Sunday, May 9, 2010

Not-So Amazing Race

We didn't cheat! We just played unfair at the end, that's all.
Dan and Jordan, the brothers win!

We've been disappointed with this years season of The Amazing Race. We're not sure if it was the contestants, the locations, the roadblocks and challenges or a combination of all the above.

The show wins the Emmy for Best Reality Show EVERY year since there's been a Emmy for that category. Maybe not this year since SURVIVOR should win.

We liked 2 out of the 3 teams in the final though so last nights finale was pretty great. Team Cowboy, Team Brother and Team Annoying had to travel from Shanghai to San Francisco.

Here's where we got a little angry at Team Brother and think host Phil Keoghan should have penalized them at the Final Pitstop. The brothers left their plane seats and sat in first class so they were the first off the plane, giving them a good 20-30 minute lead over the other teams. Team Cowboy, the nicest guys on the planet, had just gotten into a fight with the brothers for cutting in line at the airport in the first place. Honestly, the brothers played a good game until last night when they started to really Play. Unfairly in our opinion.

Teams had to climb Coit Tower, which we never heard of, but looks like an awesome place. It's on Telegraph Hill where the parrots are. San Francisco is so cool.

The best part? A challenge at LucasFilms Industrial Light and Magic where teams were met by Darth Vadar and a bunch of Stormtroopers. Inside the sprawling complex, teams had to navigate a virtual reality set up with one team member directing the other through the "maze". The cowboys caught up with the brothers here and Team Annoying having the worst final leg in Amazing Race history almost caught up as well.

The Final Pitstop was Candlestick Park and Team Brother ran in first to claim the Million Dollar Prize. We weren't entirely unhappy since at least "that other rotten team" came in third. Congrats to the brothers, Dan and Jordan.

This is where something happened that has never ever been shown on The Amzing Race before. Team Annoying got bitched out by another team, Carol and Brandy, and Brandy let it loose on them at the finish line. It was great.

What did the Cowboys have to say? "We can hold our heads up high and look anyone square it the eye and say we came in second."

Who knew a couple of "redneck" cowboys from Okalahoma could have so much class! Way to go guys. If we had a million we'd give it to you, because in our book - You Won and we think you are awesome.


Jet and Cord...the "Real Winners"

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