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9/28/08 at 8:41am
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The Amazing Race, just off from winning a 6th Emmy last Sunday for best reality TV show, returns for a 13th season on CBS tonight at 8 p.m. EDT. Due to potential NFL game overruns, I suggest either also recording Cold Case, or pad your recording time for this timed recording (if you have a DVR or old school VCR or Tivo/ReplayTV).

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9/28/08 at 9:49am
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re: The Amazing Race season 13

I may pass on this season. My interest level faded towards the end of last season, and I ended up not caring too much for the winner, even though they weren't exactly an unlikeable team (which always put a damper on the season).

I read they are starting the in the same city as last season.... zzzzzz
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9/28/08 at 1:44pm
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I'm looking forward to the premiere and hoping this season is a lot better than last season. I lost interest in the show very quickly last year, but a new cast and new locations always make for a good fresh start.

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9/28/08 at 6:12pm
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Its early in the season, but the early favorites for most annoying team is the ex football player and his wife.
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I just need a lot of Starr this season to sustain my viewing interest.

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+1 on Starr, definitely this season's hottest contestant. The fuzzy haired frat boy reminds me of Jonah Hill from Superbad.

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9/29/08 at 1:22am
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+2 on Starr, that girl is hawt!

My least fav team so far is the ex football player and wife, she's a ball buster on wheels! The way she yelled at him for dropping the candy off of those carts (if that's what is was, the boxes were colorful like candy) drove me nuts!

So apparently, gravity is all Ken's fault.

It's funny that you mention the frat guys resemblence to Jonah Hill, it's for this reason that i've dubbed them Team Apatow lol.
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I think he knows he looks like him and is playing it up hence the glasses.

Regarding Starr; I can't believe that her parents would name her Starr with the last name of Spangler.

I can picture being introduced to her; "Hi, I'm Starr, Starr Spangler. tee hee"

ugh.

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9/29/08 at 7:43am
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re: The Amazing Race season 13

Supposedly she added Emily to her name.

http://www.cmt.com/shows/dyn/dallas_...red_copy.jhtml

But some claim she's really Emily Starr.

http://www.celebridiot.com/2008/08/1...-amazing-race/

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re: The Amazing Race season 13

I love this show (and agree with the Emmys always citing it in the Reality category) but have two gripes.

1. Why isn't this show in HD? Survivor has made the transition (finally) and it really pays off. The Amazing Race would be even more "Amazing" in HD for the wide variety of experiences that it offers each season.

2. CBS - Why take what is possibly one of your most consistent award winning shows in any category (6 years in a row) and continue to place it in the Black Hole of Programming - Sunday Night at "Eight" p.m. (or so, depending on the phases of the moon?!?) With Football and golf and tennis and a myriad of other open-ended programming it's a very rare event for the show to actually air in the 8-9 pm time slot here on the East Coast! This show deserves better than this. Yes, I can also record Cold Case (which follows it) - but that assumes that I'm not recording other items at 9 pm (which I usually am.) The only reason that I'm able to catch the entire show is because I have four HD dual tuner Dish Network PVRs in my home but even then I sometimes have to go into another room to catch the last 15 minutes or so of TAR. I'd really like to be able to watch this show at a predictable time in a predictable room. Give us a break please.

Non-related question: What's "Ken's" full name and who did he play for in the NFL?

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(1) I imagine that the logistics of going to HD are nastier for The Amazing Race than any other show on the air - in the early episodes, you need more than a dozen HD camera crews running around simultaneously, sometimes in parts of the world where equipment and service may not be readily available.

(2) There are no perfect time slots for any show, and every slot needs to be filled. CBS probably feels that Sunday at 8pm is a good fit for this show - it's the most watched night on TV, and one where family-friendly programming can do fairly well; the football/60 Minutes lead-in probably gives a boost to a show that, let us not forget, was banished to the summer a few years ago for being expensive and not pulling it own weight.
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As far as the frat guys, they are playing up the Superbad deal and dubbed themselves "Team Superbad" before the race started.

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9/29/08 at 12:08pm
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re: The Amazing Race season 13

I can already tell that the one frat guy who doesn't look like Jonah Hill is going to annoy the living hell out of me. He seems VERY obnoxious. "I used to work in the airline industry".

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9/29/08 at 12:25pm
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I call that guy "Dougie Downer".

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Terence and Sarah.

I think that Terence will win the prize for the most controlling sig other in AR history.

And that Sarah - "I hate them, they didn't even say hi!?"

What a couple of kooks.

