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Jan
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08-01-2000

Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Enricov, I am not sure what you mean about the bunching at each pit stop. It is my understanding that, while it is true that they all stay at the pit stops together, each pair stays exactly 12 hours and then leaves...

If the first pair is 50 minutes ahead of team 2 when they reach the pit stop, they would leave 50 minutes before team 2 did and so forth down the line. It lOOKS like they are all leaving together but the exact time of each departure is given under their names as they leave.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 8:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This new twist is brilliant! I can't wait to see how it plays out next week and for other teams who find themselves in the same situation.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 8:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I totally forgot about that twist!

Riviere
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09-09-2000

Tuesday, August 03, 2004 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Poor bowling Moms!!! I winced when they went to the wrong airport. Now they're penniless! Would using a Yield card help them get ahead of twins again?
Surprising that few teams decided to change their tickets at stopover and get earlier flights to Cairo. Now why didn't Chip & Kim think of that?
I think the best bunching up happened when Team Guido used a FForward thinking they were so far ahead of everyone else, only to get to the next task point last! They'd taken a side trip for shopping, not realizing the other teams reached the task and everyone had to wait for the place to open anyway..
Transportation options seem more crucial this year. Just when Charla & Mirna seemed to have lost time walking instead of cabbing to the train they wisely upgraded their plane tickets at the stopover. A very interesting season!
I love the fast pace of TAR, too. My family could watch this and the much missed Mole and the new Trading Spouses show a few times a week! We thought we'd be diehard BB fans but the silly DNA twist was a DOA to us and we gave up after 2 episodes.. Glad hearing TAR is gaining more fans and hope it stays around a long time. :-)


Seabiscuit
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07-06-2004

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 2:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Riviere, it is great that the show is gaining new viewers. I remember the original TAR season when there was practically nowhere to discuss the show with other fans. The only place I found had very little discussion. TAR has come a long way, and deservedly so. I hope it wins another Emmy this year.
The DNA twist on BB is awful. I still watch it but am not as engrossed in it as in previous seasons.

Dogdoc
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09-29-2001

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 4:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This show does have some funny lines. Who thought that the prodigal son was Jesus? I thought the caviar eating was a bit dangerous becuase of the possibility of salt poisoning. I would have liked to have seen the bowling mom doing the Rock and Roll. The way the men were straining it looked difficult, but the moms got through it .

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 6:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Did Colin & Christie have to use the Fast Forward last night or could they have saved it?

I think the hardest part of this experience is being in these amazing, once-in-a-lifetime places and not being able to stop and enjoy them. Russia and Egypt should pay TAR for their free tourism spots. I've never wanted to travel but I wouldn't mind seeing either St. Petersburg or the Sphynx and the pyramids after last night.

Jasper
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09-14-2000

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 6:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The rock and roll I don't think the moms would have had a terrible amount of difficulty but I would have liked to see Kami and Karli do it, the little bit we saw they couldn't even move it.....

Aussiedeb
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07-05-2004

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 8:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love this show. I think it would be funny if Colin & Christie have to wait for something to open and some teams catch them. It looked like that in the previews that Mirna and Charla catch them at some point with the taxi. I am just being mean lol I like more competitiveness than one team getting so far ahead.

Blacksheep
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10-18-2003

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 8:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Aussiedeb - I didn't catch the previews, but it would make sense that C&M catch up to C&C. Seeing that C&C got in at 11:30am, they'll be leaving at 11:30pm which will be likely that they'll have to wait to do their first task (i.e. hours of operation not until morning unless it's an all night location). So even though they have probably a 7+ hr lead on the other teams, there should be a bunching of sorts as is typical which would allow the later teams to make up the time in the morning. Just my $.02.

Kellsma
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08-28-2002

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 9:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
C&M definetly catch up with C&C per the previews. They are fighting about a Taxi. Don't know if it was so smart for them to use the Fast Forward since they had such a huge lead. It obviously isn't going to help them as we saw and now they can't use it when they really may need to use it. I also don't understand why more people did not check for better flights while at the airport. They just all sat around and waited. Not too smart.
I absolutely love this show too. My favorite and I am thrilled that it is doing so well in the ratings. Much better than BB. I hope the bowling moms do okay next week. Hopefully it is a round where they don't need lots of money. I remember a round on another TAR where they gave them $1.00 for the round. I would hope they planned the non-elimination rounds for rounds that did not need lots of money, such as last nights round where they were given over $100.00. They would be tough to beg for, especially in Egypt.

Spear
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08-06-2001

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 10:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dogdoc, it was Colin who thought the prodigal son was Jesus.

There are only two Fast Forwards this time so I thought it was a good decision by Colin and Christie to use it. They may not be in a position to use it the next time it comes around so they may as well take the option away from another team. Besides, one of the best times to use a FF is when you're way ahead -- it could give you more options when you start the next leg. (Of course, we know from next week's trailer that that doesn't happen.)


Calamity
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10-18-2001

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yeah, while it's always nice to have to have the option of the FF in case you fall behind, with only 2 available this season (and in previous years they didn't have FFs in the final rounds anyway), this was probably as good a time as any to take it.

Sometimes it's not just the time the FF saves you - another advantage is it can spare a team from some especially stressful/difficult tasks. I always remember how lucky TAR1's Frank & Margarita were by avoiding that crowded marketplace in New Dehli. Experiencing local culture is one thing, that marketplace was something else.

