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Sheilaree
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07-19-2002

Thursday, March 22, 2007 - 5:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sheilaree a private message Print Post    
agree with you.

Karen
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09-07-2004

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Has anyone been watching the Sequesterville vids? Anyone want to provide a brief synopsis of the booted teams arrivals' to Sequester for me? Stupid Canadian IP addresss, can't watch the vids. :-(

Please and thanks and TIA?!

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
Realitynewsonline.com does recaps of them

anyone know of another site that does? That site has so many popups

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, March 29, 2007 - 6:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
There's this big hubbub in Canada about this weeks ep....
(for those who don't know- Junos=Canadian Grammys)

http://heywriterboy.blogspot.com/2007/03/culture-vs-commerce-again.html

Trini
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07-06-2004

Friday, March 30, 2007 - 11:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trini a private message Print Post    
Here in Canada West B.C. CTV airs AR @ 7 for two hours and @ 9 the JUNOS. That is OK by me. I'll tape B/Sisters (it's new) and DT I'll have to miss Deal or No Deal.

Folks who wanted to see "CORNER GAS" go to CTV.CA and watch an ep.

Y2krazy
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09-17-2002

Saturday, March 31, 2007 - 9:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Y2krazy a private message Print Post    
Here in Canada East, CTV is airing JUNOS at 7:00 and the AR at 9:00.

Shelb724
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10-20-2002

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 5:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shelb724 a private message Print Post    
I do think CBS has a method to their madness. I don't watch Without a Trace, but i have been watching Cold Case after AR, it is really good. maybe i'm just losing interest in Desperate Housewives because the actress who plays Bree is on maternity leave, but i really love Cold Case now. But i also think that when sporting things go long, a few stories can be cut from 60 minutes. i love 60 minutes, but sometimes when they have to show three stories, i can tell one of them is just thrown in there to make it a full hour. I have see it where 60 minutes has been cut down, not sure when.

Having said all that--i love AR this season. i wasn't expecting much because of the all star thing--but i love that most of the teams still in didn't make it very far the first time (aka the Chachas)

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Ooh!!! I just checked my listing here next to Canada, but in the U.S. I can get Amazing Race tonight on Canadian TV from 7-9 instead of 8-10 on U.S. TV. That is a better time slot for me. Yay!!!

Happygal
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11-15-2004

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happygal a private message Print Post    
Juju, re: better time slot....you're welcome!

Vickie
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07-16-2004

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 3:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vickie a private message Print Post    
I'm wondering does dishnetwork have the canadian channel that you are talking about?? If so which channel is it?

Kizz
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07-26-2001

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 3:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kizz a private message Print Post    
Karen I watched the video of Teri and Ian's arrival...they stage it sort of like Big Brother in that everyone is sitting around waiting to see who shows up.

Sadly in this one, Drew seems even more miserable than he was on the race and Kevin accuses him of not wanting more people to come to "eat his food". Kevin is clearly joking, but also you can tell his friend is getting on his last nerve with the constant complaining.

Anyhow, when T & I get there, Ian basically accuses ChaChaCha of screwing them at the travel agent in S. America where Ian decides to let them help him and Teri since they speak Spanish. He accuses D & O of somehow telling the agent to give T & I different, less desireable travel arrangements, to the point where T & I went back to the travel agent by themselves to try and get things fixed. Obviously the broadcast did not bring that out, and probably the truth was somewhere in the middle. But once again, I get so weary of people who get eliminated saying it was because they were too honorable and trusted people who weren't worthy. ITS A RACE! FOR A MILLION DOLLARS! Feel free to learn Spanish for yourself <77>. Sore loser.

Lurknomore
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07-07-2001

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lurknomore a private message Print Post    
SO glad I checked in here...between my DSL woes and overall life bs I was totally clueless about "elimination station." When and why did TAR get a sequester house??? Besides being clueless I'm confused.

Did they ever do this before, and if not why now? And why didn't they slap some camera's in there and do a mid season Big Brother. I'd rather see most of folks than the Shapiro/Grodener wannabee's.

(Although as a HUGE Kevin & Drew fan I found the last one very depressing to watch). Speaking of watching time for TV Tar lol--which is amazingly on at the right time!

Kizz
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07-26-2001

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 7:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kizz a private message Print Post    
I think since these teams were known, they needed to stash them someplace so there wouldn't be leaks about who won. I'm with you Lurk, I'd rather watch the people in Acapulco than on the show (except for Cha).

