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Amazing Race 13 in the media
georgiapeach:
Interview w/ Bertram, no new news in part I:
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=0512a98d-9804-4664-a7f0-0217408f6ac0
But part II is funny--BVM liking the contestants difficulties:
--- Quote ---EB: What was the best challenge? The worst one?
BVM: I think we came up with some great ones. No bad ones. I thought it was very funny, the teeter totter in Taiwan (in AR12).
EB: The most heartbreaking one to me was (in AR6) when Lena stood in that field in Sweden for hours and hours, unrolling bales of hay, and she’s crying and her hands are bleeding. And finally Phil just put a stop to it.
BVM: That was one of my proudest moments. I’m driving through Sweden and I see these rolls of hay in a field and I say to myself ‘I’m going to put 350 of these rolls in a big field and stick a clue in some of them.’ I tell you, it was fantastic.
EB: I’ve only ever really liked two teams that won: Chip and Kim and Uchenna and Joyce.
BVM: I have stood there so many times and thought, ‘Who will win this race?’ We have never guessed it right. How’s that for a reality show, we do it and we cannot guess it right. That’s why it is so fascinating.
EB: To this day, my favorite moment was when Freddy (in AR6) threw up in his bowl of soup and then had to continue to eat it. We still talk about that.
BVM (laughing uproariously): We did this in a very, very fine restaurant, the finest restaurant in Budapest. The people were horrified. I had told them it would be a nice advertisement for their restaurant and people are throwing up into their soup. And I wanted the Hungarian music, I wanted that whole atmosphere, like a Danny Kaye movie, very fast paced, blasting in your ear, and you are trying to eat extremely hot soup. It was fantastic.
EB: You’re not a very nice man, are you?
BVM: I’m a lovable guy. I’m a really nice guy.
--- End quote ---
http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=0d1b84c5-633d-4bf9-81d9-f480b311bc34
apskip:
This article by TV critic Alan Sepinwall appeared in today's Newark Star-Ledger:
The Amazing Race
CBS, Sunday 8pm
When Phil Keoghan was not among the nominees for the first-ever Emmy award for reality show host, "race" fans were outraged....Phil and his fans should be grateful he was snubbed.
As for the Race iteself, it's always hard to judge a new season based on the premiere, when there are too many contestants and too much backstory, but this doesn't yet feel like one of the more inspired groupings. There are some obvious teams to look for (a pair of friendly comic book geeks) and against (two leering frat brothers), as well as one of the most squirm-inducing couple hooks the show has ever done (a cheating husband going on the show to convince his wife to take him back). Mostly, though, the problem is that the first leg plays out without any unexpected developments; no brilliant maneuvers or crippling mistakes, and the losing team just loses because they were a little slower than the next-to-last team.
The last sentence makes it very likely that the predictions many of us have made that Arthur and Anita are the first team eliminated in AR13 are correct. They strike me as a relaxed couple who are too laid-back to "go for it." In 60 hours we will know.
puddin:
Race' starts in low-key officeKate O’Hare
You’ll see a lot of bizarre and exotic people, places and things on “The Amazing Race,” but you’ll never see the target moose – unless you penetrate the show’s inner sanctum.
Beginning its 13th season on Sunday, CBS’ reality show sends its two-person teams of contestants on globe-circling adventures, where they see incredible sights and participate in grueling challenges, all in pursuit of a million-dollar prize and hearty congratulations from host Phil Keoghan.
The show has had high-profile success – including many Emmy wins. But a fan could be standing right in the parking lot of the nerve center of “The Amazing Race” and be utterly unaware it’s even there.
The home base of married executive producers Bertram Van Munster and Elise Doganieri sits in the midst of aviation, financial, technology and other corporate headquarters in El Segundo, Calif. The seaside town chosen for its location south of Los Angeles International Airport.
Just inside the office entrance is a life-size target moose, which has yet to make its debut on the show.
The large space includes open areas with tables and computers, private offices, editing bays and the show’s “war room,” a map-lined conference space where the race is sketched out and tracked.
The “AR” staff must do all the logistical heavy lifting necessary to send 11 two-person teams across several continents.
This involves arranging flights, visas, immunizations and challenge details for the teams, along with additional travel details for camera crews and producers.
On this day, the staff is working on post-production for the current season and is in preplanning for season 14.
“It’s not improvised,” says Van Munster. “It’s laid out. We look at every camera position, every location, everything that goes into the logistical package. It has to fit into the dollar number; it has to fit in the time schedule.”
http://www.journalgazette.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080926/FEAT/809260367
puddin:
The Amazing Race (CBS, 8 p.m.)
When Phil Keoghan wasn't among the nominees for the first-ever Emmy award for best reality show host, "Race" fans were outraged. After the neutron bomb that was the Emmy-hosting stint by the five actual nominees -- a performance so awful that the presenters and winners were complaining about it during the show, which even David Letterman was spared after he introduced Oprah to Uma at the Oscars -- Phil and his fans should be very grateful he was snubbed.
As for the "Race" itself, it's always hard to judge a new season based on the premiere, when there are too many contestants and too much backstory to sift through, but this doesn't yet feel like one of the more inspired groupings. There are some obvious teams to root for (a pair of friendly comic book geeks) and against (two leering frat brothers), as well as one of the more squirm-inducing couple hooks the show has ever done (a cheating husband going on the show to convince his wife to take him back). Mostly, though, the problem is that the first leg plays out without any unexpected developments; no brilliant maneuvers or crippling mistakes, and the losing team just loses because they were a little slower than the next-to-last team.
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/tv/index.ssf/2008/09/sepinwall_on_tv_sunday_sunday.html
michael:
Well, THAT makes me so excited to watch episode one
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