Another exciting leg of the Amazing Race! The Cowboys manage to keep their lead, but the Lawyer Moms just can't cut it and end up being eliminated. Too bad they couldn’t have lasted longer, I liked their attitude and they seemed like really good friends.
Jet & Cord leave the Pit Stop in Puerto Varas, Chile, first, and their clue tells them to take one of two buses on 6-hour ride to Argentina, Bienvenidos S. C de Bariloche, then drive to El Boliche Viejo. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid hid out there. They’ll have to play five-card stud against a Roaming Gnome (huh?) One of the Cowboys looks at the picture of the outlaws given in their clue and the Gnome is in it - and says “I don’t remember the Gnome being in the movie.” (PLEASE tell me he’s not serious!!!!!)
The first bus leaves at 8:30 a.m., the second at 8:50 a.m., and seeing Carol & Brandy opening their clue at 11:55 p.m., I’m thinking it will be interesting when most, if not all, of the teams are at the bus station in the morning. (As the later teams open their clues, we find out that the first three teams to leave get the 8:30 bus, everyone else gets an 8:50 bus. What fun is that - no fighting to get on earlier?) Jet & Cord go into a bar and find a woman who speaks English and get valuable information about where they’re going.
Brent & Caite are both sick, thinking they may have food poisoning. They don’t look a bit well but don’t want to give up, but they go to the hospital to get checked out. They show the team in the emergency room get IV fluids an hour after they were supposed to leave. Thinking they were way far behind, they bump into the detectives and feel much better that they’re not out of the Race.
At the bus station, the Cowboys are quizzed by Carol & Brandy about the bus they took the day before, how they found it - which looked more like an Inquisition. Those girls aren’t go to find out anything if they keep that up! Joe & Heidi join them on the first bus. Jet & Cord lead the way out of the bus station and don’t like everyone following them, because they know where they’re going. They pull over on the side of the road and let the other two teams pass them up. They get to their poker destination at the same time anyway and sit down with some ornery-looking dealers. Carol & Brandy get sneered at when they ask “are you our lucky dealer?” Joe & Heidi win first with a pair of nines over the Gnome’s ace. The clue on the bottom of the Gnome says to “Hoof it to the Pena Gaucha.” Carol & Brandy are next to win and take off with their Gnome. Jet & Cord joked that their Gnome had the best poker face - “could never tell when he was bluffing.”
The next clue box offers a Roadblock. One of the team members must learn steer roping. After a demonstration they will try and rope the steer on a hay bale 18 feet away and pull it in to get their clue. Jet & Cord finally win their poker game and are ecstatic that the challenge involves roping. Heidi and Carol try the task and fail miserably as Jet (or Cord, still don’t have who is who down yet) gets it on what looks like his second toss. Jordan shows up and will try the task, and Carol (and shortly after, Heidi) manage to rope their steer.
The teams must now drive to Puente Nirihuau and search the cliffs by the river for the clue box.
Steve & Allie win their poker game quickly, as we see the Cowboys make it to the river. As they walk around the rocky terrain, one asks “What’s the rules about breaking the Gnome on the way down?” and the other answers “Not as bad as breaking your leg!” (Heehee! I’m really beginning to like these two!) The clue is a Detour. Teams have to choose between Horse Sense or Horse Power. For Horse Sense, teams will find a gunslinger who will give them directional coordinates and they must use a compass to walk out the correct number of steps to find a buried bag of money and deliver it at a train station to the “lead bandit.” If the coordinates on the bag match the ones on their paper, the bandit will hand them a coin, which is their next clue. In Horse Power, they will go to a polo field and using a wooden practice pony, they will move it around the field and try to score in nine shots or less to get their clue. They find the training field and Cord goes to the real horses to choose one, but Jet bursts his bubble by showing him the wooden ones. They drag the wooden horse around the field wishing they had a real one because they probably would have done it faster! They get a trophy with this on the bottom: Estancia Fortin Chacabuco, which is a ranch at the foot of the Andes Mountains and the next Pit Stop.
Carol & Brandy, snipping at each other, decide to try Horse Sense and this oughta be fun. It seems that everyone thinks they will have to ride a real horse - Jordan & Jeff decide to try Horse Sense because of this idea too. After getting lost, Joe & Heidi see that Jordan & Jeff managed to get ahead of them. Carol & Brandy manage to find a shovel and start digging, but Brandy notices it’s not recently moved dirt. As Jeff reads the clue, he seems to think the gunslinger is the “lead bandit” and may end up going back to him to have him check his loot. Read the clue, kids!!!!
Joe has a compass on his watch and decides he’s got this task nailed. However, Heidi reads the clue that they have to count their steps - and Joe decides you only have to do that if you don’t have a compass. (I sometimes wonder where people come up with this stuff. The only way to do things on the Amazing Race is via the clues. I would assume the clues are gospel and pay an extreme amount of attention to what they say.)
Carol & Brandy are not doing well and decide to switch tasks. They interview later that “the argument may do us damage in the long term.” (Jeeze, it’s not that big of an argument. Little sensitive, huh honey?)
