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Archive => RFF Archived Boards => The Amazing Race => Topic started by: puddin on June 19, 2005, 08:42:57 PM
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Time to start a thread ..
Codeqazplm @
Metropolis Reality Forums (http://www.forumsnet.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=TAR5spoilers;action=display;num=1118367215;start=) , has posted that he/she had spotted a TARF team in Disney/Orlando around June 7th .
also Willard @
Metropolis Reality Forums (http://www.forumsnet.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=TAR5spoilers;action=display;num=1117124667) has posted that his son / wife and children are in TARF , he also confirmed that TARF started filming last week ( this was posted on June 15th) and that the starting line is 85% Disney .
yet another poster Amazing Race Addict (http://www.forumsnet.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=TAR5spoilers;action=display;num=1118367215;start=15) posted that ,TAR8 starts in Orlando, Florida to the country of Costa Rica in Central America.
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more , this one from a poster named boxsir @ sucks (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5527.topic&start=21&stop=40)
boxsir
Registered User
(6/16/05 9:29 pm)
Reply Re: where will they go?
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I work at Daytona Beach airport and some people were through the other day that had amazing race stuff, when this one lady saw it they quickly hid it and said no one is to know we are here. I would have asked a ton more questions but the girl involved with their bags didn't think anything of it till later and asked me about it knowing how big a fan I am. I am going to ask someone from Delta if they were asking about flights, etc. Richard Petty driving experience at the speedway would be a great challenge, tons of other things come to mind also.
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Hi Puddin!
Can you ask that Willard guy want are the genders of his grandchildren? That way it does a 1 in 4 naildown of authenticity when the team info is released.
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Chateau , I asked but do not know how much info Willard feels is OK to post *%# ?
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Another poster @ Met ( I'm not famaliar with the members there ) Palpatine , posted
This is the biggest spoiler that I can give to anyone.
THINK LEX VAN DE BERGHE.
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the disney start makes sense for a family edition. i hope that they have to do at least one task there before they head out. maybe ride "it's a small world"? :)*
i'm also pretty sure that i don't want to see recycled reality folks again. let's get all new people to get to know.
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Palpatine & Willard are the same poster at Met forums , what he was posting is that his son has tattoos like Lex =]/
lol cinni , I love its a small world ..i'm glad that it survived after all these years .
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Hi all! Ah, a topic I can post on.
I don't believe the Disney stuff.
Disney owns the ABC television network. Viacom owns the CBS television network.
CBS would not film on a competitor's property and also would not be allowed to.
If CBS wants to film at a family amusement park, Viacom has their own http://www.paramountparks.com/
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Hey Pedaler , I know Disney is ABC but it still maybe a possability that Florida is the starting point ? Just a thought .
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Florida is the starting point ? Just a thought .
Puddin, could be. The Daytona Beach item might be true.
I think fans just like to throw out places that they think would be a good starting point. For example, I could say that a good place to start out is the Kennedy Space Center. The closest airports are Orlando and Daytona Beach (both 60 to 70 miles away).
I just hope someone posts photos like last race from the Los Angeles and San Juan airports.
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Oh we can only dream of having a spoiler like that again . I can't remember what forum I read this on but there are some diehard TAR fans hanging around major airports scouting for some potential TAR teams , now thats dedication {l{
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what he was posting is that his son has tattoos like Lex
Nice work Puddin! That is a good enough pin-down for me. :t-up:
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An update from a poster @ realitytvworld (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1174.shtml)
Moody 10 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "Got Milk? Spokesperson"
06-26-05, 04:36 PM (EST)
16. "TAR 8 hasn't started filming yet - Phil"
LAST EDITED ON 06-26-05 AT 04:40 PM (EST)
Phil was on local radio in Calgary this morning from the Banff television festival and he said that TAR 8 has not yet started filming. I checked and it seems that the festival was June 12-15 this year, so likely the interview was pre-taped. At any rate, we know that it can't have started earlier than the 3rd week of June.
Also, he confirmed that the minimum age was 8, but he didn't say definitely that there were any 8 year olds involved. He mentioned that a team of siblings was a possibility, so long as at least one of them was 21 years of age. Other than that, he just said that he thought they had a great group of teams (but, then again, what else would he say ).
TAR 8 will air in the fall, but no specific date was given.
Most of the interview, at least what I caught of it, was about NOW.
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so it begins..this posted at Tarflies (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536)
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 2:16 pm
***** SPOILERS FOR TAR8 *****
TAR3's Kenny just called me to tell me that his friend Ray thinks he saw TAR8 Families in New York City today.
We think it's really odd that families would be in NY and not headed immediately out of the country, and we agree that this COULD be a decoy.
In the event that it's a real spoiler though, here's what he told me his friend saw:
3 families driving down Broadway and stopping outside a place called Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS) in Soho, 3 blocks from where Kenny lives. The only other business there is a bank, so he doesn't think they were headed to the bank. There was a cop there who didn't seem to have a problem with them parking on the street.
Of the three families he saw, two were white and one was African-American. One of the families (don't know which one) had a really little kid who he thought was about 7 years old (I think he said it was a "he", and the kid must be at least 8, since that's the cut-off). The kid was yelling out the window (to traffic?) to "let them over."
They were driving cars (SUV's? I don't know.) and there were cameramen. The cars were fairly new and had different license plates (one was Michigan, one was New Jersey, the other was ??). That could just mean they were rentals and Ken and I agree that cars/SUVs would be likely (over cabs) because of the sheer number of people that have to be in each vehicle.
Anyway, we don't know if this is for real, or a decoy, or what, but Kenny wanted me to post it on TARflies first so that we can check against any other spoilers that might come in!
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:51 pm
DingoDan just heard on the New Jersey talk radio station (101.5FM) that drivers should avoid Washington Crossing bridge in Hopewell Township until 6pm "due to ongoing filming of the Amazing Race." That was all they said.
Would they run a decoy leg that far?
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and now we have this link here (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessage?topicID=5558.topic)
*spoiler*
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I saw this on an unrelated message board...LYMI
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:29 pm Post subject: The Amazing Race
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I took the boys up to see where Washington Crossed the Delaware today. I like history, they were just hanging around being bums. Come on, I sad, it will be fun.
They gave me that look - the one that says sarcasticly - Right.
Freedom, liberty etc. Get you butts up and put the bikes in the truck it is a 30 minute ride.
They each brought a walkman so they wouldn’t have to listen to me on the ride. Not a vote of confidence.
I pulled into the half empty lot and was told I had to park in the full side by some twerp with a radio and an earphone. He didn’t look like a PA start park guy to me.
Duh there are no spaces in the half that is totally full. The other half was totally empty. I choose to see the lot as half usable not hafl full but the empty side was for a "caravan" coming the geek with an ear piece said.
Right.
A caravan. We have them all the time here in PA.
So I find another lot down the road and parked, get the bikes out of the truck and bike back to the Welcome Center to get a map. It isn’t a very big place but I wanted to know what to see.
The “Welcome Center” was across from the half empty lot. Ask what is up. Some other geek with a radio and ear piece gives us a lame story about filming an ad for PA & NJ tourism.
Right.
PA and NJ share money on a joint ad for tourism. You must be from Mars ‘cause we locals know PA and NJ compete for tourism $ - they don’t get along well enough to film a joint ad.
I lean my bike against a sign and head in to get a map; some woman comes up bableling and tells me to move my bike, the filming and all. I am losing my Evil Emperor charm and walk in leaving the bike were it was.
I said I was going in to get a map. While I was in there all the staff were talking in hushed tones all excited. Way too busy to hand me a map. No other tourists around. I mumbled some kind of a comment about geeks with earphones.
One of the staff ask if they were rude.
No I said they were just acting like a bunch of Tories. I wondered they were so a twitter they didn't get the insult.
Connor & Blair notice a thing that looks just like an Amazing Race mail box. Connor jokes about opening it and the “commercial” guy gets real nervous and say Connor can’t touch it and that is how they are making the tourism ad interesting.
Right.
We bike a bit but they have part of the path roped off. We go around nice like they ask and come back after a bit, it is a small place and few views of the river outside their ropes.
So I sit outside the ropes at one of the few places we could see the crossing talking to the boys about how the river doesn't look all that wide but it would suck rowing across in a snow storm.
Some other geek comes and tells us to move we are in their camera lines. It is a private event and they have a permit.
You put the ropes up. If we are in the ‘line’ it is ‘cause you put the ropes in the wrong place. Dude we’re here to see the river, we are respecting your ropes but it the history is everyone’s.
More lame cover storyness. Clearly something ain’t like they said.
So we move around again and there are guys out in the river and ambulances all over. I am getting tired of getting moved away from the river as Mr. Ambulance guy come over.
What’s Up with all the equipment I ask.
It is a Drill, said with no sincerity.
Right same lack of sincerity.
I came to see the crossing.
Well you picked a good day stick around and watch TV in September.
So we go back to another rope line, (but in the same 'safe' camera line as all the geeks with earpieces.)
The geeks get all jazzed up, their earpices a buzz “They are coming.”
A bunch of Suburbans come rolling across the bridge.
(Why didn’t George et al use the Bridge?)
Families of 4 (it was the Family edition of Amazing Race – we sent them a tape but didn’t make the cut.) come running out of their Suburbans in the still almost half empty side of the parking lot, check the Connor cant touch it mail box and run to the river where the camera guys tell them to stop and run in in a better formed group on the angle they want. So the families stop and re-run in for the cameras.
(Next time you see the Amazing Race and they are all running in a group – the camera guy stopped them and told them to.)