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9/29/08 at 1:26pm
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Enjoying the season already!
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What's "Ken's" full name and who did he play for in the NFL?
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/the-...ng-22902.aspx:
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Ken is Ken Greene who played for the St. Louis Cardinals from '78 to '82 and San Diego in the '83 and '84 seasons.
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Oh yeah: Starr might be hot, but calling Ken&Tina "Mom and Dad" is creepy and annoying. And Tina: those eyebrows are just creepy.
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re: The Amazing Race season 13

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The way she yelled at him for dropping the candy off of those carts (if that's what is was, the boxes were colorful like candy)

I actually looked that stuff up!

Apparently, it's a gum called "Blong", available in various flavors.


For example, you can purchase Blong Black ("Ball bubble gum with red fruits flavour. Paints black the mouth") and Blong Blue ("Ball bubble gum with strawberry flavour. Paints blue the mouth")

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10/5/08 at 7:16pm
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Is this the dumbest group of contestants ever on TAR?

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My wife commented that the team of divorcees, who b*tch non-stop about their ex-husbands, really should have had their husbands along to read the clues to them. Dumb, dumb, dumb.

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As a hiker, I've noticed that at least 4 of the contestants use the same daypack that I do, the Osprey Talon 33. In fact, there is a team that has one blue one (mine) and the orange one...

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Is this the dumbest group of contestants ever on TAR?


We were saying the same thing last night. lol

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Re: The Amazing Race season 13

I thought the frat guy was annoying in the first episode, but Terence might just be worse. "I'm bleeding".

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I think I'm starting to see why Kelly and Christy's husbands divorced them. I think they're just jealous that Starr is hotter than they are and they've decided to use that against her and Nick. I was hoping they got eliminated this week, but I guess it will be more entertaining with them around to see if there are any fireworks.

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Well, Kelly and Cristy might be bitter man haters but they are attractive enough so i'll tolerate them for a little while longer lol.

So much for team Big Bang, I liked those two.
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Re: The Amazing Race season 13

Is this season not generating much interest for anybody? It's been nearly a month since the last post!

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I think I'm starting to see why Kelly and Christy's husbands divorced them. I think they're just jealous that Starr is hotter than they are and they've decided to use that against her and Nick. I was hoping they got eliminated this week, but I guess it will be more entertaining with them around to see if there are any fireworks.

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Well, Kelly and Cristy might be bitter man haters but they are attractive enough so i'll tolerate them for a little while longer lol.

Glad to see 'em go! I couldn't believe how badly they've mishandled reading the clues and knowing what they were supposed to do...over and over again.

How many envelopes did she bring back (getting passed by how many competitors) before they finally decided to re-read the clue?

I also think it's telling they define themselves as "divorcees" rather than simply "best friends."

The frat boys are hanging on by the skin of their teeth.

Ken & Tina are the benefactors of a "non-elimination leg" of the race. They go back & forth between being annoying and very annoying!

Hoping for Terence & Sarah to go next. I was hoping they'd pick the hot chili task. They are both such sensitive (read: annoying) individuals...

Likin' Nick & Starr and Toni & Dallas. They seem to be enjoying themselves for the most part.

That "Holy Ceremony" in India (with water and colored powder) looked horrible to have to go through.

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That "Holy Ceremony" in India (with water and colored powder) looked horrible to have to go through.

yeah, I'd like to see them go through airport security looking like that.

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Also like the Nick/Starr and Toni/Dallas teams. Hope they are the final two. They are enjoying the game and not ruthless backstabbing whiners.

So glad to see Kelly/Christy leave. Quite possibly the most arrogant, conceited, prissy little bitches I've ever seen. No surprised they're both divorced, who in the hell could stand to be around either one of them.

Pretty standard season, but fun to watch. Looks like they stir it up a little next week with all teams competing in some sort of fast forward.

I can't see Ken/Tina ever reconciling, let alone winning this game. Way to much tension between them.

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I've definitely been enjoying this season. I was disappointed to see Kelly/Christy go, even though last night was otherwise a fantastic episode. Not only were they the only truly entertaining team left besides Terence/Sarah (who have been my favorites from the first episode--the ultimate in trainwreck entertainment), but I thought Christy (the lighter-haired one) was absolutely freakin' gorgeous. Way hotter than Starr. I know she never stops talking about how glad she is to be divorced and whatnot, but c'mon Christy, please allow me to restore your faith in men!

I wish the NEL had been last night instead of last week. Ken and Tina are irritating and her eyebrows frighten me. Besides, it would have been good to eliminate a strong team--they and Nick/Starr are the only teams to get first place the entire race and I can't stand either of them.
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