Millie & Chuck
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Millie & Chuck
Lumbele | Friday, July 25, 2003 - 11:17 am     Their main rivals for fourth aren't exactly my favs either, but if one of the couple teams had to leave then by all means take this one! Chuck would make anyone climb the walls with his "delibrate slowness", but she has known him for 15 years, so this was hardly a surprise to MIllie. Perhaps being prodded for years gives the lad a certain 'comfort zone', otherwise he would have run for the hills long ago.  |
Seamonkey | Friday, July 25, 2003 - 01:08 pm     I don't think his telling Kelly to "F herself" was a bit good spirited.. I don't like K/J but M/C are just pathetic. |
Calamity | Friday, July 25, 2003 - 01:22 pm     Millie is unbelievably high strung and Chuck, well, you know, but I still felt bad for them last night. |
Pottedplant | Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 09:51 am     they need to evaluate the relationship. They seem like nice people, but if you can't commit after 12 years, then its time to call it quits. If she can't read maps. why didn't she drive & let Chuck read the maps/ missing that huge sign for the caves seemed kinda dumb. I was sorry to see them so disheartened. Reading schedules is a waste of time if you don't know where you are going. However, I was rooting for them over K/J. |
Crazydog | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 11:12 am     She didn't drive because she pretty much can't do anything except yell at Chuck to go faster. That is her best skill. There's an interview somewhere, I think it's on elitestv.com, where Millie says that they had agreed beforehand that Chuck would do every single roadblock. I think that's really poor strategy - it's obvious that there were some, like the French race car and the bow and arrow, that Chuck struggled with. So instead of taking action and doing things, she is resorted to being the screeching harpy that we saw all throughout the race. I am so glad that they are gone. |
Beachcomber88 | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 11:53 am     Read that interview - she said that she would do the roadblocks where you just had to "say yes" and go. Not really sure what that means, but I guess the bungee jumping one qualifies. Was suprised to read that she only brought one inhaler thinking she wouldn't need it. Said that she hadn't had an asthma attack in years. Seemed like they were always showing her puffing away at that thing. I'm surprised that it lasted for the duration of the race. They say they're still together, but it's obvious that there's many questions. Probably were so before the race anyway (must be if it's been 12 years), now there's just more. Millie kind of just dodged that question - I was expecting the "I just want him to be happy" response. If Millie is the more go-go one and Chuckie is the slow plodding one, then why let Chuckie do the driving? Totally does not make sense. Chuckie's methodical nature would have been much more suited at studying the map and navigating. These guys are so pathetic it's pitiful. One of them needs to take a stand and pull the plug on this doomed relationship. |
Bastable | Monday, July 28, 2003 - 11:21 am     Millie is very high-strung, Chuck is just plain sad. But I know what would cheer Chuck up: He should be the next makeover object on Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. |
Tishala | Monday, July 28, 2003 - 11:43 am     LOL. Bastable, they would think the Fab Five were putting a voodoo curse on Chuckie's humble abode. |
Crazydog | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 09:50 am     Here is a link to a TV Guide interview of Millie and Chuck. To me, Millie comes across very poorly. She's as sanctimonious as ever and has a tendency to rewrite TAR history to make herself look better. Millie is delusional I was irritated by her essentially saying that she and Chuck have a good relationship, because just look at the other teams, they were so much worse than us. That just doesn't make sense to me. Since when do you compare your happiness on a relative scale to those around you? She seems to be saying, we might be unhappy but look at Kelly and Jon, they look even unhappier. Also, the whole thing about her saying Chuck finished the bow and arrow roadblock the fastest, and look at Kelly, she was so awful. Seems so petty. I hate her even more now. |
Not1worry | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 10:26 am     I see what you mean about the relationship, Crazy. Comparing other people's problems to make your look better, doesn't mean they are better. Can't believe they are right back to where they were a year ago. They are going to take a look at marriage or moving on? Okay, even 10 or 11 years is a little long for that discussion. The rest of the interview wasn't too bad. They seemed to have learned a lot from it. In my opinion, she was right about Kelly too. |
Crazydog | Wednesday, July 30, 2003 - 10:37 am     Re the bow and arrow, here is what she says: "He actually did very well on that challenge. Phil Keoghan said that Chuck was the fastest one to complete it. The other two guys were there with a significant time lead, and Kelly looked like she finished it quickly, but we actually had to wait the longest for her. They tried to make Chuck look like he was having problems he didn't really have." Seems to me Chuck was having huge problems. He didn't even know how to hold the thing correctly. He held the thing out, didn't bother to aim, and just pulled the string and let go, hoping it would hit the target. And if Chuck wasn't having any problems, why were we constantly treated to Millie's face of doom, and her commentary about how he's going into a downward spiral? This is what I mean when I said Millie seems to rewrite the history. Also, "TVGO: What's a moment we didn't see in the finished series that you wish had been included? Millie: You didn't get to see how strongly some of us became friends and were rooting for each other as much as you can in this kind of situation. I think that would be of huge interest to the fans." Isn't this the same girl who said a few episodes ago that she and Chuck have not made any efforts to befriend teams to the extent the others did? I have no doubt the other teams formed good friendships, but Millie and Chuck, on the race? I didn't see any of that. Maybe they all got to know each other at the Sequester location, but a big old "pffffftttt" to Millie from me. |
Spear | Thursday, July 31, 2003 - 12:06 am     I can believe that Chuck didn't do that poorly on the Roadblock. If you look at the starting times for last week's leg, Millie and Chuck were only 14 minutes behind the first two teams. David and Jeff were 31 minutes behind Millie and Chuck. Jon and Kelly were another 46 minutes behind. It looked like the last two teams were starting the Roadblock just as the previous team was finishing so the time gap is a good indication of how long they took to do the Roadblock. If Chuck was slow at the Roadblock, then so were Jon/Al and Chip/Reichen. |
Sunshinemiss | Saturday, August 02, 2003 - 01:34 pm     Is there a transcript of them on the Early show? I missed it, grrrr... |
Spear | Sunday, August 03, 2003 - 02:59 am     Not a transcript, but here's CBS's article which includes a video clip of their Early Show appearance: link |
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