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The TVClubHouse: Amazing Race ARCHIVES: Amazing Race VIII: Show Spoilers: *** Show Transcript - October 11th, 2005***: Archive through October 12, 2005 users admin

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Nickovtyme
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07-29-2004

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 7:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nickovtyme a private message Print Post    
Aiello's = Karma.

I also wondered why all the hate. I don't think they ignored the question, I think they just didn't hear it...or maybe, they thought they were asking somebody else. I mean there were other people standing around.

I like the Weaver's and the Gaghan's.

I noticed they cut back on the Paolo biyotch fest this week.

Legalboxer
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11-17-2003

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 8:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Legalboxer a private message Print Post    
the gaghan family has what every team needs - TEAMWORK and the right attitude in supporting each other - like when they got in the car after the mud and the kid said "give me a high five dad, you did really great" - its about being there for each other which is what family is about and also how you win the game. nothing smug about them, just confident and i like how the kids want to try all the hard stuff AND the parents give them their support in wanting to do that. Never underestimate someone on age or where they come from.

Kappy
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06-29-2002

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 8:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
I found the first 15 minutes really hard to watch tonight. First not only did one team hate on the Weaver's but then they spread it to the other teams like they were all out on the junior high playground. Then you had the two boys of similar age getting together just to laugh with each other like kids like to do when the stepmom decides to go over and put a stop to that causing the kid to call her a "B". Top it off with the way the Paolo's communicate with each other and well, I'm just not digging this 'family' version of the show. TAR is stressful enough for adults but now we're actually seeing adults pull kids into the fray. Not good.

Penpoint
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03-27-2001

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 8:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Penpoint a private message Print Post    
Good-bye Aiellos. I was hoping instead that we'd see the last of the Weavers or the Godlewskis.

The Weavers may have a heart-tugging story, so my opinion may be close to blasphemy, but I find them just generally unlikeable. And of course the Godlewskis' screaching is just irritating.


Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 8:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
I actually remember Wheel of Fortune a few years back giving gas for life to a contestant (it was a NASCAR week, and this was when Phillips 66 was still doing the gas for them, and gas was under $2 a gallon). It was valued at $60,000 for one person.

I used a gas calculation thing at CNN....assuming:

-gas is $3 a gallon
-you drive 30000 miles a year
-you get 20 miles a gallon

you pay $4500 a year. for the 3 daughters, lets multiply that by 50 years: $225,000 x 3: $675,000.

For the father, lets say 25 years: $112,500

Add them up: $787,500.....

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 9:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
very interesting Wilson..I figured it could be at least that much.

I bet Arco was pissed the family with the 2 little kids didn't win it. The prize was for licened drivers, they could have saved thousands if that family won

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Need to respectfully disagree -- the stepmom did not "cause" the son to call her a bieatch. That was out and out disrespect. She may have overreacted, but it IS a game -- and secrecy, to a degree, is strategic. Under NO circumstances should he have used such derogatory language. His "what..ever" comment under his breath rubbed me the wrong way, too. Cut the attitude kid!

Loved perseverance of the guys in the mud -- FOURTEEN times! WOW! Talk about not giving up!

Konamouse
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 - 9:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
Typical average estimated by insurance companies and the car dealerships is more like 10,000 miles (you know, warrenteed for 5 years or 50,000 miles, etc).
Still, "gas for life" is awesome prize. But I agree it's probably an ARCO/BP card with a set amount of credit on it per month/year.



Spear
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08-06-2001

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 1:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spear a private message Print Post    
I thought it was a great prize, too, until I read someone suggest that they'd be driving fuel cell-powered cars in 10 years.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 4:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
RE: the kid calling his mom a Beotch...I was shocked! I was thinking how dumb to do that knowing the cameras were on him, then I realized that was a long shot, the camera wasn't right in front of him and he prolly didn't realize they were filming him.

I wonder what his mom thought when she saw last night's ep.

The Linz sister reminds me of Maggie for some reason, maybe the body type. I don't dislike her like I do Mag but she keeps reminding me of her.

Tripgirls
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07-13-2005

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 4:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tripgirls a private message Print Post    
I might be different then everyone else but I actually like the Weavers. Yes last night they were tired and discouraged but we all get that way at times.

I didn't want to see the guy and his son's in law leave. I liked them as well. But I guess someone has to go, we can't help that.

The kid calling the step mom a beotch was wrong but jeeze louise let the kid make a freind on this trip. Just make sure you talk to him so he isn't giving strategies away when he is doing. Knowing boys that age they were probably only talking about video games or girls.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 5:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I like the Gaghan family, they show teamwork and support are key to winning. The Weaver family is weird. If the dad's death was too much for them, then maybe they should have skipped this race.

