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"8 and 9 year old competing?!?"
Canada Girl 3340 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Car Show Celebrity"
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08-17-05, 12:03 PM (EST)
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"8 and 9 year old competing?!?" |
LAST EDITED ON 08-17-05 AT 12:07 PM (EST)So the teams for TARF are up officially and there is a nine year old girl and an eight year old boy competing. Does anyone remember the movie Crazy People with the ad in it: This movie won't just scare you, it will f* you up for life! That's exactly what I thought about these kids in this race. How would you like to be 8 years old and responsible for losing 1 million dollars? Edited to add a link to pictures of the teams courtesty of our lovely news site (scroll down past the article for pictures): http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/story.php?s=3667
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Bebo 21083 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-17-05, 12:51 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: 8 and 9 year old competing?!?" |
How would you like to be the 20-something whose team got eliminated before the 8 or 9 year old? As long as those teams finish ahead of some of the teams filled with adults, I'll laugh.
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mikey 1150 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Politically Incorrect Guest"
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08-17-05, 01:01 PM (EST)
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2. "RE: 8 and 9 year old competing?!?" |
Looking for the limbo contest this season to give the kids an advantage.
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Femme 3621 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Thong Contest Judge"
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08-17-05, 03:57 PM (EST)
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5. "RE: 8 and 9 year old competing?!?" |
Eh, I hope it doesn't screw anyone up. I am rather interested in the dynamics of the teams with little kids.Some 8 and 9 year olds are really mature. Some are incredibly immature. I bet kids can run this race far better than some past (fully grown) contestants have. Flo rings a bell, and Will, and Jonathon, and Colin, and on and on. I just hope the bashers have some tact. I cannot stand how people talk about the minors on AI. (Calling them sluts, whores, tramps, etc.) That part makes me cringe.
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RealityMom 560 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Reality Show Commentator"
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08-18-05, 02:30 PM (EST)
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8. "RE: 8 and 9 year old competing?!?" |
LAST EDITED ON 08-18-05 AT 02:31 PM (EST)I don't know what the TAR selection process entails but I know that other shows have extensive testing, including psychological, so I hope the families have been properly screened. If families signed up for the right reasons- to have a great adventure, to create memories to last a lifetime, etc, then it can be a very positive experience. But I remember all too well some of the parents on my kids' sports teams over the years. I still cringe when I hear some of them blasting their kids in front of everybody. I offer wondered if they were like this in public, what were they like at home. Most of the parents had a great attitude, cheering "Good eye, good eye" no matter how the kids did. I know that the producers of these shows probably pick some contestants with short fuses because they're entertaining but I hope the families with the little kids aren't in this group. The RTW article talks about teams near the end who are "openly bitter" and considered "certain rivals as enemies". I hope this refers to the all-adult teams who can better handle whatever happens. As I've said, I think "Meathead I, II and III" and the blonde teams will be hysterical. They're what TAR is all about. So here's hoping that the producers were ethical in their selection, so TAR Family will be fun to watch.
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oz4ever 1604 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Peanut Festival Grand Marshall"
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08-19-05, 05:57 PM (EST)
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12. "RE: 8 and 9 year old competing?!?" |
Unfortunately, with children involved, they might have MORE non-elimination legs so as to not strip the children of all their confidence. When they say it is a shorter season, they might mean in terms of the actual distance travelled, not the number of legs or episodes. Each leg might only be, start at point A, drive to airport, fly to B, catch taxi to a roadblock/detour at C, then catch a taxi to pitstop. Very short legs but edit in more footage from each one to make a full episode, and have more episodes which is better for advertising purposes. Handcrafted by RollDdice
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newsomewayne 9353 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-22-05, 11:28 AM (EST)
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15. "RE: 8 and 9 year old competing?!?" |
That group photo sure is pale. Must have had a lighting problem, though. There's some weird shadowing affect on the family in the lower right-hand corner.
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Amaaazing Race 4 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
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09-10-05, 01:15 PM (EST)
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18. "RE: 8 and 9 year old competing?!?" |
OMG I am new here and the Black family on TAR8 My son went to a basketball camp with them in late June, Early July. So we are rooting for them and when did the race start filming?
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shabalaba 369 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Cooking Show Host"
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09-28-05, 07:18 PM (EST)
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20. "RE: 8 and 9 year old competing?!?" |
I think I could have been sold on this whole idea of bringing kids into the race if all of the teams had included kids. I think having an all adult team competing against a team with 8-12 yr olds is not fair. It can be looked at from both sides. Clearly, a team with children competing in the buggy task was going to do better than a team pulling adults. On the other hand, a team with four strong adults rowing the boat was going to do better than a team with 2 adults and 2 weaker children. Hopefully the producers balanced out the challenges so it doesn't give an unfair advantage to any particular group.
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