Steve & Josh
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Steve & Josh
Ryn | Monday, May 05, 2003 - 09:27 am     "Father & Son" BIO Forty-seven-year-old Steve is a supervisor at a juvenile detention facility in Santa Barbara. His biggest accomplishment is his 22-year marriage to Karen. He is a big fan of THE AMAZING RACE, and when Karen challenged him to go on the show with Josh, it all became clear: father and son needed this trip together. Plus, according to Steve, Josh is really smart and in great physical shape. Steve went to Los Angeles to talk with Josh about it, and found him camped out on Hollywood Boulevard (he had been there for days) waiting for the newest Star Wars movie to premiere. According to Steve, Josh was ecstatic when he asked him to be his teammate on the Race. Since then, Steve has been training by walking miles with a backpack every day. He likens himself to Andy Griffith on Mayberry RFD. He loves to eat, and wishes he had more willpower not to. He and Josh share a love of comic books, and Josh turned him on to building superhero models. He prides himself on being a good negotiator and on being able to bullshit through anything." Josh, 21, is a computer technician and is attending a junior college. His hobbies include skateboarding, music and meeting new people. He describes himself as "different, free and happy." When he was younger, Josh raised steers for the Ventura County Fair and won a prize for a bull-calf. He lists this as an accomplishment he is very proud of, along with the fact that he once ate an entire bowl of butter for a dollar and never threw up. Josh is disappointed that until recently, his relationship with his father was so bad that he missed out on a lot. He has a mischievous side and loves to "stir things up." He and his dad share a "messed up sense of humor" and are both very stubborn, but comfortable with themselves. In terms of differences, Josh says, "My old man is soooo conservative it often times drives me insane. I am the polar opposite. My liberal ways are a complete 180 degrees from the way my father intended to raise me." This father/son team should be very interesting to watch make their way around the world! |
Tabbyking | Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 09:25 am     i like this team!! i didn't see one word about modeling, sex as a hobby or big ego things....i love that a big accomplishment for josh was winning a prize for a bull-calf, not acting like one! so far, they are my favorites!! i loved 'momily', so i hope 'papajosh' does well... |
Not1worry | Tuesday, May 13, 2003 - 03:52 pm     Hey, camping out for a Star Wars premiere shows endurance and the ability to sleep on sidewalks. Both good qualities in this race. Something about this team makes me think that they might not have much intensity or drive when they really need to hustle or get tough. |
Monkeyboy | Friday, May 30, 2003 - 01:45 am     I like the dad, cant stand the son. |
Llkoolaid | Friday, May 30, 2003 - 05:38 pm     I like this team and I see they are gathering favors from others, ie,buying tickets and showing where 4 am pass was. The girls said they were equal but I think they will remember this. |
Seamonkey | Friday, May 30, 2003 - 08:30 pm     I don't care for the son. |
Sadiesmom | Saturday, May 31, 2003 - 07:54 am     Son made a bad choice on the bus. The NFL wives were no threat at that point, and apparently will not be a threat later since they went for the FF when there was a bus 2 hours behind them. It was gratuitous rudeness that will hurt him later. |
Lycanthrope | Friday, June 06, 2003 - 08:36 am     The son is a jerk. Good to see him fail last night. Dad seems okay, though. |
Crazydog | Monday, June 09, 2003 - 10:08 am     Can't stand Josh. What a jerk. And with those thick black plastic glasses, he sort of resembles someone famous. Can't place who it is... |
Beachcomber88 | Monday, June 09, 2003 - 02:50 pm     I agree with you Crazy. And I know what you mean about the resembling someone famous part and not being able to figure it out. It just came to me right now...is it Elvis Costello? |
Not1worry | Monday, June 09, 2003 - 07:34 pm     Beachcomber, I was going to post the same thing. The pic above makes me think of Charlie Sheen morphed onto Elvis Costello. |
Crazydog | Tuesday, June 10, 2003 - 07:18 am     Yes, that might work. He does resemble Elvis Costello. But I think I figured out who I was thinking of, I think it is the brother from the Irish band The Corrs (minus the glasses). |
Seamonkey | Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 09:34 pm     I think he thinks he's Jack Osbourne but he can't carry it off. I just cannot like him, so far. |
Tabbyking | Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 09:43 pm     i think he looks like (a short-haired) jack osbourne, too. i don't hate him, but i don't hate jack, either. he just creeps me out LOL-- like BOB on the bachelorette! |
Seamonkey | Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 10:53 pm     I LIKE Jack |
Crazydog | Friday, June 13, 2003 - 07:56 am     Still disliking Josh. The good thing about them getting the Fast Forward is that it decreased their screen time. What a <>. |
Jedisan | Friday, June 13, 2003 - 03:11 pm     DH and I loved the nickname "Geezer and Weezer" LOL!!! Josh does look like the Weezer guy! |
