Amazing Race 6-official thread - Page 3

Lala · #31 12-10-2004, 03:14 PM

I haven't posted in the "official" thread yet so I thought I should. Am I the only Ledgie who can't stand it when these young couples come on the show and just fight? I'm really enjoying Bob and Mary Jean(?) because they seem to be old enough, mature enough to just get over themselves and do their best to win. It's too bad they probably won't.

Jonathan is like a Colin clone. Did anyone else cringe when he started talking about how he wanted to have children. He'd treat them like he treats his wife! Can you imagine little Jonathan Jr coloring outside the lines..."You've got to go deeper inside yourself!"

And was it just me or did everyone get the "let's not pay the cab fare" disease that Colin got last season. These people just seem to be really stupid in other countries.

I am enjoying it though. Go Bob & Mary Jean!

Livia · #32 12-16-2004, 02:13 PM

Great episode this week, as usual. Except - Jonathan. Must. Die!! I can't beLIEVE him! Kudos for Phil for telling him to go talk to his wife. I saw this on planetsocks.com and it cracked me up:

"Next come a very angry Jonathan and a fatigued, sobbing Victoria. As Dirty German Man welcomes them to Berlin, Jonathan continues to harangue Victoria. Phil watches impassively, then suggests Jonathan should go talk to his wife. Jonathan, of course, interprets "talk to" to mean "keep on her like you have all day until she suffers a nervous breakdown." He takes to this task with gusto, informing Victoria that "this is a race, it's not about compassion." Thanks, dickhead. We've got your worldview already. We can only hope reality TV cameras will be there the day Victoria finally snaps, pulling a simultaneous Bobbitt, OJ, and Peterson on your ass."

Jonathan's constant verbal abuse is really kinda ruining this season for me. I hope they don't keep casting couples like them over and over, they just keep getting worse!

***ThePenguin*** · #33 12-16-2004, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Livia

Great episode this week, as usual. Except - Jonathan. Must. Die!! I can't beLIEVE him! Kudos for Phil for telling him to go talk to his wife. I saw this on planetsocks.com and it cracked me up:

"Next come a very angry Jonathan and a fatigued, sobbing Victoria. As Dirty German Man welcomes them to Berlin, Jonathan continues to harangue Victoria. Phil watches impassively, then suggests Jonathan should go talk to his wife. Jonathan, of course, interprets "talk to" to mean "keep on her like you have all day until she suffers a nervous breakdown." He takes to this task with gusto, informing Victoria that "this is a race, it's not about compassion." Thanks, dickhead. We've got your worldview already. We can only hope reality TV cameras will be there the day Victoria finally snaps, pulling a simultaneous Bobbitt, OJ, and Peterson on your ass."

Jonathan's constant verbal abuse is really kinda ruining this season for me. I hope they don't keep casting couples like them over and over, they just keep getting worse!

I hate Jonathan also but I'll admit he cracks me up with his over the top loud and stupid comments. Victoria needs to tell him to step off. He's like an overly aggressive Richard Simmons.

And I agree, the thought of him with a baby is frightening.

-Lis

dissention · #34 12-16-2004, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ThePenguin

He's like an overly aggressive Richard Simmons.

That voice. They have to be related, they both sound identical.

ontheEdgeof17 · #35 12-21-2004, 09:00 PM

WTF!?!?!?! NO elimination???? I can't deal w/o knowing who is gone.

***ThePenguin*** · #36 12-21-2004, 09:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

WTF!?!?!?! NO elimination???? I can't deal w/o knowing who is gone.

Yeah, that was odd...

Love how the cab driver threw Jonathan's wise-ass self right out of the cab!!

-Lis

wondergirl9847 · #37 12-21-2004, 09:40 PM

To be continued!!! ACK!

Geez, Louise, if Jonathan doesn't shut the frick up....

How many times did he tell Gus and Hera, "You took our plane." SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!

Johnny Stew · #38 12-22-2004, 01:12 AM

I glanced at the clock around 8:54 and said, "something's up here... they're nowhere near the pit-stop yet."
I was perplexed.

This is only the third full season of 'A.R.' that I've watched... have they ever had a two-parter before? I bet they did that so as not to have an elimination during the holiday week (in case people weren't tuned in).

Jonathan has gone from annoying to downright insufferable. Yuck. I am convinced that the man is certifiably insane.
And Kendra really shot herself in the foot two weeks ago, as far as I'm concerned, with the comments she made during the cab ride in Africa. Downright disgusting.
Her and Freddy fast-forwarded themselves to my 2nd Least Favorite Team during that leg.

And since I forgot to comment on it at the time, I just HAVE to point out that the absolute BEST line ever came during that 12/7 episode, courtesy of Don....
"Once again, the fickle finger of fate has diddled us."

