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Iheartkaysar
Member
08-16-2005
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 8:29 pm
I felt bad for the Paolo mom; she's pretty desperate to hear her son loves her! I know I'm biased b/c I like the Linz family and don't like the Weaver family, but the shouting at the ballpark was typical sports behaviour (not that I always condone that) and wasn't meant to be personally rude. Has any family had worse luck than the Gaghans? I hope they do well, although it seems the show is being edited for us to really root for the Weavers. (Please don't let that mean they win!) I'm enjoying the teams who are enjoying the race: Gaghans, Lintz, Bransen. If I'm the Paolos, I'm not sure I'd take the FF when I know I'm in second place. What does everyone else think?
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 8:55 pm
I like the Weavers and the Gaghans because they're focused on their own race. So far I haven't seen the Gaghans getting all nasty about the other teams the way some of the families have about the Weavers. The Gaghans just run their own race and seem to stay out of the drama. The alliance idea is idiotic in a game like this. Jooleechenlvr, I was thinking the same thing about the Weaver-bashing. It usually means that team is about to be eliminated.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Tuesday, October 25, 2005 - 9:04 pm
i was surprised the paolo family took the fast forward, too, when they were in the front half of the pack. they could really need it later. JMHO, of course! i really don't care for the weavers and i really wanted to. the gaghans do seem to have bad luck sometimes. i remember another team several TAR's back that always had trouble with cabs and buses breaking down, etc. not sure who, but it seems bad luck seems to plague one team more than others sometimes. i like the gaghans, the bransens and the linz family best at this point.
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Watching2
Member
07-07-2001
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 12:16 am
Well, this show was a bit better in being more like the "old" format. They were in a different country and at least the fast forward was pretty exciting looking. On the other formats, all of the teams would have had to do it on a regular task. I still like the Bransen family the best, followed by the Linz family. The Godlewski women cracked me up tonight when they were putting all their clothes on. At least you know they've watched the show! What the heck was on the head of the one woman standing on the end?! LOL
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 12:16 am
Stopjust, where in NY are you? I'm in Buffalo and we have yet to see any snow. I know the southtowns and higher elevations were supposed to get some though.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 3:17 am
We are not seeing all of what the Weavers do. The Schroeders were interviewed somewhere on the internet and spoke of them lying, being rude, and just being a lousy presence. Since most of the teams seem to have it out for them there must be something to this. We heard them speak about alliances being stupid and claiming they were a team unto themselves. This is not going to serve them at all. Their attitude has teams aligning against them. I have even joined the frenzy and would like to see them out too. They are not compelling people.
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Ark
Member
07-10-2001
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 5:16 am
What would you expect the Schroeders to say. They were caught on tape being nasty about the Weavers, more than once. Maybe the Weavers are doing something that warrants the disdain of the others, but maybe they are just more introverted than some of the other teams and prefer to keep to themselves. I haven't seen the Paolos or the Gaghans taking pot shots at them. They may not be one of the most exciting and outgoing teams in the race but I do find watching them struggle and fight their way out of their grief compelling. In the previews, Mom Weaver yells that she is tired of doing things that she can't do. I wonder how much of that statement refers to the tasks in the race and how much of it refers to things like changing the oil in the car or fixing a faulty light switch. Is it really most of the teams that don't like them or is it just four of the ten teams?
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Starshine40
Member
07-30-2002
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 5:22 am
I think the Weaver family, especially the mom, are out of their "comfort zone" and are not handling the stress of the race well. It appears to me that they have gotten so close since the dad died and keep pretty much to themselves. I can see why the other teams think they are rude, etc. but don't believe they really mean to be. I had to laugh at the Godlewski gals putting on all the clothes on the bus while hoping it would be a non-elim. round! The Paolo's really surprised me by doing the bungee jump. The mom was the one I thought wouldn't do it. Glad to see she and the older son did it together.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 5:43 am
I wish they had to bungee jump alone and that the older son had to go first!
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 5:44 am
Yep, I am guessing the Weavers aren't being shown as "bad" as they really were. I just don't see so many teams disliking them so much for no apparent reason.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 5:45 am
The is only ONE Fast forward, so it was smart to use it.
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Fruitbat
Member
08-07-2000
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 5:59 am
The Bransen and Lintz teams have made it a priority to knock the Weavers out. I cannot believe that this plan is unsubstantiated. The editors have cut crucial information for us to understand why. We will learn more as the teams are eliminated and speak on the subject.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 6:13 am
I agree that if the Weavers were nasty, they should be showing it. It makes the Linz and girlie family look bad to be so ugly to them if it's not going both ways. I like good sports and the nastiness of these two groups is getting annoying.
