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Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 9:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sorry to be blunt, but yielding Rob and Amber simply because they already won money on Survivor would be a stupid thing to do. Yielding Rob and Amber because they feel they are tough competitors is another thing, but you have to make sure that it is worth doing at that particular point in the race.

I guess some people feel that Donald Trump should have stopped after making his first million dollars as well and given someone else a chance? Bitter, bitter, bitter. (LOL Costa!)

It was a good show. All of the teams seem fairly interesting and pleasant. It didn’t look like Rob and Amber would be very tough competitors at first. I agree that Rob was taking an awfully relaxed approach. There’s no doubt that the other teams see them as a target. I’m just not sure that focussing their energy on Rob and Amber is a good strategy at this point.

I'm looking forward to the rest of this season. Even the show's "bad guy" Ray, seems a more rounded personality than some of the players last season.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 9:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hate it that we lost the "Bubbas"! I liked them a lot! I was hoping to see the Barbie twins bite the dust.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 9:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree with that one. The "Bubbas" seemed like real nice guys and I think would have added more entertainment to the show in the long run. The first leg of the race is always a quirky one before the players get settled in.

Angelicfairies2
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07-19-2004

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 10:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I loved the "bubba" twins. I was in tears laughing when they went down the zip line and he said "this is gonna be the first load test" and then said "I'm just waiting for fat boy to come down" Soooo cute. I was pulling for them sad to see them go.

I'm actually rooting for Rob & Amber ONLY because everyone else wants them to fail etc..etc..I agree with Jimmer if all these people keep focusing their attention on them they are gonna fail first.

Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 10:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I know this won't be the popular view, but I'm enjoying Rob and Amber. Actually, Rob to be specific. He's just good TV. Watching Amber is like watching paint dry, but she's a good partner for him, smart, upbeat, and very athletic. The do seem to work well together as a team.

I was bummed to see the "bubbas" eliminated. I think they would have been a fun team to watch. I was surprised that they along with several other teams made the classic TAR mistake and didn't bother looking for the best flight time. Even though it ended up not mattering, I'm not sure how long they would have lasted.

All in all it looks like a good season. I sure hope they don't waste all their time fixating on Romber. Just get over it and race. If I was there I would try to eliminate Romber, but only because they are a clear threat, not because what they've done in the past.

Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 10:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think those vans are "buses". Just because they are small shouldn't matter. If they were part of the bus system they should still count. In the last town I lived in many of our "buses" were that size.

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 10:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It's a popular view if you count me Gina! Rob is tied with Colby as my all-time favorite Survivor cast member and I'm hoping we can get at least one "Holy Cannoli!" exclamation per episode. Although I do think he's playing to the camera a little too much and I'm hoping the Survivor references don't continue into every episode. But I DO love my Boston Rob! .......... errr ......... "Ambah's" Boston Rob ............ you know what I mean.

........ but he doesn't look the same without all of that Marquesas anti-bug ointment smeared all over him.

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
....... and if anyone cares, I'm officially tired of Patrick.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Anyone notice how Megan/Heidi were sort of smoochie-smoochie all over each other? And I swear I heard one call the other honey.

The "token gay couple" always seems to be guys on this show (as we already have "The Boyfriends"). And once in a while we get the "gay son" (ala Susan/Patrick). I wonder if Megan/Heidi do happen to be lesbians, if they're not saying so because they already have token gays on the show, if Megan/Heidi didn't want to be presented as such, or if lesbian couples are taboo on these shows.

When they were standing in line at the airport, Brian/Greg noticed they were getting smoochie, and one started to point it out to the other. I think when he noticed other people were paying attention to what he was saying, he said, "never mind."

I personally think it would be great for them to have a lesbian couple on the show. I know during Survivor, when Ami was on the show and they had the family appearances, everyone else got to smooch their S/O, but when Ami and her partner met up, they just stared intently in each other's eyes, and didn't smooch. My sis said she could tell they wanted to, but that they were probably told not to do so on camera. Makes me wonder if there's a double standard taboo thing for network tv.

Of course, could be too that Megan/Heidi are just very good friends too! No biggie one way or the other. Just making observations.

On another topic, those small vans probably were busses. It makes me LOL, cause it reminds me of the small busses they got for the local service here in town. I was waiting at the bus stop at the mall the first day they put them in service. A mother and her young son were waiting there too, and he had asked to go back inside the mall for something. She told him no, and besides here comes the bus. He looked where she had pointed, rolled his eyes and looked at her with suspicion, "mom, that is not a bus!" You could tell the kid thought she was trying to put something over on him and make up an excuse as to why he couldn't go back into the mall. So cute!

Roppiepie
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05-06-2004

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm with you, Gina! I wanted to really hate Rob And Amber, but after watching them on this 1st episode I have done a big turn-around. They ARE cute together and their communication is good. Some of the other teams want to get rid of them~PRONTO! Amber and Rob are aware that there's a big old target on their backs because of them winning Survivor All-Stars.If they continue the race the way they started out tonight, I hope they last long into the game!

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoami .......... looks like if they were lesbians, they would just come out and say it. Since men rule the world, and men in general find the idea of lesbians to be he hot, I don't know why it would be taboo. Weren't there lesbians on the show before? Or am I getting it confused with Survivor?

