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TexasLady:

--- Quote from: apskip on July 08, 2009, 03:27:12 PM ---OK, puddin and TexasLady. Go ahead and order the fighting siblings to stop (if that were possible in a previously taped reality TV show). Imagine the compliance (NOT). Do you think you coulkd accopmlish something their parents either cannot or will not?

I grew up in a "motor home" family and had to travel in one for 3 years as a teenager before college liberated me. I found the quarters cramped and generally disliked it, but my brother and sister had better experiences than me and both own motor homes.

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Actually when the sister hit the brother I wondered if the dad would have an accident trying to deal with them and drive the motor home while it appeared the mom just sat there watching them.  :funny: (My dad would have pulled over and killed the both of us...)

Three years traveling in a MH apskip. I guess it was fun at first but not so much after the first few months eh?

apskip:
TexasLady, it was "only" every non-winter weekend and vacations.

puddin:
The Great American Road Trip disappoints, punted to Mondays

Posted Jul 11th 2009 12:03PM by Jason Hughes
Filed under: Other Reality Shows, Programming, OpEd
The Great American Road TripEven in the summertime, it took only one week of ratings less than half of America's Got Talent on Tuesday night to get The Great American Road Trip relocated to Monday, starting immediately.

http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/07/11/the-great-american-road-trip-disappoints-punted-to-mondays/

Pedaler:
I finally got around to watching this program.  Ehhh, I don't think I'll watch another.  It should air on Nick instead of a network.


TAR 8 casting director >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Great American Road Trip casting director.

apskip:
GART, episode 2

We start in St. Louis minus the Katzenberg family. The motor home cavalcade rolls to Ted Drewes' frozen custard dessert stand where you can turn it upside down (except over the camera) and it stays in place it's got such high viscosity. Meramec Caverns southwest of St. Louis is next. They get to be guided by a Jesse James impersonator though the stalagtites and stalagmites. They sleep in that area and are awakened at 6am by Reno playing the banjo badly.

I guess that is a metaphor for what is about to happen. The weekly "King of the Road" challenge will be in Branson Missouri and each family will give a 4 minute performance, which they will develop while driving there 200 miles away. What a setup! Each family creates an act. When they get to the Andy Williams Theatre in Branson they do makeup and are told they will have time to rehearse. Reno lied to them, as there is a local audience of 200 to 300 waiting for unintentional comedy night. The judges are 3 heavyweights: Andy Williams himself for showmanship, Yacov Smirnov (who must in town performing himself) for comedy and the Mayor of Branson Raeann Pressley for other.

Let the acts begin!
Disalvatore Family - has rehearsed a skit where the mom has to do a rap patter (similar to basketball cheerleading I remember from decades ago). I don't think they do well.

Rico Family - has a pretty nice act with the dad all over the place. I say quite good, Yacov says good comedy.

Pollard Family - they can't sing Old MacDonald worth a damn. They do an Alabama style of dance, arcane and better left non-performed. However, one of the kids closes with a full front flip which is impressive. I think they do badly, but what do I know? I only recap America's Got Talent acts every week it's on.

Montgomerys - came on next with their version of Old McDonald Had a Farm, which I think is way superior to the Pollard's version. The kids play clarinet and violin although you can't hear them very well over the din. Andy Williams says "interesting".

Favereys - their own New York style rap introducing their family. Mom forgets her opening lines but gets into the spirit. This was blah. Andy Williams say "boring."

Cootes - a rap spiel with cheerleading and comedy. I think this one is easily the best of the night. Andy Williams calls it "terrific".

Which 3 teams will be facing a shootout the next day? The losers are judged to be DiSalvatores, Favereys and Montgomerys. I guess that's about right. They are told that the heat is off and they are safe until the next episode, as nobody is eliminated this week and there will be no additional negative competition. The Pollards are given the award for Best in Show, the prize for which is a night at thet Best Western Inn-Branson, much appreciated by the parents who have their own room.

However, there will be a positive competition among the 3 top families. All motor homes drive to Carthage MO to the Route 66 Drive-In Theatre there. The Cootes, Pollards, and Ricos compete for the prize of an all-expenses paid trip to the movie opening of Aliens in America in Los Angeles. Quite a nice prize! There is a pattern of classic cars laid down either parellel or perpendicular across a wide area of a parking area. There is a refreshment stand with popcorn and soda at the far end. The dads have to maneuver there and back blindfolded with only directional controls from one of their children guiding them. Dad Rico is out of it from the beginning and he never was in the thick of the battle. Dad Coote vs. Dad Pollard both made it to the refreshment stand in a dead heat and they finished the same way. Dad Coote won by a fraction of a second. The Cootes won last week to stay alive and this week to go on top. They express a lot of joy and overconfidence. All families get to see the film "aliens in America at the Drive-In where they are staying.

Where will they go next week? You can bet they will be going generaly west. I see Joplin MO and Oklahoma City OK on the map ahead, so that's where we might see teams next week. For viewers of this show, it is now Mondays at 8pm on NBC.

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