The show is fixed to make team guido do well
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Hardyscute | Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 02:20 pm   kevin and drew said on the early show that they got into their cab first and then the cab driver waited for the guidos, and then let them and another car pass them. you all saw on the show that it took one of the guidos at least a couple of minutes to finish his meal. he had a lot left and then he had to bring it to the counter. The guidos should have been long gone. Maybe kevin and drew would have stayed in their cab if they had a couple minutes of a lead on the others. and also, one of the guidos brought his food up, without completely finishing it. he had some chicken left. |
Puttergirl | Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 04:38 pm   I saw that too about the chicken. He barely nibbled at 2 of the feet before going to the counter. I don't know if there is a preference for them, but they sure got away with something with that. |
Jaded | Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 04:50 pm   I can only hope that they will fall and fall hard when the final episode airs. They should have been gone when N&E were gone then they should have been gone the next week, but it was a non-elimination show. I fear they may win this thing! |
Kitt | Saturday, December 01, 2001 - 10:53 pm   I don't think it's preference to the Guidos, I just think a) they've had a lot of luck, and b) they try short cuts and seem to get away with it... maybe if the others had eaten less they'd have got away with it too, they just didn't try. |
Ophiliasgrandma | Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 12:39 pm   Don't you suppose there was a 'referee' standing by to judge if the plate was cleaned to his satisfaction? |
Demented_Freak | Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 01:09 pm   I think the cook was to judge, I thought I heard one of them say will the cook say the plate is clean enough? I do think that Guido gets more than its fair share of lucky breaks though..the coins, the taxi, etc. |
Kep421 | Sunday, December 02, 2001 - 03:43 pm   Well, I can't say for sure if things are being "fixed" for the Guidos, but I do remember one thing about the "chicken feet" fiasco that looked a little suspicious to me.... When the Guido who was eating (I can't remember who is who) took his plate up, I thought for sure that the cook or someone would notice that the food wasn't all eaten. But at the same split second that the plate was handed over by one Guido, the other Guido was grabbing (almost snatching) the envelope from the other cook. I noticed that the person who accepted the plate was not the same person who was holding the yellow envelope. I don't think the cooks or anyone else had time to react to the fact that the food wasn't eaten. That's what I saw, but I would appreciate it if someone who taped it could review that one part is slow motion for me and let me know.....I eyes taint what they used to be! |
Fruitbat | Monday, December 03, 2001 - 04:40 am   Anyone who has traveled extensively has an edge. Guido would fit that. I don't think there is favoritism going on. The lawyers got the wrong squid (dried) at the market, yet were shown eating the fresh squid that everyone else had. They did not hold this against them as a chinese citizen read their list and guided them to it. If that had happened to the Guidos these threads would be alive with cries of foul. As for the chicken feet, all ate them to different degrees. |
Tntitanfan | Monday, December 03, 2001 - 06:42 am   Fruitbat, you are right about the squid swap! I am puzzled about what exactly there is TO eat on a chicken foot. I've never tried them, but there doesn't seem like there could be much "meat" on them. |
Crazydog | Monday, December 03, 2001 - 07:41 am   You can get chicken or duck feet at any Chinese restaurant for dim sum. I used to like them a lot as a kid, now they repulse me. Titan, you're right, there's not much on them. It's basically skin and fat and soy sauce. Eating them steamed like the contestants did would have grossed me out. As far as the Guidos eating them, they are very aggressive people and in my opinion, as Kep said, they practically ramrodded the chef into giving them the envelope from the wok. I didn't rewatch my tape, but from what I remember, the blonde one gave the plate to the girl, who looked quizically at it, as if it weren't done, and she looked at the chef, who had the envelope in the wok, to see if he agreed with her that it wasn't done. But as always the pair bullied the locals by saying something like "let's go" or "come on come on" and then grabbed the envelope. Fruit, I agree with you about the squid switch in that it had no effect on the game so that is why the lawyers got the fresh squid. I also agree that if it had been the Guidos that had done this everyone here would be screaming about it. However, personally, I believe that many of us are intelligent enough to recognize that it was not an intentional attempt to cheat or gain an advantage, and as much as I dislike the Guidos I think I would have defended this action. |
Fruitbat | Monday, December 03, 2001 - 08:54 am   Crazydog, I remember the same thing. The Guidos pushed very hard. |
Squaredsc | Monday, December 03, 2001 - 04:25 pm   yep, just like they pushed nancy. |
Fanny | Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 10:58 am   "these threads would be alive with cries of foul." Fruitbat, don't you mean cries of FOWL? |
Muse | Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 09:18 pm   I personally didn't think the squid was a big deal. I wouldn't if the Guidos had gotten the dried squid, either. It was obvious that it wasn't intentional, and I don't think it was specified what kind of squid that they had to get. If it had specified fresh squid, I'd feel differently. The chicken feet - well, that was just silly to have something that you don't eat *all* of. How are you supposed to judge when they're done eating it? It's too subjective. So although I kind of felt a little annoyed that Joe ate so little (especially since he seemed to think he didn't eat enough! ), I don't think it was really unfair. If any other contestant had eaten so little, then shoved the plate and demanded the envelope like that, they probably would've gotten away with it, too. Anyway, I don't think the Guidos are getting any kind of special treatment. They're fast and they're demanding, and they deserve to be where they are. I dislike them greatly, but I agree with Drew in that there is no "ChickenGate" and that the Guidos beat them fair and square. |
Smileeys | Tuesday, December 04, 2001 - 09:41 pm   I guess producers couldn't have known how popular Drew and Kevin would be when they put the episodes together but I thought when they were eliminated that it must NOT be fixed because it just seems to me that if it were then they would have kept Drew and Kevin. They were the most popular and I realize you have the rooting against the Guido's factor but I think it would be better for the show to have Drew/Kevin. YMMV. |
Car54 | Wednesday, December 05, 2001 - 01:00 am   There is a really nice review of TAR in this week's TV Guide- the reviewer likes all the things we do- and he liked the Frats too! |
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