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Awareinva
Member
08-13-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 6:59 am
Well, that was interesting. Chip and Kim were there with the Early Show hosts. She looked good; he looked like himself. All four final teams were there as well. Chip and Kim accepted a smaller than normal check from Phil (he said others complained about the big check). It was about the size of a piece of paper. When asked what they would do with the money their first thing was tithe to their church. Then Chip started to plug their future investment in velocity.com and some new singer they were promoting. Sound like they are going to go into the record promotion business Then Chip said they would pay off bills. They were just so nice and everyone praised them for staying strong and enjoying the experience. They really enjoyed themselves on the race- so nice that the non-ugly Americans won for once. Colin and Christy were interviewed. Colin was asked about his temper (the broken ox incident in particular). His response was that it was editing and they received bad editing. He did say the I hate you comment was to the ox not Christy. He went off again on how Christy was his rock and how much he loved her then PROPOSED to her. She said yes after a stunned stammer, took the ring from him, put it on the wrong hand.... but the girl did clean up good. She looked really nice. So those two spent the rest of the time all lovey dovey. Brandon and Nicole were asked about their faith in God. Nicole was asked if she was already spending the million when Brandon did so well on the last climb (beating Chip). She hemmed and hawwed some trying to make it sound like that wasn't the case. Brandon was asked about Nicky crying "crocodile" tears during the snow bike thing. He looked kind of confused and stammered something about how well she did and they were under a lot of pressure. He was then given the opportunity to "ask" her a question like Colin asked Christy, but both said they were just dating and left it at that. The bowling moms were cheered by the crowd. Linda said that last climb was just too hard, but that they had had a great time. They wanted to be in to the end, but it just wasn't so. They were proud to have stayed in for so long. At the end, Chip's sisters, Colin's mom and the Bowling husbands were with them on the set. Kind of strange that no one was there for Brandon and Nicole family wise.
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Aussiedeb
Member
07-05-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 7:20 am
Thanks Aware, I didn't get to see it this morning. I am just so happy that Chip/Kim won.
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Tvjunkie
Member
08-11-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 7:34 am
Thank you!! I didn't really get to hear what all happened since my insurance man showed up right when they started that segment! You did a great recap and it's much appreciated!
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Raspberry
Member
07-31-2004
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 7:55 am
I also missed this morning.., so thanks for the info.. Great finale ! Yeah Chip & Kim !
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Flamingo
Member
08-19-2003
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 8:18 am
of course colin tried to steal the spotlight away from Chip and Kim. no matter, the right team won. Yay Chip & Kim!
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Scorpiomoon
Member
06-06-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 8:53 am
So, let me get this straight: TAR upstaged Drew and CB from BB--as in they weren't even on the show? LOL! In that case, it was a double victory!
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 9:03 am
I'm so happy for Chip and Kim and for Colin and Christie! They are such great couples. I hope Colin and Christie are as happy together for as many years as Chip and Kim have been. What a great pair of teams!
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Essence
Member
01-12-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 9:12 am
I agree Tish. Colin was awful on the show, but who knows how he is on a day to day basis without all that pressure. The bottom line is he contributed to my enjoyment of this show (especially when he was yielded, and his breakdown with the ox). But I am thrilled to death that Chip and Kim pulled it off. I'm sure my neighbors thought I had lost my mind last night, but I was very excited. I read on another board (I don't know if it's true) that Colin/Christie were almost an hour behind Chip/Kim at the finish because their car blew a tire and they had to wait for a taxi.
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Blacksheep
Member
10-18-2003
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 9:18 am
Essence, Wilsonatmd posted this over on the ** Spoilers ** Sept 21st Show thread. C/C were at a big gathering of TAR fans in NYC last night-the TWOP TARCon-, and said they actually finished about an hour behind C/K because their taxi (the one who was driving on the shoulder and everything) ended up blowing a tire out, and they had to call another cab. No word on how far back B/N were behind C/C, so they must have had trouble with the maze and traffic as well.
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Gen
Member
08-22-2003
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 9:21 am
Chip and Kim are a class act! I'm so glad that they won. Colin and Christie are much less than a class act. To me, it was very selfish of him to propose to Christie on a show that was supposed to honor the winners. Brandon and Nicole acted a bit stiff. I thought by now Brandon would have combed/brushed his hair, but it still looked like a tangled mess. Loved the Moms! They were great as always!
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Essence
Member
01-12-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 9:26 am
Blacksheep, thanks. That was pretty much what I read on another board.
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 9:39 am
Interesting about the tire blow out. I was hoping for something like that or that they'd get pulled over for reckless driving. Wish they had shown us! I missed the early show but can't say I'm please to hear Colin try to steal the limelight by proposing on TV. They weren't the winners. Step back and let the winners have the spotlight.
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Skypilot
Member
10-11-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 10:02 am
I didn't see the Early Show this morning but I can just imagine that Brandon and Nicole came off as uneasy. That relationship seemed to have DOOMED written all over it. Nicole seems to be fine when things are going her way but she is a complete basket case when the pressure is on. I can't see her weathering the ups and downs of a relationship all that well--at least not at this point in her life.
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Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 11:30 am
I thought Nicole did pretty good for someone so young who'd had no sleep for a month and little food while biking down a slippery slope and not being able to put her feet down. I think when people watch this show it is easy to forget the extreme amount of pressure they are under. And, so what that she cried? Many people, including myself, cry fairly easily. I can still work and get on with a task while tears are coming down my face. I think all of the teams in the last half of the race did incredible under the pressure. I dare anyone here to go one month without hardly any sleep with cameras following you around while doing extreme stunts and see if you don't snap or cry a few times.
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Curlyq
Member
07-10-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 12:48 pm
I noticed that Colin and Christie's cab driver had a camera mounted on his dashboard. Maybe since he was called way in advance they were able to get that all set up, but it seemed to go to his head a little. I think that crazy driving he was doing was because he was playing up for the cameras a bit, perhaps wanting to be the driver that helped the winning team. Too bad for him the tire blew out, but I was waiting to see if they'd get pulled over for a ticket. Regarding Nicole, I just think she was a little young and less mature than her partner, not just because of last night but because of her behavior throughout the game. It's true we don't know what it feels like to play that game, but we have seen so many others play it and handle the obstacles quite differently. You just kind of figure the type of people who get upset more easily would have enough self awareness to know this isn't the game for them. However, I do give her a lot of credit for not dropping out after that horrible caviar experience.
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Gina8642
Member
06-01-2001
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 12:58 pm
Nicole didn't handle some of the adversity as well as some of the others, but she never handled it so poorly that I would call her a basket case not worthy of every having a relationship with someone because of the off chance she might actually cry, b@&ch, or moan for a few minutes when things are scary or go badly. It just sometimes sounds like everyone who doesn't have a sunny, optimistic personality 24/7 doesn't deserve to be in a relationship. I hugely admire folks who can be sunny all the time, but I don't expect that of anyone.
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Skypilot
Member
10-11-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 1:02 pm
I didn't way she wasn't "worthy of ever having a relationship". I said that I don't think she could handle the ups and downs--at least NOT AT THIS POINT IN HER LIFE.
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Skypilot
Member
10-11-2002
| Wednesday, September 22, 2004 - 1:04 pm
That was supposed to read "I didn't SAY..."
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