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puddin:
A long article on the Schroeders here The Amazing Race: Wanting Much More: The Schroeder Family Interview]
I haven't had time to read it all yet but from what little I read its pretty interesting :yaya:
Good luck with the pop-ups at this site as well as the slow loading pages .
And, as for the enigmatic Weavers, who initially appeared heroically brave and deserving of our praise for persevering through a grisly loss, soon seem almost universally scorned. All the Schroeders, including Hunter, had harsh words for them. What gives? Who are these Weaver people?! "Every single family agreed..." says Stassi. "They were so rude to families especially during Pit Stops. You would ask them questions, they wouldn't answer; stare at us blank in the face; walk away. That was how they were. And then they would come up and try to be our friends, like, Hey! What's going on? and I was like, Are you kidding me? And then they would go up to other teams and say, 'You know what? I have a proposition for you, you know, I want to be allies with you.' This after they were so rude to them!
"I mean, when we came into the trailer park, they were screaming to the Godlewskis, 'Don't you dare help them! Don't help them! We hate them!' And then they came up to us right after, 'How was your day? Were you OK? How are you?' It's just extremely fake and hypocritical, and I'm all for playing the game — I think you should. So I'm for being aggressive in the Race. It's just that there's ways to go about things and they didn't play with integrity. And I can tell you that every chance they got they would break the rules. I'm not kidding. They would cut us off, we almost got into car accidents with them; when we were being yelled at for going, like, five miles over the speed limit... I mean, no one appreciated the way they were acting or playing the game."
"Initially I got along great with the girls, I was always talking with them, you know. And they were very nice to me. It was just like in the second leg something snapped and it's like the mom put a chain on each and every one of them and pulled them aside and said, 'Listen. This is what you have to do.' And it was like something just changed all of a sudden.
"And another thing, I mean, they complained 24/7 and cried about how they wanted to go home, they hated the Race, WHY were they doing this... when all of my family and I wanted to do was just continue... And for us to get out knowing that we wanted it so bad and have them [the Weavers] sit there and watch us be eliminated — and not even care — it was heartbreaking." Mark Schroeder concurs earnestly: "That's our problem with the Weavers. We had our whole heart and soul invested in this and we had to listen to them whining and crying and complaining about not wanting to be there... it made us insane."
"I have a ton of respect for the Weavers for getting through what they did," continues Stassi, almost subdued. "If I were in their situation, I don't know if I would have been able to go through that. And that's another reason I was so upset because I'm glad for them for being able to succeed and to get through what they did. And now they probably think we're just the devil! Honestly, it did look like we were really big assholes and if I were them I'd be extremely upset. And I wish I could just get a hold of them and get in touch with them, it's just... I wouldn't know what to say."
puddin:
Linz kids running the good 'Race'
By John Kiesewetter
Enquirer staff writer
It's not that her kids have made it to the final four of "The Amazing Race," but how they've done it that makes Terri Linz proud.
"The kindness they've showed to each other - and others - has been nice," says the Anderson Township resident about Nick, 24, Alex, 23, Megan, 21 and Tommy (aka "Bone"), 19.
So far, six of the 10 families have been eliminated in CBS' Emmy-winning competition for a $1 million prize that will be awarded sometime next month.
And it hasn't been pretty. The "family edition" - with teams expanded from couples to four people - will be remembered as the most mean-spirited of the eight editions.
Even the Linz kids have been surprised at the snarky comments made about teams by the Weavers - widow Linda, 46, and her three teenage children from Ormond Beach, Fla.
"My children said they never thought ill of the Weavers until they watched the shows on TV," says Linz, the official family spokesperson. The four participants can't talk to the media until they are eliminated from (or win) the race.
"Alex told me they had no problem with them at all, but they never really got to know them.," she says.
The negative tone may be hurting CBS ratings. The "Race" has run fourth at 9 p.m. Tuesdays this fall in TV's most competitive time period, where four shows rank among the top 30. ABC's new "Commander in Chief" is 10th with 15.8 million viewers, followed by "My Name Is Earl" (No. 19; 12.6 million); "House" (No. 20; 12.8 million) and the "Race" (No. 30; 12.5 million). The "Race" has lost 500,000 viewers since last spring.
Linz says she's pleased at how CBS has portrayed her children: As fun-loving kids, proudly wearing Cincinnati Bengals "Who Dey" shirts.
The mother of seven says her kids laugh at reports that betting on the show was suspended by www.Sportsbook.com because of all the bets from Ohio on the Linzes to win.
"All of Cincinnati is going to root for the hometown team, and common sense will tell you they'd be betting on the hometown team," she says.
E-mail jkiesewetter@enquirer.com.
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051122/ENT/511220312
supsandalee:
--- Quote from: puddin on November 22, 2005, 10:37:22 AM ---The mother of seven says her kids laugh at reports that betting on the show was suspended by www.Sportsbook.com because of all the bets from Ohio on the Linzes to win.
"All of Cincinnati is going to root for the hometown team, and common sense will tell you they'd be betting on the hometown team," she says.
--- End quote ---
What is this??? A feable attempt at a coverup? Why even bring it up? I'm curious about this statement.
Then again the mother also says this which cannot possibly be true:
--- Quote ---"My children said they never thought ill of the Weavers until they watched the shows on TV"
--- End quote ---
puddin:
:lolCX: I guess Mom doesn't watch the same show we are watching ??
Follow the money ..honest Sups as you know how many times have we seen a bad betting spoiler ?
Last season I bet against Ucheena & Joyce cause after studying the vid-caps I concluded that there was no way U&J could possably catch up to Rombers lead ..well we all know what happened there .. ]][
supsandalee:
When U&J were at the Puerto Rico airport and those doors were closed I suppose there was alot of "CODE RED, CODE RED" being heard on the crews walkie talkies. :lolCX:
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