Cousin_jake
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07-04-2002

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cousin_jake a private message Print Post    
I think they've always had the eliminated teams staying somewhere 'till the race is over, otherwise, everyone in their real lives would know that they'd been eliminated. (It only takes 30 to 40 days to run the race so they wouldn't be sequestered that long)

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, April 01, 2007 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Happygal, I was watching CIVT-Vancouver. Thanks a bunch!!! 7 p.m. start time was way better than 8.

Mizinvanccouver
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02-22-2003

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mizinvanccouver a private message Print Post    
Does anyone have a rough idea of when the Season Finale will be?

I'm guessing Sunday April 29??

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Thursday, April 05, 2007 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
Lurk, it's not a very long video clip of elimination station. I think this week's was only 3 or 4 min. I think the others were longer, but, I can't really remember. This week showed all the previous teams waiting for a phone call from the eliminated team. They were just sitting around. They showed Joe and Bill standing in the dark in Poland with a phone talking to the other elim. teams. Mary and Ian talked. It was all on speaker phone at elim. station and with J/B. They said J/B are a lot closer to the finish line so they won't be going to elim. station.

Cpmfinster
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08-15-2005

Friday, April 06, 2007 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cpmfinster a private message Print Post    
Can someone explain to me why you would have an intersection after a non-elimination leg?

I mean the team "marked for elimination" is going to be last at the start of the next leg. So unless they really hustle (or get lucky) they are still going to be towards the back of the pack when they encounter the intersection. Thus, no chance for separation. So unless you can make up a 1/2 hour on the task following the intersection there's very little chance of surviving being marked.

I don't get it.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, April 06, 2007 - 11:07 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That is a very good question. I was thinking the same thing. It meant that the Guido's never had a chance.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, April 06, 2007 - 11:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Actually, had the Guidos not been so far behind, they would've definitely had a chance. In this case, though, they were so far behind the first teams. But they WERE teamed with Eric and Danielle, so they did have a chance.

If the non-elimination leg had ended with the Guidos coming in last, but only minutes behind the first teams, they *could've* gotten to the intersection ahead of other teams. So I do think it is fair and that they did have a chance (or would've, had they not been 14 hours behind).

If you look at it another way, what about the BQs having to wait for Charla and Mirna, who were quite a bit of time behind them?

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Friday, April 06, 2007 - 11:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I think that this proves that all of this is set up well beforehand...I don't think it makes for good racing when it is easy to tell that the Guidos were going to be eliminated, unless some extraordinary thing happened. I think this just happened to be bad timing.

I wish that it wasn't so close to the end...about this time every year I wish they could slow down and do more episodes.

Cpmfinster
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08-15-2005

Friday, April 06, 2007 - 12:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cpmfinster a private message Print Post    
The Guidos were on the second charter bus bunching them up with 2 other teams. After Aushwitz, they were immediately joined at the hip via the intersection and had no control over creating the 1/2 hour separation they desparately needed.

I think it was a poorly planned leg after a non-elimination leg. If you're going to have non-elimination at least give the marked team a chance in the next leg.

Costa, if I were the BQ's I would not have used the word "stinks" when I realized I would have to wait 4 hours to begin the next task. They wouldn't have been able to show my reaction on TV that's for sure.

Spear
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08-06-2001

Friday, April 06, 2007 - 12:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spear a private message Print Post    
On The Finish Line, the Guidos said they might have been able to beat the penalty if they had been able to team up with Dustin/Kandice at the Intersection, since all of them were faster than Charla at the Detour. It doesn't seem like Dustin was 30 minutes faster than Charla but the Guidos also lost a little time finding the way to the Roadblock, and that may not have happened if they had followed D/K after the Detour.

I am more irritated that they put a Fast Forward with an Intersection again (at least last season's leg was interesting because the Fast Forward turned out to be slower).

Karen
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09-07-2004

Friday, April 06, 2007 - 1:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
I'm irritated that they've included the Intersection at all. I was irritated when they introduced the Yield a few seasons back, too, and frustrated when they eliminated FFs on every leg. But the Intersection goes against the individual aspect of the show, and is completely unfair to the teams who thought they were signing up for a race as a team of two.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Sunday, April 08, 2007 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
Regular time? One hour epi?