Brent & Caite are lost and stopping for directions and Caite mumbles that she wishes Brent was driving, but he can’t drive a stick so she’s stuck driving. Monique & Shawn are at the steer roping and Shawne is trying desperately to rope her steer and says she’s trying to stay calm because if she gets frustrated, it won’t work. (Wow, a smart racer! One of the best ways to do well on the Race is to keep your cool!) Dan ropes his steer as Jordan cheers on the sideline (and I mean cheers, with a little skirt and pom-poms and everything!) Dan must be influenced by this brother a bit because he kisses the steer after he pulls it in.
Joe & Heidi think they’ve found a bag, but realize it’s just a chunk of rope in the sand. Jordan & Jeff find a bag and yank it out of the dirt, and run off to the gunslinger for their clue - getting nowhere, of course. Joe & Heidi find a bag and yell to Jeff about the location of the train station, with Jeff answering “what are they talking about?” (Um, the clue. Doofus.) Joe & Heidi find the lead bandit, but their bags don’t match the coordinates, so back they go. They decide to switch tasks and go play polo. Jordan & Jeff go back to the gunslinger and get nothing, and Doofus Jeff’s getting frustrated.
Carol & Brandy are swinging their club at the polo ball, and Carol tries to encourage Brandy to hit it hard, saying “pretend it’s my face.” (These girls aren’t long for romance with that kinda talk.) Steve & Allie get done and get their trophy. Joe & Heidi start the polo “match” and Joe tips his horse forward after he hits the ball, falling to the ground. He goes to hit it again and does the same thing. (He should just lay across the saddle as the other teams were doing. He may not kill himself that way).
Brent & Caite finally make it to the poker hall and meet up with Monique & Shawne at the steer roping. Brent gets his steer and we see Shawne still struggling. She manages to get a horn but her rope falls off as she pulls it. I’m beginning to get tired just watching her! Monique prays for God to give Shawne the strength and direction and what do you know? Shawne ropes the steer on the next throw. I guess God decided to check in on the Amazing Race for a bit and felt sorry for the lawyer moms.
We see Jet & Cord get to the Pit Stop with their Gnome and trophy in hand and Phil tells them they’re team number one. Phil asks to see their belt buckles, which are huge, and asks if the buckles slow them down. The Cowboys tell Phil that “they hold our pants up. We’d be slower with our pants around our ankles.” (Okay. Maybe I’m easy but these guys are cracking me up.)
Louie & Michael join Dan & Jordan and Jordan & Jeff looking for the bags of loot. They map out the coordinates and realize they ‘ll be in the same general area when they finish as when they start, so they just start looking around. Dan & Jordan find a bag and check the coordinates first and find they don’t match, and decide to switch tasks. Louie & Michael find a bag and it doesn’t match their coordinates, but Jordan & Jeff check it and it matches theirs. They go back to the gunslinger and after getting nowhere yet again, read the clue and find out they have to go to the station - and Jeff tells Jordan “we should definitely not reproduce.” (Smartest thing I’ve heard from him all Race!) Joe & Heidi finally finish their polo match without killing themselves and dash off with their trophy.
We see Steve & Allie make it to the Mat in second place and Carol & Brandy get to Phil in third. Brandy tells Carol “imagine what we could do if we didn’t bicker!”
At the polo grounds, Jordan wants to color-coordinate their polo shirts and all Dan wants to do is get moving. They look pathetic trying to hit the polo ball and have to start over. Joe & Heidi make it to the Mat in fourth. At the rate Dan & Jordan are going, Brent & Caite are going to catch up in no time, and Monique & Shawne might even pass them up. Louie & Michael decide to give up on the loot finding and try polo, and Dan & Jordan once again fail in nine shots and have to start over. They see Monique & Shawne and Brent & Caite and Louie & Michael show up and all seem to have a real problem hitting the ball hard enough. Dan & Jordan finally finish the task and take off. Louie & Michael have to start over as we see Brent & Caite struggle to climb on the horse with no strength. Monique & Shawne end up having to start again, dragging their horse across the ground (lucky the horses weren’t real!) Louie & Michael and Brent & Caite finish and after a few more tries Monique & Shawne decide to try finding the loot, saying they were afraid to hurt their backs.
Louie & Michael get to the Mat as Monique & Shawne find their money and get it to the lead bandit. They talk about showing their kids that they didn’t give up, but end up eliminated at the Mat.
1 - Jet & Cord
2 - Steve & Allie
3 - Carol & Brandy
4 - Joe & Heidi
5 - Jordan & Jeff
6 - Dan & Jordan
7 - Brent & Caite
8 - Louie & Michael
9 - Monique & Shawn (eliminated)
So the Cowboys are obviously not as stupid as they seem (reminds me of a Jeff Foxworthy routine about how a southerner can be a Nobel Prize winning physicist but as soon as they open their mouth, their accent/drawl makes them sound as stupid as a box of rocks). Of course, it helps that Argentina involved a lot of cowboy action - let’s see what happens in other countries....
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Nothing Like Getting Kicked in the Head by a Cow!
What a night! While my TiVo takes care of taping The Amazing Race, NHRA was racing in Phoenix and the USA and Canada were playing hockey....oh, if I only had a clone to watch all this stuff! I watched most of the hockey game as I flipped to NHRA during commercials, then caught up with TAR - all in all, my eyeballs are a bit fuzzy now.....
