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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 8:19 pm
Scorpio, who are D/K?
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Wilsonatmd
Member
01-23-2001
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 8:31 pm
well love it or hate it, Rob was smart. He saw that the RB was going to take a long time (seriously, they gotta stop the eating challenges) so they gambled that someone else was going to think of quitting, and just got them to do it. It could have backfired if D/B and S/P hadn't been as far behind, but it paid off this time. But I think next season the producers will change the rules to say a 6 hour penalty....
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 9:00 pm
I think the producers loved it. Phil was cracking up.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 9:04 pm
That was a brilliant move on Rob’s part in so many ways. He knew how incredibly tough that challenge would be for anyone and how long it would take to finish. Then he was very decisive – he didn’t waste any time making his move to quit and take the penalty. Then he completely solidified their position by convincing other teams to take the penalty as well. So he ends up finishing fifth anyway, feeling good and without four pounds of nasty meat in his stomach. As far as it being unfair or wimping out, I think AR has to take a step back and decide if some of these food challenges are reasonable. I have no problem with a food challenge, particularly when it shows something of the country’s culture, but they should keep it realistic and challenging but fun. I can’t imagine that some of the people that actually ate it had a very good night after that. Great show and I’m impressed with Rob’s ability to think outside the box and be innovative in his approach. The other teams are a lot of fun this season as well and I’m really enjoying the show.
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Puzzled
Member
08-27-2001
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 10:47 pm
I'm enjoying this season more than all the rest. Rob has really raised it to a new level--and I didn't care for him on Survivor at all. Was sorry that the sisters were eliminated, though.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 10:57 pm
still don't care for rob. i was proud of the girl for finishing all the meat! too bad it was not non-elimination, but the non-elims usually are later episodes. i don't think anything would make me like rob unless i found out he and amber were playing for charity.
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Hollytree
Member
02-18-2005
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 11:01 pm
I love Rob. He's a player. I so disliked the girls and am glad they're gone. All they kept saying is how they couldn't let Rob/Amber get ahead of them last week. I find the boy with his mom, slightly strange. Don't know why.
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 11:06 pm
i think you meant you thought for sure it would be a NON elimination race! Exactly! I can't decide which is more fun, watching Rob this season, or watching Scorpio getting aggravated at watching Rob this season. LOL! My head probably would have exploded had I watched him on Survivor. Scorpio, who are D/K? I meant D/B. Blame it on typing too damn fast during the throes of surprise of it being a NON-elimination leg. On another note: Why make people eat to the point of being sick. Because it makes for good TV? Because it's a reality TV show staple? Because they've done it during every season of TAR? Just because Rob couldn't handle it doesn't mean it isn't a viable challenge. Others got through it and weren't sick. Hell, Amber probably could have got through it just fine.
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Willsfan
Member
09-04-2000
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 11:16 pm
Lynn/Alex came in first but what did they win? I have to admit I'm starting to like this fiesty duo (Lynn&Alex) and loved their paddling skills. LOL
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 11:18 pm
Didn't Rob get sick during the gross food challenge on Survivor? I seem to remember him not wanting to eat the gross food and gagging and heaving during that challenge.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 11:20 pm
I'm actually enjoying Rob very much on this show. He's funny.
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Makays
Member
07-12-2001
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 11:22 pm
Another great episode. I am so loving this season. 4lbs is a ton of food. Not too many people could sit and eat that much in one setting. I noticed some were upchucking then continuing on...Ewwwww.. I don't know about you, but when I'm sick like that, there is no way I could continue eating. I would imagine that they aren't getting a whole lot to eat as it is. Then to have to put that much in their stomach! Belly ache time.
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Makays
Member
07-12-2001
| Tuesday, March 15, 2005 - 11:24 pm
Willsfan...If they won anything it wasn't announced.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 12:04 am
Thanks for pointing out they didn't announce what they won. Now I won't have to go searching on my tape to see if I missed it somehow! That Rob sure is one crafty bugger! LOL What he did was really smart when he knew he wasn't going to be able to eat all that meat. He had a shoo-in seeing that Deanna was there eating and knew she probably wouldn't be able to do it if he couldn't. The older couple was a pretty sure bet, too, so he knew they wouldn't be last. I can see why Phil was laughing! I'm really enjoying the brothers and I liked Joyce and Uchenna a lot tonight, esp. Joyce. She's really a pretty lady and just seemed so sweet. I'm not digging this older couple. They seem to have problems with everything and I think had the others not gotten lost, they'd have been further behind. I'm really surprised with the gal pals thinking to get a map and also speaking the language so well that they got so lost. I'm also not feeling the mom/son couple much either. I also think they should give them more reasonable amounts to eat. That was ridiculous. Had it been 4lbs before cooking, it would have been different, but I'm also thinking about how one might feel the NEXT DAY or longer after eating so much of something that their systems aren't used to. I could never see myself doing those eating comps at all. I'd be sick as a dog afterward! I'm really enjoying this season of TAR. How refreshing after what we all endured the last time!