It was a challenge. They had to row a guy dressed in colonial stuff across the river, grab a flag and row back.
We watched 6 groups do it. Most couldn’t row worth a lick. One almost knocked their George overboard running into a sand bar. The families had to wear life vest. The guys being George Washington had to stand. I hope they had floatation under his heavy colonial costumes but I doubt it, they are extras after all.
I was talking to a guy whose wife was the contact for the state parks; he drove down form Harrisburg to watch. We had a great time watching them try to row straight across with the river current.
I made the boys be careful as we rode our bikes back to the truck. The Suburbans left the half empty side of the parking lot without paying much attention. I guess there was no camera man around.
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Wow..I guess they can not close the park...Do you thik they will stay maining in the US due to it being a family episode? Trying to get kids through customes and planes and stunts.
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I don;t know what to think of these spoilers Texan..I actually kidded Rob that TARF would be TAR USA ...thinking about the air travel and all . I mean how could they get like lets say 4 families ( 13 peeps + 8 camara men =20 ) a airline reservation at the same time ? Then we thought, impossible because if they stayed in the states they would be spotted to easily ?? cool if they were in Pa. }^!
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more....here (http://www.realityblurred.com/realitytv/archives/the_amazing_race_8/2005_Jul_08_nj)
Friday, July 8, 2005
The Amazing Race 8
Amazing Race filmed yesterday in New Jersey
The Amazing Race 8 taped in New Jersey yesterday, reality blurred has learned. Is it the start (or end) of the race? Or a stop along the way?
A reader reports that yesterday in Hopewell, NJ, traffic reports alerted drivers that the show was filming in the area around Hopewell (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=hopewell,+nj&ll=40.304862,-74.863758&spn=0.027671,0.058464&hl=en), and specifically in Washington’s Crossing State Park (http://www.state.nj.us/dep/parksandforests/parks/washcros.html).
Our correspondent has the details:
On yesterday’s (Thursday, July 7) rush hour traffic report on 101.5 here in New Jersey they were recommending that people steer clear of the town of Hopewell and Washington’s Crossing State Park until after 8:00 PM when they were expected to wrap shooting for the Amazing Race
source MetForums (http://www.forumsnet.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=TAR5spoilers;action=display;num=1120789109;start=15)
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eta: good news !! I just asked my BF if he could find out about the PA.( he works for the State ;) ) Delaware thingy on Monday and he said no problem , actually his mom still lives in that area |#'
from TWop's (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=25e23d8887ce55710cadf68af80a3d01&showtopic=2666383&st=3975)
T2
Just Tuned In
Jul 9, 2005
Today @ 06:56 PM Anchor Email
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I usually avoid spoilers, but I have to share this one. My husband just called from Dulles airport (outside Washington D.C.), and he just saw Phil and three production types checking in for a United flight (at around 7:45pm eastern time). No clue which flight; they were in the first-class line and poor hubby was stuck in a long economy line and couldn't hear anything or follow/stalk Phil. If he happens to run into Phil again and sees which flight he's on, I'll post again.
T2
Just Tuned In
Today @ 08:20 PM Anchor Email
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Phil and his group were in the check-in line, not waiting to board. My husband was checking in for an international flight, but I'm not sure about Phil (and hubby is incommunicado). I have a vague recollection that United has separate check-in for international and domestic flights, but I don't know for certain whether both international and domestic first class check-in counters are visible from the international economy line my husband was in. When I talked to my husband, I was assuming that Phil was also flying internationally, but that was before I read the previous posts about sightings in the US.
At Dulles, you check in, then take these funky shuttle thingys to your terminal, so my husband didn't see which terminal Phil went to. Rats!
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more today ..the link (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?s=0de7b9e00bab79c81a25b99c0aded0f5&showtopic=2666383&st=4005) ~~
evening
Channel Surfer
Today @ 02:58 PM Anchor
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I've been waiting for weeks to post this! When Survivor announced they would be shooting the next season near Tikal, there was a lot of chatter on the Belize chat boards due to the proximity/affinity... A friend/travel arranger I know in Belize (who was formerly involved in TV production in NYC) commented "they will be here in July." I shot off a personal email to her asking if she was working on Survivor Guatemala. She replied that she couldnt go into detail because she had signed a confidentiality agreement, but that no, she was working on "the other one."
Unless she's talking about Road Rules, I figure TAR 8 has to be cruising through Belize at some point this month.
oh, and re: the Disney spoiler... somehow I doubt CBS would be promoting ABC's parent company
MisterMcGee
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Today @ 04:47 PM Anchor Email
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I’ve never delved into spoilers for TAR, but I received word of this today (and maybe this ties in with the Virginia locations) - TAR is apparently filming in Norfolk, Va. tomorrow. They apparently are going to film the contestants running through the Norfolk International Airport. The filming is supposed to be contained to the airport. It seems like an odd thing to film…and of course this would happen after I have moved from there.
I have to keep the deets on how I found out on the downlow for now.
For the sake of accuracy, the production credits from the PR announcement
Jerry Bruckheimer, Bertram van Munster, Jonathan Littman and Hayma Screech Washington are the executive producers for Bruckheimer Television and Earthview Inc. in association with Touchstone Television and Amazing Race Productions. Amy Chacon and Evan Weinstein are co-executive producers. THE AMAZING RACE was created by Bertram van Munster and Elise Doganieri and is distributed by King World Productions, Inc.
Buena Vista is part of the Disney conglomerate, but King World is owned by CBS and they control the licensing of the show.
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thanks to Ottopart :hapy: , can you beleive all this :wow: ?? Have we ever had newspaper reports or radio DJ's telling us that TAR is coming through town ? Can it really be a race across the USA ? According to this article Talladega is next.. I wonder if they be apart of a racecar challenge ~
'Amazing Race' makes pit stop at Space Center
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
By CHRIS WELCH
Times Entertainment Writer chrisw@htimes.com
Family teams face challenges on their way to Talladega
About midnight Monday, with Hurricane Dennis' last breath soaking Huntsville, there was a flurry of activity at the Huntsville-Madison County Convention & Visitors Bureau at 500 Church St.
Between midnight and 4 a.m., one by one, a fleet of eight to 10 GMC Yukons rolled out of the parking lot and sloshed down Interstate 565, got off at exit 15 and headed toward the U.S. Space & Rocket Center.
Motorists driving by on the interstate had no idea they were passing celebrities - members of the eighth installment of the CBS reality series "The Amazing Race."
The popular reality show zipped into town Monday night and, after a series of challenges involving the Aviation Challenge centrifuge and a computer station at the Space Center, host Phil Keoghan counted off the contestants - "You're first, you're second. ..." Then, after a much-needed rest at the Huntsville Marriott, the teams packed up Tuesday afternoon and headed to Talladega. The show is expected to air this fall.
Space Center officials were asked to sign $10 million confidentiality agreements with CBS but declined. Most did agree not to talk and wouldn't comment on the show, but sources involved with the filming of the show detailed what happened on the condition their names wouldn't be used.
Larry Capps, CEO of the Space Center, is in Florida for today's shuttle launch and not available for comment. Holly Beech, marketing director for the center, declined to comment.
A call to Jeremy Murphy in CBS' communications office in New York wasn't returned. But according to the network's Web site, the eighth edition of the reality series is a one-time family edition that includes traditional families (mom, dad and two kids), blended families (newly married with step-siblings), four sisters, four brothers, multigenerational (grandparents and grandchildren) and engaged couples with in-laws-to-be. Each team must feature at least one team member who is at least 21.
The race, according to sources, started Thursday at an undisclosed location with 11 teams. The remaining eight to 10 four-member teams arrived here late Monday from somewhere in South Carolina on two buses.
"Amazing Race" producers wanted to come to the Space Center after hearing about its annual Moon Buggy Race. There had been talk about building a moon buggy track for the "Amazing Race" contestants, but CBS officials apparently nixed that idea.
Upon arriving at the Visitors Bureau, the contestants were given clues to find the Space Center. Once they found the museum, the teams went to Aviation Challenge for their first challenge that involved the centrifuge - an astronaut trainer that provides 3 1/2 to four Gs. After that, the contestants raced on foot to Rocket Park under the replica of the shuttle, where they were given clues to find a computer station inside the museum.
The teams completed their two challenges and then went to their rooms at the Huntsville Marriott. They were then given a 12-hour break before leaving Tuesday afternoon for their next challenge: Talladega.
link
http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1
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Aviation Challenge (http://www.spacecamp.com/)
Talladega (http://www.talladega.com/)
Talladega attractions (http://www.talladega.com/attractions.htm)
Cheaha State Park
At 2,407 feet above sea level, Cheaha Mountain is the highest point in Alabama. This 2,799-acre mountaintop retreat provides breathtaking scenery year-round.
Website: www.alapark.com
DeSoto Caverns Park
Resting at the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, DeSoto Caverns Park offers a unique destination for those seeking a fun and educational experience.
Website: www.desotocavernspark.com
Motor Sports Hall of Fame
One of the International Motorsports Hall of Fame's highlight features is the Motorsports Museum. Spanning three buildings and the enclosed courtyard, this collection of history making vehicles is priceless.
Website: www.motorsportshalloffame.com
Talladega Superspeedway
Talladega Superspeedway is the biggest, fastest, most competitive motorsports facility in the world. Records for both speed and competition have been established at Talladega.
Website: www.talladegasuperspeedway.com
Talladega Walk of Fame
The Davey Allison Memorial-Walk of Fame is a beautiful landscaped park that covers one full city block downtown Talladega, Alabama. Dedicated during the summer of 1994, the memorial is open 365 days a year with free admission.