We begin the second leg of The Amazing Race in Valparaiso Chile. Leaving first, Jordan & Jeff read their clue, which tells them to take a bus to Santiago, then another bus 575 miles to Peurto Varas. Then they must drive to a lake, take a boat and "climb to Mirador" for their next clue. They get to the bus stop and find out that it doesn’t open till 5 AM, meaning all the teams will be on the same bus. Jordan & Jeff see a dog while waiting around, and Jeff proves that Jordan isn’t the only dumb rock in the box - he insists that the dog only understands Spanish. (He needs to watch the Dog Whisperer!) The Cowboys think that everyone underestimates them, thinking they didn’t graduate eighth grade. They do make a comment, though, that doesn’t help - “I’ve been wearing a hat forever, and if I can’t wear a hat someplace, I don’t know if I wanna go there.” (Betcha he doesn’t get married any time soon, if he’s that attached to his hat!) Carol & Brandy decide to try and align themselves with Joe & Heidi, noticing that Joe speaks Spanish and liking their work ethic.
Joe & Heidi get crap from Louie & Michael for holding spots for Carol & Brandy as the ticket office opens, but Joe & Heidi protest, saying that the girls gave them money. The four managed to get the four last seats on the first bus and the rest of the teams will be leaving at 7:45 PM. However, standing in line and watching everyone buy tickets, Jordan & Jeff and Brent & Caite decide to double-check the clue and see if they have to take a bus directly from Santiago to Puerto Varas (they don't). The cowboys have the same idea and find an English-speaking local who tells them to take a bus to Temuco, then catch one from there to Peurto Varas. Asking the ticket agent, the other teams find out they can catch the same bus as the Cowboys to Temuco, leaving at 9:00 AM, and getting into Peurto Varas around 11 PM (rather than 8 AM the next day like the other buses). Carol & Brandy, thinking they’re going to be way ahead, are feeling pretty good even after waiting around Santiago for 9 hours to take off because they’re ahead of all the other teams. (Surprise coming, Brandy!) The Cowboys find out from the two other teams that they are leaving Temuco at 6:30 rather than the 7:00 that they’re on, but after checking find out that the 6:30 bus leaves from another terminal in Temuco which is ten minutes away, and it’s 6:20. They laugh to themselves and stay away from the other teams so as not to let them know they're in deep doo-doo until after 6:30. Looking for the bus, the teams stop at the ticket counter and find out they need to take a taxi to the other terminal to catch the 6:30 bus - and rush off only to find out that their bus has left. Brent & Caite and Jordan & Jeff get back to the original terminal just as the Cowboys drive by in their 7 PM bus. Their wonderful plan of getting ahead of all the other teams goes right down the drain as they end up having to wait around the rest of the day as no more buses are leaving. They manage to get tickets for a 1:00 AM bus and will get to Peurto Varas around 6:30 AM.
Arriving in Peurto Varas in first place, the Cowboys grab their car and drive to the Petrohue Hotel, only to find out the marked path won’t open until 7 AM. Joe & Heidi and Carol & Brandy get to the cars and take off before Brent & Caite and Jeff & Jordan arrive in their bus.
It’s raining as the Cowboys take off and one of them (can’t tell them apart yet, sorry) had borrowed a plastic bag to cover his hat, looking really dapper in a trashy sort of way. Some teams have a problem with driving stick shifts, which surprises me to no end - if they’ve EVER watched the show, they know that foreign countries drive sticks and one should think to practice before leaving!!!!
The clue is a Detour - since the Chileans have a great connection with the animals of their country: Llama Adoration or Condor Consternation. For Llama, the teams must choose a llama from a herd and dress it in a blanket and scarf to get their next clue. For Condor, the teams must put on a beak, feet and 16-foot wings and attempt to “soar” off a dock to a target in the water. Caite proves she can’t read, pronouncing “Adoration” as “add-or-shun.” (It also took some real sounding out to get “Consternation.” And this woman was a Miss America contestant????!)
The Cowboys get to the llama pen and find out that the llamas were in no mood to be “jacked with.” The first two llamas took off, but one seemed to come up to them and gave them no problems about getting dressed - prompting Jet to call Cord a “llama whisperer.” They get their clue and find out they need to drive to the Bellavista Farm for their next clue.
Joe & Heidi and Carl & Brandy try to lure the llamas with food, which isn’t working well, especially when Joe gets a good kick to the stomach by one of the llamas. Brent & Caite decide to try the Condor and are pictures of Condor beauty jumping off the dock and hitting the ice cold water. Joe & Heidi finally grab a llama that was lying down and manage to dress him and get their clue, and Carol & Brandy aren’t far behind. Jeff & Jordan are going to fly off the dock too, and find out there is no “flying off” but they get to the end of the dock and immediately drop. Steve & Allie decide to fly also and look just as goofy as the other teams.
Daniel & Jordan are having mega problems figuring out where to go and seemingly get lost, just as Jody & Shannon get to their car and realize they’re in last place. Shannon hopes that other teams will have problems driving a stick so they can catch up. Dan & Jordan end up at some house near the water, can’t go in reverse and push the car back enough to be able to move forward and take off once again.