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Clutterfree
Member
10-24-2003
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 6:50 am
I am very sorry to see that they are going to use the begging routine again for the non-eliminated last place team! We had talked last year about how much better to just give them a time delay, because that is what it comes down to....PPPPLEASE, eliminate the embarrassment of the ugly American begging for money in a foreign country (my LEAST favorite part of the show). Couldn't believe it, that they waited until OUT of the USA, and THEN will go begging! Really gauche!
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Tripgirls
Member
07-13-2005
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 7:26 am
I also was happy that the Paulos seemed to have gotten closer. I think this might be good for their family. I live the Weavers. They might come off odd to some but when a family is under that much stress and has gone though so much. And this is good for them as well. Like with the race track last week. They really needed that so that they can get on with their greiving and healing. I think that the other family reads them wrong and they mouth off about the weavers to other teams and they just follow with it. After all are the Weavers acting any different then the Paulos and noone seems to be giving them a hard time.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 7:41 am
I agree, Clutter, I truly hate the begging part. I don't see the purpose of it, personally. And begging money to try and win a million dollars is even gauchier (is that a word?) 
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 7:55 am
I really dislike the Weavers, the Godlewskis [worst TV voices since the bowling moms], and the Gaghans [especially that too-precious-by-half daughter]. This season is nearly unbearable. Well, that and the goofy challenges. They finally left the country last night and oh how I wish they hadn't because at least four of the teams epitomized ugly Americanness. That constant "arriba!" crap and the "I speak Spanish: 'burrito'" crap....yikes.
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Delilah
Member
07-08-2005
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 9:29 am
I think the editors *have* shown us the Weavers being annoying -- * in a airport, they decided to ignore a direct question from one of the other teams. * they cried and flipped out on a bus ride that everyone had to endure * they rooted for another to fall behind (telling the boat driver to go slow) yet complained when another team rooted for them to fall behind (at the baseball field) I think they are highly annoying and I really wanted to like them at the beginning.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 9:31 am
I also find them very annoying. I don't even care to watch when they are on the screen.
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Ark
Member
07-10-2001
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 9:41 am
Deliliah, I have to disagree with your first point. They were confused and in a noisy airport. AR gave us screen caps so that we knew what was being asked of them, at the airport. Who's to say that they heard or understood that they were being spoken to? I thought their flipping out on the bus was entertaining but I only had to watch it for a minute. It may have gotten old very quickly, if I'd been on the bus with them for hours. Mama Weaver was just acting like any Mama Bear would when someone picks on their cub. It may not have been right but it's just a Mother's instinct. The best part of last nights show was when the Panamanian Lady hijacked the Bransen's bus to get a ride to work. I about wet myself laughing. How did Mama Gaghan get up and keep going after whacking her head on the back of that van? Dang, that had to hurt.
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 9:44 am
I don't watch much, but every time I do, I DESPISE the Weavers (especially after all the screaming in the first episode); and the 4 grown women who are more obnoxious that those two little "overly-precocious-for-the-camera-time" kids in that other family. Vomit. I want the Paolo family to win. I find them endearing in an "A Bronx Tale" sort of way. Every time I hear one of those 4 sisters talking, I feel like I'm listening to Jamie Gertz on Still Standing, with that accent (Milwaukee or Chicago?).
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 9:57 am
OMG Eeyore, I think I'm in love!
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Auntiemike
Member
09-17-2001
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 10:02 am
Where is all this hate and intolerance (for the Weavers) coming from??!!!???!! I am amazed that these boards are so hard on this family. It is clear to me that they are in the middle of a grieving process and trying to pull their family together. (In which they are succeeding, by the way). They may not be pleasant to be around all the time, yet neither are several of the other families. They are certainly not as awful as past TAR participants and I say we 'cut them some slack' and let them go through this without all the hate and venom I am reading. Yikes! You guys are tough to please!
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 10:16 am
It’s not necessarily the Weavers. It’s more the way they are being portrayed on TAR. To me anyway, the TAR producers decided that people would find it “entertaining” to watch a family come to terms with their grief over the father’s passing, and the Weavers are in turn giving them their money’s worth. The only problem is that they aren’t coming across in a sympathetic way to many viewers as well as their competitors. I don’t enjoy watching them, I don’t like the story line and I would like to see it move on to something else. I do enjoy watching the rest of the teams left in the race. They all bring something interesting and entertaining to the show.
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Tabbyking
Member
03-11-2002
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 - 10:16 am
thanks, julieboo. i had thought there were 2 fast-forwards in this race! i guess i would have taken it, too....except i would not like to bungee jump. i'd have to give my true weight, not my driver's license weight, so i wouldn't smack my head at the bottom! although, actually, when i got my license i 'took' 12 pounds off my real weight, and now i weigh 12 pounds less than that. so i guess i am now lying about my weight on my license by having it say more than what i weigh? hmmmm. velly intewestin...
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