Website: www.talladegawalkoffame.com
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more from a poster at sucks~
1963Mustang
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First time poster. Last week, I was in DC. On Friday, I was on the mall near the Lincoln Memorial. The area was crowded as usual. I heard some shouting and looked towards the Vietnam Memorial just as a group of people came running out of the crowd. There was a man, a woman, and two young girls (caucasian) followed by a cameraman and a sound guy. All four were wearing orange outfits and caps and were running straight at me. I immediately thought about the race and wished for my camera. They ran right by me next to the reflecting pool and on towards the Korean Momument. I couldn't follow but I saw them stop and ask a park ranger something. I moved towards the ranger and heard him use his radio to call someone. He wanted to know what all the camera crews were doing on the mall. He said he had been seeing them all morning. The reply came back that they were filming a tourism video. He then said the cameraman had asked him to sign a release to use the film of him answering questions and he had refused. He told whoever he was talking to that it was against regulations and that they had better pass that on to the other rangers just in case.
This was on Friday, July 8th, about 11 am. I watched the rest of the day for others but didn't see anyone else.
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this one from blows/realitytvworld (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml)
scwriter 6 desperate attention whore postings
DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
07-12-05, 08:46 AM (EST)
9. "RE: Season 8 Timings/Locations"
LAST EDITED ON 07-12-05 AT 08:47 AM (EST)
Looks like it is a North America edition.
Rumor has it that TAR8 filmed in Charleston, SC (more specifically Mount Pleasant, which is on the other side of the bridge from peninsular Charleston) on July 11.
I'm sorry I don't know other details.
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Thursday July 7 ,
NewYork City (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=2&stop=2)
Friday July 8,
Washington's Crossing PA (http://messages.independenttraveler.com/showthread.php?p=36081#post36081)
Saturday July 9,
Lincoln Memorial (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=74&stop=74)
Sunday July 10th,
Dulles airport (outside Washington D.C.), (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2666383&st=3975&p=3217759&#entry3217759)
Monday July 11th
Charleston, SC (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml)
Tuesday July 12,
'Amazing Race' makes pit stop at Space Center (http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1)
Wends July 13,
Talladega (http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1)
possible other location New Orleans (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=21&stop=40)
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NASA DISSES 'AMAZING' DEAL
By DON KAPLAN
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"Racers" trained like astronauts for the competition.
July 14, 2005 -- OFFICIALS at cash-strapped NASA refused to sign $10 million confidentiality agreements with CBS' "Amazing Race" when the show passed through one of its facilities in the deep South earlier this week.
A fleet of SUVs driven by contestants in the eighth installment of "Race" rumbled through the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., Monday night.
There, the racers were pitted against each other in challenges that utilized several of the astronaut-training devices, including a centrifuge that simulates the intense pressure of extra gravity during a rocket launch, according to an Alabama newspaper report.
But officials at the space center refused to sign the standard confidentiality agreements — and were tight-lipped yesterday about details of what took place when the show touched down in their neighborhood.
Earlier, the "Amazing" racers had arrived at the Huntsville-Madison County convention center on two buses and jumped into the SUVs, group by group.
All of them were drenched by the remnants of Hurricane Dennis and spent the night in a local Marriott.
"Race" reportedly started filming last Thursday with 11 teams. By the time the race reached the Alabama town — whose inhabitants work mostly for the military or NASA — one team had already been eliminated.
According to the CBS Web site, the latest edition of "Race" is a family-oriented contest, with each team made up of four members instead of the usual two.
Teams include traditional families (mom, dad, kids), blended families (newly married with step-kids), four sisters, four brothers, multigenerational (grandparents with grandkids) and engaged couples and their in-laws-to-be.
"Race" is one of the highest rated and most critically acclaimed reality series of all time.
It's snared two Emmys since the awards show began featuring the reality genre as a separate category two years ago.
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/25904.htm
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TAR Envelope spotted in Canada (the Area 51 for The Amazing Race! LOL)
I spotted an Amazing Race envelope station in downtown Vancouver (Canada) yesterday. Unsure when contestants were scheduled to ‘visit’ but the box was secured to a lamppost and padlocked. Specifically, it was near the steam clock in historic Gastown on Water Street.
Rob
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Rob the Toronto/Canada spoilers are turning out to be some other race called
"Samsung Race for the Torch" not Amazing Race 8.
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LOL, its Area 51 for sure!
Rob
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more on the NASA News~
NASA nixes 'Amazing Race' agreement
Jul. 14, 2005 at 12:25PM
CBS's "Amazing Race" hit a stumbling block when its contestants hit the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala., it was reported Thursday.
The New York Post said NASA officials refused to sign the network's $10 million confidentiality agreement aimed at preventing details of the Emmy-Award-winning show to leak out ahead of its airing.
The contestants reportedly performed a number of challenges at the Center Monday using several astronaut-training devices.
Although Space Center officials refused to sign the standard confidentiality agreements, they refused to give out any details of the taping, the Post said.
"Race" reportedly started filming last Thursday with 11 teams. Only 10 were present in Huntsville, meaning one elimination had already taken place.
http://washingtontimes.com/upi/20050714-114638-8086r.htm
eta:
this from twops (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2666383&st=4035)
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Ripley68
Yesterday @ 08:53 AM Anchor Email
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I guess I don't need to be quiet anymore. The reason the USSRC didn't sign the agreement is because they have about 175 employees right now and it would be impossible to keep them all quiet and hold the center responsible for 1 stupid loud mouthed minor who is just working a part-time temporary job for the summer.It kind of ticks me off that the thing I have the closest ties to (no, I don't work there) so far has the biggest spoiler. At least the higher ups kept their mouths shut.
I have to say I was trying really hard to see the teams, I missed the last team by about 40 minutes. Locals would have seen them any time from 12 - 4 pm on Tuesday afternoon. I thought they were driving suburbans, but I didn't see any big cars with camera crews.
I'm also glad that the world will see Alabam has more to offer than rednecks and cotton.
Hi to all the other Twopers from North Alabama!
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LOL, its Area 51 for sure!
Rob
Rob , interesting.. this just came in my Google Amazing Race news ;) could be why there are so many sightings of TAR in Canada ??
Canadian Outback Adventures offers corporate experiential learning programs based on popular programs such as CSI, Amazing Race and Survivor.
Canadian Outback’s Amazing Race
Canadian Outback's Amazing Race is a teambuilding event combining communication skills, planning, strategy, teamwork, and a race against the clock. Groups are split into two teams (reds vs. yellows) and again into mini-teams whose goal it is to work together to complete the race in as little time as possible. Racers are set out on a course filled with interesting route markers that provide additional route information, road blocks that outline a specific task that someone on each team must complete before moving on, and detours that run throughout the area. Amazing Race is the perfect answer for adventure-seeking enthusiasts.
link~
http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2005/7/emw261605.htm
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Belize, possible spoiler from Twop (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2666383&st=4005)
note the date July /11
evening
Channel Surfer
Jul 11, 2005 @ 02:58 PM Anchor
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I've been waiting for weeks to post this! When Survivor announced they would be shooting the next season near Tikal, there was a lot of chatter on the Belize chat boards due to the proximity/affinity... A friend/travel arranger I know in Belize (who was formerly involved in TV production in NYC) commented "they will be here in July." I shot off a personal email to her asking if she was working on Survivor Guatemala. She replied that she couldnt go into detail because she had signed a confidentiality agreement, but that no, she was working on "the other one."
Unless she's talking about Road Rules, I figure TAR 8 has to be cruising through Belize at some point this month.
oh, and re: the Disney spoiler... somehow I doubt CBS would be promoting ABC's parent company
Panama spoiler possible location also from twops (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2666383&st=4080)
Antennapedia
Just Tuned In
Today @ 02:41 PM Anchor
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Oooh! Spoiler!
Don't know if anybody cares, but I just got word from a friend of mine doing field work in Panama that he was accosted by several Americans in white vans, cameras in tow, looking for the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute's boat dock. Evidently, CBS invaded Panama with a vengeance. Also, the person asked him if he spoke English, IN FRENCH, which I find VERY amusing.
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Thursday July 7 ,
NewYork City (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=2&stop=2)
Friday July 8,
Washington's Crossing PA (http://messages.independenttraveler.com/showthread.php?p=36081#post36081)
Saturday July 9,
Lincoln Memorial (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=74&stop=74)
Sunday July 10th,
Dulles airport (outside Washington D.C.), (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2666383&st=3975&p=3217759&#entry3217759)
Monday July 11th
Charleston, SC (http://community.realitytvworld.com/boards/DCForumID37/1179.shtml)
Tuesday July 12,
'Amazing Race' makes pit stop at Space Center (http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1)
Wends July 13,
Talladega (http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1)
possible other location New Orleans (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=21&stop=40)
If these dates are correct, then something is rottin in Denmark since report from NASA space center has TEN teams participating. If ELEVEN started and we have stops in New York, Washington Crossing, Washington DC and Charleston SC more than ONE teams should have been eliminated by now. So something just doesn't jell.
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OMG Hello GMan {| !! I've been so lonely talking to myself ..good to hear from you ]**]
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Hi Puddin, don't feel bad. I've been lurking around. It's good that you have kept the embers burning.
Hi GMan, I think the team count is okay. Because I was unable to find a way to fit a pitstop into the South Carolina location due to Phils flight out of Dulles.