What I think is that they're just what I like to call "fashionably bi-sexual." They like to be/act like they're more than friends because it's just the thing to do these days.

Guess we'll find out.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Re: Rob:

He's just good TV.

Yeah, and he knows it. That's why he spent more time talking directly into the camera than talking to Amber or anyone else.

Personally, I can't wait until they're eliminated.

Anyone notice how Megan/Heidi were sort of smoochie-smoochie all over each other? And I swear I heard one call the other honey.

Are you sure you aren't referring to Debbie and Bianca? If I'm not mistaken, there was the airport thing and when they were on their way to the sand piles they said "I love you" to each other.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 11:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
You could be right Scorp. I thought it was the ones who look alike. This early in the game, I tend to get some of the teams mixed up.

Elle
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08-29-2000

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 12:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i'm a big fan of rob and ambuh... happy to see them and hope they last thru to the end. they really are fun to watch.. imo

i also think it would be interesting to see drew and diane of last summers big brother do the race.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 12:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ugh, rob and amber please go next week!

Jennywa
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07-17-2003

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 12:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I absolutely can't stand Rob and Amber.... He acts so arrogant... enough that I don't want to watch TAR anymore... Between them and the beauty queen, I feel that TAR has forgotten the common folk. The whole premise of the show is tainted by all the wannabees....I am done

Melfie1222
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 12:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Debbie and Bianca shared a smooch in the airport, and one of the brothers noticed. I think the same brother who let Heidi and Maggie? get ahead of them on some freeway and then said "yeah, I see your little pink behind."

I don't get the anti-Rob/Amber thing if it is just based on the idea that they already have a million, and so they deserve it less than everyone else. Rob and Amber might be pretty good at this, and going for another million is nothing to be ashamed of. And if that is their way of competing, then they should do it. I'm defending them because I like Rob.

eta.. but they are not my favorite pair so far.

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 12:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well it seems some people really like Rob/Amber, and some have some serious hate goin' on for them. Personally, I like them and hope they do well.

I also had a thought of Heidi/Megan as lesbians, but not from the actual race, but from the intro interviews at the beginning of the show. I like them a lot as racers and think they will improve their standing and last far into the game. They seem very tough.

I hope somebody starts a "quote" thread this season, because we had a few good ones tonight, only I'm too tired to remember them.

Kizz
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07-26-2001

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 5:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rob said "When in Incaville, do as the Incas" while wearing a serape. Too cute. One of the other guys, I'm not sure who, told a couple other teams in the bus that he had watched Survivor and that Rob was stupid. The other teams should believe that at their own peril. That boy is about as far from stupid as it gets. Count me in the "Love Rob" camp.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It was funny watching them having trouble with the language. The people told Rob and Amber "arriba" which means "higher" and Rob said "What does that mean, go faster?" On those bike things the one racer told the driver "mas despacio" which means "go slower." I can laugh at them because I too get laughed when I try to speak or understand Spanish.

Cliotheleo
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03-13-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Elle are Drew and Diane from BB still together? Even if they are, I think they'd put me to sleep. What about Diane and her new roommate Scott? Even better, what about Scott and his clone!

Kizz, you are absolutely right about Rob NOT being stupid. He was "dumb" enough to come in second in Survivor AND get the girl (and if he hadn't been trying to get the girl, he may just very well have come in first.) But tell me more about the Love Rob Camp .......... do we get to spread anti-bug ointment on ourselves? Will he make a cool tree house for us? Who's in charge of gathering wood? Ah ......... I think it's time we took a 15 min break, we gotta pace ourselves. (hee hee)

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 6:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Darn, I hated to see the bubbas go as well. It seemed like they would have a good time with whatever they were doing. I seem to remember from an Anne River Siddons book that there was a large influx of Portugese into one or the other of the Carolinas, and non-Chuck (can't remember his name) looked like he might have some Latin blood, hence his ability to speak Portugese. I wish it had done them more good!!

Gina8642
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06-01-2001

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 7:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The dark haired bubba did missionary work in Brazil - that's where his portuguese came from.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
i don't hate rob and amber. i don't care that they won already on another show. i just care that they were ON another show. for me, the best part of TAR is having new faces and no feelings already in place for one team or another based on having seen them before. the same way i loved the MOLE until they did only celebrity MOLE shows. rob and amber were unknown when they each first did their survivor stints, which made them okay for me then.
i just prefer shows with new faces and no known history. i want rob and amber gone so i have only new people to view/root for!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 9:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was so ready to dislike Rob and Amber but so far they are my favorite team...I'm with whomever it was that was sick of Patrick - <RA> - and Deanna and Bianca (yes, the smoochy girls) did really well but will they do as well when they get to a country where they are not as proficient in the language? And alienating other teams at this point is never a good idea.

The gay guys are neither cute nor witty, which shouldn't bother me as much as it does but what the heck - I love my stereotypes! Haven't seen much of the Barbie twins or the Ken guys but wasn't taken by either of them.

Of course you have to love the obligatory older couple and the "hard luck" couple, but again they didn't make that much of an impact. And I was disappointed in the POW - I expected him to be a lot smarter and more competitive and so far he comes across as pretty dumb. Didn't, of course, care for the aggressive guy and his girlfriend but I think she could have run just a little faster in order to not miss the bus!

It will get better as the teams sort themselves out. Certainly glad to have something GREAT to watch on television!