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Grooch

Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 06:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Before I go put my vote in for Judy's contest I have a few questions.

One of the twins had his foot run over by the cab. Has anyone heard how bad it is? It might affect him on the next mission. Also, one of the twins said they twisted his knee while playing volleyball. Was it the same twin or the other one?

Does anyone know the different times the different teams checked in at? Are they all within minutes of each other or are some hours apart?

If Will (was it Will) that lost his wallet, I wonder if his passport was in it and will this prevent him from leaving the country.

Do they go to Europe on the next episode? One of the Grannies said she had a meltdown in Europe. If they don't go there yet, then they won't be th elast one this time.

Is anyone else hurt and it might hinder them?

Moondance

Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 06:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I believe it was Blake who lost his wallet ... not sure about his passport... I thought of the same thing last night

Moondance

Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 06:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hmmmm... I am thinking since they have different arrangements because of security, the production crew have people in charge of passports.

Hippyt

Thursday, March 14, 2002 - 08:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Grooch,do your own work!!

Tbear

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 12:44 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think that it was Dolyin who got his foot ran over by the cab and then twisted his ankle during volleyball. I'd be suing Mr. Cabbie at the end of the race! What a Trooper Dolyin is. This has got to impede his performance eventually. I think that the producers should have him go to the hospital and not penalize them-it's not his fault that happened.

Grooch

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 03:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok, Hippyt. I won't bother posting in the Amazing Race threads anymore except for my vote. Bye.

Julieboo

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 06:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Hey Grooch, I hope you are kidding. I like this thread! Don't leave!

Julieboo

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 04:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Who were the last 4 teams in?

Seamonkey

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 05:03 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Don't go, Grooch!!

I thought plotting and planning meant.. uh to
plot and plan and share info??

Seamonkey

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 05:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
oh.. and Grooch.. one of the questions for the Amaziiing Game is did the Grannies somehow end up in Europe? so it may well be this week that someone might pass thru Europe,but I don't know for sure.

They also asked if someone will end up in jail :)

Moondance

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 05:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I was wondering the same thing Seamonkey... is there anyway we can find out when they are even close to Europe?

Lobster

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 05:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I checked the CBS website and it says:

"A crush at the airport leads to mayhem and a desparate race to a far away continent."

"Gutsy Grannies oversleep and Blake must decide whether to wake them or let them snooze away their lead."

Since they are in South America now, maybe the far away continent is Europe. And if the Grannies do oversleep, that could be the cause of one of them having a meltdown in an airport in Europe.

Moondance

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 05:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Lobster... Aries buddy!

Car54

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 06:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, I missed the first episode and then I was too exercised over Survivor to watch the second closely.
There are way too many annoying teams- these people are going to have to get off the show before I get really interested. I am really tired of the Grannies...and the Revs think God is on their side... and I thought I would really like the nerds but hey they are just Kevin&Drew wannabesarenots.

I love Blake and Paige and the Twins, and the Boston guys already, and I am probably going to like Oswald and Danny. Tara and Wil are the Guidos so far-hated how they treated their cab driver.

Car54

Friday, March 15, 2002 - 07:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Location info:
From TV Guide, Episode 3
My Alarm Clock Didn't Go Off!
60 min.


Nine teams jet from the jungles of Brazil to Cape Town, South Africa, where a third pair is eliminated. Phil Keoghan is the host.Amazing Race 2


From USA Today:
03/10/2002 - Updated 09:48 PM ET

New travel realities add tension to 'Amazing Race'

By Bill Keveney, USA TODAY


By Tony Esparza, USA TODAY
Twin brothers Doyin, left, and Shola are among the teams competing for $1 million on The Amazing Race 2.

The Amazing Race 2 faced a challenge its globe-trotting predecessor couldn't have imagined: travel in the post-Sept. 11 world.

The CBS reality/adventure series pits 11 two-person teams who race between destinations, facing physical and mental challenges along the way. The team to arrive first at the final destination wins $1 million.

This time, random inspections in airport lines delayed some teams as they attempted to board planes. Connecting flights through some countries, as determined by producers, were out. Europe was dropped as a competition destination, because of concern about possible terrorist activities in the weeks after Sept. 11.

In tonight's premiere of the second edition of the series (10 ET/PT, before moving to its regular slot, Wednesdays at 9 ET/PT), some teams are stopped by a security officer wondering why people with backpacks are sprinting toward the Las Vegas airport.

"You will see moments where you go, 'Before 9/11, this would not have happened,' " says Ghen Maynard, CBS vice president of alternative programming.

After the terrorist attacks, CBS and Amazing Race producers decided to pause and rethink the second version, although there wasn't a serious move to cancel it. Taping that would have taken place in the fall didn't happen until January.

