The four lead teams start off with a colossal blunder in which they learn the lesson that you never know the operating hours until you look at them. Fortunately (because some of them are teams I like), they hit the airport bunch, at which point we’re off to Dakar, where things look a little different than they do in Scandinavia. Kendra adjusts not-so-nicely to her surroundings, while Kris and Jon, predictably, think it’s kind of cool. The Detour offers a choice between catching fish and arranging fish, and for some reason, Gus and Hera and Don and MJ conclude that…
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StudyAbroad.com Launches World’s First Online Interactive Reality Show Here we go. It’s billed as a mixture of Amazing Race and blogging – 3 college students are actually studying abroad, but they are given tasks to complete and they blog about their experiences. The blogging software is Mindsay.com‘s, which as it happens I’ve used off and on. Currently, half of the Gus Overshaw whale-killing journal crew have blogs there, since it’s a little more fun and interactive than Tripod, Gus’ main provider. Also, you have to log in to read Mindsay blogs, and you can set your posts to be read…
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What a great news day. NPR reports that the new Secretary of Scariness, Bernard Kerik, had a troubled start in life and was reportedly a young tough or bully before turning his life around via martial arts and becoming a tough crimefighter. Just reading the fawning reviews at Amazon of his autobiography gives me the willies. He was a colorful beat cop only 20 years ago, with “little formal education.” And now he’s the scariest Department of Homeland Scariness commissioner we’ve ever had (admittedly, not far to go there). Guess this means the “Untitled Bernard Kerik Movie Project” will shortly…
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If No Icelanders Admit To Feeling Blue, Are They? The premiere of TAR showed people tearing past gorgeous Icelandic scenery and pestering gorgeous Icelandic locals for directions to Seljalandfoss (waterfall) and Vatnajokull (glacier). In their interactions with some locals in a town, Don noted that everyone seemed to be “ripped” at 7 o’clock in the morning. An old Internet acquaintance who lived in Iceland had mentioned that there are a lot of problems with alcoholism, so I wasn’t as surprised as Don was. As a Nordic country with long, dark winters, you would think that there would also be a…
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Miss Alli’s Recaplet: Well, shoot. This week’s episode takes the teams to Sweden, where they get encased in ice and then go to — I am not making this up — a huge Ikea, because that’s what they have in Sweden. Of course, that’s what they have two minutes from my apartment, too. [Eye-roll.] Anyway, a brutal counting task proves too much for all but a few teams, so most of the group winds up slapping together particle-board furniture like there’s no tomorrow. Then, the teams move on to a punishing Roadblock in which hay bales have to be unrolled…
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The excellent TARflies Times has a nice interview with TAR co-creator Elise Doganier, and it looks like series DVDs are in the works. Yay! Q: Is there any movement towards offering DVDs for the show? A: There is. I’m hearing it’s going to happen. So keep your fingers crossed. I think it’s positive. It’s up to CBS. They’re very aware that people want it. It’s probably going to happen. Q: Good, I know that’s going to make a lot of people happy. A: I can’t wait for it. The fan base has grown so much, people haven’t seen season one…
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Miss Alli has posted her first TAR recap of Season Six. Rather than merely quoting and excerpting her snarky goodness, I implore you to click on the link and enjoy the snark first hand. I gar-ron-tee you’ll laugh your head off reading back recaps from previous seasons, too. Enjoy.
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Another one of those really bad movies that I watched as a public service, so that no one need ever watch it again. Title: Submerged (2000) Cast: Coolio …. Jeff Cort Maxwell Caulfield …. Agent Jim Carpenter Brent Huff …. Agent Mack Taylor Nicole Eggert …. Tiffany Stevens Fredric Lehne …. Richard Layton (as Fredric Lane) Dennis Weaver …. Buck Stevens Hannes Jaenicke …. Dr. Kevin Thomas Fred Williamson …. Captain Masters Tim Thomerson …. Owen Cantrell Robert Torti …. Dr. Frank Ewing Yvette Nipar …. Agent Wendy Robbins Stacey Travis …. Cindy Kenner Art Hindle …. Sam Meredyth Hunt…
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Another one of those really bad movies that I watched as a public service, so that no one need ever watch it again. Title: Submerged (2000) Cast: Coolio …. Jeff Cort Maxwell Caulfield …. Agent Jim Carpenter Brent Huff …. Agent Mack Taylor Nicole Eggert …. Tiffany Stevens Fredric Lehne …. Richard Layton (as Fredric Lane) Dennis Weaver …. Buck Stevens Hannes Jaenicke …. Dr. Kevin Thomas Fred Williamson …. Captain Masters Tim Thomerson …. Owen Cantrell Robert Torti …. Dr. Frank Ewing Yvette Nipar …. Agent Wendy Robbins Stacey Travis …. Cindy Kenner Art Hindle …. Sam Meredyth Hunt…
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Yes, the screaming begins anon. There are a lot of people here, a lot of snark to get through. Adam/Rebecca (generic models) Avi/Joe AKA Geeky Guys Don/Mary Jean AKA Team Duffer Freddy/Kendra (generic models) Gus/Hera AKA Daddy/Daughter Kickass Hayden/Aaron (generic models) Jonathan/Victoria AKA Botox/Boobs, Son Of Colin Daughter of Chucky Kris/Jon (generic models) Lena/Kristy (generic models) Lori/Bolo AKA Wrestlemaniacs Meredith/Maria (actual real women) Not all of the generic model teams above are really models – they’re just suspiciously good looking. I had been prepared to dislike the wrestlers on the basis of stunt casting alone, but have decided it might…