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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Monday, July 06, 2009 - 12:45 am
Great American Road Trip - NBC Series Premiere Tuesday, July 7th 8/7c "Great American Road Trip," from BBC Worldwide, is a hilarious and relatable new series where seven families from divergent backgrounds are selected to take the journey of a lifetime. Over eight episodes, the families will travel through cities large and small, all while competing in a medley of humorous challenges that will ultimately lead one family to victory. These comical, clever challenges are set against iconic American backdrops like the majestic Grand Canyon and the regal Washington Monument. Along the way, our families and our viewers will also discover quirky American landmarks, ranging from the World's Largest Chair to a sneaker the size of a car. Although family fun is the centerpiece of the show, the competition is real and one family will be eliminated each week based on their performance in the challenges. Ultimately, only one family will return home with a dream prize that perfectly complements their extraordinary and memorable summer vacation. http://www.nbc.com/great-american-road-trip/about/ --------------------- This might be fun.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, July 06, 2009 - 6:17 am
It does sound fun - thanks for the heads up!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, July 06, 2009 - 8:48 am
It starts at Comiskey Park in Chicago. 
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, July 06, 2009 - 1:20 pm
It does sound fun - thanks for the heads up!
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Monday, July 06, 2009 - 1:51 pm
Oy, my DVR hates Tuesdays already! I may have to juggle some things.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, July 06, 2009 - 10:40 pm
I'm having the same issue with Tuesdays Kar. But it looks like this show is repeating episodes on Sunday. At least it is for the next two weeks (which is as far out as my DVR goes). So setting your series recording for this one to "new and repeats" might get it picked up on Sundays.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 5:31 pm
I'm watching & this show is fun!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 5:41 pm
Least fav. family - lt blue shirts (sorry, don't have the names down yet). It's the family with the calm black dad, stressed out hispanic mom, and IMO 2 of the brattiest kids I've ever seen. I hope they leave this 1st round.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 6:04 pm
dang - the lt blue family stays (by the hair of their chins though - maybe next wk The dark green shirted new blended family just couldn't get it together. I felt like the Dad was a know it all and he cost the family the loss. Overall - this family was likable but man, they just couldn't work together.
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 6:09 pm
so far - here's my fav's: The Red shirted family from Alabama The Yellow shirted family We'll just have to wait & see as we observe these families. My bottom family is still the lt blue shirted family - I want to slap everyone of them except the Dad.
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 6:43 pm
I KNOW that reality shows are a far cry from reality - that being said, I am speaking to you from over 20 years of camping experience - pop-up, trailers, motorhome. NO ONE can get behind the wheel of a class A motorhome in the middle of Chicago and drive it out of town - unless, of course, they have previous experience as a bus driver! Because of the height and position of the driver's seat, class A's can be very intimidating to drive. Someone surely explained the gray and black water systems to them before they started! For a short stop you have the black water system open to the drain pipe and then use the accumulated gray water to flush it out when you are ready to leave. For a longer stop, you have the gray water system open until 12-24 hours before you are ready to leave. Then you open the black water system and again use the accumulated gray water to flush the pipe when you are ready to leave. When did someone show them how to use the leveling system(s) or the generator(s)? Who is the guy who is hosting? With all of the above being said, I am looking forward to seeing more of this show! I LOVED camping!!
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Nerovh
Member
06-12-2005
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 6:45 pm
Wow that Feverley? girl is horrible. I was hoping they would go home first but that other family messed up so badly! Good show except for that bratty kid. If I had acted like that, I wouldn't be sitting for a week.
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 8:10 pm
Does anyone have any idea when this was filmed? We had an "encounter" with an RV with Route 66 stuff painted on it when we drove to Albuquerque in May. Short story is they were in the right lane with a van along side of them in the left lane with a large camera hanging out of the van filming the RV. They blocked both lanes for several miles at a slow (around 50mph) speed. At one point another camera crew was on an overpass filming it as we passed under. Needless to say, DH was furious by the time they finally released the highway to regular traffic
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 8:11 pm
I expect we are going to be seeing more that one bratty kid over the next few weeks, so fasten your seatbelts!
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Rslover
Member
11-19-2002
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 9:10 pm
Cathie, Sounds like it. They started filming May 18.