Johnny Stew · #39 12-22-2004, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by ontheEdgeof17

WTF!?!?!?! NO elimination???? I can't deal w/o knowing who is gone.

Relax, you'll be ok... cuz you're a super-hero, Curtis!!!

Johnny Stew · #40 12-22-2004, 01:19 AM

Oh! And how could I forget to mention Phil's basket making a guest appearance tonight?!?
The first time they showed him walking towards the camera in those white trousers, I thought, "WHOA!"
But I didn't say anything about it.

The second time they showed him, my mom turns to me and says, "ol' Phil is really packing tonight, isn't he?"

Embarrassing, but at least I wasn't the only one who noticed.

*lol*

amber · #41 12-22-2004, 01:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Oh! And how could I forget to mention Phil's basket making a guest appearance tonight?!?
The first time they showed him walking towards the camera in those white trousers, I thought, "WHOA!"
But I didn't say anything about it.

The second time they showed him, my mom turns to me and says, "ol' Phil is really packing tonight, isn't he?"

Embarrassing, but at least I wasn't the only one who noticed.

*lol*

"package for Stewleone!"

takenbythesky · #42 12-22-2004, 01:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

Oh! And how could I forget to mention Phil's basket making a guest appearance tonight?!?
The first time they showed him walking towards the camera in those white trousers, I thought, "WHOA!"
But I didn't say anything about it.

The second time they showed him, my mom turns to me and says, "ol' Phil is really packing tonight, isn't he?"

Embarrassing, but at least I wasn't the only one who noticed.

*lol*

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Originally Posted by amber

"package for Stewleone!"

With the chit chat board at The Ledge, who really needs to watch sitcoms?!?!

amber · #43 12-22-2004, 01:31 AM

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Originally Posted by takenbythesky

With the chit chat board at The Ledge, who really needs to watch sitcoms?!?!

Yep.

wondergirl9847 · #44 12-22-2004, 01:38 AM

Yep, Phil and his white pants...what a show, eh?

Johnny Stew · #45 12-22-2004, 02:21 AM

From zap2it.com....

'Amazing Race' Producer Told Contestant to Cool It

Unpredictable behavior by contestants is the lifeblood of unscripted TV series, and producers are usually pretty happy to document it, edit it and show it to the viewing public, without intervening.
On the current edition of "The Amazing Race," however, executive producer Bertram van Munster says he felt compelled to talk to contestant Jonathan Baker after an incident that shocked fans of the show and sent message boards buzzing.

During last week's (Dec. 14) episode, Baker shoved his sobbing wife, Victoria Fuller, as they finished a leg of the race in second place, behind engaged couple Freddy and Kendra. He had dropped his backpack in an attempt to run faster, yelling at Victoria to do the same. Fearing the pack would be taken, she picked it up and carried them both to the finish line.

After host Phil Keoghan told them they had finished second, Fuller walked off camera, still crying. Keoghan told a still-fuming Baker to "go talk to your wife." Message boards devoted to "The Amazing Race" lit up, with a number of posters calling for Baker to be disqualified (the show was taped earlier this year).

Van Munster also talked with Baker about his behavior. "I told him you've got to tone it down, you have to stop this kind of stuff, it's not cool -- until then, I'd never given advice to a reality show player before to chill out," he tells the New York Post.

The producer says he told Baker, who owns a day spa in Los Angeles and is also credited as an executive producer of the popular "Dorf on Golf" video, "over and over again" that his actions -- he and Fuller have also engaged in several shouting matches during the show -- wouldn't put him in a very positive light.

"[B]ut if he doesn't want to listen, there's nothing I can do about it," van Munster says. "I told him the camera can be used in many ways -- it's a dangerous instrument, and there comes a point where you can't change [what it sees]. I've been very fair with him."

After the episode aired, Baker wrote an apology on his and Fuller's website.

"I do not abuse Victoria. What you see is a heighten[ed] version of stress and obsession mix[ed] with medication for a sickness called Sarcoidosis. What was started as a Publicity Stunt turn[ed] in to an obsession to race and be first at any cost. This is a GAME and I set out to be the Villain to others not to Victoria. ...

"I am deeply saddened by the storyline that CBS went with. I am sorry for my actions, I am sorry to Victoria. Most [of] all I am sorry to the fans."

"Don't worry, I am fine," Fuller, an artist and former Playboy playmate, wrote a few days later. "It's a TV show and not a true reflection of our relationship. We both over reacted."

Van Munster says there were no more physical confrontations between Baker and Fuller after the Berlin incident. "I had a very firm talk with him that night," he tells the Post. "But he keeps on being Jonathan."