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Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, January 31, 2005 - 3:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
don't count on it helping. They taped it last week, and Jonathan isn't happy about it. He came into fishbowl chat the other day, and he was saying that he hoped he got a better edit this time, lol.

Gina8642
Member

06-01-2001

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 12:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
While Jonathan sees some of the stuff he did as wrong - like the pushing. I think he is still pretty clueless about a lot of why folks don't like him.

One of the most defining things that didn't even make the show I saw in the Insider clips on the CBS TAR site. It is the epitome of Jonathan. It was apparently shot on or near the mat in the minutes after they were eliminated. It was Jonathan alone. He said that he takes responsibility for the loss - since he is half the team, but if you look at it it really is ALL VICORIA'S FAULT. He kept saying it. He is really clueless.


Auntiemike
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09-17-2001

Tuesday, February 01, 2005 - 3:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I suspect Dr. Phil will "take him to task" but I doubt it will do any good as Dr. Phil always says, "You can't/won't change what you don't acknowledge." Jonathan is all about blaming others, even though he wants to be seen as the good guy by saying he takes responsibility. His actions speak louder than his words.

I doubt that Dr. Phil gets through to Jonathan, 'cause Jonathan is not ready to acknowledge his responsibility. He'll have all the right words, however. I think Dr. Phil can look through him.

So, if anything, it is done for entertainment not enrichment. Oh well.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Wednesday, February 02, 2005 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
So, if anything, it is done to extend his (Jonathan's) fifteen minutes of "reality star" fame. <wink>

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 11:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I saw the commercial for the Dr. Phil special and Dr. Phil says something like, "So Jonathan, are you really a jerk?" LMAO We could all them him a resounding YES! He sure ACTS like one.

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Sunday, February 06, 2005 - 11:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was very upset with Phil for the way he said, "Do you want to go and talk to your wife?" He had five minutes with me on the mat and he said that! I was very upset because I worked very hard — I should say we worked very hard — and if you notice, we came in second on almost every leg.

This is just the epitome of Jonathan's cluelessness about himself. Unreal. What did he expect Phil to say - "Hey you just about knocked your wife on the ground but you did a good job!" Uh..yeah...sure...

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Monday, February 07, 2005 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That statement by Jonathan really makes me mad. Normally things don't bother me that much, but I'm in a bad mood right now! I can't beleive he even connected those two statements! His behavior is extremely selfish. I hope he never has children.

Yankee_in_ca
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08-01-2000

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 11:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/living/10861664.htm?1c

Ellen Gray | How to make 'Race' even more amazing


SO FREDDY and Kendra won "The Amazing Race 6."

I'll never think of models the same way again.

Right, baby.

OK, so it wasn't quite the high of watching that nice Chip and Kim win, but the good news is that CBS yesterday announced it had ordered the eighth and ninth editions of "Race" - the seventh starts March 1 - meaning there's still time to work out, if not actually swallow, a few bugs.

If I ruled the "Race," you'd see:

• No more eating challenges. I know, there's nothing more American than an overeating contest, but how many times do we have to embarrass ourselves in places where food is less plentiful before the producers find a less-wasteful way of challenging contestants? Plus, of course, there's nothing particularly entertaining about watching people vomit. No, not even the models.

• Fewer models. Freddy and Kendra may have been the only contestants identified onscreen as models, but six of this edition's 22 contestants listed modeling as at least one of their occupations. Maybe there'll come a time when pretty people require affirmative action to make it on TV, but we're not there yet.

• No more bullies. Unlike, say, "Survivor" or "The Apprentice," where there's at least some justification for casting for conflict, one of the things that makes "The Amazing Race" so amazing is the way even the calmest people reveal themselves under pressure. Producers pay plenty for those psychological screenings - why not use them to make sure we'll never again see the kind of abuse Jonathan dished out to Victoria?

• Penalties for the bullies who slip through, starting with immediate disqualification for the slightest act of violence, as well as lesser punishments for speeding, lying to people outside the game - yes, I'm thinking of Kendra and her "sick child" - and cheating cabdrivers out of money they've actually earned.

• Simple phrasebooks issued to contestants as they enter each new country. Now that we've gotten the message that few Americans bother to learn even one foreign language - but seem to expect the rest of the world to learn English - maybe it's time to show how much more welcome even linguistically challenged travelers are when they at least attempt to communicate in the local language. Because if we want to listen to people screaming "Faster!" at cabbies who don't speak their language, we can go to New York.

• A strict limit on the number of times a member of a couple can address another member of the same couple as "baby" in a single episode. After the quota's reached - and I'd set it at three or fewer - bleep 'em. Half the time, it sounds like an obscenity, anyway.

• No more recycling of players from other CBS "reality" shows. Because nothing was learned from the ill-fated pairing of "Big Brother's" Allison and her then-boyfriend, Donnie, we'll have to endure "Survivor" winner Am-buh and her Boston Rob in "The Amazing Race 7." Just how much money do these two need to win before they'll go away?

A family affair

Casting for the eighth "Amazing Race" begins this week, and it will be a family edition, with teams expanded to four members - with "family" not limited to traditional parents-and-child combos - and the age requirement dropped to 12.

Details and the application can be found at CBS.com.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Now the family edition should be fun to watch.

Scorpiomoon
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06-06-2002

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 11:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh man, Ellen Gray got it right! I agree completely!

Thanks for the article, YAC!

Cousin_jake
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07-04-2002

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 5:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Are they allowed to take stuff with them? I've often thought that it would be helpful to make up a booklet with some key phrases from as many languages as you could think of in it before the race started and bring that along with you.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Thursday, February 10, 2005 - 6:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I remember from the first Tar some teams used their alloted money to buy books about the cities they were in and stuff.

Gina8642
Member

06-01-2001

Friday, February 11, 2005 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That can't start the race with any helpful information - other than what they carry in their heads that is. No maps, no language books, no personal journals with notes. Once the race starts they can use the money they are given on each leg to purchase what ever the want. Maps, notebooks, guide books, etc.

I've read some sites where racers post. It sounds like most of them try to use their down time, including pitstops to do research. Many buy maps and guidebooks to try to familiarize themselves with the area they are in trying to "outthink" the race planners. Must be a bummer to do a lot of research on place and have the next clue say "fly 10,000 miles to XXX". LOL