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Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 8:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Phil is on the Early Show right now. He, too, enjoyed the fact that the Linzes had a good time. And the Linzes all said the same thing throughout the race, that this was the coolest thing they ever did. They really and truly enjoyed themselves, and it showed. And I think it was God's will that they won (take THAT Weavers!).

I love that they said it wasn't about the money. Cause really, I do think TAR is about the experience and the money is just frosting on the cake.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
OK I'm going on the record as having a new favorite racer after last night: Rolly Weaver. That kid gave everything he had and he had to overcome a lot more than anyone else. Climbing up that rope ladder to get the flag, doing the trapeeze...everything. He was great.

Of course number two is still the Linz boy with the green shirt. The one whose khakis were sagging when he reached the mat and I saw his sky blue boxers. It would have been better if he had been shirtless, but I'll take what I can get.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 8:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Yeah I have much respect for Rolly. He should've been with the Linzes lol. I couldn't believe how his sisters and mom just gave up and the mom went and layed down lol.

Rslover
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11-19-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 8:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rslover a private message Print Post    
It appeared he said he was dating Lindsay jokingly.

Yay Linzes!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 8:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Just wanted to jump in and say that I was very happy with the outcome of the show. It was great to see likeable teams who enjoyed the experience finish first and second. I also agree that Rolly is the one member of the Weaver’s who deserves a lot of credit for fine determined enthusiastic play.

As a Canadian, it was also fun to see landmarks that I know so well.

Now, onto next season and the “real” Amazing Race around the world!

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Well, one of the Linz boys did say he wished they could share the money with the Bransens prior to Beth making her comment, but I could be wrong. I need to rewatch!!

I love this family even more after reading about them. Them enjoying the race so much was what won me over as their fans.

Rolly does seem like a good kid and he picked up the slack as often if not more than the mother. Did the girls actually do much of anything - well, I guess they did when they ALL had to do something, but it was the mother and Rolly who did the individual tasks. He SHOULD have been with the Linzes! I bet he would have had a much better time!

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
This is something from the Early Show:

Later on The Early Show, host Phil Keoghan presented the Linzes with a check for $1 million.

"What I liked about these guys," Keoghan said, "was that they kept a sense of humor through the whole thing and having met their parents and stuff, you can see that's come from their parents. And so I loved watching them.

"For me, people said, 'You have favorites?' Well, yeah, I had favorites in the sense that I like teams that really enjoy themselves and just come on this race not to just win the money, not to just win every leg and be overly competitive, but have a good time."


Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I have to say, after watching the clip with the F3 (which I missed live but I did manage to catch just the Linzes and Phil)... The Weavers? Bitter some?

Lancecrossfire
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07-13-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lancecrossfire a private message Print Post    
What did the Weavers say??

Hobbs
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08-05-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hobbs a private message Print Post    
Did anyone else wonder if the Weavers tried to quit? The mother was sooo mad while looking for the clue in the stadium. She kept saying that "this is rediculous." I wouldn't be surprised if the producers told them they had to go on or the would forfeit their prizes. (by the way how much for 3rd place) We never saw them do the puzzle either. I wonder if they did that or if they just went to the finish line.

I liked them up until they gave up in the stadium. I mean this close (thumb and forefinger 1/4 inch apart) to $1,000,000.00 and quit?!? I bet that taught the 14 year old a good lesson.

Iheartkaysar
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08-16-2005

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Iheartkaysar a private message Print Post    
Lancecrossfire, if you want to, you can see the video at cbs.com. Basically, the Weavers said they were their own team and didn't mean for that to come off as isolating themselves. Linda said they did socialize. More about how the dad was the leader. . . There was some fun interaction b/t the Linzes and the Bransens, none b/t the Weavers and the other families. Harry Smith (host) commented on how the Linzes/Bransens seemed to enjoy the race while the Weavers didn't. Of course they claimed they enjoyed it. But facial expressions and body language say a whole lot.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 10:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Yea Linzes!!! Congratulations Bransens!! Way to go, Weavers!

Whew, that was an exciting finish. I didn't realize the finish line was so close to the puzzle site!

I kinda disagree that the Linzes had much of an advantage over the other teams. This season didn't have as many really, really tough physical demands as past Races, and besides they didn't appear to be uber-jocks anyway. And I think there were times they could have used some of the steadying parental wisdom & experience that helped the other teams. But no matter, they were a fun, likable team and I'm very happy they won.

The Bransens did great too and Rolly Weaver carried his team. I liked the trapeze Roadblock and the boat ride near the Falls.

'Til February then (I'm already cheering for the self-proclaimed nerd team)! And yea Phil!

Ocean_islands
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 11:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ocean_islands a private message Print Post    
I didn't like the puzzle thing. It's clear they were doing it so they would all catch up and it would be a foot race to the finish. Well, I guess it was. How were the ratings overall?

Willsfan
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09-04-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 11:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Willsfan a private message Print Post    
If TAR gave a prize for the MVP Rolly Weaver would have won it. A most impressive young man. I enjoyed watching him more than any one else.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 11:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i think i would have given the prize to carissa gaghan for MVP.
i love puzzles! i would have been quick on that as far as the U.S....
too bad lindsay isn't really dating a linz. can you imagine being named lindsay linz? especially if her middle name started with an E, LOL..."lindsay e. linz"...kinda cute.
why in the heck did mama-weaver quit in the stadium. what a nut. lying down and taking a nap on the last leg of the race?! she ain't no seabiscuit! they did make me laugh, though, when they tried to just run into a door to see if that would open it!