Take a look (reproduced from Sucks):
TARF Timeline (version 2)
Thursday July 7, Leg 1. <Race begins at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park,> Eleven teams get supplies from EMS in SoHo and drive their Suburbans to Washington Crossing State Park in New Jersey. <From there they are then sent to Washington DC, held up by hours of operation at the Washington monument.>
Friday July 8, <Teams enter the monument and find> clues directing them to the Korean War Memorial, this is kind of a guess based on the one team being seen going toward it. <From there teams are directed to the Watergate Hotel where they must enter through an open window to find their next clue. From there they are told to go to Mt. Vernon. There teams encounter an hours of operation sign and must wait until the next morning.>
Saturday July 9, <When the location opens teams must complete the task of preparing 20 mint juleps. Teams check in between 10 am and 12 noon> with the orange family (mom, dad, & 2 girls) eliminated, this is a tiny speculation based on the report that this was the team that was seen on the mall and that park rangers had seen teams all morning before that and that the person who spotted them said they stayed around for a while and saw no more teams. <Leg 2 starts with teams leaving Mt Vernon at 10 pm with instructions to drive to Kitty Hawk NC (takes 5 hours).> Phil and some members of production take an evening flight on United from Washington Dulles to <Atlanta (UA flight 5279 leaving at 9:50 pm. Atlanta is not far from Huntsville, AL).>
Sunday July 10, <Teams arrive in Kitty Hawk between 3 am and 6 am. There they must build and fly kites shaped like the Wright Brother’s Flyer. Next they have to drive 7 hours to Charleston SC (arriving 11 am to 2 pm) complete the task of harvesting 20 pounds of tobacco leaves. Teams completing the task first get to have earlier bus tickets. Teams leave Charleston on two buses leaving at 3 pm and 6 pm for a 9 hour> bus ride to Huntsville Alabama from South Carolina.
Monday July 11, Teams arrive at the Visitors Bureau in the early am where they pick up Yukon SUVs (this is a small guess since they could have picked up the SUV's someplace before this) and drive them to the US Space & Rocket Center. They have to wait for the center to open at 9 am. Inside they must complete several tasks. Teams check in after midnight. The hours of operation is my guess and so are the check in times, but we do know they leave next day in the afternoon <The generation gap team (grandparents and grandchildren) are eliminated.>
Tuesday July 12, Leg 3 starts with teams leaving the Space Center in the afternoon and head to Talladega to find the <speedway. >
Cautionary Note: If it’s not bolded then it’s pure speculation, and that can be kind of goofy. The pure speculations are bracketed by < and >.
Also, I can’t fit in the Norfolk Airport advanced notice spoiler for Tuesday (reported on last Monday).
Spoiler Reference Links:
SoHo (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=2&stop=2)
Washington Crossing State Park (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=1&stop=1)
Washington Mall (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5558.topic&start=74&stop=74)
Phil's Flight (http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/index.php?showtopic=2666383&view=findpost&p=3217759)
Huntsville (http://www.al.com/entertainment/huntsvilletimes/index.ssf?/base/entertainment/1121246191244210.xml&coll=1)
edited to fix the links ..thank you for sharing Chauteu :cheeky:
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Its been a long hot summer, but the three muskateers, Puddin, Chateau d If, and GMan are back at it. This is wierd as we can track the teams in real time. Rumors have them going to Beliz and Panama. Any confirmation? And here I am sitting at home enjoying the air conditioning (no, actually I was out supervising the construction crew putting our new deck in place) and the teams are stomping through my own stomping grounds! (And we live only 10 minutes from Dulles!! Bummer.
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Hello Chateau , thank you for sharing and for the great detective work as usual .
lol Gman .. that totally sucks to think that TARF was practically racing through your back yard , to bad . Did you go too the airport and ask questions {l{ ?
They supposedly ran through PA. also but, not near my neck of the woods ( I'm guessing ) although they could have traveled I80 but its to late to find out anything now ( would love to have had a spoiler of my own ) .
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i'm still lurking about and thrilled to see live spoilerage type stuff of any kind. |#'
i'm not likely to bump into anything so will just continue to be appreciative.
cinni
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Thursday July 7, Leg 1. <Race begins at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park,> Eleven teams get supplies from EMS in SoHo and drive their Suburbans to Washington Crossing State Park in New Jersey. <From there they are then sent to Washington DC, held up by hours of operation at the Washington monument.>
Isn't that the same spot that the first ep of the TAR1 began at?
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random thoughts, i was thinking over lunch that if they've finally left the country that maybe they used the first few legs in the usa to eliminate the weaker teams. you can't know how some kids will react to the stress of the race once they get started. that way work up to the world travel for the kids involved. i'd love to see the kids experience more than just their home country too. plus, there's no way that the spoiling community wouldn't know the entire race if it stays there. even the media would be hard pressed not to report the local sightings.
back to work, sigh.
keep up the great detective work all!! {|
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Whoa Whoa Whoa
Wait Wait Wait GMan!
Those parts in between < and > are just for fun. Not real information. |(
Thanks for fixing the links Puddin. I was lazy and confused why codes from Sucks didn't work here. I need to re-learn the ropes.
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No big deal Chateau ]**] ..
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Thought I would share this. Hera, who has a thread over at Sucks posted the following:
To address the TAR family season. From what I hear, they are having a lot of problems with it and it may actually not be a rumor that it all gets canned. (I can't tell you my sources so don't even ask!haha) Personally, I think it would be a blessing in disguise because TAR is not meant for children!
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Thank you Ottopart ]**] , so the rumors just maybe legit afterall , how interesting .
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Rumors? Come on Puddin what do you know that we don't know? _-^Share. I think someone was thinking way outside the envelop on this one. )<
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{l{ ^^^ Gman = :gman:
, check it out ..does this sound like something we discussed , actually YOU discussed with me just days ago , good job detective
more from Hera's blog
-As far as TAR family, I most certainly did not say it was cancelled for sure...just that it was having problems and it is possible that it could be canned. As far as I remember, the producers have the right to tape the whole thing and NEVER air the show. If it doesn't air, they do not have to pay the teams a thing. In the case of TAR family, if they run the whole race it will most likely air - but logistics may make it so they can't even run it. Think about it...there are a lot of potential problems that they may not have thought about that hard. My biggest problem with the idea happens at the end of the race. Picture it: an eight year old that lost..."Now Johnny, you signed a contract and that means you can't tell anyone who won the race," says CBS. Johnny, who is now very upset and jealous, goes to school and says, "guess what [best friend] don't tell anyone but I was on The Amazing Race and I know who wins!" Next thing you know the entire 3rd grade knows. Or, the next situation is that 10 year old (which is still about 4th or 5th grade in case you have forgotten) who has won a million and wants to tell his best friend. Next thing you know, the entire junior high school leaks it. That problem is probably not even the biggest on their mind!
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Credits to Foofah for the article link
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Will kids kill magic of 'Amazing Race'?
By MICHAEL HEWITT
The Orange County Register
Imagine Phil Keoghan greeting the first-place team at the finish line: "One continent, four countries, 8,000 miles: John, Jennifer, Jack and Dakota, you are the official winners of 'The Amazing Race Family Edition.' "
Ugh.
According to reports coming in from all over the country, fans' worst fears about the family version of "The Amazing Race" may be coming true. The race is being softened up to accommodate the kids.
As best we can tell, it's taking place only in North America. The race apparently started at Disney World and moved on to New York. Racers have since been spotted crossing the Delaware River between Pennsylvania and New Jersey and at a NASA facility in Huntsville, Ala. Other reports have them in Virginia, South Carolina, Belize, Panama and Vancouver, Canada.
Rumors also are floating that the producers are unhappy with how the season is turning out. Former racer Hera McLeod, one of the more popular contestants from season six, added fuel to that fire in a posting Tuesday on the Web site Survivor Sucks (p085.ezboard.com/bsurvivor sucks).
"From what I hear, they are having a lot of problems with it and it may actually not be a rumor that it all gets canned," McLeod wrote. "Personally, I think it would be a blessing in disguise because TAR is not meant for children!"
Let's hope TAR's brilliant editors can work their usual magic and save one of television's best shows.
A good arm
http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/07/28/sections/entertainment/et_television/article_612399.php
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Well DUH...ANd they cannto take money away from the last team...Oh great let the small children starve for ratings.
Send them to TX and tell them to make it with our AC for 1 day.
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This is getting to sound more and more like a kid's version of "Jeopardy" (Ugh and double ugh ugh). It is one thing to have a Kenny Jenkings matching wits with Alex and another thing entirely to have a bunch of 10 and 12 year olds (currently) being stumped on who wrote "Hamlet"
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So...if the show doesn't air...I wonder what they'll do with the winners? Will they still get paid?
I realize that the contract specifies that they don't have to air the show, and that they don't have to pay anyone anything...but would they be willing to take the bad press from not paying the winners???
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I have no idea FullMonte , maybe someone else can answer that question *(^ ?
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I heard a rumor yesterday that Niagara Falls, NY is the finish line for TAR8.
I went up to the Falls yesterday and asked the kid at the parking booth - he said:
"Even if I knew, I couldn't tell you", and then he added:
"I can tell you, it won't be tonight." (7/29).
We snooped around, imagining ways that they could utilize the landmarks around the Falls, and we guess that the park adjacent to the horseshoe falls would make the most sense for a finish line, and that the Cave of the Winds might be a roadblock/detour. We checked it out, and there was an out-of-place, handwritten sign on the door to the ticket area that said "Opens at 9:00 am". It just seemed out of place.
Anyway, if the race started in NYC on July 7th or 11th (I don't recall what was posted), when would the finish be?
