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TAR 21 Premiere Discussion! Hosted by TAR 19's Cindy and Ernie!
georgiapeach:
Just dawned on me...AMy/Daniel lost the first place by seconds, AND Rob/Sheila lost the leg by seconds. I don't remember a race with two closer finishes!
ErnieCindyTAR19:
I agree, the 2-roadblock set up was great for time and allowing us to focus on meeting the teams.
In our Taiwan leg, there was an additional task where we had to get the next clue from the mall where Kaylani had to bungee jump. That was really the only un-aired thing. It was a small part of the leg and didn't really add much value to the storyline so it was cut.
In Indonesia, it was all crazy! The pit stop was particularly chaotic. We checked in first and it was awhile before anyone realized we still had the orphanage money! Cindy cried a lot on the run back to the orphanage and she's happy they didn't show that, hahah. It would have been embarrassing! We just really thought we were going to get eliminated for not giving all of our money and to be first to check in and now fear elimination, it was emotional overload! When we were running back to the orphanage, we saw so many teams going to check in so we thought for sure we were going to get eliminated. Since we were the first team Phil had to send back, we didn't realize so many other teams would also be coming back. It's still hard for us to wrap our heads around what really happened in that leg. We only know the things that we personally experienced - but we have heard stories from other racers too. And it was SO hot that day. Cindy was wearing Ski Pants because in the Muslim country, you can't wear tight spandexy pants. But she only brought 1 other pair of pants and it was too hot to run in them.
Thank you for watching from Brazil!!! Let's hope the race goes back there soon!
--- Quote from: Declive on September 30, 2012, 11:50:51 PM ---I loved it! I think we shouldn't have a Detour on the first leg , really. But it shouldn't be ONLY 1 roadblock too! So it was perfect to get the race started!!
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And my last question cause it's already 2 AM here in Brazil :lol: :lol: :lol: :
We had some unaired things in the Indonesia leg , and in the Taipei leg...could you tell us a little bit about the unaired things on the race?
(check the anwser tomorrow i guess :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: good night y'all!!! and thanks to cindy and ernie for anwsering my thousand questions :lol: :lol: :lol: :hrt: :hrt: :hrt:)
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ErnieCindyTAR19:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on September 30, 2012, 11:54:41 PM ---I wonder if a Detour-RB was just too time consuming to show? I like the RB-RB format, I just wish that we had more time to see everything.
What do you all think about eating tasks in general?? Even culturally semi-relevant ones?
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The eating tasks are always so disgusting. Cindy's family is from China so she has been presented with some really gross things to eat, but once you get over the thought that 'you're not supposed to eat this', it's usually not too bad. Except once she ate duck tongues in soup and those were gross because they still looked like a tongue.
The eating challenge that is the most memorable was when they ate the cow lips. Which season was that again? There were 2 teams doing the challenge together because of the intersection, and they still didn't finish first. The cow lips were hairy and still had teeth in them! ewwblechewewe
Air:
--- Quote from: ErnieCindyTAR19 on October 01, 2012, 12:07:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on September 30, 2012, 11:54:41 PM ---I wonder if a Detour-RB was just too time consuming to show? I like the RB-RB format, I just wish that we had more time to see everything.
What do you all think about eating tasks in general?? Even culturally semi-relevant ones?
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The eating tasks are always so disgusting. Cindy's family is from China so she has been presented with some really gross things to eat, but once you get over the thought that 'you're not supposed to eat this', it's usually not too bad. Except once she ate duck tongues in soup and those were gross because they still looked like a tongue.
The eating challenge that is the most memorable was when they ate the cow lips. Which season was that again? There were 2 teams doing the challenge together because of the intersection, and they still didn't finish first. The cow lips were hairy and still had teeth in them! ewwblechewewe
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It was in Season 10. :tup: And Dustin & Kandice bet the Fast Forwarded people. :conf:
ErnieCindyTAR19:
Hi There! Thank you SO much for following us on twitter (@Ernie_Halvo @CindyCHalvo) and keeping in touch!!! We loved our experience on the show and are so thankful for the opportunity. After actually running, we have such a new found appreciation about the entire production. You cannot even imagine the number of people involved and the intensity of the logistics surrounding the Race. It is really a world-class show with the best production crew you could find.
Sometimes the clues are obvious but sometimes they are really obscure! In this leg, we heard the abacus lady was extremely difficult to find. The area where teams were searching stretched for miles and miles, and teams would run back and forth across the stretch and pass her up multiple times. The only identification was the red umbrella and the red/yellow color scheme of her clothes, and the abacus. It must have been hard to know what to even look for. Some of the teams didn't know what an abacus was! It's funny, because Cindy grew up with an abacus that her mom used, lol.
On our season, sometimes the clues were really easy and we knew right away. When the clue box is around, that's the easiest way to find it. We only saw that clue box 3 times - in Malawi in the stadium, in Hamburg at the train station and in Atlanta at the flight school. They found much more creative ways to hide the clues! The toughest clue for us was the first one in Taiwan. It was so hard to know to look at the digital display with red and yellow balloons on it! good thing the rest of the season's clues weren't as difficult or most of us would still be lost somewhere in a foreign country!
It's so easy to watch from our sofas and think "why don't they see her! She's sitting right there!" but in reality, there's no camera zoomed in on her, pointing out the exact location to you. You have the whole area to look around and when you're frantic or panicking, your thinking isn't clear. Plus, the racers are tired/jet lagged from the long trip, and probably hungry since all they ate was airplane food... and well... Fallopian tubes (ew).
Thank you again for watching and for asking questions!!!
--- Quote from: ovalorange on September 30, 2012, 11:57:34 PM ---Hi Ernie & Cindy! :waves:
I just LOVE how you guys are still involved in the TAR community. I always love reading your tweets and opinions on the current race! Always nice to see fans of the show win it and still enjoy their experience even after the show has aired!! Thank you guys for sharing your experience of being on the race with us all! Ernie and Cindy love :hrt:
My question for you guys: With multiple teams walking straight past the lady with the abacus this leg, I wondered if it's actually quite difficult to see and find the clueboxes/Phil/cluegivers as they make it appear really obvious on TV. I know when you're racing hard you're tired and hungry etc, so does that come into play a lot when you're paying attention to detail? On your season, did you see very many markers around the locations and clues?? :) Sorry to bombard you guys with so much, but I just adore you two! :lol:
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