Hereiam
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03-29-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 12:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hereiam a private message Print Post    
I agree that Rolly is the reason the Weavers made it as far as they did... did anyone else on their team do a roadblock? I would have liked it if they put a limit on the number of individual roadblocks each person could do. That way the teams would have had to strategize a bit. They do that in the 2 person amazing race. Maybe it wasn't done due to the teams with the young kids, but my goodness it was never a surprise who on the Weaver team was going to do the roadblocks.

Happygal
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11-15-2004

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happygal a private message Print Post    
'tho I found this season rather boring, I did enjoy last night's finale. In particular, I enjoyed the parts in Montreal. It was great to see the Macdonald Campus of McGill (where I went to school). My only disappointment was the fact that all 3 teams ended up with an English speaking cab driver. I would have preferred to see the teams in a rental car trying to cope with Montreal drivers and the road signs (that even a Quebec native can't understand). And I would have loved to see scenes in Old Montreal and up on Mont Royal.

All in all, an enjoyable finale.

Whowhere
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07-16-2004

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whowhere a private message Print Post    
I know I'm in the minority here, and I must say that there are aspects of the Weavers that I didn't like, but no more than any of the other teams (beside the Gaghans).

The Linz's were fun and funny, but the sister let her brothers carry her practically the whole way. She had to be told about 6 times how to properly pronuciate the 5-letter word "Stade". Very annoying to me among other things that are too many to name.

The Branson's were who I wanted to win (after the Gaghans left), but they too had their quirks. Loved it when Dad said, "Shut up" and "I'm gonna kick somebody's ass." Finally showed a human-side on that team. If it weren't for their dad I would think those girls were humanoids. Very masculine looking faces on those three (IMO and IMHusbandsO).

And as a mother, if I felt that all the other teams were being mean-spirited and had felt "hated" by them throughout the race, I would go ballistic if I saw one of those team members put his hands on my child. She had every reason to think that he was acting out of anger - after all he did say "He's lucky I didn't break his arm." I doubt she heard that comment, but that was very immature and totally uncalled for. If Rolly could have gotten rid of some of the "dead weight" on that team, he could have beat all the teams. And if the Linz brother had broken his arm I would hope he'd be hauled off by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police :-)

The Weaver mom does have some issues. She reminds me of my boss who just lost her husband to pancreatic cancer last year. I tend to try to not judge how she is acting or behaving because I can not imagine going through the loss that she and her 9 year old son have. And, my boss's husband's death went on for quite some time. The Weaver dad went to work one day in perfect health and never came home. From what I've observed, Weaver Dad was probably the glue (and discipline) that held that family together (much like Rolly is now trying to do) and I respect them for attempting a race as challenging as the Amazing one. Third place is something to be proud of.

This is IMHO...now back to your regularly scheduled programming...

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
<waving to whowhere>

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 1:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I think the Linzes definitely earned the win, they played well all throughout the race, even if I personally found their behavior a tad adolescent at times.

One thing I am always happy to see is that participating in the race helped families become closer and stronger, and it seemed like that happened with all three groups, perhaps most dramatically with the Weavers.

And let me jump on the Rolly bandwagon, too! I really felt awful for him when all the rest of his family gave in to their obvious exhaustion, but he simply did not want to give up. The race turned on that stadium event, and had they followed his lead they might have still had a chance to win.

Re: the puzzle at the end - I thought they only had two stations set up, so that the third place team didn't even have an option of performing it? Anyone else see a third puzzle station?

Starshine40
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07-30-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 1:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Starshine40 a private message Print Post    
Even though I defended the Weavers I am very happy with the results of the race. I agree that the Linz and Bransen families had a lot of fun an a great adventure with it.

I too was especially impressed with Rolly Weaver. He never hesitated to do any task and I'm sure will have many great memories to last his lifetime.

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 1:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
There were 3 stations set up for the puzzle. They formed a triangle so no team could cheat off another teams board.

<...wonders where the Weavers would have attempted to place Pennsylvania...>


Spear
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08-06-2001

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 1:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spear a private message Print Post    
I think the Weavers might have been far enough behind that they were told to skip the puzzle and go straight to the finish line. In the extra challenge, the Weavers used the puzzle board assembled by the Linzes.

Stopjustwatchin
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08-19-2005

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 3:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stopjustwatchin a private message Print Post    
OK, I finally got a chance to watch my tape of the interview this morning first-hand. I must say it was good. Even if Harry Smith rivals Julie for the title of worst interviewer ever. I mean, come on...we wanted answers!!! And, there will be no singing Kumbahya between the Linz, Bransens and Weavers.

I do agree with whomever said it..it was definitely a joke that Alex was dating Lindsey. Too bad...they could all team up and be great couples. -- The Weavers still seemed to be their isolated selves. -- Did Megan say a word during the first interview? haha

I loved the segment with Phil. And, the "Philiminator" on the check was great. Except, I thought they were only yelling Philinator as they were running to the mat, but I could be remembering that wrongly. It was also great to know that they are helping their family. That's great for them! That still gives each of the kids somewheres around $35,000-$40,000 each - depending exactly on the post-tax amount. Not too shabby, and as (I think) Alex said - we traveled around the "world" on someone else's buck!

Karuuna
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08-31-2000

Wednesday, December 14, 2005 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
I honestly thought I saw the two puzzles leaning against each other, as in one facing 180 degrees opposite the other. Not a third one....