LAST EDITED ON 11-04-07 AT 08:19 PM (EST)

It starts, did Phil say 11 pit stops but only 8 elimination points?

Two Super-Legs anybody?

I've still got about 20-30 minutes left of 60 minutes.

11 episodes is what they have been saying in the interviews, with no NEL so there may be a superleg, maybe a 2 part finale?

If it ran more than 30 min late, I need to set my VCR to run longer.

I went to the store about the time the game ended which was 20-25 after. They probably didn't do much post-game stuff and it looks like TAR may start about 8:30

Huh, you said VCR?

The Blonds look like they are off on a good start.

Bother and Sister need to work harder.

He's hear the end of his piece.

We have team introductions

WARNING WARNING !!!

To those the show is just starting for. We have a major whiner in one of the teams, please have ear-plugs ready. It is for your own good!

Get the first clue run to the cars, they are single file and guess who takes the longest to be ready to put the vehicle in drive?

The team in the front. Grandpa and Grandson.

One advantage of starting from a house instead of a park, is the range of choices in roads leading away.

It seems everyone is getting lost here.

Was that the Playboy House?

That's what they said, the Playboy Mansion.

So you're in the amazing race somewhere near LA, wouldn't it be a good idea to do some homework and figure out a way to the airport, ahead of time?

Even if a few teams knew which highway, they were driven to the house and it wouldn't be that hard to route them in a way to get them pretty turned around by the time they got there.

Good point. Do you think they had a chance to talk to one another before the race?

Probably not, we saw a bit of the usual teams introducing themselves to each other at the first airport.

I think they usually keep them separate for this show until the race starts.

LAST EDITED ON 11-04-07 AT 09:25 PM (EST)

If the house they started in was in Beverly Hills (where Hef's house is) it would have taken them less then 30 minutes to "find" LAX. lol

ETF: took out my siggie, sorry about that.

Is full looks like about 1/2 ish of the teams on the earlier flight.

The brother and sister were going the right way but thought that they weren't and turned around. Thankfully, the sister got correct directions and turned back the other way.

Are goths athletic? I've never heard of any that were.

Kentucky Goths may be a different breed than what one runs into in the major Goth centers of the world.

Where is the hunky all guy team?

Nope. This is the new and improved race

They are going to get an all female team to win somehow.

They keep salivating over it happening. What's next an all female race?

LAST EDITED ON 11-04-07 AT 09:01 PM (EST)

Ari and Staella took the taxi meant for either the brother and sister or father/daughter team.

They have to sign up for one of three ferry times.

The British Air flight, first to leave, was the 2nd to arrive in Shannon.

First flight is delayed.

Some people reserved taxis from the second flight now the first flight (6 teams) and someone grabbed one of the taxis that was not reserved for them.

Drama....major!

Can we get one season without one obviously insane couple. I hate these abusive boyfriend pairs!

There could be several...not only abusive boyfriend types but whiny girlfriend types too.

I can only take so much Lorena. The whining is way over the top.

Vixxen and Kynt are doing well so far. But I'm going to need them to stop with the bad nicknames. "Little Pink Kittie"?! No, just no.

What's the count on the rattlesnake warning, sixty-eight in two segments?

I know they are probably really safe, but that bike on the high wire thing would freak me out.

I've already peed a bit lol

My thoughts exactly.

That's why I enjoy this show from the safety of my living room. I'm TERRIFIED of heights. The teams that crossed so far are handling their fear surprisingly well. No melt downs so far.

I called my girlfriend who is also watching the race to suggest we try something like that.

The phone rang, she picked it up, and before I could even ask my question she responded 'NO!'.

Damn, another great idea shot down.

She knows you too well.

bring to mind...

"My ox is broken!"

Yea! LOL

I almost fell off the couch, I was laughing so hard. I told Mr. B that if it weren't for Colin's infamous quote, that would have been the best animal moment in TAR history.

But it was a delightfully close second.

Yeah for the donkey, I want to bray at the whining couple, too.

EEEEHAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!

Too funny..... didn't they get the memo to insert the key in the donkey to make it run?

Or maybe not yanking on the lead rope might be effective?

-- "My humans are broken!"

Great minds!

HEY ESTEE!

...watch the cursing.

