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Posted Oct 6th 2008 8:01AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S13E02) "He's a ball of emotion." - Sarah about TerenceSure, Terence could very well be a "ball of emotion." But this week's episode of
The Amazing Race might be better titled a "Ball of Confusion." I'm not talking only about the inevitable airport fiasco we're privy to each week. I'm talking about so many errors made by so many teams. Tonight's drama within the teams stepped up a bit more than what we saw last week.
Continue reading The Amazing Race: Do You Like American Candy?
Posted Sep 29th 2008 12:25AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S13E01) "The bees are much calmer than all of this!" - Anita to Arthur
Well,
The Amazing Race has won yet another Emmy and tonight we were treated to the premiere of the new season. I've decided this is never a show to watch just before retiring for the night. The pace on the viewers might not be as frantic as for the racing teams. But as the music builds and things get frantic, it's better than a caffeine rush! Read on past the jump for the skinny on the show.
Continue reading The Amazing Race: Bees Are Much Calmer Than All This (season premiere) - VIDEO
Posted Aug 22nd 2008 8:03AM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Programming, The Amazing Race, Pickups and Renewals
It's really a no-brainer. What's a better second home for CBS's perennial Emmy-winning reality show
The Amazing Race than the Travel Channel? What doesn't make sense to me is that the
Travel Channel picked up seasons 12-14 of The Amazing Race. Season 13 premieres September 28 on CBS, with Travel debuting last year's Season 12 a few weeks earlier on September 3. But why didn't the Travel Channel just pick up the whole catalogue?
One of the things that makes
The Amazing Race such a fantastic show is it gives us the opportunity to travel the world and see such wonderful and exotic places. Coupling those excursions with the Travel Channel's own wonderful documentaries about those same places would make for a great night of entertainment and information. Because of the travel aspect of it, it's one of the few reality competition shows that can be rerun without losing 90% of its appeal. It could be a preemptive move to establish a home on a cable network in case CBS ever pulls the plug; the show is only picked up one season at a time and always seems to be on the bubble.
Posted Aug 20th 2008 8:02AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Casting
The fall season of
The Amazing Race is set to premiere on Sunday, September 28, at 8 PM ET/PT. Although it seems to be a bit early, CBS has already announced the teams. Looking at them, it seems
my pre-season spoilers were indeed spot on. The aged hippies exist!
Phil Keoghan returns as the host of this Emmy-winning race around the world and I'm looking forward to another season of whirlwind excitement. You can check out the new teams in the gallery below and read on past the jump for more about them.
Continue reading The Amazing Race: New teams announced
Posted Jul 1st 2008 1:04PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race
The new season of
The Amazing Race won't premiere until September 28 on CBS. But, you see, the filming is done. The cast and crew of the show have signed strict nondisclosure contracts. You can bet they're not leaking any information.
Now, if we were back in time to the 1950s, there would be no leaks -- less air travel, no internet enabling the average Joe to spread the word. But in today's world it's really hard to have racers running through airports without folks taking notice.
Warning --
Extreme show spoilers after the jump!
Continue reading The Amazing Race extreme spoilers abound
Posted Jan 20th 2008 10:45PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S12E11) You know, it's tough to actually like all three teams racing for the finish line on
The Amazing Race. Other seasons there have always been teams I so didn't want to win the million dollars. This year, what can I say?
The three teams in the run for the win include a father and daughter team, a grandfather and his grandson, and a rather offbeat mellow new-agey, yet throwback couple who get along together amazingly well.
My favorite team coming out of the gate this season was Kynt and Vyxsin, but they're long gone. It's been the Ronald and Christina show the past few weeks. Was it tonight? Finale spoilers after the jump!
Continue reading The Amazing Race: The Final Push (season finale)
Posted Jan 13th 2008 10:55PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S12E10) Ohh ... it's the penultimate episode of
The Amazing Race, determining which three teams will race to the finish on next week's season finale.
Now, I've been rather vocal about one team in particular I really want off of my TV set and out of my nightmares -- Jennifer and Nathan. I'm so adamant that I want them gone that I declared them my favorite team last week (and encouraged readers to join in with me) in an effort to jinx them.
Did our valiant efforts and chanting work? After all, it's rare that I enjoy all three teams in the finale. Could it be...? After the jump.
Continue reading The Amazing Race: Sorry, Guys, I'm Not Happy to See You
Posted Jan 6th 2008 11:00PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S12E09) This season of
The Amazing Race, albeit with an impromptu early start, is going to be heading to the finish line before long. And, with the promos and the episode title of tonight's show, it seems to indicate that one team might be facing some health issues. Perhaps it's a good thing that the finale is but an episode or two away, eh?
