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Hootyhoot
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12-18-2001

Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yankee ... I'm with you. I don't think it's possible to maintain the secrecy that would be involved in some of these conspiracy theories. Think of all the people who would need to be involved, and they would all be breaking the law ... and anyone who wanted to turn them in would get a big reception by the tabloids ...


Jmm
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08-16-2002

Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 8:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rosie, To answer your question about why Rob and Amber were pulled over by the police, I believe it was just a random check point type of thing. You know - where they pull over every 20th car and check it. It just so happened that Rob and Amber were in that car.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL Hooty!

Rosie
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11-12-2003

Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 9:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks JMM.

Abby7
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07-17-2002

Friday, May 13, 2005 - 4:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
"I heard that Rob and Amber are going to be in the new Big Brother !"

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maybe the new Big Brother house was built by Rob for Amber!



Abby7
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07-17-2002

Friday, May 13, 2005 - 4:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I wasn't going to ask this, since it's been 3 days since the finale, but since the thread is still alive:

It seemed to me that as soon as U/J saw A/R approach, the cab driver decided they had "begged enough".....that what they had collected so far would cover his fare. Do you think U/J knew all along the cab driver would accept whatever they could collect until someone else was getting close to the finish? (let them go as soon as someone got close).

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Friday, May 13, 2005 - 8:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Abby, since it's been reported that R/A actually finished almost an hour after U/J, it's clear that the TV show actually showed that sequence out of order. R/A were nowhere to be seen when U/J finished paying the cabbie and went in.

They just showed it differently in the TV show to create drama.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, May 13, 2005 - 8:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The editors of the ep should win an award because they sure made it look close and exciting!

Lyn
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08-07-2002

Friday, May 13, 2005 - 8:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm really disappointed in TAR - I can't shake the feeling that it was fixed! Start to finish everything seemed orchestrated...

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, May 13, 2005 - 8:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree. With each season it appears less and less “real” to me. I’m not suggesting that the producers are helping certain teams or picking the winners. What I am suggesting is that the producers appear to be increasingly manipulating the game either through the way the race is designed or through editing to achieve suspense at the cost of reality.

I love watching the show for the competition, seeing the relationships change throughout the race and seeing the different locations and customs. I’d be more than happy to trade a little suspense for more reality.

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Friday, May 13, 2005 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jimmer, I agree with you. Unfortunately the ratings reality tells a different story- that more people apparently prefer drama. The earlier years when it was more real drew less ratings. This year with R/A and more design to keep them bunched, and more editing to create drama, ratings are higher than ever, as I understand it.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, May 13, 2005 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree about the ratings and I’m happy that the show is doing well. I guess they are giving people what they want. I am very happy that they largely got away from the extremely contentious relationships this season.

It’s funny. The way they have it set-up now it’s almost like it is 11 separate races – one for each leg. There’s virtually no point in trying to build up a big lead except to ensure that you win that particular leg. The fast forwards are meaningless from any long-term point of view.

So you have 11 separate races and at the end to a large degree it is a matter of luck which team wins the final race. Arguably, R/A were the best team as they had the highest placings throughout the entire race, but when it comes down to the end, any team can win it.

The other funny thing is that in spite of the dramatics of losing money and possessions I don’t recall a single team that finished last and was eliminated as a result of that.

Spear
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08-06-2001

Friday, May 13, 2005 - 11:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Here's a radio interview of Uchenna and Joyce:

http://www.96x.ca/files/May%2013%20Uchenna%20and%20Joyce.mp3

Uchenna says he got mad at one of the AA agents when they got to the gate because she had earlier lied and told them (under Rob's instructions) that there was no earlier flight. The agent was probably embarrassed (and saw all the cameras) and convinced the pilot to let U/J aboard.

So: no producer intervention as Rob wanted to imply on Regis and Kelly -- just the result of another one of his pointless dirty tactics. It would have been terrible for AA if another one of their agents screwed up a team's chances for the second consecutive season of TAR.

Beruthiel
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10-08-2002

Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 2:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
After reading the thread, I'm almost afraid to make a comment, but Rob's tactics had me annoyed the whole season.
Since R/A had so much help from the fawning locals everywhere who recognised them from Survivor, can one honestly assume that they would have been in the finals without that help?
If every other team had been as lucky, R/A might have been gone much earlier. Rob was shrewd, but I didn't like what he did and how he behaved, and taking credit when his 'skill' was actually blatantly due to free assistance from others is arrogant.
I'm delighted that Uchenna and Joyce won, and wish them everything good in their future. It's gratifying to see the good guys finish first instead of last.
As for the wedding, pfft!

Seattlemom
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05-10-2005

Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 5:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved the Link to the interview thanks so much! I did see Rob and Amber on the Early show So I think its great that that radio interview is out there