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THE AMAZING RACE VII --TAR7-- Official Show Thread & photo preview
CBS ^ | Feb 24, 2005 | Veto! with a little help from CBS.com

Posted on 02/24/2005 8:35:27 AM PST by Veto!

Begins March 1 on CBS, 9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific

Here we go again, race fans, for the Seventh Season of The Amazing Race (TAR7). We'll vicariously travel with eleven teams as they fly, drive, climb, crawl, leap, slide, and boogie around the world to compete for one million dollars. They'll never know where they're going next or what they'll have to do once there. The last team to arrive at the "designated pit stop" at the end of each week's episode will be eliminated from the race -- unless it is not. So pull up your favorite armchair and travel along with the Freeper Amazing Race contingent every Tuesday night for the next few months as we root for favorites, throw tomatoes at the others, and wish we were the ones living dangerously. BON VOYAGE!

A Thumbnail Photo Guide To This Season's Possibly Amazing Racers

Brian, 27 & Greg, 24 are brothers from Santa Monica, California. Brian is an actor/bartender and Greg is a bouncer. Their primary motivation for participating in the Race is to travel the world with each other and meet new people. Veto!s opinion: Team Bro wants face time on tv. They are big, strong, in shape, and they think they're action stars. But are they wily? Could be they'll be eating other teams' dust.

Debbie & Bianca are best friends from Los Angeles, California and Woodbridge, Virginia, respectively. Bianca is a high school teacher and Debbie works as a photographer. Both are highly educated, experienced travelers, and have lived abroad. Veto!s opinion: Keep an eye on these two. Unless they scratch each other’s eyes out, they’ll probably do just fine.

Lynn & Alex are (would you believe?) a gay couple from West Hollywood, California. They both work as executive assistants. With their four-year anniversary on the horizon, they possibly hope to get married in Amsterdam—if indeed they race through Amsterdam. Veto!s opinion: Need I say?

Megan & Heidi, a make-up artist and fashion designer, are roommates from Oak Park, California. Both are allegedly extremely competitive and not afraid to take risks. They decided to sign up for the Race “just for the challenge and competition.” Veto!s opinion:. Can the Hair Queens keep up the pace when their tresses get tangled? I see hissy fits on the horizon.

Meredith, 69, & Gretchen, 66, are a husband/wife team from Easton, Maryland. Meredith is a retired executive and Gretchen is a retired nurse/flight attendant. He holds seven National Masters Swimming Championship titles, she admits to being quite loud, particularly when upset. . Veto!s opinion: If Gretch doesn’t turn into Nurse Ratched, they may go far and win Freeper kudos for their efforts.

Ray, 44, & Deana, 27, are a dating-on-and-off team from Canfield, Ohio and Youngstown, Ohio respectively. Ray, a former semi-pro football player, is a stockbroker and Deana is a marketing and promotions executive. Both enjoy weight lifting and karate. Veto!s opinion:This season’s “will their relationship last?” team. Ray will overdo it trying to beat younger guys. Ho-hum.

Rob, 29, & Amber, 26, AKA Boston Rob and Ambuh, are an engaged couple from Canton, Massachusetts and Beaver, Pennsylvania, respectively. They formed an alliance and fell in love when they competed with each other on “Survivor: All Stars.” Amber won the one million dollar prize. Rob finished as the $100k runner-up, but proposed to Amber before they knew which had won the big bucks. Veto!s opinion: Two Thumbs Up! Highly athletic and competitive, these two know how to work together. But will their “take-over-the-‘hood” skills that won them Survivor translate to racing’s Hall of Fame? Why, indeed, not?

Ron, 28, & Kelly, 26, are a dating Team from Villa Rica, Georgia and Greenville, South Carolina, respectively. Ron is a former Iraq War POW who is currently a student at the University of Georgia and works as a motivational speaker. Kelly was crowned Miss South Carolina in 2002 and works as a Legislative Correspondent…(for whom?) Ron was an Apache helicopter pilot in Iraq. When shot down, he was captured, interrogated, held captive and later rescued by the United States Marines. Following his rescue, Ron returned home and was introduced to the reigning Miss South Carolina. The two have been an item ever since. Ron is very competitive and admits he’s a thrill seeker. . Veto!s opinion: Two more thumbs 'way up. They’ll be Freepers’ favorites, and they have what it takes to win.

Ryan, 31, & Chuck, 32, are lifelong friends from Landrum, South Carolina and Inman, South Carolina, respectively. Ryan is a general contractor, and Chuck works in boiler tube replacement sales. Both are motorcycle nuts and very religious. . Veto!s opinion: Definitely wily Southern boys. Up against tough competition, but I hope they make a good showing.

