Oh That Team Guido
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Car54 | Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 08:03 pm   No way, how could they keep hairpieces so tidy? Then they would have to carry matching wig heads to hold the hairpieces when they sleep in their matching sleepmasks under their matching space blankets. Those wig heads are light but pretty bulky- nah...can't be! |
Egbok | Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 08:06 pm   LOL Car! I haven't seen the show yet in California so I'm going to watch their "do's" very closely - even if I have to use my binoculars!! "Matching wig heads" - LOL!! |
Hippyt | Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 08:48 pm   OMG,I'm atching my tape ,I didn't catch when I watched the show,they tried to sneak into the Taj Mahal to save their money!!!!!!!!! E-gads,do they ever stop? They got caught,hahaha,and said to the man"We thought it was free." I hate them,talk about Ugly Americans... |
Muse | Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 10:43 pm   I always thought that at least one of them had a hairpiece. If he doesn't, that's some disturbing/unfortunate hair. I didn't notice that Team Guido was trying to sneak into the Taj Mahal (I was only half-watching when it first came on, but plan to re-watch it tomorrow), but that really doesn't surprise me. Neither does the fact that they were so tight on money, considering all the spending they've done. Glad to see that catch up to them. And Tbear - aw, but I'm so smitten with Rob! Okay, okay...fine. I'll take Drew. But just so you know, I'll be secretly lusting after your Robbie while you're not looking.  |
Muse | Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 11:30 pm   By the way - I noticed that one of the Guidos (I think Joe, but I'm not sure) said that they don't "underestimate those S.O.B.'s" (referring, of course, to the other teams) when they got to the Palace of the Winds. Funny. Isn't that what Team Guido has been doing all along? Underestimating the other teams, and inflating their own cleverness, ingenuity, etc? |
Skipper | Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 11:31 pm   (HOW irritating are these guys! Now sure which one said what, but, here's the trying to sneak into the Taj Mahal and sorta what they said.....) Taj Mahal. Do you want to see if we can get in with this group? Let's just start walking in. Just try walking in. Excuse me. Pardon. (Breaking in line and going past folks they were!!!) We didn't buy tickets. They might come after us. (Guess they were talking to each other about that...) (They are then caught sneaking in, not sure what was said to them, but, then guido said...) We gotta go buy tickets. How much is a ticket? What? How much are tickets? I thought, we thought it was free. Can we pay now? (Then as, they are leaving the Taj Mahal....) How much money we have left??? Well, I don't know, I wasn't expecting to pay 2000 rupees to come in here.... This is where the game gets hard... (Are there money woes ahead for the guidos????) |
Tntitanfan | Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 06:22 am   I was tickled to see the frat boys hiding the route thingie from Nancy and Emily - and themselves! Also Emily is now ready to "connive" - stand back, folks!! |
Chiefwiggum | Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 07:52 am   What a pair. What really amazed me this week was when they got to the pit stop and were totally shocked to be team #4. I know when they first arrived at the train station they thought there were only 2 teams ahead of them. But, they only started an hour ahead of the frat boys, and it seemed to take Guido a long time to make it to that station because they had to take buses and such, being low on funds. Did they never even consider that they were the only team really short on cash, and that those guys may have been able to afford a cab and make the train? It kills me that their default assumption was that Kevin & Drew had not only missed the 3:00 train, but the 9:00 as well. And another thing- when they got to the rat temple, wouldn't they have noticed that there were only 2 cards left in the box? Or in the urn in the sandpit? Or were they so confident they didn't bother to check? And while I'm at it, I'm completely tired of their views on the other teams, the frat boys especially. I've seen nothing that justifies their apparent opinion that they're superior to them in about every way. If I'm counting right, last night was the 3rd leg where Guido thought they were ahead of Kevin & Drew, but the frat boys were not only ahead of them, they were in first place. And yet, Guido continues to assume they have them beat every time. Maybe this time they'll finally get the hint. |
