The Amazing Race (Fall 2010)

The Princeton boys were annoying as hell. The singing at the end was terminal. Good riddance.

 

I may be the only one watching the show, but why were the tatooed pair not required to perform the Speed Bump task? Or why was it edited out of the show without explanation?

 

I'm still watching. From what I saw on another forum, someone who is FB friends with Nick said he said that they determined that one of their previous attempts on the detour was correct, so they were given a time credit and not required to perform a Speed Bump.

 

But why wasn't that explained on last night's show? Very odd.

 

How many Emmys does this show need to win before the cheapskate producers will show us the world in HD?
Even Rick Steves is shot in HD, for goodness sakes.
And they're still paying $1 million?
Cheap, cheap, cheap.

 

I am 50 years old.
The closest I ever came to driving a stick was in a "celebrity" race at a local dirt track.
(The clutch burned out before I left the starting line on the first car I was given. Still not sure if that was my fault).
So, effectively, I've never driven a stick on the street.

 

My understanding is that the HD isn't because of the cost but the camera guy flies solo with each team and you need two people to run them or something like that.

And many thanks to Oakland going into OT. Even with the show set to record for two hours, we still missed the final five minutes. Had to find an online recap last night to see who got tossed.

I think Kat and Nat win. They're smart, they're athletic and they seem to be willing to do anything. Even a vegetarian eating meat.

 

That makes sense. Especially if you're in a tuk-tuk, there ain't a lot of extra space for passengers and equipment.

 

HD is coming ...

http://tv.ign.com/articles/113/1131632p1.html

 

I'm so glad Nat and Kat won. It was easily one of the most solid legs they ran. (How did no one know that Sancho Panza was Don Quixote's sidekick?!)

Really excited for TAR All-Stars. I don't know who I want to win more: the Cowboys, the Globetrotters or Mike and Mel White.

 

I had never heard of Sancho Panza. Course, I've never read Don Quixote.

I kind of wanted the HSN/QVC/whatever girls to win. Their annoyingness grew on me.

 

I was rooting for the home shopping hosts, but more importantly, that had to be the most boring finale in TAR history. The challenges were ridiculously easy for a final leg and none were anywhere close to tough enough to allow one group even a chance to catch up and pass another. It was pretty much all about cab rides. They should be embarrassed that after the float decorating none of the teams ever saw each other again until the finish line.

This was a very boring season. I probably saw less than half of the episodes. The casting was horrible. Brooke was the only memorable character the whole season, and in other years should would have been reduced to a bit part.