LAST EDITED ON 11-04-07 AT 09:24 PM (EST)

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
My ox donkey's broke!
LOL.

Damn you Volsfan!

Do they get to bring out another donkey if theirs breaks down like they do for the cars?

Maybe, but how do you tell a broken donkey from a stubborn one?

Besides, it really was the people who were having the break downs.

I want the prize.

I love Banff and Lake Louise.

First, I love the prize. There is no way I would refuse it if offered to me.

But this seem like a cheaper prize than other TARs. On the other-hand I hope they are doing something like my suggestion that each travel prize goes a little further afield.

First) North American resort.

Second) Mexican or Carribean resort.

Third) Central/South American resort.

Fourth) Week Cruise - first class of-course.

Fifth) European resort.

Sixth) Major European x-countries tour/resort.

Seventh) Australia

Eighth) Fiji or thereabouts.

Other suggestions.

Is it just me, or the long TV famine, but does it look like TAR has got it's Mojo back?

I'm feeling it

I love him!
You my daddy!!!!!!!!!

Any chance in you know where CBS could ever put this awesome show in a good time slot?

Maybe they'll put the remaining episodes in Survivor's slot after it ends??????

Ari, karma was a much bigger b*tch than you.

How did they fall behind??

They were one of the teams having serious donkey problems.

Seems donkeys do not like be yelled at by insane people.

Yep. They just couldn't get their ass in gear!

You have been waiting for the right place to post that.

Hehehehe.

ooh should I even acknowledge the bad pun!

So apparently karma is now a donkey.

Don't tell Will.

Next week's preview - Grandpa in his skivvies. YIKES!

I didn't even know they still made those. They won't be the new Kevin & Drew, but they've got a decent chance to be Lori & Bolo.

Oh, and Vyxsin needs to give Slicey's glasses back.

Good group of people, nice first episode...I think this is going to be a great season, exactly what TAR needs to stay on top.

Agreed. I actually like half of the teams. But I'll get more into it in ARNutz' Lvoe List.

-- in the Live Chat area (left sidebar, Other Fun, enable Java before entering), using AyaK's Bar & Grill.

BYOHD. (Bring Your Own Hair Dye.)

what was the finish order?

Azaria/Hendekea are team #1.

Kynt/Vyxsin are team #2.

TK & Rachel are team #3.

Lorena/Jason are team #4.

Nicolas/Donald are team #5.

Shana/Jennifer are team #6.

Ronald/Christina are team #7.

Kate/Pat are team #8.

Marianna/Julia are team #9

Nathan/Jennifer excited that they are team #10 even before Phil says it.

Ari/Staella finally arrive and they are the last team to arrive and are eliminated.

dang it! Well there's one week of Jims' casino I won't be winning. :-/

Whoo Hooo! I get the swoop and everything!

What a great episode. I already hate some teams and love some teams, after only 1 episode.

My son explained to me that the Goths aren't really Goths, they are something else called Emo or something.

Nathan and Jen already annoy the youknowwhat out of me. As do the whiny barbie twins. And Karma takes a big bite, huh Ari?

Lawl. Emo.

Emo is a watered down version of punk. It's popular among the sub-20s crowd.
Emo music has a similar sound to punk (more pop-like), but instead of singing about social revolution, they sing/scream about how no one understands them or about how sad they are (emo is short for emotional)--basically anything the average teenager feels.
Many Emo-followers write crappy poetry and claim to be severely depressed (teenage angst is not depression). Just go into Hot Topic stores and you'll find out what Emo is.

From preshow pictures, I'd place Kynt/Vyxsin as a weird goth-emo-punk mix.

LAST EDITED ON 11-05-07 AT 10:27 AM (EST)

They are not punk!!

Not in any way, shape, or form do they have anything to do with punk. Believe me.

I can say that. I saw the Ramones at CBGBs in the '70s. I know punk. I was a punk. Kynt/Vyxsin ARE NOT punk.

"How does it become a man to behave toward this American government to-day? I answer that he cannot without disgrace be associated with it." - Henry David Thoreau

On you tube there's a vid making fun of Emo's but describes Emo pretty well. I have an Emo niece and yep my ringtone for her is the Emo Kid Song. She loves me so it's okay

agman lvoes me