Many foreign hot spots were off-limits before Sept. 11, but other places were excluded shortly after the attacks, when the world situation was at its most uncertain. Producers decided not to let teams change planes in places such as India, Israel and Nigeria.

Fear of terrorism wasn't the only consideration, either. The Amazing Race 2 dropped plans to go to Argentina because of unrest brought on by its imploding economy.

That still left plenty of exotic locales for the 13-episode competition. In addition to Rio de Janeiro, where the teams compete tonight, destinations include Brazil's Iguacu Falls, Namibia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Cape Town, South Africa.

The show's security efforts, which included consulting the State Department, paid off, as everyone got home safely. Contestants, including some who had safety concerns before the start of the 30-day, 55,000-mile race, had a great time, says host Phil Keoghan, a veteran world traveler.

"This show opens people's eyes to the rest of the world, different cultures and different ways of thinking," he says.

The most noticeable travel difference between the second Race and the critically praised inaugural version, taped before Sept. 11, was increased security at U.S. airports. Many international airports already had stricter enforcement.

"If anything, America has played a little catch-up," Keoghan says.

Contestants, often buying one-way tickets and traveling lightly, sometimes were pulled from lines for inspections. They learned that some tactics, such as running in airports, could slow their progress.

Despite the extra planning and glimpses of increased security, the post-attack atmosphere does not hang heavily over the series, Maynard says. He says the competition shows that travel can be safe, enjoyable and not too burdensome.

"You can travel to all sorts of exotic places and have the adventure of a lifetime. It's going to make (viewers) want to travel," he says

Car54

Saturday, March 16, 2002 - 07:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There is an interview with the first boots... Deirdre and Hillary, and in it they are asked:

"RTVF: Were you close with any other team?

Deidre and Hillary: Yeah.

Hillary:Danny and Oswald we got really close to. Hope and Norm we got really, really close to. Who else?

Deidre: Dave and Gary.

Hillary: Dave and Gary and also Peach and Mary. "

Is this a list of the early eliminations?

LINK TO INTERVIEW

Seamonkey

Saturday, March 16, 2002 - 11:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
That was excellent, Car!! I'm happy to hear Danny and Oswald were so pleasant :)

And thanks to fellow Aries up above there too :)

time to sleep now.

Moondance

Sunday, March 17, 2002 - 09:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Cough it up SeaAriesMonkey! When is your birthday?:)

Seamonkey

Monday, March 18, 2002 - 10:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
<cough>

April 2 :)

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Seamonkey

Monday, March 18, 2002 - 01:56 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
From eyemail:

And Then There Were Nine!

THE AMAZING RACE 2 is light two teams of competitors with the elimination of the teams of mother/daughter Deidre and Hillary Washington and married parents Hope and Norm Davis, and things are beginning to get really hot as the nine remaining teams trek from Brazil to Cape Town, South Africa. The teams don't do themselves any favors when one oversleeps and another proves the adage that "no good deed goes unpunished" when they help another team and fall behind.

Lobster

Monday, March 18, 2002 - 04:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hi Seamonkey! My niece's birthday is the same day as yours.

I can't decide who to vote for being eliminated this week. I was going to stick with the Grannies, but I'm just not feeling good about that. I thought about Danny and Oswald cuz Deidre and Hillary said they got really close to them. But then I went back and read the whole interview, and they said they were rooting for Danny and Oswald. Now, I know it makes sense to root for them since they liked them, but they would also know that they weren't going to last long.
I'm so confused. I think I'll just flip a coin. Heads it's the Grannies. Tails it's Danny and Oswald. It was tails. It's Danny and Oswald. I'm going to vote now before I change my mind again.

Hippyt

Monday, March 18, 2002 - 09:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
A week later,Grooch,I was kidding,please!!!!!

Jewels

Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 02:01 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lobster!! You are freaking me out! First, you and I had the same hobbit name...now you say your neice's birthday is April 2nd, my neice's birthday is April 2nd too! And I was going to vote for Danny and Oswald this week. Very very strange....are you sure we aren't the same person?

Lobster

Tuesday, March 19, 2002 - 04:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Jewels, that is freaky! If we are the same person, we must have oodles of frequent flier miles since we live on opposite coasts. Maybe we were twins in a former life or something.

Fruitbat

Wednesday, March 20, 2002 - 04:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I am not all that dazzled with the Grannies. I am not alone here, am I?

The "Gutsy Grandmas" written on the back of their T-shirts is forcing the image they *want* to have. A sort of "look at me am I so cute to be doing this" statement.

signed,
a cold and judgemental little bat.