Beachcomber88 | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 12:12 am     Loved seeing Josh screw up at the train station, and was laughing when Steve told him "Dad knows best". Despite what a jerk Josh was, I was sad to see them get eliminated. I liked Steve, and I enjoyed watching the father/son relationship. I was happy to see that they became closer as a result of this race. I'm sure they would say TAR is a defining moment in their relationship. I get much more emotional for the "family" (as opposed to the friends) teams when they get eliminated. They always seem to make comments about how strong their bond has become as a result of the race. Very touching. I would love to have the chance to run this race with my dad, although I'd probably pick my brother because I'd be worried that my dad couldn't keep up. |
Seamonkey | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 12:14 am     I'm glad they have a better bond, touching and all, and I'm happy the <> is gone. |
Pamy | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 07:55 am     I agree Sea, I was very touched by their comments at the end. Good for them!! |
Crazydog | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 08:18 am     While I didn't like Josh I thought it was nice the comments they made about growing closer to each other and getting what they wanted out of the race. Steve's comment about how he was a winner was touching. I would probably pick my brother to run this race with as well. But what on earth happened to them? Yes, they took the wrong train in the beginning, but they were all caught up with everyone at the ferry port. Where did they lose so much time? I don't recall seeing any clips of them talking about how lost they were, etc. Everyone else seemed to finish when it was daylight, by the time they got in it was pitch black. |
Seamonkey | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 08:53 am     I admit, my mind wandered and I was confused with a few of the finishes last night.. was most time lost on that long drive cross country? How did Tian/Jaree get far behind and need the FF? I thought Chip and Reichen were the ones who parked in the wrong lot and hiked forever, so how did they catch up? It did seem like these two rapelled last so obviously they lost the time before that. I thought all the train/plane differences were evened out with the overnight car lineup? I really wish I'd taped it. One thought I had: has anyone on any TAR ever lost because they didn't conserve money? It seems like trying to do things simply because one choice is cheaper (but longer) often spells disaster. |
Crazydog | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 09:03 am     As far as money problems, the best example I can think of is during TAR Classic (the first one). The Guidos had blown a lot of their money on fancy hotels and iced tea, so in Thailand or China they couldn't afford to take a taxi. They took a public bus to get where they were going and there was an utterly hilarious shot of the Frat Boys, who were in a cab, passing them and waving. It didn't get them eliminated though. |
Lumbele | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 09:13 am     Poor Geezer! Maybe he should have spanked the little brat a bit more often. Weezer wnated his father's respect, but he lost mine treating Dad as he did. Hope he knows how lucky he is to have been sired by a man who is willing to first enter a gruelling endeavour like that and then to allow Junior to lead them into disaster because he knew the kid had something to prove and needed to take charge. Well he proved something alright. |
Marysafan | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 09:34 am     Thanks Crazydog and others....I thought I must have dozed off or something...I couldn't for the life of me figure out what happened to them. I thought I just missed it...evidently ...they didn't show us in order to keep up the suspense as to who it would be....BOOOOOOOOOO! |
Essence | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 10:49 am     Here is some explanation as to why they fell so far behind... CBS Site Video You need real one player to be able to view it. Apparently they pulled over to rest, turned the car on to get some heat, fell asleep, and ran out of gas. |
Spear | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 11:16 am     No Essence, I made that mistake, too. If you check the clip, other cars were around them so this happened when they were waiting for the port to open. It was cold so they wanted some heat while waiting. Apparently, they went out to get gas and were able to get back before the port opened at 9AM. So this didn't really affect their standing. It looks like they just got lost on the 93 mile drive to the Detour. They only started the rappelling after everyone else had arrived at the pit stop. |
Essence | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 11:46 am     Oh, thanks for the explanation Spear. |
Wilsonatmd | Friday, June 20, 2003 - 02:00 pm     Crazy that's a good one, there was another situation in AR2, where Blake/Paige actually lost their wallet in one leg....IIRC, it's been said that each team has a one-time "emergency cash reserve" of around $200 that the cameramen hold for them which they can use at anytime. Well considering they used cars a lot in this leg, it just seems S/J just got lost more often, especially between the lighthouse and the detour and that's why they were eliminated...the gas thing didn't hurt them, since they were waiting for it to open anyway... |
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