After all, the death of a racer would probably blow the show's chances for its next Emmy nod, don't you think?
Yes, I am wasting space here before the jump. If I put any kind of spoiler here on the main page, I just might be croaked. Virtually, but it still hurts.
Continue reading The Amazing Race: I Just Hope He Doesn't Croak on Us
Posted Dec 31st 2007 11:31AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S12E08) Sometimes when things seem so perfect, that's when all goes kerflooey. That's often how it goes when I watch reality television shows. I've learned over the years not to become too attached to the teams I'd like to see win. Or, to try not to cheer a team on too much, to be just a bit more realistic about the matter.
Tonight's episode of
The Amazing Race brought me back to my vows with a crash and burn I didn't see coming. And I'm not talking about the propane tanks featured on the show. After all, had they crashed and burned ... well, there would be some honest to gosh news, right?
Continue reading The Amazing Race: Honestly, They Have Witch Powers or Something
Posted Dec 24th 2007 1:07AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S12E07) My, it seems like it's been a long time since the last episode of
The Amazing Race. Last week's
Survivor finale bumped it and the holidays seem to be taking a toll, too. However, tonight's show was indeed worth the wait.
A new twist, a couple of wrong turns, a surprise or two, and ink where you least expect it. But, of course, I won't get to the real skinny until after the jump. I could talk about the weather to fill the pre-jump space. The weather here is windy and rainy. The weather on the race tonight looked splendid.
There. On with the show.
Continue reading The Amazing Race: This is Forever, Now
Posted Dec 10th 2007 12:35AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S12E06) Darn it. I know the
Amazing Race takes its episode titles from actual words uttered by the contestants on the show, but this one is downright silly. More apropos from the team at hand would have been ...
"I hate you!"
"I hate you more!"
On a side note, I'd like to see the cabs in NYC spell taxi the way it's spelled in Lithuania. Taxi without the X Factor, gotta love it. I think it would add a nice cultural influence to NYC cabs. Oh, wait. Most of the cabbies are from various countries anyway. Never mind. Let's get on with the show!
Continue reading The Amazing Race: Cherry on Top of the Sundae That's Already Melted
Posted Dec 2nd 2007 11:28PM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S12E05) I can't help but wonder if the production staff has changed a bit for this season of
The Amazing Race. The challenges seem more all-ages oriented, perhaps a bit less exciting and adrenalin-pumping when compared to some past seasons.
But I think it makes things more interesting from a cultural point of view. I've mentioned before that one reason I enjoy the show so much is due to the fact I can take a peek into other countries I might never be able to visit.
Nothing against bungee-jumping, but if you've jumped a bungee once, why do it twice? Or every season? Fresh and different is a good thing, I say.
Continue reading The Amazing Race: We've Really Burned Bridges, for Sure
Posted Nov 26th 2007 12:14AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S12E04) Goths tend to be sincere and genuine according to Kynt of
The Amazing Race. And, if one were to base his perception of Goth kind of folks just on this particular episode of the show, it would be and accurate perception indeed.
There was a lot to enjoy with the episode and the Goth couple, Kynt and Vyxsin were just a part of it. Ah, but there was a team to boo, too. That team was genuine, as well. Genuine creeps, that is!
Continue reading The Amazing Race: Let's Name Our Chicken Phil
Posted Nov 19th 2007 12:56AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S12E03) They could have called tonight's episode of
The Amazing Race "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Milking a Camel, but Were Afraid to Ask."
Sure, it's a reality television show, but it's educational, too. Not only did I learn all about the do's and don'ts of milking camels (which I'm sure will come into some use during the course of my life in the greater metropolitan NYC area), but I also learned the word for tree in a rather obscure West African language. Tiiga is tree. Now you know it, too.
Continue reading The Amazing Race: Please, Lord, Give Me Milk
Posted Nov 12th 2007 1:12AM by Jackie Schnoop
Filed under: OpEd, The Amazing Race, Episode Reviews
(S12E02) Now,
The Amazing Race is one of my favorite shows, but tonight's episode leaned towards something which doesn't thrill me too much whenever they do it.
I realize that the "race" for tickets on the fastest or earliest flight will always be a part of the show. But I felt this episode spent way too much time in the airport. What I find truly amazing is how all airports in the world look kind of alike. Yeah, the languages on the signs may differ, but if you've seen one, you've seen them all.
I know some of the interaction between the teams at the airport was needed, but darn it all ... I want to see the race, not the airport!
Continue reading The Amazing Race: I've Become the Archie Bunker of the Home
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