Category: Amazing Race

“I’m so excited we’re getting out of the country.” Yeah, me too. What fun is the Amazing Race if you’re only touring the east coast (midwest *cough* midwest). Then again, the Amazing Race producers have double the people this season – so much higher airfare costs. But here’s the real reason families haven’t left the […]

The 7-person PartyBike has got to be the dorkiest thing in the world…it’d be perfect on ElimiDate. But in the real world? Dorky. Between the log sawing and blackjack – what would I do? Log sawing. Cards and me just don’t get along. The closest I normally get to a poker hand is Wil Wheaton’s […]

The mudding challenge – very cool. I gotta give the Aeillo family props for making 14 attempts through the mud bog. The AOL laptop clue in the middle of the Rocket Center was completely dorky and worthless…well….aside from product placement. Reminded me of the ‘assemble something at IKEA’ challenge they had a couple seasons back. […]

On a good note, the suitcase-exchange Road Block in the Tidal Basin is one of Amazing Race’s best challenges; it’s place appropriate, anyone can do it, it’s sexy, and success is a random process of elimination. As always, a good road block like this shakes up the rankings. It feels like the teams are spending […]

Amazing Race 8, family style premiered tonight. Best Thing: Cameos by season 1’s Kevin and Drew. Worst Thing: So much screaming. Unnecessary screaming. Oh, and the all Flash, unlinkable website. Current favorites: Lintz Family, Aiello Family.