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COMMENTARY
Colorful personalities hit road for the 'Amazing Race'
2/28/2006
By ALAN PERGAMENT
It's no secret that the Family Edition of "The Amazing Race" (9 tonight, WIVB-TV) was treated by critics and fans of the series like the relative nobody wants to sit next to at Thanksgiving dinner.
Its overall dullness was balanced in Western New York by a rooting interest for a Buffalo resident, Nick Linz, who was part of the winning family from Cincinnati.
Fortunately, the ninth installment of this Emmy-award winning, globetrotting series is back on course with a two-hour opener that is a triumph of casting. And make no mistake, casting is even more important now because watching teams get flustered when travel plans go awry and cab drivers get lost got a little old by about the fourth race.
This edition includes several inept and foolishly confident teams of two people that provides humor, color, romance (one couple does a lot of kissing) and suspense on the first leg of the trip from Denver to Sao Paulo, Brazil. There also is one fun-loving group of best friends from San Francisco who dress like hippies, online tutor BJ Averell and filmmaker Tyler MacNiven.
The frequent brave, but misguided attempts by teams trying to successfully pull off tasks that will make the trip shorter are among tonight's comic highlights. Of special note is the decision of the recent, attractive college graduates nicknamed the Double D's - Dani Torchio and Danielle Turner - to play motorcycle mechanics.
But Barry and Fran Lazuras, who have been married 40 years, also prove age doesn't necessarily lead to wisdom and can be a liability when eyesight is important. They don't have a clue when it comes to finding a clue box. A few teams in the competition pull a Lazuras and return from what appears to be almost certain death.
The preview tape supplied by CBS surprisingly included the final moment when the first team is eliminated, with the show's publicist asking critics to keep it a secret. No problem. I'll just say I was sorry to see a team as comically inept as this one get the boot so early.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060228/1045537.asp
( Does this mean there so stupid that they are funny ? or not funny ?)
woden:
Just one last route spec before it all kicks off... I think I've accounted for most of the spoiling of the last few days, like moving Oman back further on the route, etc. Feel free to tweak.
EPISODE 1 (HOUR 1) 2/28/06
START: Denver (November 7, 2005)
Red Rocks Amphitheatre, I-70, various reddish rock formations surrounding teams in cars, sighting in airport
FINISH: Sau Paulo, Brazil (overnight Pacaembu County Stadium) (November 8, 2005 PM)
Hotel Unique, Via de Ifgenia bridge, Motorhead/Rotorhead detour, shopping, building scaling (could be in next leg), stadium
TEAMS LEFT AFTER EPISODE: 11
EPISODE 1 (HOUR 2) 2/28/06
START: Sau Paulo, Brazil (Pacaembu County Stadium) (November 9, 2005 AM)
FINISH: Brotas, Brazil (November 9, 2005 PM)
Take Santa Rita bus, do task at waterfall (roadblock?), ziplining, fuel task, indigenous ceremony
Possible location of VW bugs
TEAMS LEFT AFTER EPISODE: 10
EPISODE 2 3/7/06
START: Brotas, Brazil (or close) (November 10, 2005 AM)
FINISH: Sicily (November 12, 2005 PM)
Mentioned in TV Guide
Shots of ruins at Segesta, late afternoon shot of Joseph at amphitheatre
TEAMS LEFT AFTER EPISODE: 9
EPISODE 3 3/14/06
START: Sicily (November 13, 2005 AM)
FINISH: Rome, Italy (November 14, 2005)
Mentioned by witness?, 9 teams remaining at this point, task assembling statue
TEAMS LEFT AFTER EPISODE ENDS: 8
EPISODE 4 3/21/06
START: Rome, Italy (November 15, 2005)
FINISH: Corinth, Greece by way of Athens (through Athens night of 11/15?) (November 16, 2005 PM)
Parthenon in Athens, bungee jumping at canal in Corinth
EPISODE 5 - 3/28/06
START: Corinth (November 17, 2005 AM)
FINISH: Moscow, Russia (November 18, 2005 EARLY AM, 4:30 in the morning)
Ballet, St. Basils, tomb of unknown soldier, diving task
EPISODE 6 4/4/06
START: Moscow, Russia (November 19, 2005 PM/afternoon)
FINISH: Oman (November 21 PM)
TV Guide article
EPISODE 7 4/11/06
START: Oman (November 22, 2005 AM)
FINISH: Perth/Rottnest, Australia (November 24, 2005 PM)
From here on, the dates get pretty locked in
Sighting in Perth/Rottnest ON these dates at Woodside building, Fremantle prison, lunch stop
EPISODE 8 4/18/06
START: Perth/Rottnest, Australia (November 25, 2005 AM)
FINISH: TO BE CONTINUED
This is a likely spot for a TBC leg, since we know they stay in the country until Darwin, which is not within easy driving distance of Perth (in other words, Perth & Darwin are probably not in the same episode)
Boat footage in preview could be ferry to Fremantle Prison (look at water off Perth on Google Earth compared to aerial shots of boat in TAR9 previews)
EPISODE 9 ( continued from Episode 8 ) 4/25/06
START: PICK UP FROM TO BE CONTINUED (November 25/26, 2005)
FINISH: Darwin, Australia (November 26, 2005 PM)
Crocodylus Park
Waterskiing footage here?
EPISODE 10 5/2/06
START: Darwin, Australia (November 27, 2005 AM)
FINISH: Lopburi Thailand (via Adelaide, Australia and/or Bangkok) (November 28, 2005 PM)
Dates locked in because of monkey festival dates in Lopburi
Couple spotted in Adelaide trying to get to Bangkok
EPISODE 11 5/9/06
START: Lopburi, Thailand (November 29, 2005 AM)
FINISH: Tokyo, Japan (November 30, 2005 PM)
Shots of shopping district, Mt. Fuji
EPISODE 12 (HOUR 1) 5/16/06
START: Tokyo, Japan (December 1, 2005 AM)
FINISH: Anchorage, Alaska (December 2, 2005 PM) might be pit stop or just rest stop
K2 flying service, skiing (if this isnt Fran/Barry in CO footage?), sighting in airport
EPISODE 12 (HOUR 2) 5/16/06
START: Anchorage, Alaska (December 2, 2005 PM OR December 3, 2005 AM)
FINISH: Denver, Colorado (December 3, 2005)
Boingo:
Nice job! :tup: Although anything after the second leg is up for revision. I would put myself in the puddin camp and agree that Rome would be the likely international airport entry into Italy and later on to Sicily. I don't suspect a lot of direct international flights into/outof Sicily. Can't wait for tonight. :jumpy:
woden:
Yeah, just put Rome there because of the "9 team" spoiler from Rome -- maybe that statue-assembling task with 9 people comes en route from Rome to Sicily. Like the first task of the day before moving on down to southern Italy. Rome is definitely a more likely Italian starting point than Sicily.
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