other. The moms were bickering pretty badly over this task too. Mona wasn’t the best at paddling with the stick and it seemed like they were going to flip the canoe a couple of times. I’m calling her Mona, but I’m not entirely sure which mom is which. That’s pretty much because I don’t care which is which. Anyway, Beth may as well have been whipping Beth like a horse because she was all over her because of her crappy paddling skills. Of course, Mona did keep sending them in circles, but still. Max and Katie were still trying to pay their ticket, so there was plenty of time to screw the canoe task up. Not to mention, Max manages to freaking back into a pole right in the police station parking lot. Wow. Good thing those two are keeping the fact they are geniuses a secret.
Once Chuck and Wynona get done with their canoe task, they are flying back on what looks like a speedboat, with the wind flying through Chuck’s enormously puffy mullet. He says something about this being just like shooting down a slew by their house. I had to frigging Google “slew” because I had no clue what this guy was talking about. I thought he was actually gunning stuff down. But apparently a slew is a marshy pond or something, so that is what he meant. I knew this kind of thing would’ve been a typical day for these two.
Joey and Meghan seemed to have been driving around aimlessly for most of this episode. When he realized that they had actually caught up with Max and Katie, Joey let out the biggest squeal/Toyota jump possible from a person that presumably has testicles. Joey strikes me as one of those guys who decides it’s finally time to come out of the closet and everyone is like “Uh, yeah. Duh.” Could have been those tiny 1980s red gym shorts worn over black stretch bike pants and those stupid striped tube socks he’s wearing up to his armpits that clued everyone in. That, and the high-pitched scream he emits every time an insect flies by.
Next, the teams make it to the Detour, which is “Brains” or “Brawn.” “Brains” was kind of a cool task where the teams set out on a horseback safari. There are ten or so cut out animals that they have to remember in order at the end of the safari. If they screw the order up, they have to go back and do the safari over again. “Brawn” was moving a team of donkeys pulling firewood to a campsite using a carrot on a stick to lure them. Pam and Winnie were probably in second place when they hit the Brawn task, but then they switched tasks when their donkeys refused to move. That kind of screwed them over, because they then kept missing one of the animals on the safari and had to keep redoing the safari task. Unfortunately, they eventually switch back again to the donkey task, which really seems to seal their fate.
The end of the show was confusing because Katie seemed to be the only one who apparently got her face painted red all over by the locals. It kind of made her look like Max had beat the sh*t out of her or maybe had backed over her like that pole at the police station. Anyway, it was also kind of interesting hearing Max (one of the “geniuses”) trying to communicate with his donkeys by repeatedly making a “Hee-YAW” noise. For once, I thought I could read a donkey’s thoughts because Max’s donkey was looking at him like he was weirdo. Joey’s strategy with the donkeys was apparently verbal abuse as he kept yelling “YOU IDIOT!!!!” at the lead donkey for getting the wood cart too close to trees. Strange chain of events with the donkeys near the end of the show.
Pit stop order:
1. Bates and Anthony
2. Mona and Beth
3. Caroline and Jennifer
4. Chuck and Wynona
5. Meghan and Joey
6. Max and Katie
7. Pam and Winnie (Eliminated).
It looks like the Race is taking a break next week, so see you in two weeks!
Written by: Kim Wilson
Email: kwilson1101@gmail.com
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Katie was the only one whose face was painted bc it was part of the speed bump, which only she and Max had to perform. My only complaint is that Bates or Anthony, I can’t tell which is which, would stop taking his teeth out. You may harp on Chuck being a bit of a bumpkin, but at least he has all of his visible teeth. Maybe now that “Banthony” has $7500, he can afford some implants!!
Just to let you know Bates is the taller of the two. Anthony is the blond. Have known Anthony for several years. A family member played minor pro hockey with him. He is actually quite a funny guy, but when both boys put their minds into something they can get quite serious.
OK the show is trying to make Chuck a total rube. But, how did Chuck know most of the animals correct names?
He is not hunting those animals down in Alabama.
I did not hear any banjos this week. My hearing bad or has CBS decided that playing Deliverance music may not be appropriate?.
Hey Kim it’s actually slough. Too funny that is a super common term where I’m from. So one thing I was blown away by Chuck’s knowledge of those animals, geez that was pretty darn impressive.
Mr Mullet is the dude who was in awe that they landed in the same location “where Lion King was made”, right? I wonder if he doesn’t have a manual or something to refer to when identifying animals. I’m hesitant to give a guy any”smart points” who wasn’t even aware of the term “mullet” when the race began.
Is Joey under the impression that the general public doesn’t realize he’s gay? He may be more delusional than Phillip on Survivor. My daughter has a gay friend in high school who HATES when Joey starts with the histrionics. Note to Joey: dial it down a notch, dude. Even the mainstream gays can’t tolerate that sissy shit.
Most people that hunt have heard of these animals before. Just because they are not in our country, its still fascinating to know what hunts you can go on or what trophies you can get. Glad that worked in Chuck’s favor! 🙂