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Thank you BuffaloNY :t-up: , the race can run anywere from 28 - 31 days or so give or take .
They should be at the finish line today or in a few days :hapy: ,but if the rumors are true and the racers were being held up in Belize( see above ) then I don't know even know that they will finish filming or whatever , they maybe having some problems ?
Please keep in touch with us ,and thank you again BuffaloNY :<( .
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some pictures of The Cave of Winds & Horseshoe Falls
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/639/canadiansmall0rq.jpg)
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7497/panoramicviewofniagarafalls6ez.jpg)
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/391/horseshoefromskylon4pw.jpg)
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/5185/uppercatwalk6uj.jpg)
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/3517/202660188iivxpeph8ll.th.jpg) (http://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=202660188iivxpeph8ll.jpg)
(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/6751/202727468nxwgxyph3dl.jpg)
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Maybe the first team to go over the falls in a barrel will win! LOL
Rob
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Where is my Buffalo NYorker ??
link (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessage?topicID=5612.topic)
Author Comment
DrEmphy
TAR Family Spoiler - 7-30-05
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I can confirm that the Amazing Race is down to the FInal 3 teams.
There are two teams neck and neck and one about an hour behind.
I have the whole thing videotaped.
I was visiting this location today with some friends and poooof, just happened upon a Route Marker. I have video coverage - no digital camera - of the last team and the clue box.
I received from others that two teams had come before and was told what they looked like.
The location is Niagara Falls, NY - that may be the final stop or it may be a non-elimination leg.
I have more information coming.
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If the Falls is the final location and the teams were spotted on July 30, this would make TAR8 the shortest TAR on record - only 23 days instead of the usual 30 plus days! And let's see shots from that video tape. And describe the three teams, please. Until more confirmation of actual sighting comes forth, I would be very suspicious of this spoiler.
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more
DrEmphy
Re: TAR Family Spoiler - 7-30-05
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I showed upw ith some friends who are not locals. The FIRST thing we saw is this box down at Terrapin Point near Niagara Falls. We tape it. We start asking around. Two teams had previous been through around 1:30PM. I pissed myself. I figured a few more had to be around. I find out they were both white families with two children (pretty nondescrip about those families except that one woman was tall and rather overweight - and most of the others involved were out of shape as well)....We then hear that a new team is coming - it was another white couple (average looking american dad with a sihrt that said "festival party" and an out of shape light haired wife) wtih two daughters...one aobut 17, fairly good looking, dark hair, wearing a shirt with a phraes along the front and a younger one with glasses(?) and about 12-13. They run the two hundred yards to the clue, get it, read it - it was one of the blue clues, and as much as I trya nd freeze my camera I cant read whta it says. The girl with the dark hair is the one reading it...she lets out a little excitement upon reading it. They run up the hill (this is a fairly steep hill, about a hundred feet) to the top, the father and older daughter about twice as fast as the mother and younger daughter. We were going to follow them but thought it wiser to catch the other teams. Alas, five minutes later, a lady who was standing near the box wearing a tag that had something written on it included a big number eight picks up the clue box and walks to the parking lot with it. Meaning only three teams came through. We heard they were going to Joseph Davis State Park but when we got there, it was barricaded and its frisbee golf course was only allowed to play the first nine of 27 or 36 holes. There were upwards of thirty cops and alot of younger and older people wearing bright yellow security shirts stopping us...
Basically all we found out was that there are three teams left )provided this wasnt a decoy) and they are all fairly average american families (in the sense that none are great looking or overathletic) withs ome children.
I DO Have this tape and will send an edited copy to MBR if he wants it. I have NO official verification of this being TAR just what I saw. The park workers were all very hush hush, and no one would give a word. The amazing thing was the ignorance of the tourists. Not one of them made a comment about it being special. Me and ONe other gentleman filmed this, while there must have been 200-300 tourists on the point at the time. Who knows how many saw the first two teams?
My guess is that JOseph Davis was the end of the race or a pitstop because it was like Fort Knox.
Thats all I have. Any questions?
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Link (http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/2246672/) Found Through Twop's /giving credit where credit is due ~
, posted Sun Jul 31 2005 23:39:30
I was in Costa Rica 2 weeks ago at San Jose International and saw the host Phil Koeghan with a female companion. I stopped him and spoke with him and took two photos with him and my brother.
Best part of my vacation! (almost)
He said he was on "vacation" but that was July 20 or 21. I wonder if the race was in Costa Rica? (Phil seemed to be acting gaurded and sly.)
Robb
Dallas, TX
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Things are getting bunched up, up thar in Canadar. We have one person spotting the three remaining teams at Niagra Falls on July 30. We also have others spotting five teams in Toronto (pit stop) on July 30. Four teams arrive from Montreal and one team arrives direct from Chicago (Fast Forward?) So who is right? See quotes from Realty TV Board:
one team arrived in montreal from chicago on flight NorthWestern 1792 at 5:00pm on July 30. One producer was with the team....they believed the other teams arrived from Toronto. The last flight the teams could have flown out from was direct from Minneapolis to Montreal - arrival time 22h30. There are 5 teams of 4 people left.
Here is another sighting from TVop which claims to be info from an Air Canada worker who spotted four teams on an Air Canada flight no. 418 on Saturday July 30 from YYZ (Toronto) to YUL (Montreal). If four or five teams are in Toronto and Montreal on July 30 it would be hard for the final three teams to be at Niagra Falls on the same day. So this sighting may be only decoys.
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And we know for a fact that they do run decoys , right Gman ;)
We know for a fact that one team had been run through the Dallas airport TAR7 .
To add , Alex & Lynn, in an interview , also admitted that they were in fact run through NY as decoys .
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(http://photos22.flickr.com/30240091_969629edba.jpg?v=0)
Suspicious sign outside the Cave of the Winds. Taken 7/29/05
(http://photos23.flickr.com/30239749_effffdd6b8.jpg?v=0)
Clue Box on Goat Island, adjacent to the Horseshoe Falls. Note the new flag colors. Taken 7/31/05
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Producers have always made arrangements for venues to be open or closed at special times to accommodate racers, but these signs are usually printed nicely on yellow background, not hand lettered as shown. Also route marker clue box looks wrong: why would they suddenly go back to TAR1 Yellow and White colors instead of recent standard of Red and Yellow? Looks very suspicious to me.
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BuffaloNYorker , thank you so much for taking time out to post these pictures :<( .
more from the dude with the video
DrEmphy
TAR Family Spoiler - 7-30-05
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It definitely was Yellow and White...those are similar to the video I have.
and another thing suspiciously missing...was Route Markers...not one on the entirety of Goat Island.
After asking around though folks, I can guarentee again. I took a trip this morning, asked a worker and he said "I'm not going to lose my bosses ten million dollars - you can figure it out for yourself"
He did say however that he wasnt even stationed at the Park, they were stationed in another Park...which makes me believe Joe Davis State Park (four miles of nothing) was the end of this race. I know a few concessions workers at the park, all of whom know nothing...I can try and find this out though.
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Thanks to Pedaler
'The Amazing Race' comes through Western New York
Paul Lane
Monday, August 01, 2005
NIAGARA FALLS — Brendan Cataldo came to Terrapin Point on Sunday to get his first good look at Niagara Falls.
What he also got was a sneak preview of a CBS reality series.
“The Amazing Race” came through the Falls filming for the coming season of the reality show. In “Race,” teams travel from checkpoint to checkpoint with limited budgets, having to complete challenges and avoid being the last group to arrive at a given destination or else face elimination.
Cataldo, a Niagara University student returning home to Albany after the summer, was at the park with friend Ian Tweedie about 2:15 p.m. Sunday. The two were watching over Terrapin Point, when they saw a wooden box on a post in the middle of a field.
Cataldo was curious about the box, but Tweedie’s thoughts immediately turned to the reality show.
“We saw the box and we were ... guessing that it was ‘The Amazing Race,’ ” said Tweedie, a self-professed “Race” fan.
The woman standing guard of the box added to the mystery, Tweedie said.
“She seemed to be protecting the box,” he said.
Knowledge of the show’s filming portions of the upcoming season across the United States added to the speculation, Tweedie said.
The two continued to watch the box while shooting video of the falls, when a group of four people — two adults and two children — ran down the stairs leading to the box and removed an envelope.
All well and good, Cataldo said — except for the cameraman following them at full speed.
For the complete story, see today's Tonawanda News.
http://www.tonawanda-news.com/story.asp?id=3194
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tarflies (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&start=105)
Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 11:12 pm
haha I might know those people quoted in the article.
Its definitely true.
The teams? The first two are VERY vague. Just average white american families, I was told...at least four kids, possibly five, and possibly one team with three kids. One of the women was very large...around 6 foot and 250lbs.
The team I SAW was a couple with two kids. Both kids were girls. The dad was rather plain and his older daughter (16?) was much more athletic and pretty with dark hair. The wife was a bit out of shape and looked like a normal american housewife a bit frumpy - no outstanding good or bad features while the other daughter was about 11 or 12 with lighter hair and also a bit out of shape.
This was not a typical Final 3 team.
I saw them carrying one of the Route Info cards (blue in color) and the older daughter was very happy to have read it.
They didnt respond to my "good lucks".
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For everything you ever wanted to know about THE AMAZING RACE past, present and future go to:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazing_Race
Note that the Yellow and White route marker has not been used since TAR1
Note that it is common practice to have decoys run false legs after the final four
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If it *is* a decoy...why bother running it with a different prop? Why not put a red/yellow marker on it? Why not make it look more realistic?
