The Amazing Race > The Racers
Danny and Oswald /All Stars
Jobby:
--- Quote from: Raymond on August 09, 2009, 12:05:03 AM ---
--- Quote from: Joab on August 07, 2009, 07:27:47 AM ---Well, at least they raced with class and have majority of the viewers liking them for a 4th place finisher.. as compared to teams like Nathan and Jennifer or Joseph and Monica... (dysfunctional and whiney)
And they also showed that you don't need to be so competitive for a 4th place finish as well. *cough* Sorry, it's too Dusty. Anyone wants Candy? (Hope you get it..) :funny:
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I got the Dusty/Candy thing. :funny: And I liked Nate/Jenn. They were an entertaining dysfunctional team. I especially like them because they manage to bring the drama without annoying me. (Flogoddess <3<3<3)
I do want more Oswald/Danny's though. :P Not only because they were great racers & nice, positive people that managed to bring the comedy/drama everytime, but because they managed to find time to get pampred. :funny: (Can Ida & Tania be considered the Oswald/Danny of TARA? :funny:)
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I think the Oswald and Danny type of racers that i've only seen on TARA is AD and Fuzzie. They didn't bring the classyness that Chas brought with them, but they sort of raced like Chas.. not caring about being competitive and just going on and on.. and they finished in fourth too. -_-
apskip:
Raymond and Joab,
My perspective is that you are both right. Ida/Tania and Fuzzie/AD both had that low-key charm and exuberance typical of Oswald/Danny.
Moo:
--- Quote from: apskip on August 09, 2009, 06:03:09 AM ---Raymond and Joab,
My perspective is that you are both right. Ida/Tania and Fuzzie/AD both had that low-key charm and exuberance typical of Oswald/Danny.
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My perspective as well! Though I side on Ida and Tania more like Chas because they were both classy and very optimistic during the race.
georgiapeach:
Vidal's Oswald Mendez Will Start Own Business
Hispanic Media Exec Sees Future in Collective Transformation
By Laurel Wentz
Published: April 08, 2010
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) –- Oswald Mendez, one of the U.S. Hispanic market's best-known and most innovative media executives, is leaving the Vidal Partnership after seven years to set up his own business, to be called Collective Transformation.
Oswald Mendez Mr. Mendez, currently Vidal's managing partner, director of integrated communications, has been planning to start his own company since late last year, and will stay at the U.S. Hispanic agency until May to help with the transition at Vidal.
At Collective Transformation, which won't focus specifically on the Hispanic market, Mr. Mendez wants to help companies and brands find their way, especially those that need a catalyst for innovation.
"We want to transform everything we touch by connecting great ideas and like-minded entities, leveraging their collective wisdom to improve people's lives and creating prosperity for everyone in the process," he said. "We are unifiers; facilitators and incubators. I've been looking at what social networks do for the digital space. What if that took place in the real world?"
At Vidal, Mr. Mendez has been best known in recent years for pioneering branded entertainment in the U.S. Hispanic market. For car maker Nissan, he created "The Nissan Re-Match," a reality series in which former World Cup teams from the U.S. and Mexico reunited to train for a showdown soccer match. He also developed a music-based reality show for Sprint, and a prime-time TV special for JC Penney timed to target Black Friday shoppers.
"Content is a big passion of mine," he said.
Vidal Partnership CEO Manny Vidal said Mr. Mendez won't be replaced as a managing partner. The media department, one of the areas Mr. Mendez oversaw, is run by media director Lucilla Iturralde, he said.
"Now content development is second nature to the agency and it's everyone's responsibility," Mr. Vidal said. "We'll always support Oswald, and if we can be one of his first clients, we'd love to. There are ideas we're working on together that we'll continue when he's at his new company."
Mr. Mendez, 39, started his career at McCann Erickson as a global coordinator for Coca-Cola, then created a strategic unit at McCann Erickson in Mexico to improve the agency's media offering. Back in Miami, he rolled out Universal McCann in Latin America. A year's sabbatical followed, which included being a contestant on CBS's "Amazing Race" reality show. He was later called back for the "Amazing Race: All-Stars" series because viewers loved the Cuban-American's laid-back style.
At Collective Transformation, Mr. Mendez is starting with a pro bono account, working with Mount Sinai's Adolescent Health Center to help raise their profile with corporate donors as well as increasing awareness among male teens regarding the services they provide.
"It lets me do some good, and test my business model with a low-risk client," he said.
http://adage.com/hispanic/article?article_id=143197
slayton:
Thanks for the update, georgiapeach.
I remember thinking that Oswald & Danny were snobs and not liking them in the early part of TAR2, but everything started to change beginning with Fern.
Once they went shopping in Hong Kong and finished that leg first, plus other things like staying in a hotel lobby while other teams got wet with rain by sleeping out in the streets or spending money on hotels, they totally won me over.
Oswald & Danny are the only reason that I even started reading TAR forums.
They've been my favorite team for the last 8 years.
To me, there's no comparison. I think Oswald & Danny have more charisma and charm than all the new people from TAR3 to TAR16+ put together.
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