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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 12:18 pm
I watched a few minutes of the Schroeders interview this afternoon. The most interesting thing I heard was when they were asked about the things they were saying on the show about the Weaver family. According to them, no one liked the Weaver family. They said what has not been shown is how they lied, were spiteful, staged the crying jags and found a way to break almost every AR rule.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 12:37 pm
After watching show last nite I told my husband I hope TAR never comes to the NW. Last year Thailand just before tsunami and this year NO just before Katrina
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 1:38 pm
Renee and Julie are even more clueless than Harry when they interview Survivor/TAR contestants. For some reason, Hannah Storm never seems to do these interviews.
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Stopjustwatchin
Member
08-19-2005
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 2:09 pm
Rox...I think CBS has to find someway to make Julie's interviews with the evicted BB HGs look good, which must mean trotting Harry out for TAR interviews. Of course, they could have also figured Harry was the one who spent 2 or 3 weeks in NO after the hurricane, so they HAD to let him follow up with this particular interview.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 2:59 pm
Native, oh thanks. That is a nice juicy tid bit. It is obvious that most hate the Weavers. Odd they are not showing us why. They usually jump to show the dark side of racers.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 3:08 pm
quote:According to them, no one liked the Weaver family. They said what has not been shown is how they lied, were spiteful, staged the crying jags and found a way to break almost every AR rule.
That is odd. Most of the seasons, the producers have been more than willing to show "the Villians" and to me, that sounds like something they would jump on for the added drama and stuff. If that is true, then, perhaps the hating is deserved. But, they could just be saying that to make themselves look better. There is more to this story than what they are showing.
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 3:09 pm
LOL! Me and Fruitbat on same wavelength. 
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Native_texan
Member
08-24-2004
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 4:24 pm
Most of the seasons, the producers have been more than willing to show "the Villians" and to me, that sounds like something they would jump on for the added drama and stuff. We expect to see the villains so maybe that's why they may have changed it up. What could be more dramatic than seeing this poor family that has lost the husband/dad in a tragic accident only to find out they are the villains in the game? Something else they talked about was that on the show it appeared the Schroeders took the first trailer they came to when in truth it was like the 25th. They were all told ahead of time that there were three different times and what they were, but they were so tired and other teams had already arrived, so they took the 8:00 trailer. Also, when the Schroeders were crossing the Ponchatrain (am I even close?) bridge, they were pulled over for not paying the correct toll amount. They did not realize that because of the luggage thing on top, they were required to pay an extra $2. The cop was going to make them go back, but they convinced him to take the money and let them go on.
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Stopjustwatchin
Member
08-19-2005
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 4:36 pm
I'm beginning to think that live feeds on TAR would be the best thing - granted, it would get rather boring and there would have to be a feed for every family, but still at least we'd have a better idea of the actual timeframe of things...and watching how it's edited would be even better than BB. Or maybe just highlights, so we're not bogged down with all the mundane stuff on a trip that long....something to get us the FULL story!
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 7:35 pm
I am appalled that the clueless mother is a teacher!! I'm not good at geography but I've got her beat all to pieces!
