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Grannyg

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 06:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, Alaginger, we will just have to hit the mute button. On my tv it shows the closed caption so at least you don't miss any of the talking. LOL I'm with you, I can't wait for this to start.

Alaginger

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 07:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Wilson put a very good article with lots of links to newspaper/magazine articles for tonight's show in another thread. Really a good read. I clipped 2 pictures and two tidbits out of it that I thought would be interesting here.

Rchip
Chip and Reichen

Regarding the two traffic controllers:
"Though it might not be immediately apparent to the millions who don't yet know him, Meitz dropped close to 40 pounds in preparation for the rigors ahead as a member of one of the dozen two-person teams hoping to criss-cross the globe for the $1 million top prize .... Cottingham, Meitz's teammate, gave up smoking."

smonica
Monica and Sheree

Regarding Josh and his Dad Steve:
"My dad's my hero," says Josh Cunningham, 21, the youngest racer this time, when his partner/father comes through tonight in a mountain challenge. "He's strong, he has a great will, and he doesn't back down."

Marysafan

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 08:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I saw just a bit of the Amazing Race with Phil on the Morning Show this morning (Dang phone call interrupted). Phil was talking about some of the contestants. He was asked if the air traffic controllers would have an advantage. Phil said it would appear that way at first look...but it didn't work out that way. He also said that those two guys were the REAL clowns. (I htink I may have my favorite team to root for...they better go far!)

He said the NFL wives were used to first class accomadations and having their nails done every week so this was a real challenge for them.

He said the models were not your sterotypical models but were very into the game and were very fit and up to the challenges.

He said the virgins were using the race as a test for their relationship of 12 years...and there was a lot of tension.

Egbok

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 09:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Alaginger, I'm thinking of this scenario for leaving Dodger Stadium. The contestants are told that there are a limited number of vehicles available to get to LAX and the keys are located inside the vehicles. When they are given the okay to start the race, they must make immediate decisions as to who goes in which car and who rides together. As for the camera view, maybe the camera is mounted on the passenger side of the vehicle and is remoted controlled. Just my thoughts here.

Grooch

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 11:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Isn't the title of this episode, cheaters never win?

Maybe some of the teams cheated by driving together or getting someone else to drive for them?

Bob2112

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 12:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
HURRY!!!

Only a little over 5 hours remaining!!!


There is still time to enter both of the TVCH TAR games!


You don't have to play in both games (or even any of the games), but many people are!

The Amazing Race IV POLL Link
Deadpool Link

59 people are playing at least one of the games.
53 people are in The Amazing Race IV POLL game.
49 people are in the Deadpool game.

The following people are in The Amazing Race IV POLL game, but not in the Deadpool game:

Beagle
Cba79
Chio_Ik
Dreamweaver
Kealoha
Ladytex
Lycanthrope
Lyn
Mydogbuffy
Neetka

The following people are in the Deadpool game, but not in the The Amazing Race IV POLL game:

Babyruth
Juju2bigdog
Lwebster1
Mamaanja
Squaredsc
Yuknomenot

Egbok

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 01:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The following person is amazing: Bob2112

Thanks for making TAR so much fun!! You are simply an amazing sponge!

Theowl

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 01:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think the following person is amazing, also!!

ALAGINGER!!!


You go girl!! This is a really hard game to spoil, with sooo many people in it, but you are the BEST!! Thanks for all the hard work!!

Halfunit

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 07:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well Gin...??? What did you think of the show?

Alaginger

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 07:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay.........I watched my first show of TAR. Pretty Neat!!!

The models getting out of a van was arriving at Dodger Stadium.
Josh (of Josh/Steve) and Steve (of Steve/Dave) driving was leaving Dodger Stadium.
And all the other shots in back seats was in Taxi's in Italy.
So.....actually, none of the vehicle spoiler was worth anything to us, but we were trying....

I can now see why you really have to see the first show and get a feel for the energy of each team, and how they relate to each other, to get a better idea for making picks. So....tomorrow's another day!

Halfunit

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 07:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You answer fast - spooky, lol.

Alaginger

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 07:17 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Half ------ (ROFLMBO)......note the time of both our posts is exactly the same. I'm good, but I'm not that good!!!

Alaginger

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 09:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Somebody on another website captured these pictures from tonights preview for next week (Episode 2). I reduced them by half so they wouldn't be as large as those I had in the first part of this thread. I also took a few liberties writing her notes, but it says the same thing.