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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 12:34 am
I can't express strongly enough how much I disliked Rob on Survivor. After tonight's AR, I have to grudgingly admit, he was pretty darn sharp. And I do like Rob and Amber as a couple, they treat one another very nicely. So, there is only one team this season that I don't like. Lynn/Alex annoy the crap out of me. Everyone else seem like pretty nice people. It is a good season. I am really ticked off that because our Sacramento CBS station, has for some insane reason, always been on "Mountain Time", for me AR and AI are on at the same time. Sometimes it good, tho, Survivor and BB are on at 7pm, and that's kinda nice.
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 12:34 am
4lbs is a ton of food. Not too many people could sit and eat that much in one setting. Oh please! Remember the big bowl of caviar? The ostrich scrambled egg? (I know I'm forgetting others.) Every person who took those challenges ate the food. Yeah, they got sick, but they NEVER took a penalty. I'm really enjoying this season of TAR. How refreshing after what we all endured the last time! Damn straight!
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Katbry
Member
10-27-2004
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 1:17 am
Yes, this was not the most difficult food challenge; however, you must give Rob credit for his cleverness...I am really impressed by how smart and on the ball and ahead of the game he is. Love must agree with him as he is more so than he was on Survivor, and a lot less annoying (in my opinion). I don't necessarily care if they win as I would like to see someone else get the $$$; however, I do want them to stay in longer just to see them play...and they do work well together with a mutual respect, love and playfulness that is fun to watch (kind of reminds me of the winners of TAR V - the black couple from So Calif), but definitly more devious. I am sure Phil was laughing because this is one of the smartest moves a team has made. It would be fun to watch the other teams see the show now and how they were "played," although I think Rob is not being as hurtful as he was in Survivor.
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Sunshyne4u
Member
06-17-2003
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 1:39 am
Scorpio is correct. There has been seriously difficult food challenges in other seasons. Many of the teams wanted to quit and were told they had to continue. No mention was made that they 'could just take the penalty' and not take a chance at being booted from the game. The only penalties ever given were at the PITSTOP for errors or mistakes in procedure. NEVER was there an option not to DO a challenge. I believe that this something new....maybe even created 'on the spot' by the producers when their SPECIAL team R&A is going to be unable/REFUSES to finish the challenge. I truly believe that if this option was common knowledge that the other EARLY teams would have definitely done the option. Remember, the two other teams which took the option HAD TO BE TOLD ABOUT IT by Rob. If it was a standard rule they ALL would have known about it. Seems a little fishy to me. BUT I still enjoy Rob and his constantly trying to cause chaos with the other teams. Definitely these two were casted as antagonists for this race LOL
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 3:45 am
On one of the Insider clips, Phil tells Lynn and Alex that he's sorry he doesn't have a prize for them finishing first.
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Ddr
Member
08-19-2001
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 4:01 am
The challenge was to eat a traditional Argentine meal of cow rib, pork sausage, blood sausage, cow intestine, cow udder, an entire kidney and part of a cow’s saliva gland. Besides the fact that it was 4 pounds of meat, just the thought of having to eat intestines, blood sausage, udder, kidney and saliva gland is disgusting. I don't blame them for not eating it. Kudos to Rob for thinking outside the box. Also, I'm tired of hearing Lynn/Alex constantly whining about Rob and Amber. Enough already!
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 4:27 am
What I don't understand is that this 'penalty' was more like a yield. Every other time someone was penalized the penalty was time added to the time that they actually showed up at the pit stop. Why didn't that happen here? Rob was able to hang around and manipulate other people. It just doesn't make sense to me.
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Cousin_jake
Member
07-04-2002
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 5:42 am
What a huge mistake D/B made. I don't understand how they went so wrong when they took the trouble to get a map at the hotel and mark it. They also spoke the language better than any other team. Wow.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 6:02 am
I wonder why Lynn and Alex didn't win a trip for coming in first. Actually, I think it would be nice if the eliminated team would win the trip.Everybody plays so hard and a trip would be nice compensation for the disappointment of a loss.
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Neetka
Member
02-09-2005
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 6:18 am
Lying, bribing, and quitting challenges! Yeah, it's about time someone figured out the SMART way to run this race! It's been so boring all these years watching people try to finish the task, I can't believe they were so stupid. I'm so glad Rob and Amber showed up to illustrate the smart way to win. Hey, I've got an idea! Instead of Philimating players, lets let them vote each other off! We could watch them backstabbing and manipulating each other, the show would be SO much better!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - 6:28 am
Jeff Probst was on the Dennis Miller show last night. Dennis Miller is a huge Survivor and reality show fan. He brought up Rob on AR and talked about how brilliant he is. Probst said that he talked to Rob before the show and said that he was going to know the rules backwards and forwards and then see just how far he could push them. Miller and Probst were both giggling over how AR would probably never be the same again.
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