Race, now with Amazing


Hey, the Amazing Race is back. Some running notes on this episode:

  • No mactors. Teams of 2. Red Rocks. It’s real TAR! Represent!
  • “put on some pans, it’s time to dance” Hippie dudes, represent.
  • No clips from Family Edition in the open credits. I guess that the producers didn’t like the Amazing Roadtrip either.
  • “They haven’t been smnoking pot for a while, I guess.”
  • “That’s OK, they’re hot.”
  • The gay guys from Boston are not going to win. [Bingp]
  • Is Lake this race’s Jonathan?
  • The Staten Island girls are definitely from Staten Island (by the accent).
  • The first flight– Denver to Sao Paolothat’s further than any single leg in Family Edition. Hey, this is the real Race.
  • Is it [Spanish] not he same thing [as Portuguese]?” “I thought that was the language of the world.” No, that would be Mirnish.
  • “We’re not seeing it” as they walk directly by the cluebox.
  • “They live like this!” Compared with Kendra (TAR6), positively enlightened.
  • “Is this the most James Bond thing you’ve ever done?” And that’s not the episode title? I guess CBS doesn’t hold rights to Bond.
  • Team Mojo with Mo and Jo t-shirts? Um, no.
  • Interesting– no bunch/anti-bunch in the first leg besides the spoon-fed flights. Is this the first Race ever that didn’t have an overnight stop within the first leg?

Previously: What happened to the “Amazing”?

Andrew Raff @andrewraff