All shots for Episode 2 promo are in Italy…..
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The Olympic ski jump in Cortina, home of the '56 Games, where the snow rafting takes place in the middle of the night.
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The person who captured this picture said “Teams move down the jump in rafts of four, as seen in this shot with Amanda and Chris in the front row, with Jeff and David behind them.” I think Jeff and David are standing. Do they look like they are on the raft with Amanda and Chris to you?
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Kelly and Jon go down the hill without the raft. Phil says "Kelly and Jon leave crucial equipment behind." This is probably suppose to make us think something happens to Kelly and Jon, so more than likely, they are safe for another week.
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“The teams take Venice by storm for a gondola battle”, says Phil in the promo. In the first shot, that's Russell and Cindy in the foreground, and Jeff and David on the right.
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I think we're looking at Amanda and Chris in the foreground, Millie and Chuck behind them to the right, and Sharee and Monica in the background on the left.
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Jeff and David are seemingly lost at sea in a Venice canal. "Now we gotta go backwards" one of them says.
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"And a tricky roadblock," says Phil, "could unmask the next eliminated team." (Note: I noticed during this part of the promo, that they were showing Monica and Sheree, to make us think they might be the next eliminated, which probably means they are safe.)
Still in Venice, where they are celebrating Carnevale....Appx. 15 or so costumed people walking around a table with mysterious lighting, wearing Italian ceramic masks. Always part of the Venice Carnevale festivities.
The only contestant seen in this clip is one of the NFL wives. Can’t tell which!!!
Look at her hands. Maybe the roadblock involves matching the mask to the picture she is holding.

"Shoot!" says the NFL bride. "... this sucks."

Alaginger

Thursday, May 29, 2003 - 09:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Okay........I took that picture and enlarged it, cropped out so only the NFL bride shows, and brightened it up. Can anybody tell which one of the gals this is???
nfl

Alaginger

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 07:37 am EditMoveDeleteIP
SOME ALLIANCES STAY TOGETHER WHILE OTHERS BREAK APART AS THE TEAMS RACE TOWARDS THE NEXT PIT STOP, ON "THE AMAZING RACE 4," THURSDAY, JUNE 12

"I Wasn't Even Going To Touch You Until You Slammed My Head Backwards" – Teams form new alliances while others fall apart on THE AMAZING RACE 4, Thursday, June 12 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Phil Keoghan is the host of the series.

A frightening asthma attack brings a team to a crashing halt, but they find solace in the aid of another team who opts to help them rather than continue on the racecourse. One team's promise to another team turns up empty and accusations fly, bringing an alliance to an end. Blood is drawn as a desperate footrace for a coveted prize gets physical and a 460-foot bungee jump finds teams facing some of their greatest fears while one wild teammate will attempt the dive in a way nobody expects!

Alaginger

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 06:04 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Question: Will the stuff in this thread we lost be coming back when the glitches are fixed, or do I need to try to redeem the stuff (if I can remember). Anybody know?

Grooch

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 06:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sorry, but you are going to have to redeem it. :(

Clp

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 07:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OK, as I said before the gremlins ate my post;

I think that in this picture
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The two guys in orange vests are guides or snow boat drivers.

And I think the NFL wife in the picture is Monica.

PS - I think that episode description is for episode three.

Alaginger

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 07:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, since you put it so nicely Grooch....okay!!! I'll try.

From memory:

On some of the other boards there is gossip (for lack of a better word) that Reichen and Chip (the married couple) broke up after AR4. I have no substantiation on that, but it might be a spoiler as to their reaction to each other later in the show. Also had a picture of the cover of a July issue of a gay magazine that supposedly has Reichen on it. I've blown the letters up under the elbow, and I'm not sure if this is a tampered-with picture or legit. Anybody see or get this magazine can maybe verify if that is Reichen. Doesn't seem like a new $1 million winner would be on a cover this soon while the show is still going on. Reichen This is just the working blown up to see Reichen. I've got to go find that picture of the cover again. Be right back!

Csnog

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 07:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Amazing Race Secrets Revealed! ~ LINK
TV GUIDE INSIDER
By: Ethan Alter
May 29, 2003

To paraphrase P.T. Barnum, these days it seems as if there's a reality television producer born every minute. But Bertram van Munster would like us to know that he's no copycat. "I've been a part of reality TV all my life," says the mind behind CBS's The Amazing Race. "I didn't just join the gang."

Tonight marks the premiere of the show's fourth edition, which once again finds 12 teams (including a pair of air-traffic controllers, a bickering father-son duo and two circus clowns) embarking on a race around the world in pursuit of the million-dollar jackpot. "We have pumped up the challenges quite substantially," brags van Munster. "It's a very wild ride this time, and it definitely tops the first three."