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Credits to Glebe @ Riii (http://www.realiiity.com/cgi-bin/forums/forums.cgi?do=post_view&post=191551#191379)
lakeman716
Posted on 8/1/05, 4:34 PM
Ok so alot of you wont like the Family Edition of the Amazing race. Big deal. I think it will be good for the kids watching and racing. Going across America. Who can say they did that or have time to, unles your rich.
I took my kids to Niagara Falls Sunday 7-31-05 and they were there. We have pictures and the envelope that the clue came in. My kids thought it was great to see the kids racing and wish they could do it.
Yes I will be watching with my kids and hopefully they wont edit us out of the Niagara Falls shot since we were right there.
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should be interstign to see. And like this poster said...how many kids get to race around the US...may nto be as exciting for adutls but I think the kids would love it. My kids would...they just want to go go go
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from tarflies
regarding NiagaraFalls
went back yesterday to check around and a few park workers informed me that TAR told them that the Terrapin point race was just a decoy leg to throw people off the real F3.
I was told however that for the first time in almost three years TAR was allowed to take a cam into the gorge (very dangerous) and within about forty feet of the Horseshoe Falls, so I think we will be seeing a shot of that.
http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&start=120
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Very Good Artlicle @ Realitytvworld/blows (http://www.realitytvworld.com/index/articles/story.php?s=3643)
CBS' 'The Amazing Race: Family Edition' visits Canada, finishes in Niagara Falls?
By Steve Rogers, 08/02/2005
After seemingly having fallen off the United States map following their numerous sightings of early July, the remaining teams still competing in CBS' The Amazing Race: Family Edition surfaced in Canada and Niagara Falls this past weekend, where based on the detailed reports of sightseeing tourists, it appears that the eighth edition of the CBS reality series finished its atypical and presumably less-than-global travel adventure.
The Amazing Race 8 -- officially dubbed The Amazing Race: Family Edition in the network's press materials -- reportedly began filming on July 7, with several of the show's teams of four related family members spotted in New York. From there, the competition's course appeared to slowly work its way down the east coast of the United States (with numerous eyewitnesses spotting the teams in parts of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington D.C., and South Carolina) before arriving in Huntsville, Alabama in the wee hours of the morning on Tuesday, July 12.
The competition's unprecedented decision to spend its first week journeying around the eastern United States prompted speculation that, due the presence of racers as young as twelve years old, The Amazing Race's producers decided to jettison the program's traditional transcontinental around-the-world (or at least mostly around-the-world) race course format and instead adopt a North America-only course. However, just when it seemed that there was little doubt that The Amazing Race 8 had embarked on a "great American family road trip" type of course, the racing teams seemingly disappeared off the U.S. map following their supposed departure for Talladega, Alabama, with few subsequent credible domestic eyewitness sightings surfacing.
Instead, reports that the teams were in Central America began emerging, with eyewitness reports that the competition visited Panama and Belize and that Race host Phil Keoghan was sighted in Costa Rica's San Jose International Airport surfacing during mid to late July.
Then, after nearly three weeks with no North American sightings, Internet message boards once again began buzzing this weekend with eyewitness reports that The Amazing Race 8 family teams had been spotted in both eastern Canada and New York's Niagara Falls area.
According to numerous online eyewitnesses, The Amazing Race 8's five remaining teams visited both Toronto and Montreal on Saturday, July 30. While in Toronto, the teams visited the Toronto Harbourfront and participated in a task in which they had to find the Kajama, a 164-foot three masted schooner that normally offers tours of the Toronto harbor on Lake Ontario. In addition to the various racing teams, The Amazing Race co-creator Bertram van Munster was also said to have been spotted on-location. After completing their visit to Toronto, the teams are said to have flown to Montreal, where they arrived around 5PM local time.
While it's unknown what the teams did in Montreal, the Tonawanda News newspaper picked up the racers' trail on Sunday, July 31. According to the News, the teams visited the American side of Niagara Falls, with eyewitnesses spotting the teams racing to a clue box set up at Terrapin Point on Goat Island in Niagara Falls State Park. The newspaper's eyewitnesses saw at least one team of four -- containing two adults and two children -- race down the nearby stairs and, with cameramen trailing and a nearby production assistant ensuring that no one interfered with the clue box before they arrived, grab an envelope containing the course's next clue. After that, other eyewitnesses reported that teams headed to nearby Joseph Davis State Park, where, although unconfirmed by park officials who apparently signed CBS confidentiality agreements, the The Amazing Race: Family Edition is rumored to have concluded.
One online eyewitness who was allegedly visiting Terrapin Point complete with video camera also provided detailed physical descriptions of the three families that are said to have reached Niagara Falls (highlight the below white area to see.)
According to an EZBoard poster who alleges to have recorded the last team's arrival at the Terrapin Point clue box, the last family -- which trailed the other two final teams by about an hour -- was a Caucasian family comprised of an "average looking" father who was wearing a shirt stating "Festival Party," his "out of shape, light haired wife," and their two daughters. One of the daughters was described as bring a "fairly good looking" dark haired girl in her late teens while the second daughter was about 12 or 13 years of age and wore eyeglasses.
Based on his conversations with other folks at both Terrapin Point and Joseph Davis State Park, both of the other two earlier teams are also said to be comprised of "fairly average" white families with children, with one park ranger telling him that although the two teams were jumbled together when they ran by, one team appeared to comprised of three children and only one parent.
As for how the family edition race itself unfolded, according to at least one former The Amazing Race competitor, longtime Race viewers apparently aren't the only ones concerned about how the surprising decision to include young children and drastically tamper with the two-time Emmy Award-winning program's format might effect the show. According to a recent online posting by former The Amazing Race 6 contestant Hera McLeod, the producers had "a lot of problems" during the course of the family edition race. In fact, according to Hera, the decision to allow teams of four containing young children to compete resulted in so many "problems" that "it may actually not be a rumor that it all gets canned." Despite Hera's comments, according to CBS press materials released today, The Amazing Race: Family Edition is still scheduled to air as part of the network's Fall 2005 primetime schedule.
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And so we don't forget ................their are other versions of the Amazing Race
Modeled after the popular television reality series, “Canadian Outback's Amazing Race” is an outstanding teambuilding event combining communication skills, planning, strategy, teamwork, and a race against the clock. Anyone can participate as no special skills, athletic ability or experience are required.
http://www.canadianoutback.com/team_amazingrace.php
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Let's see if my math is right. Five teams seen in Toronto and Montreal on Saturday, July 30. Three teams seen the next day, Sunday, July 31 for the final run to Niagara Falls and Joseph Davis State Park. Were two teams eliminated at the Montreal pit stop, or did one team drown after going over the falls in a barrel?? And if the race ends on July 31, that means they only raced for 24 days instead of the usual 30. Somethings don't add up right.
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You are a good detective Gman! :gman:
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I agree Texan , GMan is awesome :t-up: .
The more I read the more I think the NiagaraFalls spoiler could have been nothing more than a decoy run .
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posted by TAR7 Susan (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5569.topic&start=141&stop=160)
A comment on TAR Family: I noticed on another thread that someone mentioned actually having a clue envelope from the final leg. This would be a dead giveaway that this was a decoy, I think, because decoy teams our season were told to drop the false clues they'd been given so they would end up on the internet. Meredith and Gretchen's detour took them to the famous Book Depository in Texas where no one seemed to care about what they were doing. When they intentionally dropped a clue envelope once, someone ran up and told Gretchen, "You dropped this!!!" and gave it back. I'm just saying, if it looks like too obvious, it probably is.
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You trying to say people in Texas do not care about Amazing race?? Probably too hot to stand around and watch.
Good information about dropping the clues. Because the teams get penalties if they do not have their clue at the pit stop.
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not a spoiler just an article I read ~
If you haven't been following the early reports on the new season, here's the bottom line: According to online reports and some published stories, the cycle of "Amazing Race'' that begins Sept. 27 is, at best, disappointing and, at worse, a mess. The producers decided to do something different with the show in its eighth go-round and came up with "Amazing Race: Family Edition'' which features teams with four members of the same family.
Biggest problem: With younger kids involved, the race was limited in terms of how far and where it could go. As a result, "Amazing Race'' apparently never wandered outside the Americas, spending much of its time in the U.S.
and Canada. (Huntsville, Ala. and Niagara Falls, N.Y. are perfectly nice places but they don't compete in appeal with Kenya and Singapore.)
I don't know how much stock to put in some of the reports but I fear the worse. When I recently asked two CBS executives about the coming ""Race'' season, they both rolled their eyes and quickly changed the subject
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/aei/2005/08/reality_bites_s.html
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Looking at the teams , Id go ahead and say this was a false report or decoy , or am I missing something here ?
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Based on his conversations with other folks at both Terrapin Point and Joseph Davis State Park, both of the other two earlier teams are also said to be comprised of "fairly average" white families with children, with one park ranger telling him that although the two teams were jumbled together when they ran by, one team appeared to comprised of three children and only one parent.
The teams? The first two are VERY vague. Just average white american families, I was told...at least four kids, possibly five, and possibly one team with three kids. One of the women was very large...around 6 foot and 250lbs.
The team I SAW was a couple with two kids. Both kids were girls. The dad was rather plain and his older daughter (16?) was much more athletic and pretty with dark hair. The wife was a bit out of shape and looked like a normal american housewife a bit frumpy - no outstanding good or bad features while the other daughter was about 11 or 12 with lighter hair and also a bit out of shape.
This was not a typical Final 3 team.
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I'm also not seeing a Dad with a lot of tatoos. --at least not on the arms.
