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♥♥♥ TAR14: Mel & Michael White - Father & Son
georgiapeach:
Lynchburg man to appear on ‘The Amazing Race’
By Casey Gillis
Published: January 26, 2009
When “The Amazing Race” premieres next month, Lynchburg will have something to root for.
Hill City resident Mel White, co-founder of the Christian gay-rights organization Soulfource, is running the race with his actor/director/screenwriter son, Mike.
“It was the most glorious, fun time of my life,” said Mel White, who is, at 68 years old, this season’s oldest contestant.
White said he’d never seen the show until recently, but had always heard about it from Mike, an avid fan.
The CBS reality series, now in its 14th season, follows teams of two — usually family members, friends and couples — as they race around the world, competing in various challenges along the way.
During each leg of the race, contestants must participate in two key challenges: a detour, in which they must choose between two tasks, each with its own pros and cons, and a road block, a task that only one team member has to complete.
The last team to check into a predetermined “pit stop” each week is eliminated, and the final team standing wins $1 million.
Other contestants this season include the show’s first deaf contestant, running the race with his mother; a Hawaii-bred stuntman and his jockey brother; and a couple from Martinsville.
White said the trip was an amazing bonding experience for him and Mike, whose writing credits include “The Good Girl,” “Nacho Libre,” “Orange County” and “School of Rock,” in which he also costarred with Jack Black.
“We started out close,” White said. “(But) he is so busy in Hollywood, and I’m so busy with my activism, we maybe see each other six or seven times a year.
“He said, ‘You’ve been wanting quality time, Dad. Well, you’ve gotten what you asked for.’”
Look for Mel and Mike’s reality debut at 8 p.m. Feb. 15.
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Dånooky:
One of the nice teams, though they do seem like a revised version of S3 Dennis & Andrew. And please tell me someone else noticed the relation between this team and S8's Black family...Should be eliminated in the middle episodes
Kiwi Jay:
haha. I watched their video. Really nice!
Mel: I have to play the senile card
I am soooo old can you help me
puddin:
Wow they have the most media coverage .......
Mike White is on 'The Amazing Race'! Look how jazzed he is
Jan 26, 2009, 05:54 PM | by Annie Barrett
Categories: Television
It's not like I need any extra convincing to watch The Amazing Race, a.k.a. Why The Rest of the World Hates America, Plus: Gross Food! every season. But the casting of writer-director Mike White (pictured, right, totally jazzed) and his gay rights activist dad has me more pumped than ever. Mike, who wrote School of Rock and Nacho Libre and directed 2007's Year of the Dog, assures us that unlike some of the other teams, he and pops "got along like a Hallmark card." Boy better be talkin' 'bout Shoebox!
This Mike White announcement got me thinking. (I know, shocking. Brace yourselves.) If The Amazing Race had a cast of all Hollywood insider-y types, would Larry David not be THE BEST contestant in history? I spent the better part of our Monday meeting daydreaming about how many repetitions of the word "pret-ty..." Larry could get out before a stoic, thick-necked Trans-Siberian Railroad conductor would hurl him down the hatch and into the tundra. I guess real person Larry David wouldn't be as obnoxious as character Larry David, but still. (He could be partnered with Susie Essman!)
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2009/01/mike-white-tar.html
Hooky:
I'm SOOOOOO happy the cast is released! It took a while but it's wonderful now! :yess:
My prediction for this team: 8th Place finish. They will last a little longer than expected, then will be eliminated.
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