Uchenna, 40, & Joyce, 44, a childless married couple from Houston. Uchenna worked for Enron as an energy trader and Joyce worked in sales for WorldCom, have different jobs since their companies went bankrupt. If they win, they say they’ll use the money for in-vitro fertilization. Veto!s opinion:A tough, scrappy pair, but too much tension here, methinks, for them to get much traction. They’re hardly Kim and Chip, the wonderful black couple who won Amazing Race two seasons back.


Susan, 54, & Patrick, 26, are mother and gay son. She is the Director for Judicial Affairs for Miami University in Ohio and Patrick is a writer now living in Hollywood. Susan, married to Patrick’s father for 34 years, earned her college degree as a “non-traditional” student. Patrick says his family has always been very supportive of him,even —surprise, surprise-- when he told them he was gay. Veto!s opinion: They’re looking for love in all the wrong places; hopefully, their elimination from the show will be swift and merciful.

That’s it for the Preview.


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To: Veto!
That super annoying Patrick and his equally annoying mom are gone, gone, gone.............

Next we get the flaming duo......

301 posted on 03/23/2005 8:58:51 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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To: RayBob; EmilyGeiger; pbear8; Chani; RobFromGa; cuz_it_aint_their_money; dead; JenB; ...

For those who missed the show, teams finished in this order:

1. Rob and Amber
2. Brian and Greg
3. Uchenna and Joyce
4. Ron and Kelly
5. Lynn and Alex
6. Ray and Deana
7. Meredith and Gretch
8. Susan and Patrick, ELIMINATED

At this point, IMO, teams 1 - 5 have proven their mettle and any one of them could win this thing. So we're down to the point where it gets really interesting. As I recall jriemers fine-tuned statistical probabilities, teams 1-5 are right where they should be.

Women may be the determining factor. OF Kelly, Amber, and Joyce, Joyce seems the weakest, so that might factor in. However, Kim of TAR winners Chip and Kim (why do I think of them as Kip and Chim?) was not athletic either, so who knows?

Last night, there was a real scramble for first, with Romber taking it in stellar fashion, but not by much, and luck played a very large part in their win. As a matter of fact, Rob remarked with a big grin, "I was born with a lucky horseshoe up my ass." We'll see how his luck holds when those ominous Yields come along.

Was Rob a Kerry voter? Hard to imagine. He was quoted in an article, commenting on how other teams wanted to take them down, "Bring them on!" Doesn't sound too DemonRatish to me. Maybe looking at the tax rates on his and Amber's Survivor winnings showed him the light.

The best editing came when we saw Meredith and Gretch driving along appreciating how hard a young street juggler was working for his money and Gretch saying, "God bless him." And then we saw Susan and Patrick encounter a street clown trying to earn a buck too. They showed their compassion and concern in typical liberal fashion. “What is that clown doing?” Patrick asks. “I don’t know, but he’s in my way,” Susan says, honking her horn. “If there’s ever a time you wanted permission to run over a clown,” Patrick added, with a curl of the lip. Even the TAR crew detested these jerks!

And next week, we get TWO HOURS of TAR. What could be better? The preview showed Gretch taking a bad fall and bleeding profusely from the head. But head wounds do bleed profusely and often look much worse than they are, so I'm not counting her out til I see them eliminated.

The preview also showed the Bros rolling their vehicle. They have, as "dead" suggested earlier on this thread, pretty much shaken the Santa Monica fog out of their heads and are now looking really strong. Rob can outwit them every time, but they can probably do better in any physical challenge if they overcome their auto wreck next week. Did you know that one of the bros was on Fear Factor? (Rumor.) Didn't win, but still, that shows a lot of cojones if the rumor is true.


302 posted on 03/23/2005 9:21:31 AM PST by Veto! (Opinions Freely Dispensed as Advice)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr; hattend

The Flaming Duo is actually doing a good job of racing, so I am not rooting against them at this point, though I would not miss them. I root against obnoxious people who moan and complain and do not get the job done. Ray has fallen into that category. Susan and Patrick were the worst, and they're gone GONE GONE!!! Huzzah to that!

More about this at post #302, above on this thread.


303 posted on 03/23/2005 9:27:43 AM PST by Veto! (Opinions Freely Dispensed as Advice)
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To: Veto!

I can easily imagine that the car's of team umbilical are festooned with kerry bumper stickers.


304 posted on 03/23/2005 9:29:07 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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To: Veto!

I guess I am just tired of hearing team flaming rail on against the romber and amber. As you said earlier, I suspect there is some craving on their part towards the romber's bod.


305 posted on 03/23/2005 9:31:42 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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To: Veto!

I have it recorded and will watch tonight but glad to hear that Team Umbilical is Gone, gone, GONE! Yay!!!