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Yeah, Palpatine has been quiet he said he would be around once the website was up to let us know which team is his family .
Lex looking ?? hard to say ? :)*
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that settles that Niagra Falls spoiler =Decoys .. now to figure out if one of those dads has tatoos
DrEmphy
Registered User
Posts: 199
(8/16/05 5:37 pm)
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Yeah, sorry to report, none of those teams are the one I saw.
I know what i saw and I have the video...it just wasnt any of those teams...I took the pictures to the Falls today to see if anyone recognized any of the teams, and I have had such terrible results that I need to go back again.
The race was here, but as I was warned the day I went back - it might have been a decoy at Terrapin Point.
The actual race WAS here though. You will see, my team spoilers are bunk now though, I guess, because none of those teams I saw...they are all WAYYY too good looking.
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Hello everybody. This seems like a friendly place, so if nobody minds I'll pull up a chair and spoil a spell.
I wanted to mention some things about the Early Show clip and get your opinions. For reference, paste this link:
rtsp://real.cbsig.net:554/cbsnews/2005/08/16/video780841.rm
in your address bar: if you have Real codecs installed, the clip (without commercials) should show up in the appropriate player.
The wave-off footage at the end would seem to be either at Empire-Fulton Ferry park (state) or Brooklyn Bridge park (city): I can't
tell which. But everything else seems to point to the north end of Governors Island.
First, compare the skylines (and the wharf structure) in these two photos, one taken west of the wharf and one just east:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Slowhatch/Island/Manhattan_skyline.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Slowhatch/Island/LookingNorth.jpg)
Second, compare the building in the background with the island bookstore:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Slowhatch/Island/warehouse.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Slowhatch/Island/bookstore-1.jpg)
Third, compare the area I've enhanced (upper-right) with the structures at the ferry landing:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Slowhatch/Island/Enhanced.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Slowhatch/Island/dock.jpg)
You can go here:http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/manhattan/governorsisland/northern/
for the original, larger pictures. This is an overview with my guess about the shoot location:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v217/Slowhatch/Island/FortJayLowRes.jpg)
I'm not sure how (or if) they're going to tie the two places together. Usually contestants arrive for Phil's
briefing in some kind of specialized vehicle. Something local to New York, perhaps?
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OMH !! Welcome Slowhatch of Twop fame :<( Please join in ..I love to read your posts !!
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Puddin: :<(
To quote from your post of yesterday:
"CBS today announced the identities of the 10 families set to compete in THE AMAZING RACE: FAMILY EDITION. For the first time ever, the Emmy Award-winning reality adventure series will feature teams of four instead of two, comprised of family members. The 10 teams of families will compete against one another in a race around the world for a $1 million prize.
and....
"THE AMAZING RACE: FAMILY EDITION features 10 teams -- each comprised of four family members -- on a trek around the world for approximately 30 days."
and...
30,000 miles would take you around the world at least once at the equator (twice at the Artic Circle) And this is an awful lot of miles to run up just by travelling from the East Coast to the West Coast and back (About 7,000 miles; oh well make that 10,000 if they go South and North also) We have had suposedly sightings in Beliz and Panama. Still that would not account for a total of 30,000 miles. So were they able to sneak away and actually travel around the world more or less on a straight line from Panama to Europe to Asia and back to Jackson Hole, Wyoming and then on to Toronto and Montreal??????
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:<( Gman ..I havent had time to put the spoilers together , if you want a go at it please do so :kuss:
if not I'll have to make sometime, the BB6 updates is killing me .
Time to swipe stuff from the other board again {l{ . ( thanks to greenraven@sucks )
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Just returned from my cousin's wedding in New Orleans and in speaking with my other cousin at the family brunch, our conversation turned to TAR. She asked if I was still a fan, and informed me that one of the bridesmaids' boss (she works at The Ritz Carlton in N.O., as does he) had just gotten back recently with his family from filming the new TAR: Family Edition. The bridesmaid didn't have any other info outside of that/her boss didn't tell her much more, but look for a southern New Orleans family in the next race. Just a heads-up.
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They followed this post with one allegedly from the said N.O. hotel guy Racer posting on some board called Datalounge and added the board isn't the most reliable:
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I'm Going to Be on The Amazing Race with my family in September. We just got back (that's no spoiler, because even teams eliminated early go into sequester/decoy mode). The season should start in September. I'm the hotel manager from New Orleans. Can't really say much more, except I had some slight disappointment in the fact that this race took place mainly in North America. But that's understandable because some teams had children as young as 7 with them.
Well, hope you guys watch!!!
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According to CBS the only family from New Orleans is the Schroeder Family. And he is identified as an architect not a hotel manager. So who is this guy claiming that he is a Hotel Manager (Ritz Carlton) not an architect. Is someone just posting to get his own kicks from Route 66? So claiming that the race took place "mainly in North America" still leaves some overseas travelling - Belize, Panama, and Canada are all still in North America as is the USofA, of course. Until more is proven rialable I would not take anything from this source as gospel
GMan , credits to twop's
PRESS RELEASE
New Orleans - Proud to Call It Home for the Night
For additional information about this press release contact:
Char Schroeder
Director of Public Relations
The Ritz-Carlton, New Orleans
921 Canal Street
New Orleans, LA 70112
USA
Phone: (504) 524-1331
Fax: (504) 670-2863
char.schroeder@ritzcarlton.com
http://www.ritzcarlton.com/hotels/new_orleans/overview/pressreleases/proud_to_call_it_home.html
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I have been puffing and puffing on my pipe and the "arouand the world" quote that keeps coming up has me thinking. Also the grand total of only 30,000 miles also has me puzzled. But as Sherlock said to the good doctor: Its elementary. So here is the pipe dreams to beat all pipe dreams (and , Puddin, please don't ask what I have been smoking in my pipe)
This is my wildest guess of where TAR8 goes:
Leg One. New York to Washington, DC 205 miles
Washington DC to Charleston, SC 447 miles
Charleston,SC to Huntsville, AL 404 miles
Leg Two Huntsville, AL to Taladega, AL 95 miles
Taladega, AL to Beliz City, Beliz 1109 miles
Leg Three Beliz City to Panama City, Panama 827 miles
Leg Four Panama City to Wellington, NZ 7447 miles
Leg Five Wellington,NZ to Sydney, AUS 1384 miles
Leg Six Sydney, AUS to Manila, PI 3898 miles
Leg Seven Manila, PI to Honolulu, HI 5304 miles
Leg Eight Honolulu, HI to San Francisco, CA 2395 miles
Leg Nine San Francisco, CA to Jackson, WY 732 miles
Leg Ten Jackson, WY to Toronto, Canada 1557 miles (note may be included in Leg nine)
Leg Eleven Toronto to Montreal 314 miles
Montreal to New York, NY 320 miles
This gives us a total of 26, 438 miles
Locations are selected for English speaking ability. English is the primary language in Beliz, Panama and The Philippines
There probably is local travel in and around these locations which would account for an additional 3,600 miles
If there are the usual 13 legs, then some locations may include more than one leg.
As I said this is a pure pipe dream.
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the DataLounge thread Link (http://www.datalounge.com/cgi-bin/iowa/english/forum/threaded/trolls/newbies/gossip/all/page-1/thread/1922699/page-1.html)
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This is interesting and I would like to know CBS's reaction to it. The DataLounge posting from the person in New Orleans claiming to be on TAR8 was posted on Aug 9 a week before the "Official" release of the teams by CBS on TES on Aug 16. The poster was later identified as being CS. So either Mr. or Mrs. Schroeder must have spoken to someone about being on the race which seems to me to be in violation of the confidentiality contract which all contestents must sign. In the article about the three brothers and sisters posted above, the writer claims that all the information was given to him by the mother since the three siblings were prevented by their contract from speaking to the press. I wonder how CBS is treating the Schroeder affair?
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Hi Slowhatch. I hope you like it here. It will be great to work with you (again). 8-)'
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swiped this from Sucks
The Amazing Race 8 Odds
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Linz Family 3-1
Rogers Family 7-2
Bransen Family 4-1
Aiello Family 5-1
Godlewski Family 6-1
Weaver Family 6-1
Paolo Family 7-1
Schroeder Family 7-1
Black Family 8-1
Gaghan Family 8-1
link~
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-24-2005/0004093667&EDATE=
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Sinycdelgage
Posts: 1
(8/24/05 7:28 am)
Unless you have your dates mixed up, this isn't true. My Dad's a producer for the Amazing Race, and he got home on the 10th of this month. I believe production finished on the 8th.
And if you don't believe me about my Dad being a Producer for TAR, check out my blog. I've had to try and prove the BYOND community that I'm not lying. =)
My Blog (http://members.byond.com/Sinyc) ;)
~Sinyc.
link to sucks (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5688.topic&start=21&stop=40)
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I looked at this blog and I think that boy's going to get a wooping when daddy gets wind of this.
But it's real as far as I can tell. The picture of the Emmy with dad's name on it is very strong proof.
But how useful is dad coming home on August 10th?
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The SamCahill spoiler ..we can count this out .
SamCahill
(8/21/05 6:03 pm)
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Between the 11th and the 15 of this month, my friend was on vacation in Florida- Orlando based area. Im not sure what the production dates were and when the filming ended- But im guessing Florida was one of the last locations. Anyways, the spoiler is my friend spotted a team of 4 blondes running through Jimmy Buffet's Mragaritaville. She knew I was a fan so she called me up and let me know about this. If this was posted somewhere else, Im sorry just delete it. But I thought Id share this with you- If these dates were indeed towards the end of production, we can know that the Godlewski's get far..Or if production was early this could mean nothing.