TV Guide Online: Ever since the third Amazing Race ended last December, fans have been chomping at the bit for the next installment. Why has there been such a large gap between series?
Bertram van Munster: All I can say is that we are the producers, not the programmers. I have no control over the programming of the show. That's something CBS deals with and it would be only fair to ask them. I can guess why, but I don't think it's an arena I should go into. They are the programmers and they know what's best. Besides, it may be good to make this a summer show. We had a tough time slot last year [Wednesdays at 9 pm opposite The Bachelor and The West Wing]. This time we're in Survivor's slot, so hopefully we'll get more eyeballs.

TVGO: Logistics must be a problem as well. How exactly do you design the race?
Van Munster: First I sit down with Elise Doganieri [the show's co-creator] and we lay out a route. Then we visit all the locations with our field producers and logistical people. Next we build the challenges; we want them to be local, not something we can do here in the U.S. After that, we go back home and sit around a table working out all the details between the logistical people, the challenge guys and the field producers. Then we send them back out there a few weeks in advance. They're on their post and have prepped the whole thing, and then the production comes flying through like a bullet train. It takes about two weeks of preparation in every location but we are through a country in a day and a half. And everything has to work like clockwork.

TVGO: You taped the fourth edition quite recently. Did world events affect your route at all?
Van Munster: We still had to go around certain places. And I don't mean Afghanistan, I mean other places. I'm very careful in how the course is laid out. As I'm traveling, I get a good vibe of what's going on.

TVGO: Like Survivor, casting is obviously one of the most important elements of the show. How involved are you in that process?
Van Munster: I'm very involved. For our show, the casting process is not just about casting characters. Normally you have a script laid out, whereas we have a route laid out with countries and people and things the contestants have to encounter. So I'm casting also with that in mind: Where are these people going, what are they doing and how are they going to react to it? I'm looking for humor, intelligence and strength, both physical and mental. Of course, I also look for stability; they have to be psychologically strong enough to do something like this. Although people still break down. Anybody that goes to India will break down. (Laughs)

TVGO: So who's your favorite team this time?
Van Munster: I'm going to be very diplomatic about it: They're all my favorite! Still, there are several teams that are quite extraordinary. And I tell you the $1 million is well deserved.

TVGO: Host Phil Keoghan also deserves some credit for the show's success. Fans (and the contestants) seem to love him.
Van Munster: When we met Phil, I said immediately, "That's the guy." He's a very light-hearted and open host with a twinkle in his eye. Sometimes the contestants want to interact with him too much, though. You want to keep your distance as the host of the show, but they hug him and jump on him. Sometimes we set up a table between him and the contestants so they don't jump him all the time!

TVGO: Will we have to wait another six months to see Amazing Race 5?
Van Munster: Let's see how this one works out. I also want to see where the world is going; I was just in the Middle East and there's a lot of stuff going on. This is the kind of thing that has to be taken one week at a time. I certainly hope it's not the last one! I guess we could always go do it in a studio — have them canoe in front of a blue screen.

Alaginger

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 07:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
reichen

Alaginger

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 07:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
CBS Press Release for Episode 2.

TEAMS COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER BY SLIDING DOWN A MOUNTAIN
ON RAFTS ON "THE AMAZING RACE 4,"
IN ITS NEW TIME PERIOD, THURSDAY, JUNE 5 AT 8:00 PM
"It Doesn't Say Anything About First Come, First Served. And We're Bigger" – The teams careen down the side of a mountain on rafts as they make their way to the pit stop, on THE AMAZING RACE 4, in its new time period, Thursday, June 5 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Phil Keoghan is the host of the series.

While most teams slide down a snowy mountain at breakneck speeds on a raft, one team slides down.... on their butts. One team bullies their way to the front of a line and barricades a door so that they may enter first when it opens, angering other teams. One team member's injury grows worse, threatening the team's confidence. It's a heart-pounding race to the finish.

Alaginger

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 07:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
You're right Clp..........the description further up in this thread is dated June 12th and is Episode 3. The one just above is a description for Episode 2.

Spygirl

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 07:37 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I believe this is right about when I posted "Wow! Impressive work!" I still mean it :)

Alaginger

Friday, May 30, 2003 - 07:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks Spy........

The only other thing I can think of that is missing is we had more shots of Monica and Sheree trying to figure out which one was doing the roadblock.
ms2
This is the promo shot and Monica is supposedly left and Sheree right if the picture is labeled correctly.
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At LAX (airport) and Sheree is to the right, I think, because she is taller.
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In Episode 1 - buffs not knit caps on
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Same Episode ..... about the same time.
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So which one is this, doing the roadblock, wearing a knit cap??? Your guess is as good as mine, but I'm leaning towards Monica like Clp.