At the llama pen, the detectives are having problems when Monique & Shawn show up and make short time with their llama, and Michael & Louie are ticked for being “beat by the mommies.”
Meanwhile, Jet & Cord get to the next clue box. Their Roadblock clue tells them they will be helping make a Kuchen - a cake baked by the German immigrants that make up this part of the country. They must run around the farm collecting the ingredients - butter, flour, sugar, eggs, and milk - straight from the cow. The Cowboys should have this one in the bag, I bet they’ve milked a cow or two! Once they get the ingredients they’ll get their next clue. Cord makes quick work of the cow milking, takes off his "hat protector" to carry the eggs, and get the rest to the kitchen and gets his clue. They must drive back to Peurto Varas and find Gruta De La Virgen, a park that is the Pit Stop. The baker lady also offers Cord a piece of the cake, and he plays dumb when he gets back to Jet, saying “it looked like some kinda pie” but Jet realizes that Cord ate some and calls him out.
Heidi and Carol do the Roadblock together, dodging getting kicked and cows peeing next to them. Funny watching the city slickers deal with the cows! It seems as if the teams don’t have any real problems with this challenge, but all are complaining about the smell in the cow barn. We see Michael & Louie get to the farm but don’t see the proper signage and drive right by. Monique decides to try the challenge and finds out it’s dangerous trying to milk a cow as she dodges a kick.
Dan & Jordan get to the llamas, and Jordan (the gay one) decides to take off his jacket and does a striptease move, twirling the jacket above his head, as the local women “ooh and aah” and Dan laughs “if only they knew.” They get what looks like the smallest llama there and finish shortly after Jody & Shannon show up.
Jet & Cord get to the Mat first, and Phil tries to be cute saying “you may need another buckle for your belt.” (That’s the only cowboy reference you could come up with, Phil?)
Jordan does the ingredient-gathering, talking to the cows and seeing his cow poop after he gets done milking, saying “Bessie, if you had done that as I was milking you, we wouldn’t be friends.” (*rolling eyes here) Jeff & Jordan are back in Peurto Varas looking for the Pit Stop, and meet up with Michael & Louie, who find out that they had passed the farm right by and have to go back 19 miles. They get there as they see that Jody & Shannon are there. Michael can’t find the pantry, and Jody is almost done filling her cup when she gets kicked in the head by the cow and drops the milk and has to begin again. Michael gets through the challenge and Shannon has to watch as the detectives take off. The show tries to edit the ending, making it look like Jody & Shannon have a chance, but they end up eliminated. Too bad considering that Grandma was in pretty good shape and didn’t seem like they should have been that far behind.
So here’s the order of finish:
1 - Jet & Cord
2 - Joe & Heidi
3 - Carol & Brandy
4 - Brent & Caite
5 - Monique & Shawn
6 - Jordan & Jeff
7 - Steve & Allie
8 - Dan & Jordan
9 - Louie & Michael
10 - Jody & Shannon - eliminated
So does it look like the Cowboys aren’t really as dumb as everyone expects? And that Caite is dumber than everyone thinks she is? Is anyone emerging as the team to beat? We’ll find out more next week!
We begin the second leg of The Amazing Race in Valparaiso Chile. Leaving first, Jordan & Jeff read their clue, which tells them to take a bus to Santiago, then another bus 575 miles to Peurto Varas. Then they must drive to a lake, take a boat and "climb to Mirador" for their next clue. They get to the bus stop and find out that it doesn’t open till 5 AM, meaning all the teams will be on the same bus. Jordan & Jeff see a dog while waiting around, and Jeff proves that Jordan isn’t the only dumb rock in the box - he insists that the dog only understands Spanish. (He needs to watch the Dog Whisperer!) The Cowboys think that everyone underestimates them, thinking they didn’t graduate eighth grade. They do make a comment, though, that doesn’t help - “I’ve been wearing a hat forever, and if I can’t wear a hat someplace, I don’t know if I wanna go there.” (Betcha he doesn’t get married any time soon, if he’s that attached to his hat!) Carol & Brandy decide to try and align themselves with Joe & Heidi, noticing that Joe speaks Spanish and liking their work ethic.
Joe & Heidi get crap from Louie & Michael for holding spots for Carol & Brandy as the ticket office opens, but Joe & Heidi protest, saying that the girls gave them money. The four managed to get the four last seats on the first bus and the rest of the teams will be leaving at 7:45 PM. However, standing in line and watching everyone buy tickets, Jordan & Jeff and Brent & Caite decide to double-check the clue and see if they have to take a bus directly from Santiago to Puerto Varas (they don't). The cowboys have the same idea and find an English-speaking local who tells them to take a bus to Temuco, then catch one from there to Peurto Varas. Asking the ticket agent, the other teams find out they can catch the same bus as the Cowboys to Temuco, leaving at 9:00 AM, and getting into Peurto Varas around 11 PM (rather than 8 AM the next day like the other buses). Carol & Brandy, thinking they’re going to be way ahead, are feeling pretty good even after waiting around Santiago for 9 hours to take off because they’re ahead of all the other teams. (Surprise coming, Brandy!) The Cowboys find out from the two other teams that they are leaving Temuco at 6:30 rather than the 7:00 that they’re on, but after checking find out that the 6:30 bus leaves from another terminal in Temuco which is ten minutes away, and it’s 6:20. They laugh to themselves and stay away from the other teams so as not to let them know they're in deep doo-doo until after 6:30. Looking for the bus, the teams stop at the ticket counter and find out they need to take a taxi to the other terminal to catch the 6:30 bus - and rush off only to find out that their bus has left. Brent & Caite and Jordan & Jeff get back to the original terminal just as the Cowboys drive by in their 7 PM bus. Their wonderful plan of getting ahead of all the other teams goes right down the drain as they end up having to wait around the rest of the day as no more buses are leaving. They manage to get tickets for a 1:00 AM bus and will get to Peurto Varas around 6:30 AM.
