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Coutzy:
One for the Guido's
Your attempt to hold up the other teams so they would miss their flight in season one is regarded as the first truly evil action of TAR (although it is quite tame in comparison to later seasons). What was your motivation for it, and at what point did you realize that the situation had gotten WAY out of hand?
TARAsia Fan:
This goes for any of the racers. I noticed from the insider videos from this week that Christie & Jodi decided to forego their rolling luggage and go with the regular backpacks to lighten their load.
I've also noticed in other seasons that teams will start to chuck things. Did any of our friends decide to do the same thing along the race and did you have to get rid of an item you thought you would never part with? Did you have to get rid of what you thought was a valuable along the way?
Also, when you left the Starting Line, how much adrenaline did you have when Phil said, "Go!"
And for Team Guido, when you were stuck in Africa with Eric & Danielle, Bill went out and tried to get the pilot's attention with his small bell and whistle. Did he think he could actually get the plane to stop and what was Joe thinking when this was all happening?
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: TARAsia Fan on March 23, 2009, 09:41:23 PM ---And for Team Guido, when you were stuck in Africa with Eric & Danielle, Bill went out and tried to get the pilot's attention with his small bell and whistle. Did he think he could actually get the plane to stop and what was Joe thinking when this was all happening?
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This is a great moment!! I've heard this before, but oh yes!! Please share this here guys, it is a funny/classic/wonderful TAR memory moment!! :hearts:
Snooky:
Love everyone who has come! :jumpy:
For team Guido:
How surprised were you when you were last, but then found that Nancy and Emily made a terrible mistake?
Team Guido:
--- Quote ---One for the Guido's
Your attempt to hold up the other teams so they would miss their flight in season one is regarded as the first truly evil action of TAR (although it is quite tame in comparison to later seasons). What was your motivation for it, and at what point did you realize that the situation had gotten WAY out of hand?
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Well it all went down like this, contrary to what you have seen and heard through the years...we wanted to mix it all up and delay the teams a few minutes, not really thinking they would ever miss their flights because the teams were being led by a representative fromt the airlines to take them to their waiting flight. The gate where we all lined up was a security check station that led to all airline gates. They checked your passport and then you went through to your flight. If you watch the footage from the episode, Joe and I let a family go ahead of us, to be polite and to make the line longer for the approaching teams. When Kevin and Drew reached us we were the very next people in this security line to show our passports. We had not taken our passports out of our pockets yet when Drew shoved Emily passed Joe saying it was their turn to get to the waiting flight they were in a hurry. Emily never had her passport checked in all the commotion! Kevin and Drew started screaming that we started the whole thing and Nancy got bumped by Joe's backpack in the scuffle. Now while I admit we got in line ahead of all these teams to slow them down, we did not push and shove as is believed by most of you! We were there first, and we felt we had the right to stay in line. If Kevin and Drew had waited about one more minute, we would have been through security and none of the above would have unfolded. Because Kevin and Drew were the 'good guys' and Joe and Bill were the 'bad guys', that is how the whole thing unfolded! When we got to India, production had a meeting and everyone was reminded not to get physical. We had been threatened on the steps of the Victor Emmanuel monument that something bad was going to happen to us by another team. Of course, we regret the way the whole thing unfolded in Tunis, but there was blame all around, not just to Team Guido. We suppose that if 'Tunis' had not happened, the rest of that season would probably have been very boring! The buzz that the Tunis airport incident created, kept the TAR ratings going, especially after 9/11 had been such a bad time for television in general.
The best thing that came from that whole episode came from Margaretta. She told me before we appeared on the Rosie show the first time to just "say your sorry" and the whole thing will go away! She was right, I was set to explain the whole incident the way I have just done, and it sounds like sour grapes. Although it was the way it really happened. We miss Margaretta!
Billy B.
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