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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 3:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Rumor suggests "softened," North America-contained Amazing Race 8 may get "canned"

Sightings of The Amazing Race 8 have occurred all over North America (like in New Jersey, Alabama, and Canada), and the race apparently hasn’t ventured outside that perimeter yet.

The Orange Country Register reports today that “it’s taking place only in North America.” The paper also suggests that “[t]he race is being softened up to accommodate the kids,” as this is a family edition with kids as young as eight.

However, according to a rumor posted by a past cast member, this race might never make it to the airwaves. The Amazing Race 6’s Hera McLeod posted the following message at Survivor Sucks:

“From what I hear, they are having a lot of problems with it and it may actually not be a rumor that it all gets canned. (I can’t tell you my sources so don’t even ask!haha) Personally, I think it would be a blessing in disguise because TAR is not meant for children!”

http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/the_amazing_race_8/2005_Jul_28_kid_problems

Ramsfan
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01-27-2004

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 10:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ramsfan a private message Print Post    
Wow! I've wondered if this show would actually see the light of day. When I heard they were making it families, I was disappointed. Has anyone seen Trading Spaces:Family. It stinks because of the bratty kids IMO.

I've seen many commercials looking for teams of two on CBS and they were recruiting in VA where I grew up.

I wonder if we will have to wait until January to see a new season.



Landi
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07-29-2002

Sunday, July 31, 2005 - 11:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
my thinking is that they shouldn't have done the family show unless the kids were at least teenagers. the range of ages that would have been for my family were 48, 42 (me), 21, and 15 (holly). and i think that's as far as it should have gone. no less than that.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 11:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
it seems like they have finished filming....there was a sighting of the final three teams at a well-known North American Landmark in the last 48 hours. If you can think of a classic comedy bit, you'll know where they were....

Landi
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 1:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
yankee stadium? "who's on first"???

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 4:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
no....think of what it could be "step by step, inch by inch...."

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 8:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
niagra falls?

Landi
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07-29-2002

Wednesday, August 03, 2005 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
guess i'm too young for that comedy bit. oh well.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
NIAGRA FALLS!!!
...slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch.....


Landi, it was a bit done by Abbott and Costello, or more well-known by the Three Stooges. Basically it's about two guys who are talking, and one guy's wife ran out on him with another man. He swore to get the guy who took his wife, so he chased after him, and he found him at Niagra Falls. He gets so riled up at telling the story, he does what he did to the guy at Niagra falls to the innocent guy he's talking to (he beats him up). The other guy makes the mistake of saying the words "Niagra Falls" again and again, and that triggers the guy telling the story again and again (and of course, hitting him again and again)...Then the second guy meets the guy the first guy was talking about, and it turns out he does the same thing whenever someone says NIagra Falls..Finally, the other two guys meet, but let bygones be bygones, but the first guy says they're cowards for not saying Niagra Falls...and they BOTH go after him...it's a classic Three Stooges bit (with Moe and Larry as the storytellers, and Curly as the hapless guy who says the magic words a few too many times...

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, August 04, 2005 - 10:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
BTW we have an official start date: September 27th, 2 hour premiere.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Friday, August 05, 2005 - 5:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I am not looking forward to this season at all! Here's hoping it is a lot better than I expect!

Great sleauthing though, Wilson!

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Saturday, August 06, 2005 - 8:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I just want it on the record that Ms. Bat and I pissed and moaned earlier about this upcoming season of TAR. I have had a "pissing and moaning" couch brought it. Do I need to get a sectional in here????

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Saturday, August 06, 2005 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I would love to see Michael and Kaysar on TAR.

Shelb724
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10-20-2002

Saturday, August 06, 2005 - 10:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shelb724 a private message Print Post    
didn't the 3 stooges do "niagara falls" also? i loved them, still do, and i remember that episode. btw--michael and kaysar would be great!

Karen
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09-07-2004

Sunday, August 07, 2005 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
Saw somewhere on the live feeds Kaysar and Janelle discussing the race and how well they'd to dogether... that's one team I'd love to see.

Tabbyking
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03-11-2002

Friday, August 12, 2005 - 7:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tabbyking a private message Print Post    
i think tabbyking and kaysar would be awesome.






wait. do we have to get out of bed in the morning?

Bbfanatic
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08-14-2000

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bbfanatic a private message Print Post    
I can already picture this family version. I can see one of those rotten preteen boys laying on the ground complaining how tired he is and cant go on. Tears streaming down his face screaming & crying. That is enough to keep me away.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 8:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race8/

The teams were announced this morning....10 teams instead of 11.

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Wilsonatmd: Thanks for the link!

Well, my first reaction is that most of those teams aren't what I was expecting (fearing?) when I first heard there was going to a TAR family edition. I thought it'd be parents and younger kids. This looks a little more promising, with older siblings, in-laws, and others included in the mix. There's been some fun family teams in the past so I guess I should just hope for the best!

But I still wonder how smoothly it will work with four-person teams.

Lexie: I'm trying to keep a sunny attitude but maybe you better reserve a seat for me on that couch, just in case. I hate whiny players, whatever age they may be, lol. Oh and what if a little kid cries after being eliminated? How's that going to be entertaining to watch?

Then again, what are the odds they could behave as childishly as Flo did?

Calamity
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10-18-2001

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Calamity a private message Print Post    
Oh and the CBS site says it is a trip around the world. I had read it was to be confined to North America. Which would have made it more like National Lampoon's Vacation - TAR style, imho.

P.S. Yea Phil!

Lycanthrope
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09-19-2002

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 6:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lycanthrope a private message Print Post    
I wasn't looking forward to this edition, either, but after checking out the teams(thanks for the link, Wilson) I'm going to give it a chance.

Sometimes you can tell a lot from a photo, and that kid in the Schroeder family is either just staring blankly at the camera or he's glaring at it. Can't tell which. Either way, he could be hard to watch.

The teams with the younger kids are going to have a harder time, I think. I know I wouldn't have been ready to do something like this until I was maybe 14.

I think the favorites have to be the Linz family. All young and strong, and they can probably read each other's minds half the time.

Anyway, it's still a month away...

Bbfanatic
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08-14-2000

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 7:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bbfanatic a private message Print Post    
I can not watch this kidlet version. The kid with the blue shirt on front row will be the one laying in the street bawling his frik'n eyes out. He will be going on and on how he cant go anymore. Blahhhhhh Blahhhhh Blahhhhhh! I can picture it now.
Never thought I would ever skip a TAR. I cant even tune into the nanny shows. Already know what to expect. I hate that they are destroying TAR.

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Tuesday, August 16, 2005 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
I don't know but I'm hoping my ill-feelings about young kids being involved end up being wrong. I've said it before as have all of you - this type of race is so stressful for adults that I don't see how young kids can do it.

And watering it down and sticking to North America is not what we watch for. We watch to see the countries that most of us will never be able to visit in a lifetime.

There's also no way you can gripe about a little kid on a message board and feel okay about it, LOL!

Ocean_islands
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 3:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ocean_islands a private message Print Post    
This show sounds like a big misstep. Why do they keep trying to change it?

Serenity
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06-28-2005

Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - 5:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serenity a private message Print Post    
How is it fair for kids who are 8 and 9 to compete against "kids" who are in their mid to late 20's? I sure hope the producers of TAR have come up with interesting roadblocks that take these age differences into account.

I think it will be an OK show if the younger kids can keep up. I can see situations where 4 adults may bicker about what to do next, while a team with parents of younger kids get to make executive decisions and the kids go along for the ride - giving them the advantage.