Crazydog | Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 08:09 am   Did anyone else think the Guidos looked vulnerable on this episode? There was a lot more bickering between them than usual. And I still maintain that blonde Guido is the nastier. For the record, the one that I say has the hairpiece is brunette Guido. I'm not sure if it's really a hairpiece, but it looks really bad and could be a transplant gone awry, or something like that. On entering the Temple of the Winds; Blonde G: "If people don't know where the entrance is it could be difficult for them:; Brunette: "yeah, but they do"; Blonde: "I'm not underestimating these SOBs at all" [classic case of pot calling the kettle black!] On docking at the water temple; Blonde G: "you know, the next time, if you keep your weight in the center of the boat when you stand up, it might not..." Brunette: "yeah yeah yeah tell me about that some other time" LOL! Not sure which of them said it, but upon being caught up in time by Kevin and Drew, "now they've caught up. Story of our lives." !!!!! one bad thing happens to them the entire race and they complain to no end! I really thought that the money problems would catch up to them - wasn't there something in the previews about how one team was having trouble? Maybe I imagined it. Eventually it will have to catch up to them. I could not believe they were griping about the entrance fee. "We had to spend 2000 rupees just to get into the stupid place." No, they didn't have to, they could have chosen not to and then not continue in the race. Of all the things to complain about, they shouldn't complain about something about which they have no choice. Also, the little delay that was created with the trying to sneak in the Taj Mahal, added to the lost time which made them miss the train. When they were stuck taking the bus instead of a cab because of money issues, I kept thinking, I hope those croissants at your favorite cafe were worth it. |
Kep421 | Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 11:32 am   Since I missed the show last night, I was going to post the question: "Did Team Guido do anything to redeem themselves as decent human beings?", but Crazydog's post eliminates the need for an answer. Thanks Crazydog!!! I really appreciate the detail and perspective. |
Realfan | Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 12:06 pm   I was SO cheering when the Guidos fell behind and missed the train!!! LOL!! Good for them, the jerks. And they didn't help Emily and Nancy after all, despite the previews. They just "allowed" themselves to be hugged (ew!). I wonder how E and N finally got tickets? It was a little muddy. Seemed like their complaints finally got heard and a manager-type sold them tickets. I wish that had been clearer, like I wish it had been clearer last week how E/N got from the marketplace to Agra. |
Crazydog | Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 12:19 pm   Real, yeah we didn't see it and they didn't tell us, so we won't know for sure. If it had been a manager who sold to them, there's no reason why they wouldn't have shown that, because I'm sure we would have seen a scene of a very gracious Nancy (the producers seem to be playing up the everymom aspect of her). Therefore I speculate that maybe one of the crew bought them. It seems that each team is actually a group of four, judging from how they sit in the taxis - scrunched up against one side (remember Kevin's comment about Drew's fat a$$ taking up too much room). Cameraman in front, other guy (2nd camera or chaperone?) in the back. So I suppose that after all of their troubles, finally CBS stepped in and just did it for them. Since they were already in last and would have to wait until the train left anyhow, there was no advantage to be gained in being helped out of local customs. They wouldn't want to show this on TV for fear of other teams that had been eliminated or hopefully finishing after them in the next round (GUidos please) saying that but for the crew intervention, Nancy and Emily would still be stuck in Agra. |
Car54 | Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 02:17 pm   I am not very familiar with Indian culture. Do you think the way N&E were treated had anything to do with the way they were dressed? Pants, very western. I noticed Margarita took care to wear a longer skirt and cover her head, and I thought the people at the Rat Palace were very kind to her. (I thought it was so sweet when she was scared and the young man took her hand and led her across the floor) I did not see any Indian women dressed in western clothing. N&E did not seem very prepared for India at all in a number of ways. Crazydog, I saw something on another site that speaks to your post above... the post said that the producers always leave the status of the last 2 teams unclear (how did they get tickets...) so we won't know who is going to finish last until the last check-in. I have been trying to remember the past few shows-problems with the final 2 teams...and there HAVE been quite a few blurry situations. Maybe we can watch for that from now on. |
Muse | Thursday, November 01, 2001 - 11:48 pm   I believe there's supposed to be a separate line for women to purchase tickets at the station. I don't know if that line just didn't exist since there were so few women there, or if Emily and Nancy just had problems finding it (and/or realizing they had to use it), or if they just had more problems than an Indian woman might have because of their appearance. I don't think it was the way they were dressed, though - I just think that Emily and Nancy didn't know how things worked there, and weren't getting much help from the employees. But it's hard to tell, since they didn't explain what they eventually did to get the tickets. |
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