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 9:21 pm
Well, Twinkie, unless she's a geography teacher it doesn't necessarily mean she's not qualified for whatever subjects she teaches.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 9:31 pm
I don't even know how anyone found this episode enjoyable There were no mega happy points, there were no mega low points. Only bickering and mediocrity. I didn't see any fun for the viewer unless you hated the team that came in last? And even then you only got 1 minutes of fun. This ep was the worst in AR history for me 
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, October 19, 2005 - 9:44 pm
I think it's as simple as this - Who won the first leg of the race? Godlewskis.(who were promptly given the not so flattering nickname of the Desperate Housewifes) The Weavers came in a very close neck and neck third. Who wins the second leg of the race? The Weavers. This set them up as hard competition in the eyes of the other teams. Add to the fact that the Weavers seem to be basically introverted people and they are dealing with emotional problems in the race that the other teams aren't, so they aren't connecting with the other teams and I think it just made the other teams put the 'outcast' label on the Weavers early on and it stuck. I don't think that everyone really likes the Godlewskis but I think they will be eliminated very soon. The Weavers will stay in long enough (and probably keep giving the others good competition)and the other teams will just keep on using them as the target for their frustrations in the race and it seems they never let go of it. I'm sure the Weavers will react to all the hate vibes coming their way before it's over, too.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 6:18 am
I'm really not much enjoying this season. Maybe it's because my life doesn't revolved around a family (since I don't have kids), but I've been pretty bored so far. I don't really like most of the family dynamics, and I'm bored with the places they've visited. I guess my two fav teams are the Linzes and Bransons, but I think that's because of the siblings. And the fact that they seem to be enjoying the race. I really wanted to like the Weavers. But I am really getting tired of the story arc that continually slams home the issue that they lost their dad. A year ago. OK, yeah, I feel bad they did. But, it was a year ago. If you couldn't deal with the loss now, why the heck did you go on the show? And did you really think the TAR producers would make you race a car when that was the reason your dad died? I'd really like to see ONE episode where their story isn't front and center. And unlike most of y'all, I'm really not all that enthralled with the Gaghans. OK, so really, the two parents are the two running the race. But there's something there that just kinda bugs me, and I'm not sure what. Could be just the fact they have two small children. Whatever. I hope, now that they are finally heading out of the States, that the challenges will become more interesting. And that they go places that I wanna go to (not places that I've already been to a bazillion times!).
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Clutterfree
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 6:21 am
Remember when the Schroeder son just naturally gravitated to the Weaver son as the only other boy his age? (Schroeder son said in a oncamera "monologue" that it just seemed to come naturally.) And his stepmom angrily and rudely immediately pulled him away; was afraid the boy would spill "secrets"; they talked about not telling the son everything after that. I think the Schroeders were also the ones who concealed information from the Gaghans at the DC reflecting pool about there being two pools. Left the Gaghans there to struggle and said they weren't about to share information. By the way, I enjoyed tonights show, if only for the shots of New Orleans, especially Lake Pontchetrain. I DO hope they spend some time there next week before getting on a plane.
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Clutterfree
Member
10-24-2003
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 6:22 am
Did anyone catch any more of the Schroeder interview in the afternoon? Anything about where they are living now and how soon they plan to attempt to go back to New ORleans?
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 3:32 pm
Az, I'm not saying she's not qualified to teach her subject, I'm just wondering how she made it past high school without a basic knowledge of geography of her own country.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 3:59 pm
When I crossed Lake Pontchartrain this morning on the most excellent Lake Pontchartrain Causeway, I had to laugh thinking that I was crossing "one of the great lakes." Who knew????
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 4:59 pm
Sorry, but I really agree that a teacher should have at least a very limited basic knowledge of something as simple as the Great Lakes and knowing the difference between Washington State and Washington DC.
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 6:27 pm
It’s instinctive to want to give people who have had tragedy in their lives a break. However, having tragedy in your life does not automatically make you a likeable pleasant person. The grim reality may be that the other teams simply didn’t like the way the Weavers played the game. I wanted to cheer on the Weavers, much as I initially wanted to cheer on Eric and Maggie on Big Brother. However, I just couldn’t do it there and I can’t do it here. I’m not saying that the Weavers are like Eric and Maggie. I’m just saying that their play has made it hard to cheer for them.
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Azriel
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 7:20 pm
I don't think a few remarks on a TV show when someone is under stress really shows their full knowledge of geography. But that aside, maybe she is outstanding in subjects like math and science and just sucks at geography. There are extremely intelligent people that can't spell or know nothing about history. Every intelligent person isn't well rounded on all subjects.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Thursday, October 20, 2005 - 8:02 pm
I'm really hoping that she is an art teacher!
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, October 21, 2005 - 5:39 am
I know one art teacher who would be insulted by that! (But don't worry ... I won't tell her).
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Delilah
Member
07-08-2005
| Friday, October 21, 2005 - 12:47 pm
My main disappointment so far this season is there is WAY too much driving! They are constantly in the car driving from one location to another. What happened to the days of running through a local market, dealing with language and cultural barriers, falling off of a bicycle or lugging a side of beef down the street?
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Seabreeze
Member
09-05-2004
| Friday, October 21, 2005 - 1:05 pm
Yes, TAR was all of that and more but with the car driving, it seems like TAR is showing American families at their "best" cramped in a car squabbling about how long it will take, how to get there, etc.
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