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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 8:51 am
What I would like to see is Rob and Amber get into the final taxi for the race to the finish line. The cab driver then turns around and it's an evil grinning Lex. Now that would be a real plant. 
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 8:54 am
OMG...twere it only true!!!!
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 9:26 am
Jimmer, you are so wise!
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Denecee
Member
09-05-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 9:58 am
Why did I let my dd talk me into watching this show? I am a nevous wreck watching my team come in 3rd place tonight. I don't want Rob to win this thing!
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Seamonkey
Member
09-07-2000
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 10:40 am
and others have finished first AND have gotten a prize (unless you consider $20,000 not a prize or two cars not a prize) and if there is such a conspiracy, someone must have really messed up because Rob and Amber didn't get the winning gnome. I think the prizes are set ahead of time and the particular sponsors choose the leg and that's that. Let's see: Ryan/Chuck, Megan/Heidi, Susan/Patrick, Ray/Deana, Brian/Greg and Meredith/Gretchen were never in first place, so they have no beef about not winning a first place prize. Ray/Deana won two cars, but I'm not remembering why, since they didn't win a first according to the CBS site??? Lynn/Alex: one first place; no prize. Debbie/Bianca: one first place; $20,000 prize. Ron/Kelly: one first place; no prize, but won the $20,000 Travelocity prize. Joyce/Uchenna: two first places, no prizes. Rob/Amber: four first places, 3 prizes. I'm not a huge fan of the product placement involved in the prizes, but I don't see it as directed at Rob and Amber (unless a sponsor only signed on because of their particiaption, which is doubtful). One might think the Ray/Deana prize or the Ron/Kelly prize would be more random/unfair/unrelated to game play, but that's the nature of the prize distribution.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 11:04 am
Ray & Deana did finish in first - after winning that first FF (think it was in Argentina).
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Lancecrossfire
Moderator
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 11:13 am
I think it's possible for CBS to give Rob/Amber "extras" whenever they want to--it doesn't affect the out come of the game. The show can choose who to reward and not to reward and there wouldn't be anything illegal about it. I don't think the gnome is a good comparison, because it was to be random--the way the game was played out affected who got what gnome--but once you come in first, you've taken away any factor affecting the game itself. We have 5 times that have come in first at least once--and out of those 5, 3 haven't one anything for the first place.
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Maris
Member
03-28-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 11:19 am
I agree but I am still disappointed that Uch and Joyce never got anything for coming in first place that time. There is no disputing the fact that Romber are CBSs darlings and while I love watching them on Amazing Race, I think U&J should have gotten one of the trips.
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 11:35 am
If I had to shave my head to come in first, I would expect to win something.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 12:00 pm
Nice analysis Sea! The other "amazing" thing about Uchenna and Joyce's first place finish after the shave your head fast forward is they only finished a couple of minutes ahead of second place. It’s too bad that all of the legs don’t have prizes, but obviously the more often you win the better your chances. CBS could also have simply paid Rob and Amber an appearance fee. I don’t really like the idea but this is not all that unusual in some sporting events, where they will pay a famous athlete simply to appear. Then if they happen to win, they get the prize as well.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 12:20 pm
Okay, I'm back... Correcting myself...Ray/Deana won the FF in South Africa Yeah, coincidence or not *cough* (j/k!) I'm also disappointed that a couple of the teams didn't receive special prizes for finishing in first while others did. Aww, I was touched by Meredith & Gretchen's farewell words - even that chap at the Pit Stop looked a bit misty-eyed. I wonder if Phil had told him about them. M/G did themselves proud this leg - I was quite concerned about them during the Brawn Detour! And it was sweet of Gretchen to congratulate Joyce after J completed the Roadblock. Bravo to M/G!!! Ron & Kelly - While they do seem very incompatible, I find it very uncomfortable watching people break down due to relationship problems and Race stress so I can't help feeling sympathetic towards them. But I do hope she picks up the pace a bit and he tries to be a little more sensitive because they're a strong team when they're not fighting. Oh, and as usual, I couldn't watch them beg for money. I wish they'd think of some other way to penalize the last place team. Oh and I couldn't help blinking at what taxi rides cost, or maybe that should be what the exchange rate is, in Turkey! Uchenna & Joyce - Too bad they didn't research more flight options. Even if they had decided to play it safe with the direct flight, they would have had a better guess at where the other teams were. Crossing my fingers for them for the final two legs! Rob and Amber (or Team R/A/G, as I call them) - Boy, wasn't that fun watching them follow another guide around? R/A didn't even have to think about those particular clues at all - as if they were so fricking difficult in the first place. *Yawn* And, of course, they committed the cardinal sin in my book - they used the Yield. I hate the Yield. I believe I've mentioned that maybe a couple dozen times already - since before TAR5 even aired, in fact. And, yes, I griped when others (including the much admired Chip & Kim) used it too so no one can accuse me of having a double standard about that. Must admit Rob did good on the Roadblock - which btw, I thought was a great task. Now if only Jimmer were right and R/A meet up with Lex, lol. Ooh, maybe he could wear a disguise and pretend to their guide and lead them a few hundred miles off track! Previews looked good! P.S. I like the name "Paddington Station" and thought that the whirling dervishes were mesmerizing.
