No Fast-Forward again??
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Muse | Sunday, October 14, 2001 - 10:13 pm   Someone posted about it at the Mighty Big TV TAR board. They figured it out because at the beginning of the show (I'm assuming every show, although maybe it's just the first - I don't know because I apparently don't pay attention ) the host says that there's a certain number of elimations throughout the race, in which one team is cut. I don't recall the number, but if you counted the total number of teams (how many teams were there at the beginning?), the numbers don't add up. They're missing a couple of eliminations. Additionally, like Cinder said - the number of episodes indicates that they stretch it out somehow. So it really sounds like they keep the last three in the race longer than the rest. I'm not sure how I feel about that, but I'll just be glad if there's no Fast Forward for it (and thus no hugely unfair advantage for Team Guido if they're the only ones left who can use it!).  |
Sunshinemiss | Monday, October 15, 2001 - 12:18 am   Thanks Tbear. Your colorful messages are fun to read too. One of these years I will try to master the clip-art code, I always forget to write them down and mid-message I am too darn impatient to go check it out and come back to finish. Appreciate the location Muse. I will check it out, I spend too much time on-line already, but no plans to stop anytime soon (smile). I agree also that I will miss Judy's stars if we get robbed of a week of evictions, its great she is taking the time to do her little game (and it is not so little anymore!) I wonder if she knew when she started out how popular it would get! But I too think it would be worth it to keep the nefarious Guido away from the coup-de-gras (sp?) fast-forward in the final episode. My goodness I am agreeable tonight. Must be because my vacation starts today (hooray) |
Tbear | Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 12:17 am   Sunshinemiss, RE: clipart. I printed the 3 pages out of the cliparts and remember that the formatting incl. coloring are similar. Otherwise I would go nuts!!! For example: \ clipart {smile, grin, devil} For example: \ blue {text, text, text} Congrats on your holidays. That's always nice. |
Moondance | Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 09:19 am   be sure to do it without the space in between Sun... \clipart{wink} =  |
Muse | Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 08:04 pm   Ohhh...based on tonight's episode, I guess the theory about the last three teams racing for an expanded period of time is wrong. I don't quite understand the reason for the lack of eliminations. Seems so random. And darn it - if they hadn't have done that, I would have gotten my guess for the week (who goes) correct. |
Car54 | Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 08:37 pm   muse, i was wondering that myself... I am thinking because this week was not an elimination round, there was no fast forward, maybe. Did you get the feeling some stuff happened that we did not see? Maybe they changed the rules about eliminations mid-race... I would have been right too...but I was holding my breath... when L&K were last, I knew they were getting some extra time because of whatever technical problem happened, but no one told us how much time, so if there had been an elimination, they might not have lost. This was kind of confusing...but you know what, thought every single team did a really good job this week... I don't think Karen yelled at Lenny once, Frank was nice to Margarita, everyone played well together-EXCEPT THE GUIDOS. (my goal is to bad mouth the Guidos all over this board tonight, I am so mad at them-then I am going back over to the CBS site and vote against them some more---) I want them to be down to 0% on the popularity chart.... where are those BB2 clicker girls? Lets get them going on this...you can only vote about 5 times, then it seems to lock you out.... |
Sasha | Wednesday, October 17, 2001 - 09:04 pm   Car54 I am with you......after I post this I will go over to the CBS site to vote against them. They make me sick with their stuck up attitude. Thay flat out lied to Karyn when she wanted to hear both sides regarding the airport incident. They are shown on camera trying to cause a delay so the other teams would miss their flight. I do not care who wins just as long as they (Guido's) do not win!!! |
Kep421 | Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 06:06 am   I was surprised when Lenny & Karyn weren't eliminated, but at the same time I was very happy for them. They actually acted like a team this time, it would have been a shame for them to lose when they did so well on this part of the race. I loved the idea of "non-elimination" points in the game. Just a little twist to keep things interesting. But if Team Guido ever comes in last, and it turns out to be one of those points, I'll just shoot my TV!!! |
Espen | Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 07:55 am   I'm almost certain that they have these three "non-elimination" legs specifically for when production difficulties make it hard to tell who actually lost.. In other words, I don't think they have decided in advance when to do them (and they would obviously not tell the contestants, as that would make them blow off the race) but assume something will happen for them to need them.. Also, like with survivor, I am sure they have a few "filler episodes" to extend the season to the supposed 13 episodes they were initially talking about.. (though with 3 non-elimination steps and 11 players with 3 in the final leg it still only ads up to 11 episodes.. wonder how they will milk an extra two out of this).. Oh well, I am not complaining! Anything to have this show on for a few more weeks (though I wouldn't mind team Guido being eliminated ASAP).. |
Corriecat | Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 09:48 am   I was thinking the same thing Espen. If Lenny and Karen had been eliminated last night it would have been awkward to explain that despite the time credit for production problems they still came in last. It would start a lot of conspiracy theories. They may also have reserved them for times when weather/political unrest/injury or illnes or any other unexpected things halt production. |
Kitt | Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 03:42 pm   I agree, I was thinking how sad it would have been for the mother-daughter team to be told they were last after being so relieved to know they weren't. What do you think production difficulties are anyway? The camera-person running out of film and missing the train maybe?? |
Crazydog | Thursday, October 18, 2001 - 04:11 pm   I tend to disagree Espen, I don't think they're arbitrary, I think the non-elimination legs are preplanned. I thought Paul and Amie had some problems too at one point, and although they were not in danger of being eliminated, they got a time credit. I just think of it as a way to extend the show, which is great! As someone said somewhere else, even if you're not being eliminated you still don't want to come in last because of the time factor. I also don't think there's any missing shows. I think the last show will have only the two final teams. Therefore 9 eliminated teams plus 3 non-elimination plus 1 final show = 13 shows. Who knows what "production difficulties" means. They never explained Paul and Amie's problem either. No film? Delay in getting filming permit? Cameraman overslept? Stuck in the bathroom? Out of batteries? Whatever it is, I'm sure it's not a conspiracy type thing!! |
Sunshinemiss | Friday, October 19, 2001 - 02:02 am   No mention of the fast-forward again!!! And I would like a little more explanation of the "production difficulties". Yes I am a "nosy Nellie" but hey it is a sign of my liking this show so much, right? I hated to see the episode end, More! More! ( versus the fact that I didn't even bother watching the last episode of Love Cruise) Where is Ewing when we need him! Boo-hiss Guido. Shades of Nicole as far as cruising on the river of De Nile. |
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