Arriving in Peurto Varas in first place, the Cowboys grab their car and drive to the Petrohue Hotel, only to find out the marked path won’t open until 7 AM. Joe & Heidi and Carol & Brandy get to the cars and take off before Brent & Caite and Jeff & Jordan arrive in their bus.
It’s raining as the Cowboys take off and one of them (can’t tell them apart yet, sorry) had borrowed a plastic bag to cover his hat, looking really dapper in a trashy sort of way. Some teams have a problem with driving stick shifts, which surprises me to no end - if they’ve EVER watched the show, they know that foreign countries drive sticks and one should think to practice before leaving!!!!
The clue is a Detour - since the Chileans have a great connection with the animals of their country: Llama Adoration or Condor Consternation. For Llama, the teams must choose a llama from a herd and dress it in a blanket and scarf to get their next clue. For Condor, the teams must put on a beak, feet and 16-foot wings and attempt to “soar” off a dock to a target in the water. Caite proves she can’t read, pronouncing “Adoration” as “add-or-shun.” (It also took some real sounding out to get “Consternation.” And this woman was a Miss America contestant????!)
The Cowboys get to the llama pen and find out that the llamas were in no mood to be “jacked with.” The first two llamas took off, but one seemed to come up to them and gave them no problems about getting dressed - prompting Jet to call Cord a “llama whisperer.” They get their clue and find out they need to drive to the Bellavista Farm for their next clue.
Joe & Heidi and Carl & Brandy try to lure the llamas with food, which isn’t working well, especially when Joe gets a good kick to the stomach by one of the llamas. Brent & Caite decide to try the Condor and are pictures of Condor beauty jumping off the dock and hitting the ice cold water. Joe & Heidi finally grab a llama that was lying down and manage to dress him and get their clue, and Carol & Brandy aren’t far behind. Jeff & Jordan are going to fly off the dock too, and find out there is no “flying off” but they get to the end of the dock and immediately drop. Steve & Allie decide to fly also and look just as goofy as the other teams.
Daniel & Jordan are having mega problems figuring out where to go and seemingly get lost, just as Jody & Shannon get to their car and realize they’re in last place. Shannon hopes that other teams will have problems driving a stick so they can catch up. Dan & Jordan end up at some house near the water, can’t go in reverse and push the car back enough to be able to move forward and take off once again.
At the llama pen, the detectives are having problems when Monique & Shawn show up and make short time with their llama, and Michael & Louie are ticked for being “beat by the mommies.”
Meanwhile, Jet & Cord get to the next clue box. Their Roadblock clue tells them they will be helping make a Kuchen - a cake baked by the German immigrants that make up this part of the country. They must run around the farm collecting the ingredients - butter, flour, sugar, eggs, and milk - straight from the cow. The Cowboys should have this one in the bag, I bet they’ve milked a cow or two! Once they get the ingredients they’ll get their next clue. Cord makes quick work of the cow milking, takes off his "hat protector" to carry the eggs, and get the rest to the kitchen and gets his clue. They must drive back to Peurto Varas and find Gruta De La Virgen, a park that is the Pit Stop. The baker lady also offers Cord a piece of the cake, and he plays dumb when he gets back to Jet, saying “it looked like some kinda pie” but Jet realizes that Cord ate some and calls him out.
Heidi and Carol do the Roadblock together, dodging getting kicked and cows peeing next to them. Funny watching the city slickers deal with the cows! It seems as if the teams don’t have any real problems with this challenge, but all are complaining about the smell in the cow barn. We see Michael & Louie get to the farm but don’t see the proper signage and drive right by. Monique decides to try the challenge and finds out it’s dangerous trying to milk a cow as she dodges a kick.
Dan & Jordan get to the llamas, and Jordan (the gay one) decides to take off his jacket and does a striptease move, twirling the jacket above his head, as the local women “ooh and aah” and Dan laughs “if only they knew.” They get what looks like the smallest llama there and finish shortly after Jody & Shannon show up.
Jet & Cord get to the Mat first, and Phil tries to be cute saying “you may need another buckle for your belt.” (That’s the only cowboy reference you could come up with, Phil?)