306 posted on 03/23/2005 9:33:47 AM PST by hattend (Liberals! Beware the Perfect Rovian Storm [All Hail the Evil War Monkey King, Chimpus Khan!])
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

Festooned! Yes, festive son would festoon liberally.


307 posted on 03/23/2005 9:35:05 AM PST by Veto! (Opinions Freely Dispensed as Advice)
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To: Veto!

The one few times that the weather didn't interrupt programming here was when the clown incident took place....I had been rooting against the mother and son all along, but after that I really hoped they would be eliminated last night. My first thought was what jerks.


308 posted on 03/23/2005 9:38:06 AM PST by EmilyGeiger
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To: EmilyGeiger

I was actually surprised that they showed us the Umbilical jerks being so nasty, but I suspect they were so very obnoxious, the TAR producers were fed up with them too.


309 posted on 03/23/2005 9:49:20 AM PST by Veto! (Opinions Freely Dispensed as Advice)
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To: AxelPaulsenJr

Agree, it was good to see the whining fag get the boot. I hope the gay pair go next, but they have some fight in them, like the gay couple from the first TAR. I wish they would quit calling each other honey and saying beotch, lithping all the while.


310 posted on 03/23/2005 10:02:29 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (In memory of FReeper Henry Lee II.)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

Be grateful they are just showing them hugging when they get to the pitstops.

Even CBS knows that America will stop watching when the gay couples start tonguing each other.


311 posted on 03/23/2005 10:08:28 AM PST by hattend (Liberals! Beware the Perfect Rovian Storm [All Hail the Evil War Monkey King, Chimpus Khan!])
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To: hattend

EEEEWWWWWW!


312 posted on 03/23/2005 10:24:43 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (In memory of FReeper Henry Lee II.)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

Exactly!


313 posted on 03/23/2005 10:29:07 AM PST by hattend (Liberals! Beware the Perfect Rovian Storm [All Hail the Evil War Monkey King, Chimpus Khan!])
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To: hattend

I know what you mean. I was purely disgusted when they showed them huddled so close in the cab with no hands showing! My 9 yr. old wanted to watch the show with me last night and I wouldn't let her just because I'm not sure what they might show.


314 posted on 03/23/2005 10:29:35 AM PST by EmilyGeiger
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To: EmilyGeiger

You should tell the producers exactly what you told us. If enough people comment, maybe they will get the picture that we do not want the gay agenda shoved down our throats, so to speak.


315 posted on 03/23/2005 10:32:31 AM PST by Fierce Allegiance (In memory of FReeper Henry Lee II.)
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To: Fierce Allegiance

I believe I will..although I'm sure they will believe I am just one of those red states intolerant right wing fanatics. In which case they would be right. :)


316 posted on 03/23/2005 10:47:13 AM PST by EmilyGeiger
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To: Fierce Allegiance

My skin still crawls when I think of Reichen and Chip each calling the other honey.


317 posted on 03/23/2005 11:01:09 AM PST by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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To: RobFromGa
Pretty funny that Romber caught up the day after a 4 hour penalty! The look on the other teams face when they made the plane at the last minute was priceless...

They received a lot of help from the airline by holding the plane. They arrived with 3-5 minutes to spare before departure and *presto* they were still allowed to board. That ain't real-world travelling.

318 posted on 03/23/2005 11:53:22 AM PST by jriemer (We are a Republic not a Democracy)
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To: RobFromGa
Romber's special treatment also reminds me of TAR3 when several teams couldn't get seats "in coach" on their scheduled airline (per the rules) so the airline magically upgraded to 1st/Business. Again another departure from real-world travel.

"In Mexico City, Derek & Drew found a flight to London via Miami and were the first Team to depart, followed by Aaron & Arianne and Michael & Kathy. The two lagging Teams had a small difficulty in Miami, having only 40 minutes to transfer planes for an international flight on which they didn't have their seat assignments. They were initially told that they didn't have any space left on the flight. The airline managed to upgrade them to business class (though the Teams didn't have to pay for it) to get them on the flight." CBS TAR3 Leg 3

319 posted on 03/23/2005 11:59:47 AM PST by jriemer (We are a Republic not a Democracy)
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To: jriemer; Veto!

Yeah, I couldn't believe when Rob and Amber got on the plane... wonder if someone pulled some strings? The execs have this choreographed to some extent, if they want Rob and Amber to stay in... I mean, don't you ever wonder if the elimination legs are really predetermined? Sometimes they seem to be awfully convenient for certain teams.

I like the brothers. They're kind of cute, actually, once they stop being idiots. And Uchena and Joyce, I was impressed with how well they treated each other.

Can one of you buffs help me remember; when teams have switched Detours before, have they been able to just sort of jump from one to the other? Or did they have to go back to the start? I was sure they were going to get a penalty for that, but no.


320 posted on 03/23/2005 7:24:53 PM PST by JenB
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