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Sassynegal
Member
01-21-2005
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 12:35 pm
I liked Rob & Amber at first but am getting tired of thier uncanny good luck and why can't somebody else win a prize for once? Hope Joyce and Uchenna can pull ahead and put these two in thier place. Can't wait to see next week - Rob carrying Amber gosh I almost had a Survivor flash back.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 12:44 pm
*chuckles at Sassy*... I know what you mean, I saw the clip and immediately thought about the comments regarding Amber riding Rob's back to the one million prize. But not many have been made, so I guess I'll have to wait until next week after the show!!!
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 1:17 pm
To eliminate the above arguments about prizes, the TAR shows from now on should just have a prize for each team as they come in first and not have it be random. This would take away all the accusations that one team is being favored over another!
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Cricket
Member
08-05-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 1:27 pm
Calamity stated: "Uchenna & Joyce - Too bad they didn't research more flight options. Even if they had decided to play it safe with the direct flight, they would have had a better guess at where the other teams were. Crossing my fingers for them for the final two legs!" ------------------------------------------------ Calamity, during the interview of Meredith and Gretchen this morning on CBS, it sounded like they and possibly Joyce and Uchenna knew about the other flight, but were concerned about making the connection in Germany and opted to take the safer route. It was ironic that it was the opposite couples making the earlier flight this week.
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 1:29 pm
But Auntie...if they eliminate the accusations, then there goes the controversy...then bye bye ratings!!!
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 1:45 pm
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 2:01 pm
Julie, I think we're, ahem, splitting hairs at this point.
Jimmer, you're right about the camera crew. I'm always amazed that teams are able to successfully beg for money. My reaction would be, "but you've got a camera crew with you......." and LOL! about Lex. I can't stand him and think he was wrong in that whole situation but that WOULD be funny! Like I've said before, I like to believe that R/A gave J/U one of their trips when they came in first and we just didn't get to see that part (I can pretend can't I?) But this game isn't over. Joyce may just have won herself a million $ for her sacrifice. Calamity, you think Ron needs to be MORE sensitive? What about all of the "babies" and kisses on the cheek he's still giving her?
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 2:03 pm
........ yep Cricket, the other two teams certainly knew about the connecting flight. That's why Meredith made the "this time, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush" comment at the airport.
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Makays
Member
07-12-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 2:30 pm
I've enjoyed this season more then any of the others. With R/A, there seems to be a line of either loving or hating their game play. I disliked Rob immensely on Survivor. His smug attitude drove me nuts. But on this show, I'm rooting for them. Could be all the negativity towards them from the other contestants has swayed me. I just keep telling myself, that they are playing within the rules or they would of been called on it and would of been penalized. I'll give them all the credit for using their heads, to take advantage to do whatever it takes to win. As far as winning prizes. We spent 3 years in Germany. While there we traveled to quite a few countries, Italy, England,France,Belgium, just to name a few. I'm sure that most if not all, of the contestants in the Amazing Race feel like they've won just by getting the chance to see the world. "AMAZING" is the best word I could come up with to describe what it's like to visit other countries.
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Calamity
Member
10-18-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 2:42 pm
Cricket: Thanks for the info. I remember Joyce saying they wanted a direct flight but I thought Uchenna also said something about not seeing R/K & R/A while waiting to board the 8:30 plane and it seemed as if he wasn't sure where they were. Cliotheleo: I wasn't talking about that kind of sensitive! It appears to me that Kelly often feels slighted by Ron regarding Race decisions and, perhaps in retaliation, she slows down and becomes testy. Maybe I should have said Ron should humor her more instead of being more sensitive but that's not quite what I meant either. I'm not saying she's always right and he's always wrong but there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of mutual respect between these two. She's rather demanding and he can be condescending at times. But if they want to win, they'll have to pull together. And to do that they have to deal with each other's strengths and weaknesses.
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Cliotheleo
Member
03-13-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 3:37 pm
I got'cha. So what was your take on the whole "I could have driven better because I was a fighter pilot" argument. I think he had a pretty good point there.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 3:49 pm
What I don't get about Kelly is she seems to be the type that would not just "settle" and yet, she would settle for Ron--even if Ron does not adore her...Know what I mean?
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Kep421
Member
08-11-2001
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 4:06 pm
Yep, I know exactly what you mean Julie... and that's what makes me think that she doesn't really want to stay in a relationship with Ron, she is just playing up the injured party role for the sympathy and drama...
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Producerchic
Member
06-29-2004
| Wednesday, May 04, 2005 - 4:25 pm
Re: 1st place prizes My memories are a little fuzzy, but last year (or maybe it was season 5), weren't there prizes for all 1st place finishers?
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