Jordan does the ingredient-gathering, talking to the cows and seeing his cow poop after he gets done milking, saying “Bessie, if you had done that as I was milking you, we wouldn’t be friends.” (*rolling eyes here) Jeff & Jordan are back in Peurto Varas looking for the Pit Stop, and meet up with Michael & Louie, who find out that they had passed the farm right by and have to go back 19 miles. They get there as they see that Jody & Shannon are there. Michael can’t find the pantry, and Jody is almost done filling her cup when she gets kicked in the head by the cow and drops the milk and has to begin again. Michael gets through the challenge and Shannon has to watch as the detectives take off. The show tries to edit the ending, making it look like Jody & Shannon have a chance, but they end up eliminated. Too bad considering that Grandma was in pretty good shape and didn’t seem like they should have been that far behind.
So here’s the order of finish:
1 - Jet & Cord
2 - Joe & Heidi
3 - Carol & Brandy
4 - Brent & Caite
5 - Monique & Shawn
6 - Jordan & Jeff
7 - Steve & Allie
8 - Dan & Jordan
9 - Louie & Michael
10 - Jody & Shannon - eliminated
So does it look like the Cowboys aren’t really as dumb as everyone expects? And that Caite is dumber than everyone thinks she is? Is anyone emerging as the team to beat? We’ll find out more next week!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
The Amazing Race 16 Begins!
The Amazing Race 16 begins! Starting from a park on the outskirts of Los Angeles, we meet the teams:
Brent & Caite, the dating models (Caite was the dodo South Carolina Miss America contestant that said people don’t know where to find South America on maps because they don’t have any); Jet & Coy, Cowboy brothers; Steve & Allie, father & daughter; Dan & Jordan, brothers - Jordan is gay; Dana & Adrian are married high school sweethearts; Jordan & Jeff are dating and are ex-Big Brother contestants - Jordan won; Jodie & Shannon, grandmother & granddaughter who both train for triathalons; Louie & Michael, friends and undercover detectives; Monique & Shawn, best friends and attorneys; Joe & Heidi, married; and Carol & Brandy, the “token” gay couple.
Phil informs them that their clue is waiting on their backpacks, and the teams must get to the airport using public transportation. There are two flights, but there’s only room on the first flight for three teams. The second flight leaves almost an hour later. Given the instructions, the teams are ready to begin, so Phil sends them off:
“Good luck ... travel safe ... GO!”
The clue tells them they are going to Santiago, Chile. I notice that Carol & Brandy have huge backpacks - that’s gonna kill them eventually! The Cowboys are wondering how they’re going to manage the public transportation, saying their town has only one light, and it’s flashing yellow. Teams start asking bus drivers and cabbies where to go and are told to go to Union Station and take the Flyway Bus. Louie & Michael huff and puff as they run, seeing Jodie & Shannon get ahead of them and noting “Nanna is kicking your butt.”
Four teams get on the first bus to LAX - Joe & Heidi, Carol & Brandy, Dana & Adrian, Monique & Shawn. As they get to the airport, there’s a race to the ticket agent and Monique gets there first. As Jordan gets up to the desk she says “we need tickets to China.” (She definitely is a few bricks short of a load!) Carol & Brandy don’t make the first flight. While waiting for the plane, the Cowboys exchange their money and get Brazilian dollars. Brandy says that she’s hoping for either bad weather or a mechanical failure so the first three teams get held up; maybe she’s a witch, because there’s a very convenient mechanical problem with first plane. The airline agent says they will have to get another plane, and Dana & Adrian decide not to take a chance and get tickets for the second plane. Joe & Heidi and Monique & Shawn follow suit, and all the teams are on same flight. When they land in Chile, the clue tells them to go to Valparazo and find the Ascensor Villaseca. The first bus takes Jordan & Jeff, Brent & Caite, Dana & Adrian and Monique & Shawn. Getting on the second bus, the Cowboys can’t use the Brazilian money and have to go exchange it for Chilean money. It’s hysterical listening to everyone speak Spanish to their cab drivers - and seeing the cab drivers waggle their heads in laughter. (Silly Americans!)
The clue is a Roadblock, in which one team member has to do cable walking. On cables strung 120 feet above the ground, they will walk a cable the length of a football field. Caite does it (because Brent is afraid of heights), with Jordan following. Dan falls on his attempt but scoots down the ropes to the finish on his hanging clips. Brandy inches along, talking to herself ... “I can do this” and “don’t throw up.” She sits on the line, but Carol yells to her and she gets back up.
Caite gets done in admirable fashion and the clue tells them to take the Ascensor Artilleria, or Finacular (hillside train) down the hill to the next clue box. That clue is a Detour, “Time to Paint the Town.” The teams are to choose cans of paint in their color choice, supplies such as brushes and a ladder, and find a house matching their paint color with a block unpainted. Once they’re done the painter will give them their next clue. The task is easy enough, but as it turns out there are many problems trying to find the location of the houses (maybe because there’s a street sign with the name of the street going in two directions). Brent & Caite wander around, snipping at each other trying to find the house.
Joe decides to do the rope challenge because he has the strength. Louis does it as well, and starting after the two, Adrian passes Joe.
Brent & Caite are still walking around and see stairs - and since “it’s the only place we haven’t tried yet,” decide to take stairs. Jeff & Jordan find a house to paint first. As Carol & Brandy head off to find the house, they remark that “we’re looking for the Martha Stewart seafoam green from the 1997 collection - before jail.”