My all-time favorite FF was when Chip & Reichen from TAR4 got to feed the orangutans (*save the great apes!*). If I remember correctly, they went to the FF site by mistake so they just did it that leg even though they'd rather not have.

Reality_junkie
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02-17-2004

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 11:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Colin and Christie are a great team. I think it's wonderful that they can disagree so vehemently one minute and be over it the next.

Brandon and Nicole also seem to have that type of relationship. I was impressed when Brandon took that extra minute at a very crucial time in the game to ask Nicole if she was mad at him and make sure all was well.

Hereiam
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03-29-2002

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 12:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I miss how the fast forwards worked in previous games. I thought it added a lot more strategy to the game. I also liked that a team would not know if the FF had been taken for that round or not until they got to the FF place. That would have been interesting on last nights show if since a FF was available for the round they left the little green paper in and each team had to decide if they should go for it (not knowing if it had been taken or not).

On a separate thought... Could the bowling Moms start begging for money at the pit stop? Or did they have to wait until they start the next leg?

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 1:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Another huge fan here, too. This season has been fantastic! The whiners were eliminated early, and I really don't care much who wins now. Lance and Marshall get on my nerves occasionally w/ their crass remarks, but they are funny at other times.

Have to say, Brandon's not winning many points w/ me right now. IMHO, his question to Nicole about not being mad was a ploy to 'force' her to say "No." What he SHOULD have done was apologize for his rude behavior! Evidently he forgets his faith's requirement to "love your neighbor as yourself" when the going gets tough. Nicole, on the other hand, seems to be SOOOO sweet. How she has refrained from smacking Brandon upside the head upon occasion merits a gold medal! LOL

Hope the moms catch up. I really like them...Kami and Karli could go and wouldn't make as much difference to me.

Vee
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02-23-2004

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 2:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am really enjoying TAR this year. I enjoy so many of the teams that it would be tough to choose an absolute favorite...might be able to choose the least favorite...think K&K.

Sometimes I don't understand how they all get bunched up at the airports...it obviously levels the playing field whenever it happens, though. Loved Charla and Mirna's secret departure and why don't the others follow C&C's suit with travel agents?

TAR is a much better program than BB in my opinion. I love to see all the places they visit and the suspense keeps my heart pumping.

The other thing I like about it is that there is enough resolution every week to keep me faked out that it has ended on a resolved note. I love resolved notes...

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Because there are still so many likable teams in the race, maybe we can watch all the way thru without being disappointed this year.

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 5:25 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree, it's made this season so much more enjoyable to get out the worst teams so early. I could do with the brothers and the twins going, but all the others are fine by me.

I thought Colin and Christie taking the FF was stupid at the time, but after what people are saying here I can see it does make some sense, particularly if there's only one or two more times it will be available. I wonder if the return of the FF this week means the Pause thing (whatever it's called) will be there next week. Again, if it's only going to be offered once or twice then it might be worth any team using it if they get the chance.

Spear
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08-06-2001

Wednesday, August 04, 2004 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I think the Yield is available in every leg (probably except the final one or two). A picture of the Yield box for the previous leg was shown on the CBS web site. It's just that no one has used it yet so we haven't heard about it again.



Wilsonatmd
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01-23-2001

Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 1:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
For those of you in the NYC area and get WCBS, TAR will air at 7PM next Tuesday, due to a baseball game.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 7:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I thought I read that all the non elimination rounds were in a row and at the end of race..I was surprised this wk had one

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 10:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
If the Yield was available you'd have thought some of the teams would have used it by now. I guess they all hope they're not as low down the pack as they think they actually are and "save" it for another time.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I didn't realize there was a yield box each leg. It makes ultimate sense that the team in last place use it on the next to last place team so they could pass them.



Yyc_girl
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07-14-2004

Thursday, August 05, 2004 - 11:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
new poster to the TAR forums... i've been a fan since TAR1... i LOVE this show above ALL others!!

so... from the "next on TAR" scenes it looks like the FFWD didn't do colin & christy much good... which disappoints me, b/c they seem to be playing the game the best...

i really like Chip & Kim... they seem to be having fun through the entire race... he seems to take everything in stride and helping K & K really showed his character...

i honestly don't like how M & C have played the game... but i have to agree that it was smart of them to get onto a different flight and get ahead in the game... it seems that C has done 2x the work as M and M keeps yelling @ her to go faster and to hurry up...

lance and marshall can act very obnoxious @ times... when they were commenting on how miserable the people in st. petersburg looked all i could think of was "hmmm, are you from russia too?" lol

i think the Yeild can become a very, VERY interesting option for some teams... lets hope the bowling moms can use it as an advantage over K & K...

i do wish there were more FFWDs for teams to use... im not sure they are aware that there are only TWO for the entire game... it would be a shame for no one to use the last one thinking there was another one coming up on a future leg of the race...

who do i think will pull this game off? i think colin & christy have a good chance of winning...

(the comment about the Guido's shopping spree was HILARIOUS... i almost forgot about that... but what i will never forget is the look on their face when they opened the clue box in alaska that told them to go directly to jail and to not pass go b/c rob & brennan had already won...!!)