I have a feeling Phil will be as happy to see them go as he was to tell Jonathug and Victoriah!!! "you have been eliminated from the race," which is followed by the unspoken "to the delight of millions of viewers."
In spite of my best intentions, I got hooked into TAR again this season. The helicopter views of Sao Paolo drew me in, and the Russian doll sequence with the campy Russian band and dancers seemed at least one-third as funny as the hilarious trip to the Argentinian chocolate factory a few seasons past. Better camera work could have made the doll event much funnier.
As for the racers, the oldsters appeal to me far less than any other older couple that's been on TAR. You can practically hear these guys creak with every move. Not attractive. Please go away. Ditto Eric and Jerkemy.
No one in this bunch approaches the obnoxiousness of Jonathan and Victoria, a professional sado-masochistic duo. Dentist and wife bicker but not with deadly intent, so I sorta like them. The hippy boys are rather charming and I hope they stay around, perhaps even to win. They are good-natured, polite -- though one wonders why they're stuck in the '60s -- if indeed it isn't all an act.
Anyone else miss Romber? Myrna and Schmyrna? They were great characters who added spice to the travel drama that threatens to get bland from repetition. I.E.: Zip lines suck. Soooooo predictable. Ho hum.