October 12, 2008
The Amazing Race 13 has a definitive favorite right now. Ken and Tina, the formerly estranged married couple, are dominating. It helps to have Ken, a former NFL safety, anchoring the squad, but Tina is no slouch either. Both Ken and Tina have good heads on their shoulders, and have turned out to be a perfect Amazing Race team thus far, having won two of the first three legs. Tonight's episode saw The Amazing Race teams head to the high altitude of La Paz, Bolivia. There were epic blunders, brutal falls off wooden bikes and the start of what may prove to be an entertaining cat fight.
October 12, 2008
Whaddya know? There is no football delay tonight for The Amazing Race on CBS, which means I can watch my Andy Rooney segment and eat my Metamucil before bingo starts. Finally. The nine remaining teams on The Amazing Race 13 will stay in South America, moving west from Brazil to the mountainous capitol city of Bolivia, a little town called La Paz. La Paz has the highest elevation of any world capitol, situated at about 11,000 feet above sea level. The air will be thin, and the teams will certainly have a difficult time coping. I have a gut feeling that tonight may be the first of three non-elimination legs. We shall see. Stay tuned throughout the episode for our Amazing Race live thoughts.
October 10, 2008
On Sunday's episode of The Amazing Race 13, the nine remaining teams are heading from Brazil to La Paz, Bolivia. Bolivia isn't a very well-known country around these parts. If you've been paying attention to national news in recent months, you know that Bolivia is currently a setting for political and cultural turmoil. Bolivia is a poor country, but it's people are incredibly nice and warm. If you want a reason to hate the country of Chile, here it is: Chile forcefully stole Bolivia's coastline in the late 1800's, making Bolivia land-locked, and turning the country poor. Nevertheless, Bolivia can be a beautiful place and La Paz, its capitol city, is as unique a city as you'll find in South America.
October 8, 2008
The perverse desire for spoilers on the internet is an unexpected product of the information age, and something I can't imagine anyone anticipated when the internet was born from the solar-powered brain stew of Al Gore. Can you imagine how angry people would be if internet spoiler reports popped up for Empire Strikes Back in 1980 (Vader is Luke's father!), or for TV shows like Dallas. People would be irate, and for good reason. I contend that even people who love reading spoilers, who consciously seek them out, lose some enjoyment of the product they're spoiling. TV spoilers are ubiquitous at this point, but for reality shows they're generally kept under wraps pretty well. The Amazing Race usually does a good job keeping things a secret, but they made an interesting decision this year – for The Amazing Race 13, CBS released the entire season map. We know where the teams will be going for every single leg and in what order. You can check it out below.
MAP SPOILERS!!!!
October 7, 2008
After only two episodes, I have a pretty good feel for most of the teams on The Amazing Race 13. The show already feels like it's in high gear, which is a great omen for the rest of the season. The Amazing Race 13 did a very good job of casting this season, as the teams are diverse and intriguing. There are any number of acceptable rooting interests and at least one good villain so far (Terence). As we gear up for Sunday's third episode of The Amazing Race, it's time to bestow upon you these unassailable power rankings, etched in stone by the reality TV gods themselves.
October 6, 2008
The Amazing Race 13 is off to an unusual start, mostly because there are no obvious villains. Ken and Terence had a bit of a run-in in last night's episode, but it was quickly smoothed over. The eliminated pair of Anthony and Stephanie confirmed the universal love by saying they liked everyone and plan on staying in touch with the rest of the cast.
Little skirmishes aside, The Amazing Race is still back with plenty of action, excitement and travel, except for teams like Anthony and Stephanie. The couple spoke to BuddyTV after their elimination about the role of luck on The Amazing Race, the countries they wish they had gone to, and the things the producers left out. Continue reading for the full transcript and to listen to our exclusive interview.
October 5, 2008
Major mishaps tend to happen rarely on The Amazing Race. People get lost all the time, yes, but usually it's merely a result of not being able to spot what they're looking for. They almost always know where to look for and what they're supposed to find. On tonight's episode of The Amazing Race 13, there were a lot of major mishaps, and they involved the misreading of clues. This shouldn't happen. If you've seen The Amazing Race before, which I presume all of the current teams have, you know that it is imperative that you read exactly what you're supposed to. Tonight was one of those semi-disappointing Amazing Race episodes where teams stayed in the same country for the entire leg. Brazil is a pretty damn big country, I guess, so it's all good.
October 5, 2008
The National Football League is once again wreaking havoc upon fans of The Amazing Race, especially those who have no interest in America's new pastime. The game between the New England Patriots and the San Francisco 49ers has delayed the broadcast of tonight's brand new episode of The Amazing Race 13, in which there is now a serious lack of beekeeping hippies. So goes the cruel hand of Amazing Race fate. Nonetheless, The Amazing Race live thoughts will get underway at roughly 830pm ET/530pm PT, if that's something you might be interested in. It's a whole barrel of fun, really.