Posted on 02/24/2005 8:35:27 AM PST by Veto!
My hubby and I have a nickname for Bianca and Debby, but I can't post it here.
You know what I'm finding interesting is that Romber actually seem to really get along great! I told my hubby that I thought if they make it throught TAR without breaking up, then I they'll actually have a pretty good marriage. They'll have lots of interesting shared experiences that would be hard to find in another partner.
Also, she tends to mellow Rob out.
I am starting to suspect that like me, those two like girls.
Think one saying "Te Amo" to the other on the way to the sand piles was a clue?
I call them "Kissy Kissy." Actually, I don't think they're gay. A bunch of younger women on the last Survivor were all touchy and kissy. I think it's in vogue right now, and it grosses me out!
I'm changing the subject a bit, but I'm even noticing this kissy-kissy stuff with the young girls.
My twin daughters are 8, and just don't quite fit in with the other girls. My girls are not into Hillary Duff or other pop stars, and they are not very silly and talkative.
My girls mainly play with the boys, and I can see why.
My girls aren't tomboys, but they just aren't superficial.
That, and the nearly lip locks that the two have planted on each other.
But Hey! Looking at a couple of good looking female lesbians on the show is a whole lot more enjoyable than having to look at the two gay guys.
Ron comes across to me as a nice southern gentleman and too trusting. I hope he has learned a lesson and starts to be more aggressive.
I'd have to agree, based on other girls I know, they aren't lesbians. Girls are just too touchy these days.
Finally got to see the show. Pretty good. I don't much care for Rob and Amber thus far. It will be interesting to see if they have any real skills, this time they just coasted thanks to the help they got from their fan.
NFP
I don't think Rob has EVER said a nasty word to Amber, in fact he is wonderfully protective of her. They work well together and may go far in the Race despite sniping and griping by other Racers.
As for Bianca and Debbie, I know we're all thinking of an unprintable name for them. How about a printable one?
Viciousistahs. (Vi CHIS tahs) The vicioius sistahs.
Vicious
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Viciousistahs
Vicious
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Viciousistahs
Boston Rob (of Rob and Amber) says "BRING IT ON"
GUNNING FOR ROB & AMBER
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/41584.htm
March 2, 2005 -- 'BOSTON" Rob Mariano and Amber Brkich may have conquered "Survivor," but they could get clobbered by the competition on "The Amazing Race," which began last night on CBS.
"I'm glad we have this opportunity to go head-to-head with them because I've always disliked them," "Race" competitor Patrick Vaughn tells the latest edition of TV Guide.
"They seem to think they're the stars. All the other teams are going to be united against them," says Vaughn, a playwright-composer who, with his mom, Susan, makes up one of the 10 teams trying to crush Rob and Amber.
"I've never felt that much hate toward me before," says Amber, 26, of the day she and fiancé Rob met their new reality-show competition.
"There were comments," says Rob, 29. "It bothered me because it was upsetting her. But I love to be the underdog. Bring it on!"
Amber — who won the $1 million prize on "Survivor" last year — and Rob — who proposed to her during the show's live finale — lobbied "Race" producers hard to appear on the show because they are fans.
"They came after us," says executive producer Jerry Bruckheimer. "They loved the show and wanted to be on it, and there's no downside to that."
Post TV Staff
I think they will do well..they have already gotten under someone's skin. I still hope Ron and his girlfriend will do better though.
I like it - it fits!
While I'm happy to see that there is not the usual contingent of models/actors this time, I am, I guess one of the few that has trouble with the Rob/Amber casting in this race, as I did with the Allison/Donny casting (she of Big Brother 3? 4? last year). I'm not a fan of either Rob or Amber, and I didn't care for either of them in their first seasons (Outback and Marquesas) on Survivor, but I will admit that Rob did a credible job controlling the "All Stars" game. My problem with them being in the Amazing Race is that it changes the tenor of the game for me.
1. Rob and Amber are celebrities, and as such, received a great deal of help the first episode when they were in last place. This celebrity can work against them, sure, if they run into a "fan" that doesn't like them, but they didn't climb out of last place in the premier episode because they were racers and enlisted aid (a "Fern" if you will, for those who remember Cha-Cha-Cha from Season 2)- they were helped specifically BECAUSE they were on Survivor. I know other contestants had advantages because they had knowledge of Spanish but that's an advantage anyone could have had - none of the other 10 teams have been on national TV or on 10 magazine covers.
2. It changes the race's focus. Instead of a race around the world and to finish each race leg ahead of the other teams, it's becoming "beat Rob and Amber." Rob and Amber are not the focus of the race, people - and for this I also blame the teams involved - the best ones will simply see "Romber" as good competitors and try to beat them to the mat every week. There's an old saying in "TAR" - "run your own race - don't worry what the others are doing."
3. And can we please stop with all the "Survivor" references now? Every other sentence was about Survivor.
They're minor things, I know, but I really loved this show in its first season and I hate to see it get more gimmicky with each successive edition (the next one, for instance, will feature teams of families of 4 each - now there's a logistical nightmare if you will).
And while I agree that Patrick is just way too obsessed, I will say one small thing in his defense - Rob made incredibly disparaging remarks about gay men when he was in Marquesas, and I imagine Patrick has fixated on that somewhat. But Patrick? You and Mom? Not holding the national brain trust yourselves, ok? Run your OWN damn race and stop worrying about Romber -- they are NOT worrying about what YOU're doing.
And by the way, I loved those Carolina hillbillies right off the bat. Which is probably what doomed them in episode one. *Sigh*
I agree with you on Rob and Amber. I never watched Survivor and I really don't care to watch Survivor: Amazing Race. I want my TAR, with no stupid references to tribal councils or bonfires or whatever.
So, may the survivors get eliminated soon so it can go back to the race I know and love!
Patrick and mom became my least favorite team in the first episode. Mom just about came unglued when she thought she wouldn't be "first."
I've never seen anyone act that way about not coming in first in a round. Ridicuous.
I can hande flamers as long as they don't take themselves seriously. And these guys seem that way.
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