Ping pong anyone
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Dogdoc | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 07:27 pm   I thought the ping pong challenge was going to be harder than it was. I wonder if either of the last two teams could have made up a lot of time by doing it. |
Car54 | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 07:31 pm   Yeah, but the Rally was much better TV! I was yelling at them to play, but the rickshaw race was so great I'm glad they took it! |
Kep421 | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 07:31 pm   I really don't know. I missed the part where Drew and Kevin decided to take the rally route. Did they say why the didn't want to try the ping pong? Seemed like fun to me, and the lawyer guy didn't seem all that good and he was able to get five volleys. I didn't expect Team Guido to lower themselves to such a rudimentary game, but why didn't Kevin and Drew choose it? |
Muse | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 07:41 pm   Okay, question. Did the kid suddenly become a better player when Brennan started playing against him? Because he really didn't seem very good when Frank started playing. And Frank was a good (much better than I would've been, at least) player, but definitely not an expert. Then when Brennan showed up, the kid just suddenly seemed much more aggressive and better overall. I thought maybe it was my imagination (since I'm partial to the lawyers, and was hoping they'd catch up to Frank/Marg ), but I was watching with a few people who aren't really familiar with the show, and they commented on it before I said anything. Maybe the kid felt embarrassed about Frank scoring five points so quickly, and decided to make more of an effort when Rob/Brennan arrived? Anyway, hard to tell if either of the last teams would have benefitted from choosing ping pong over the rally. Depends on when the market closed. I'm assuming it would've closed before they were done with ping pong though, since neither team seemed to even check their watches to see if there was a possibility of going there after the rally. I assume that meant it was pretty late. Ping pong might have been faster, but not by *that* much. But then again...it's really hard to make any assumptions about this game. |
Quietstorm4 | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 07:56 pm   I thought the same thing Muse. But thinking back when the other lawyer guy (I still don't know who is who) took over he did better against the boy. I think the first guy was just awful. |
Hippyt | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 07:59 pm   Muse,I think Brennan just stinks at ping pong. And,maybe the kid had his warm up with Frank. |
Car54 | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 07:59 pm   I think Drew said he was bad at ping pong...not a lot of discussion. I think Frank was a pretty aggressive player- I noticed he kept the kid running a lot more from side to side. He was so much bigger he could stand in one place and swat the ball from side to side, and the kid had to run back and forth, I thought. I think R&B were just trying to get the 5 volleys- so were not playing an aggressive game , and the kid really showed his stuff. The thing I wonder is what the heck kind of show would it have been if one of the 2 last teams had chosen ping pong- no conflict or tension.... the producers totally lucked out. |
Smileeys | Wednesday, November 28, 2001 - 09:20 pm   I talked to my tv ALOT tonight - so I "told" them when they got there that Frank had warmed the kid up for them. I think Brennan wasn't very good, but Rob was pretty good even with his hurt finger and while I wouldn't say he was exactly agressive - I did see some competitiveness in him. Yea, Drew and Kevin said they both sucked at Ping Pong and didn't think they could score 5 points. |
Crazydog | Thursday, November 29, 2001 - 08:13 am   Even if Brennan sucked, he couldn't have sucked THAT bad. The kid definitely moved around and smashed a lot better than against Frank. BTW, wasn't there listed something like "one team member overcomes an injury to gain an advantage"? Was this for last night's show, and was the "injury" Rob's finger? If so, I'm sorry, but whoever wrote that TV guide listing is LAME LAME LAME. |
Sunshinemiss | Thursday, November 29, 2001 - 09:39 am   I chalked up the difference to nerves and/or pressure, playing in front of the camera crew etc. It certainly did skew the outcome though. Can you say "do-over"? |
Becjo | Thursday, November 29, 2001 - 10:56 am   I was SOOOO hoping for Drew & Kevin to play ping-pong. I just saw some great one-liners in that match! Darn! They went the other way! We'll never know now, but they might have gotten it quick like Frank and made it to the end! Rats! Looks like I'm not the only one who is sad about it all though |
Realtvfan | Thursday, November 29, 2001 - 11:04 am   Drew did say on Rosie this morning that: a) Frank is a big guy and intimidated the kid, b) When Frank had a handshake with the kid ping pong player prior to starting play, Frank tried to crush the kid's hand for intimidation as well. They just did not show the handshake on TV. |
Tvduck | Thursday, November 29, 2001 - 12:50 pm   Oh come on Becjo, and miss all those "you look like such an idiot" and batman theme? Obviously, whichever detour these guys took would turn out to be a better comedy than Yes Dear. I am so off topic. |
Dino | Thursday, November 29, 2001 - 01:18 pm   i thought it was classic that the team that was confident with their pingpong ability cuz they had a table at home, was the team that sucked the most ;) |
Muse | Thursday, November 29, 2001 - 10:40 pm   What was also very funny was that Rob, the guy with a broken finger (or at least a very bruised/scraped up finger, which was taped up), did better at ping pong than Brennan. I guess you can probably explain it by saying that the kid was getting tired or distracted by continuous playing (while Rob was just stepping in), but it was funny regardless.  |
Tbear | Friday, November 30, 2001 - 12:02 am   I was very surprised that a child was brought out to play ping pong. I though that it was going to be a guy with more years of practice, as it sounded like it was going to be the match from hell. Definitely, a child playing & representing it's land's sport on a tv show with a big guy like Frank = intimidation and nerves.
So, Brennan can't play ping pong. We all have our talents and perhaps this was not one of his. He could also have had an off-game. I know that I have whether I am playing any sport-Sometimes I feel like an Olympic champion and other times I feel like a clutz. Too bad that the funniest guys, with the funniest lines are out. They do get to go to the superbowl, compliments of the Rosie Show and Drew proposed to his girlfriend, so he's getting married. Tbear |
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