The Amazing Race -- All-Purpose Thread

WTF is 13x3 weeks?

 

Three seasons of 13 episodes each?

 

Then why "weeks?"

 

Hollywood shorthand?

 

13x3 weeks is 13 episodes times 3 weeks. yes?

 

One way, might be to follow them around as the Globe Trotters do an international tour.

Another way, might be similar to the Dhani Jones on the Travel Channel a couple, three years back where you send them out to try different sports and interact with the locals.

 

Yep, sorry.

It means 3 seasons of 13 episodes each.

 

Exactly. I've enjoyed them interacting with all of the locals, the kids, entertaining the crowds who may have never seen a basketball game.

One reality show that I wouldn't mind seeing would be casting the new Harlem Globetrotters. I'd love to see those tryouts.

 

How somebody hasn't turned that into reality show I don't know. Forget Ultimate Fighter: Team Edgar vs. Team Penn, I want to see Ultimate Globetrotter: Team Flight Time vs. Team Big Easy.

 

ELEPHANTS. ELEPHANTS. <3

That gas fill-up road block was insane. Also: read your clue!

Pool update:
Amy - Dave and Connor 64
bumpy mcgee - Jet and Cord 64
InkyWretch - Leo and Jamal 46
IJAG - Brenchel 37
WolvEagle - Jennifer and Caroline 27
*JayFerrar - Margie and Luke 25
Huggy - Flight Time and Big Easy 24
Wenders - John and Jessica 23
*MTM - Bopper and Mallory 7
*TigerVols - Joey and Meghan 5
*BNWriter - Natalie and Nadiya 1

(I want a picture of exactly how much leg room Big Easy has in one of those tuk-tuks.)

 

I was waiting for somebody to get injured at the gas station. I also couldn't figure out why most of them kept their backpacks on while doing - unless they wanted protection from the tuk-tuks.

 

The gladiator challenge was hysterical. The way the Afghanimals were playing it up there...I was dying. "I can take you, I watched all four seasons of Spartacus!" They are much more enjoyable this time around. And I liked them bartering at the end with the last two teams -- give them the answer and no one will U-turn them. THAT's how you barter on this show.

I think that Spanish Steps road block would have been HARD but it's only made harder when you don't. read. the. stupid. clue. properly. If you go through one attempt at something and get it wrong, I would immediately re-read the clue and make sure I'm doing it correctly.

Mostly I just love Rome.

Pool update:
Amy - Dave and Connor 69
bumpy mcgee - Jet and Cord 68
IJAG - Brenchel 54
InkyWretch - Leo and Jamal 49
WolvEagle - Jennifer and Caroline 33
Huggy - Flight Time and Big Easy 26
*JayFerrar - Margie and Luke 25
*Wenders - John and Jessica 24
*MTM - Bopper and Mallory 7
*TigerVols - Joey and Meghan 5
*BNWriter - Natalie and Nadiya 1