Also, one thing people often forget (or don't know) is that the film crew has tickets, too. In fact, when you see the racers "buy" two tickets, that's actually a re-shoot of the scene or additional dialogue recorded and played over the action (you often don't see their lips at this point). The...
They thought that Amani/Marcus "were lost," and were "going the wrong way," which makes no sense at all, but that's what Laurence said as the teams passed each other (as opposed to voice over after-the-fact), so I guess he honestly thought it. In any event, it was stupid. Though, I guess their...
You are definitely correct. The teams started with something like $170 US dollars for the leg of the race. One team's (I think it was the snowboarders) cab ride was 5000 baht, and they paid him "like 150 dollars," and they commented on how that was "almost all their money." So, when Ernie and...
I don't agree. Just a few seasons back (the one with the Globetrotters' initial appearance) they resurrected the needle in a haystack challenge, which is arguably the most taxing challenge in the race's history. Last season they had the tea challenge, which many teams struggled with, and the...
1. It appeared pretty straight-forward. Twitter caught that one of the racers was missing a passport. The two guys from the gas station found a passport and also gave directions to the snow boarders, and ultimately put two and two together. It was certainly nice of them to drive to the...