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 9:22 pm
It was on May 29, so that probably was it. LOL, if you see a yellow PT Cruiser in the episode when they are approaching Albuquerque that's us then! Thank goodness I didn't make a hand gesture out of the sun roof like I felt like doing. 
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 9:28 pm
But then we would have really known it was you! It was an okay show. I'll probably tune in again to see what's happening.
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Mamabatsy
Member
08-05-2005
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 9:42 pm
Until something better comes along, I'll be watching this. It isn't what I thought it would be (domestic TAR) but it does seem entertaining. If my kids were like a few of them I would have invested in a lot of duct tape. The New York team, the man with the hair issues, really needs to leave. I prefer that obnoxious blue team to the guy with the hair.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 10:22 pm
I agree with TNT, there's sure to be more bratty kids as time progresses. I remember when we went to Sea World a few years ago. We got there in the AM, as did lots of families. By the end of the afternoon the park literally echoed from every corner with the sounds of tired, screaming, cranky kids.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 10:52 pm
I hope there's a challenge where the fathers have to shave their heads....just so I can enjoy the reaction of Mr Blow-dryer from NY, the dad that doesn't know the difference between a prairie and cow pasture!

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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 5:39 am
NY Family kinda grated on me. Of the "oohs and aahs" along the road, I've actually experienced two of them. It kinda surprised me since I've never done a vacation road trip, nor any real vacation like that. But I did a tiny bit of traveling in my drum corps/color guard days. If it weren't for that, I'd probably have 4 states under my belt as having visited all my life. I've been to the top (or as close to the top as was allowed) of the Sears Tower. Our color guard went to Chicago one winter for a competition, and he took us to the Sears Tower to experience it. Looking back, I think it was pretty cool he took us on a tour, and didn't only focus on rehearsals and competition. I remember watching the sun set from the Tower, and one of the girls commenting on how weird it was to watch the sun set without the mountains. I also briefly saw the St. Louis Arch. I was on a trip to Ohio, but a blizzard shut down our airport and cancelled our flight. A family taking the same trip as I was took me under their wing (and the dad worked for the airlines, so he had an "in" on how to get another flight, otherwise I would have been totally lost). The night was spent running from gate to gate trying to get on a flight. We finally got on one that had a stopover/transfer in St. Louis. It was either as we were landing or taking off (too long ago to remember now), one of them pointed out the window and said, "look, there's the St. Louis Arch." 
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 6:28 am
When my kids were young we took the Route 66 roadtrip in a camper to Tucson. We've also driven to Orlando and The Keys several times. It was the most economical way for us to take family trips. And a ton of fun and together time. I wouldn't do it again since the kids are grown and out of the house. Granted we were alone and didn't have challenges to do but seriously if you have time and young kids it's a great way to vacation on a budget. The NY family grates on me, more specifically the dad does. I'm glad the CT family went home they didn't seem to fit the show. Does anyone besides me think the 100k prize is a bit cheap!
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 7:09 am
When I was little, we took road trips all over the western half of the USA. Even into my 20's I'd take road trips with my then fiancee. I still remember many of the "firsts" I saw, and do have fond memories of those trips. Like the time we went fishing on a lake in Idaho and NO ONE was catching anything and I was bored so I put marshmallows and peanut butter on a hook and damn if we didn't catch the only fish that day! All the other boaters came over to find out what we were using. Sometimes a bored kid can come up a winner! (The only downside was I had to clean anything I caught. Yuck.)
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 7:20 am
I've been to the top (or as close to the top as was allowed) of the Sears Tower. Who, you've got to come back now and experience the Ledge. Though the Sears Tower has been sold, I doubt very much that the name Willis Tower will ever catch on. 
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 7:29 am
When my relatives come to visit from Europe we always go to The Sears Tower (I'll always call it that). Last month when I went to visit my cousins and Uncles in Austria and we started looking through pictures they all had pictures of themselves looking out over the city from atop the Sears Tower prominently placed in the photo albums. One year when they came to visit (maybe 7 years ago) my brothers took a road trip with them taking Rt 66 a good part of the way to visit my sis in Tucson...they (the cousins) loved it because even in Austria Rt 66 is well known.
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