Joe & Jordan zip through the painting (I think it was all of a six foot by six foot white panel to paint) and get their clue, telling them to go on foot to the Palacio Barbarizza, which will be the first Pit Stop on the Race.
Back at the rope challenge, Granny Jodie says Shannon will do this Roadblock because “I have the balance of a drunken elderly person on stilts.” Joe, panting and sweating, falls off the ropes. He can’t get his legs back up or really move much, so a guy comes out and says they have to go back to the beginning. In the meantime, Louis finishes his rope scoot and Cord begins his. Adrian, huffing and puffing, gets out of the gear - will he quit? Wonder how much of a penalty they’ll get for that?
Monique & Shawn ask around and get directions up the steps to find their house to paint. Dan & Jordan realize they’ve dropped a paint brush and decide to look for it. Steve & Allie, wandering through the neighborhood, end up inside a house with half-painted red walls and start painting, with the work guys saying “I don’t know what they’re doing here.” (If only they had grabbed green or blue paint!) Dan & Jordan decide to keep going without their second paint brush even though they think there might be a penalty. Everyone gets done with rope challenge and after much goading from Dana, Adrian decides to try again. Steve & Allie are inside the house painting the walls and the worker guys are cracking up, saying “they don’t know how to paint.” Steve & Allie finish and watch the clueless looks on the painters - literally! They don’t have a clue for them. Michael & Louis end up painting a house with graffiti on it, covering the graffiti with a much different blue.
Jordan & Jeff get to the Mat and Phil first. Brent & Caite are second, but are told by Phil that since they didn’t take the Fanicular down the hill, they must sit for 30 minutes. Monique & Shawn are then awarded second place. As Brent & Caite sit and stew, Jet & Cord come in third, and Brent & Caite watch Dan & Jordan come to the Mat next. However, Dan & Jordan have a 15-minute penalty for losing one of their paint brushes. Steve & Allie obviously found the correct place to paint because they arrived at the Mat and weren’t given a penalty, ending up in 4th place. Joe & Heidi are 5th, Carol & Brandy 6th, and finally Brent & Caite are allowed to formally check in at the Mat and get 7th place. Dan & Jordan end up 8th, Louis & Michael seemed surprised to find out they were 9th, and Jody & Shannon are relieved with their 10th place finish.
Adrian falls again and it looks like curtains for them. We see Phil walking down the stairs at the rope challenge. Dana & Adrian hope it’s a non-elimination round, but find out otherwise - they’re eliminated. Dana is very sweet to her husband - “We have had life challenges that the cable can’t even come close to.” Aaww!
1 - Jordan & Jeff
2 - Monique & Shawn
3 - Jet & Cord
4 - Steve & Allie
5 - Joe & Heidi
6 - Carol & Brandy
7 - Brent & Caite
8 - Dan & Jordan
9 - Louis & Michael
10 - Jody & Shannon
11- Dana & Adrian - eliminated
So the previews for next week show that some teams are allying with each other and causing problems saving space in line for other teams. The cops seem pretty ticked, and I don’t think I’d want to aggravate them - they know a lot of dirty tricks dealing with criminals! Same time next week!
Brent & Caite, the dating models (Caite was the dodo South Carolina Miss America contestant that said people don’t know where to find South America on maps because they don’t have any); Jet & Coy, Cowboy brothers; Steve & Allie, father & daughter; Dan & Jordan, brothers - Jordan is gay; Dana & Adrian are married high school sweethearts; Jordan & Jeff are dating and are ex-Big Brother contestants - Jordan won; Jodie & Shannon, grandmother & granddaughter who both train for triathalons; Louie & Michael, friends and undercover detectives; Monique & Shawn, best friends and attorneys; Joe & Heidi, married; and Carol & Brandy, the “token” gay couple.
Phil informs them that their clue is waiting on their backpacks, and the teams must get to the airport using public transportation. There are two flights, but there’s only room on the first flight for three teams. The second flight leaves almost an hour later. Given the instructions, the teams are ready to begin, so Phil sends them off:
“Good luck ... travel safe ... GO!”
The clue tells them they are going to Santiago, Chile. I notice that Carol & Brandy have huge backpacks - that’s gonna kill them eventually! The Cowboys are wondering how they’re going to manage the public transportation, saying their town has only one light, and it’s flashing yellow. Teams start asking bus drivers and cabbies where to go and are told to go to Union Station and take the Flyway Bus. Louie & Michael huff and puff as they run, seeing Jodie & Shannon get ahead of them and noting “Nanna is kicking your butt.”
