Category: Amazing Race

Anyone else catch the excellent example of ‘Wisdom of Crowds’ in this week’s The Amazing Race? 4 people counting the same set of stairs, deciding the number that 2 people settled on was the correct number.

While I haven’t posted about it, the All-Star Amazing Race is well underway. Last night was the first evening this season I felt it was good and engaging. Uchenna and Joyce helped another team reach the pitstop to eliminate Rob and Amber. That’s how the Amazing Race is different. As I’ve mentioned many times before […]

Outer Mongolia. It’s a threat in my mind. Somehow worse than Siberia. A place where you “get sent”. A bit of romance there if only for the seemingly still nomadic lifestyle. Until the rain storm, seemed like a nice, quiet vacation spot. Like northern Wisconsin in autumn. Remote. If only I had a hand-cranked Russian […]

If having racers rappel up the Great Wall of China on the first leg is any indication, the Amazing Race is on an upswing. The lame events, purposeless pitstops, and music-video editing might be a thing of the past – much like the awful Family Edition. Despite my continual confusion between the cheerleaders and the […]

I’ve lost my passion for the Amazing Race. Maybe it’s the time switch – from 8pm Tuesdays to 7pm Wednesdays. Dunno. It feels like the segments between the commercial breaks are so fast cutting that nothing happens – like I don’t have time to focus on what’s going on. On the whole, the challenges this […]

All you need to know about tonight’s episode; BJ & Tyler weren’t eliminated, the Dentists were. Everything else – aside from the wrestling – blah. Garrick’s Favorites BJ & Tyler – #5 Ray & Yolanda – #2

I’ve said it before, BJ & Tyler are the best AR team yet; well-traveled, playful, multi-lingual, beards. The fake sign-up list was brilliant. Also brilliant – the Dentists requesting a clue not from the designated grounds keeper. Detour: Big Fish or Little Fish Big Fish. Big Fish. Running through the city with swordfish is much […]

Hey all. CBS changed the time Amazing Race is on. Now, Tuesday is just Garbage Day. Not Amazing Race & Garbage Day. Anyway a couple things in preparation for tonight’s installment. There’s some other Amazing Race bloggers: flyairdave Scrappy’s Amazing Race 9 (Looks like Amazing Race fantasy sports style. Also looks like Scrappy’s in Mpls.) […]

BJ and Tyler are the greatest team, if only because they’re giving tribute – via their t-shirts – to previous Race teams; “Bowling” / “Moms”. Rad. Detour – Foundry or Laundry Uh. Laundry. No Question. “We Choose Not to Yield” Exactly it’s way too early to yield. The teams in the lead are too even […]