Maris
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03-28-2002

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 5:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Maris a private message Print Post    
This show is boring the heck out of me. The people are boring and the locations are uninspiring.

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 5:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
My take on the Weaver family is that they simply have some teen-aged drama queens. Nothing wrong with that... it can be annoying, but doesn't make them bad people.

If the teenagers were a tad older and a bit more mature, they might see the racetrack challenge as a way to pay homage to their Dad, instead of turning it into an angst tortured trial the previews are suggesting...

I think if it were my Dad, I would be making it a personal vendetta to "beat that track" as it were...but that's just me.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 6:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
I also agree it is a lot more boring than a typical TAR. I only see it getting moreso as the teams dwindle. Unless the Gaghan family goes and they get harder tasks or go to a few foreign countries.

Do they ever leave the US in this version?

Stopjustwatchin
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08-19-2005

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 7:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Stopjustwatchin a private message Print Post    
I have to admit, the Gaghans are my favorites thus far into the race with the Weavers in a fairly close second. There have been moments so far that have given the Gaghans a pretty good advantage with having the two small kids - ex: the mud bog race, having very little weight in the back had to help them get through there in one try. And, so far, anything that has been on foot - the kids have been able to keep right up.

The Weavers meltdown was a little hard to take, and had to be a little moreso for everyone else on that bus - but, leave it to the Gaghan kids to start singing again after they left the Waffle House!

Just to round out my top three, I think the Linz family sneaks in there. I'm not sure what it is about them, but they have impressed me so far. I thought a certain amount of macho-ism would have gotten in their way by now, but it doesn't seem to have slowed them down at all.

Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wilsonatmd a private message Print Post    
Julie they are supposed to leave the US in a little bit....

the ratings have held up...it's still pretty solid in the key demos and the total viewers, especially in the 2nd half hour (NBC is losing a ton of viewers after My Name is Earl is over)...

Kady
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07-30-2000

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 7:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kady a private message Print Post    
my favorites are the gaghans too!! they work so well as a team and the kids are helpful members of the team and not whiney nusances like some of the teens.

as far as the boy calling his step-mom a b!tch, at least he didn't do it to her face. what teenager probably hasn't called their mom a b!tch behind her back and to a friend.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 8:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
The kid who called his stepmom a b*tch is the son of the father who has kind of already been a jerk several times...back to the nut not falling far from the tree?

Did the last task annoy anyone else? I don't like it when the final player is determined by a task that (sorry if I'm saying this awkwardly) is determined by an order...what I mean is that the final person in the device had very little chance of catching up. I like the tasks better when they require a skill where somebody can make up time. The deciding factor to the final team this time was who could read the clue faster. Barring anyone getting lost finding the computers in the museum (which didn't seem to be too much of a task) there was no way for the Aiellos to catch up. I think the final task should be more of a "fair play" type of task.

I'm not enjoying the challenges very much so far this season. I hope they get better soon. Not that I don't think that riding in that thing would have been interesting, but it didn't require much skill.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 8:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yankee_in_ca a private message Print Post    
Agree w/Roxip -- The tasks and the challenges so far are 1) too easy, 2) require not a lot of skill (at least not in the context of this race) and 3) uninspired. Ho-hum.

Awareinva
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08-13-2001

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 9:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Awareinva a private message Print Post    
I hope things pick up soon- I'm less than impressed so far with this family edition, not for the families but the challenges. I was feeling the same as everyone else about the challenges- they seem pretty tame/lame. But when I think about it- a lot of what's missing is the exotic scenery and the language barriers. I mean, we have had other simple tasks in previous shows, but it seems like they are more interesting when in a colorful location with people in different clothing. Or when you can't read the signs because of language problems.

I seriously hope they leave the US soon- or at least stop driving everywhere. That's another disadvantage of the US- your only options for travel are car or plane. We don't have the train system like in other countries. Come on! At least they could have made them ride the metro in DC instead of driving everywhere!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I think another part of having everyone in SUVs is that you can fit four family members and camera/sound crew in an SUV - be rather difficult in a taxi.

Doesn't DC and New York both have an extensive subway system?

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
You pretty much summed up how I feel about this version, Yankee. Now I don't care if I watch it while it's on and just watch my tape later. It wasn't that way previously!

I wish the Paolo family had been eliminated instead of the Aiellos. They're so annoying. I like a few of the families a bit better than the others but mostly, they're all just a blurr. It's not a very inspiring show at all. I keep waiting for them to do something BIG like on other seasons.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 9:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Yes, they both have extensive subway systems. In NY, I guess they were getting them ready to get out of there so they just gave them the SUVs right off. I did at least like seeing them get on a plane and a bus last night.

Kep421
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08-11-2001

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kep421 a private message Print Post    
I thought giving away gas for life was pretty big...

...seemed big to me this morning when I filled MY tank...LOL