Four teams get on the first bus to LAX - Joe & Heidi, Carol & Brandy, Dana & Adrian, Monique & Shawn. As they get to the airport, there’s a race to the ticket agent and Monique gets there first. As Jordan gets up to the desk she says “we need tickets to China.” (She definitely is a few bricks short of a load!) Carol & Brandy don’t make the first flight. While waiting for the plane, the Cowboys exchange their money and get Brazilian dollars. Brandy says that she’s hoping for either bad weather or a mechanical failure so the first three teams get held up; maybe she’s a witch, because there’s a very convenient mechanical problem with first plane. The airline agent says they will have to get another plane, and Dana & Adrian decide not to take a chance and get tickets for the second plane. Joe & Heidi and Monique & Shawn follow suit, and all the teams are on same flight. When they land in Chile, the clue tells them to go to Valparazo and find the Ascensor Villaseca. The first bus takes Jordan & Jeff, Brent & Caite, Dana & Adrian and Monique & Shawn. Getting on the second bus, the Cowboys can’t use the Brazilian money and have to go exchange it for Chilean money. It’s hysterical listening to everyone speak Spanish to their cab drivers - and seeing the cab drivers waggle their heads in laughter. (Silly Americans!)
The clue is a Roadblock, in which one team member has to do cable walking. On cables strung 120 feet above the ground, they will walk a cable the length of a football field. Caite does it (because Brent is afraid of heights), with Jordan following. Dan falls on his attempt but scoots down the ropes to the finish on his hanging clips. Brandy inches along, talking to herself ... “I can do this” and “don’t throw up.” She sits on the line, but Carol yells to her and she gets back up.
Caite gets done in admirable fashion and the clue tells them to take the Ascensor Artilleria, or Finacular (hillside train) down the hill to the next clue box. That clue is a Detour, “Time to Paint the Town.” The teams are to choose cans of paint in their color choice, supplies such as brushes and a ladder, and find a house matching their paint color with a block unpainted. Once they’re done the painter will give them their next clue. The task is easy enough, but as it turns out there are many problems trying to find the location of the houses (maybe because there’s a street sign with the name of the street going in two directions). Brent & Caite wander around, snipping at each other trying to find the house.
Joe decides to do the rope challenge because he has the strength. Louis does it as well, and starting after the two, Adrian passes Joe.
Brent & Caite are still walking around and see stairs - and since “it’s the only place we haven’t tried yet,” decide to take stairs. Jeff & Jordan find a house to paint first. As Carol & Brandy head off to find the house, they remark that “we’re looking for the Martha Stewart seafoam green from the 1997 collection - before jail.”
Joe & Jordan zip through the painting (I think it was all of a six foot by six foot white panel to paint) and get their clue, telling them to go on foot to the Palacio Barbarizza, which will be the first Pit Stop on the Race.
Back at the rope challenge, Granny Jodie says Shannon will do this Roadblock because “I have the balance of a drunken elderly person on stilts.” Joe, panting and sweating, falls off the ropes. He can’t get his legs back up or really move much, so a guy comes out and says they have to go back to the beginning. In the meantime, Louis finishes his rope scoot and Cord begins his. Adrian, huffing and puffing, gets out of the gear - will he quit? Wonder how much of a penalty they’ll get for that?
Monique & Shawn ask around and get directions up the steps to find their house to paint. Dan & Jordan realize they’ve dropped a paint brush and decide to look for it. Steve & Allie, wandering through the neighborhood, end up inside a house with half-painted red walls and start painting, with the work guys saying “I don’t know what they’re doing here.” (If only they had grabbed green or blue paint!) Dan & Jordan decide to keep going without their second paint brush even though they think there might be a penalty. Everyone gets done with rope challenge and after much goading from Dana, Adrian decides to try again. Steve & Allie are inside the house painting the walls and the worker guys are cracking up, saying “they don’t know how to paint.” Steve & Allie finish and watch the clueless looks on the painters - literally! They don’t have a clue for them. Michael & Louis end up painting a house with graffiti on it, covering the graffiti with a much different blue.
Jordan & Jeff get to the Mat and Phil first. Brent & Caite are second, but are told by Phil that since they didn’t take the Fanicular down the hill, they must sit for 30 minutes. Monique & Shawn are then awarded second place. As Brent & Caite sit and stew, Jet & Cord come in third, and Brent & Caite watch Dan & Jordan come to the Mat next. However, Dan & Jordan have a 15-minute penalty for losing one of their paint brushes. Steve & Allie obviously found the correct place to paint because they arrived at the Mat and weren’t given a penalty, ending up in 4th place. Joe & Heidi are 5th, Carol & Brandy 6th, and finally Brent & Caite are allowed to formally check in at the Mat and get 7th place. Dan & Jordan end up 8th, Louis & Michael seemed surprised to find out they were 9th, and Jody & Shannon are relieved with their 10th place finish.
Adrian falls again and it looks like curtains for them. We see Phil walking down the stairs at the rope challenge. Dana & Adrian hope it’s a non-elimination round, but find out otherwise - they’re eliminated. Dana is very sweet to her husband - “We have had life challenges that the cable can’t even come close to.” Aaww!
1 - Jordan & Jeff
2 - Monique & Shawn
3 - Jet & Cord
4 - Steve & Allie
5 - Joe & Heidi
6 - Carol & Brandy
7 - Brent & Caite
8 - Dan & Jordan
9 - Louis & Michael
10 - Jody & Shannon
11- Dana & Adrian - eliminated
So the previews for next week show that some teams are allying with each other and causing problems saving space in line for other teams. The cops seem pretty ticked, and I don’t think I’d want to aggravate them - they know a lot of dirty tricks dealing with criminals! Same time next week!
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