Ugh. Just had to see that title to know that someone must make that dumb comment on this week’s show. Can’t wait to see who that was.

Back to last week’s show, I read the Elimination Interview of Liz and Marie and got an answer to the question of how long they had walked before a taxi gave them a free ride: apparently it was four hours. Wow. I guess that tells us just how far behind the other teams they were. Kind of a shame. They said that the taxi driver totally gouged them on the fare and that was why they had no money left. The driver had threatened to call the cops and they just relented and gave him all of their money. He apparently demanded 4,500 baht of the twins, yet one of the commenters on the CBS site mentioned that these drivers typically make about 10,000 baht in a month. So, draw your own conclusions. Seems like they may have gotten screwed over on that one.

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We’re back for the fifth leg of the race. My favorite snowboarders are first to leave AGAIN. Yay.

The clue indicates that the racers have to travel by local transportation, which apparently means they have to ride on elephants up a river to find the clue. Andy enlightens us with the whole “God opened up the door and we’re grateful to be here.” I must therefore just take a moment to say “Thanks a lot God.”

Anyway, after some ridiculous “Look! No hands Mom!” scenes on the elephant, Tommy decides to enlighten those who are blind by announcing: “We’re on an elephant right now.” Really? Are you talking to the one year olds out there–the only living humans that can’t comprehend what kind of animal an elephant is? Then Andy in typical fashion declares that if he wins the Amazing Race he’s going to buy an elephant. Why can’t they edit out more of this ridiculous prattle? I can only think that CBS wants these people to annoy us. I guess that’s part … Continue reading →

And we’re back…I tried to take a look at the Elimination Interviews from last week, but apparently CBS doesn’t think anyone beyond Ethan and Jenna rate. They haven’t been updated since that elimination. Not even Ron and Bill, who were also eliminated that week, were worth a mention. I did see a “deleted scene” of Kaylani and Lisa immediately after their elimination. They don’t discuss what tripped them up, and all it really was was a plea to have them back on the show in the future. But I did see something that just goes to show that there are many different opinions out there on any given topic or person. Someone commented on the interview and basically said they were sobbing when Kaylani and Lisa were eliminated and talking about being without her child, etc. You remember how I felt about all that? Apparently other people loved those two out there and thought they were so genuine. Go figure. Hope they didn’t read this column.

So, on to the show: Phuket, Thailand this … Continue reading →