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Over at TWOP, a poster reported seeing Phil on a cruise ship doing non-TAR stuff:
I was on a cruise ship (Monarch of the Seas, RCCL, sailing out of L.A. to Ensenada) on August 5th and Our Man Phil was on board early in the day, apparently filming something on the pool deck. It killed me that I did not have my camera with me - he was all for having his picture taken with people that happened to be up on the deck. It was pretty early in the day and most passengers hadn't even boarded yet, so it was fairly uncrowded. He and the crew disembarked long before the ship departed.
Didn't see any TAR-related stuff, so I have no idea what they were filming up there. Promo for something else, mayhaps?
The account fits with the MOTS sailing schedule, listed here:
http://www.cruisecal.com/dnn/Default.aspx?tabid=345
So the reports of the race ending the previous weekend are looking a little better.
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Phil was also reported to be in San Francisco on the evening of August 5.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10339472
And last night hundreds of invited guests including the Maori Queen Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu, New Zealand ambassador to the United States John Wood and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom as well as film personality Rena Owen and The Amazing Race presenter Phil Keoghan, a New Zealander, attended the exhibition's official opening.
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|#' ok, i am officially starting to get real excited! i've been enjoying rewatching previous editions on gsn. (yeah, we get that up here!) but need a new fix soon. it will be real fun to figure out which of these is the real race and which were decoy legs. i suspect a lot of decoys if they stayed in north america.
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Bob Parr's kid posted today:
And to correct myself, Dad says that production finished about three weeks ago and post production keeps going all the way through 'till about the second to last episode of the current season of TAR. What they do is they start making the first episode during the first couple o' days of filming. The race films over about 30 days and they send the film back to the warehouse in LA where they edit the films and piece together the story lines. So when production finished, the first episode is like.. 90% complete, the second episode is about 70% complete etc. etc.. He says it's an on-going process right through the series. Sometimes they'll make last minute changes on an episode before sending it in etc. Quite a complicated process and me Dad said he's glad he's not part of post-production!
This fits perfectly with the Phil sightings.
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Sinycdelgage
Registered User
Posts: 3
(8/25/05 3:54 am)
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Yeah, I do.
And to correct myself, Dad says that production finished about three weeks ago and post production keeps going all the way through 'till about the second to last episode of the current season of TAR. What they do is they start making the first episode during the first couple o' days of filming. The race films over about 30 days and they send the film back to the warehouse in LA where they edit the films and piece together the story lines. So when production finished, the first episode is like.. 90% complete, the second episode is about 70% complete etc. etc.. He says it's an on-going process right through the series. Sometimes they'll make last minute changes on an episode before sending it in etc. Quite a complicated process and me Dad said he's glad he's not part of post-production!
link (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5688.topic&start=41&stop=57)
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Good old Mandy.com, the spoilers friend. When you google this--"amazing race" site:mandy.com--you get a lot of results from past seasons, but there's an interesting new entry from Panama--here http://www.mandy.com/home.cfm?c=hep006.
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Mandy is a good example of an online "brag sheet." My guess is that while production people have to sign the non-disclosure contracts, nothing prevents them from listing their experience on their online resumes. Here's another one from Mandy, which may or may not be a spoiler: http://www.johnperry.tv/. He lists TAR8 with his credits, but also TAR7 and TAR6. He does most of his work out of Nashville, so....I don't know.
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LOL , the music nearly scared the baJesus out of me ^/^
Music Videos, Television Specials,
Feature Films, Commercial Film:
2005
The Amazing Race 8
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CBS
World Race Productions Inc.
Bertram van Munster - Executive Producer
Jerry Bruckheimer - Executive Producer
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The kid-friendly contest, which includes fewer non-elimination episodes
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,6350.0.html
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Another site full of TAR titles and episodes for reference .
The Amazing Race
a Titles & Air Dates Guide
http://epguides.com/AmazingRace/
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This fits in nicely with a previously reported sighting of teams in Barro Colorado, Panama in white vans with camera crews headed for the boat dock at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Sightings were on Saturday July 16 and Sunday July 17. So this fits after those sightings in Belize. This leaves that huge gap between July 17 and next confirmed sighting in Toronto on July 30 and 31. Oh where oh where have our teams gone?
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Good afternoon GMan :<( ..Oh motivation to make a map , i'll give it a shot 8-)'
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Does anybody have In Touch magazine? So we can find out more about this “hammer" (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5656.topic&start=208&stop=223) challenge.
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no such luck Chateau ..lets hope that someone else does .
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Does anyone have a link to the "ice cream stand" spoiler? The reason I ask is, Amazon has announced a Dec 20 release date of TAR7 on DVD (I couldn't link to it directly; go to Amazon and search for "amazing race"). That date meshes nicely with what should be the season finale and, in the storyline, the Canadian arc.
So if there's any truth to this stuff then I'll make an early guess and say the ice cream vendors will be either Rob/Amber or Uchenna/Joyce.
Thanks, Puddin.
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It took awhile . .. |#' here you go Slowhatch |#'
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:57 pm
we were in toronto downtown and we saw two of the groups getting a route info from a ice cream stand, there were 2 groups that went by both groups of 4. One four hot girls and the other a familly. The sign said for them to go to boston
tarflies (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90&sid=2a803718a1d58f4d1e2d4abd6c905809)
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An interview with Phil Keoghan of "The Amazing Race"
http://tempo.typepad.com/entertainment_tv/2005/10/an_interview_wi.html
We’ve made some adjustments along the way, like the [changes to] the roadblock rule, the [addition of the] yield. It just seemed appropriate after seven seasons to change it up.
Wonder what they'll add to the yield? *(^
Finally, “TAR: Family Edition’s” Godlewski sisters showed up at Borders but were under strict rules not to talk to the press, so they just waved, smiled and quickly backed away from me.
They didn't win :unde:
By the way, at one point we were chatting about the possibility of an all-star version of “The Amazing Race,” but from what Phil said, it didn’t seem like it would happen all that soon. As I recall (I didn’t get this part recorded), Phil said it was something the fans were talking about more than “Amazing Race” producers and CBS executives were. Still, it sounded like it could happen one day.
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Great Article Banzai {**} !!
OH Boy , I want Janelle & Kaysar in the All-Star RACE !!!!!!!!!!!!!! {|
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Now you have me on a Phil hunt ...
from another article
Phil Keoghan has been the host of all eight "Amazing Race" editions and will start shooting "AR9" in January.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/columnists.nsf/gailpennington/story/4AF9192F440A61C086257085004457B2?OpenDocument
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That's interesting info if the article is accurate; the TAR9 eligibility sheet (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race_application/eligibility.pdf) had finals this month with the race run in Nov.
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not a spoiler
Matt Roush: I'm still a big fan of the Race, but I can understand why some are less enthused than you and me about the show staying stateside for now. (I've been told the teams will travel overseas before it's over . ) Something is lost when the terrain is so familiar, and I'm hearing groans of "BOR-ing" a lot, but I also like the idea that the USA has many places of its own that are worthy of amazement. Re-creating bits of American history (crossing the Delaware, a Civil War battle reenactment) is an especially appropriate gimmick for a "family" version, and since I lived on Capitol Hill in Washington for many years, I was amused by the reflecting-pool confusion. But I'm hoping these teams are tested in an exotic, alien culture before long. And what I like about having kids aboard is that sometimes they're a boon and sometimes they're a handicap. And good grief, are those Paolo kids obnoxious! (Amazing Race always gives you someone to root against, and they're top, or perhaps more accurately, bottom of my list.) So far I'm enjoying the show well enough, though I'll be glad when it gets this stunt out of its system. The show is still a welcome break after all the heavy dramas I tend to watch throughout the week — and since I'm not grooving on Gilmore Girls so much lately (although this week's episode is very good), it puts a much-needed smile on my face when I play it back at the end of Tuesday night.
http://www.tvguide.com/TV/Roush/AskMatt/
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updated :
My Dad's an idiot.
As a lot of you know, my Dad's a producer for the Amazing Race, and he owns a risk management company for the entertainment industry.
He also served for 18 years in UK Special Forces. He worked for a number of years in Intelligence Analysis and Information Security, advising senior military and political figures. He's also got an MBE and three Emmy Awards for his work in the Race.
People say he's a genius. But I beg to differ. When my Dad and I are out together, he's a complete random idiot. I often end up punching him in the arm to shut him up, but he gets great joy in attempting to wind me up. So, I caught him on tape.
(http://members.byond.com/Sinyc/files/DSCI0006.ASF)
He does this when I'm with him all the time. Thank god he's buggered off for pre-production of the next series of the Race.
Posted by Sinyc on Saturday, October 22, 2005 05:25AM - 8 comments
Sinycdelgage
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(8/24/05 7:28 am)
Unless you have your dates mixed up, this isn't true. My Dad's a producer for the Amazing Race, and he got home on the 10th of this month. I believe production finished on the 8th.
And if you don't believe me about my Dad being a Producer for TAR, check out my blog. I've had to try and prove the BYOND community that I'm not lying. =)
My Blog (http://members.byond.com/Sinyc) ;)
~Sinyc.
link to sucks (http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessageRange?topicID=5688.topic&start=21&stop=40)
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Not a spoiler, but a question about a spoiler: did anybody catch this blog entry (http://www.frankmurphy.com/2005/08/best-reality-show-ever.html) after it appeared? It IDs Middleburg and Welbourne. If it really was posted on 06 Aug then "amazing race" should have been caught by some search engine.
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It looks like Google doesn't get everywhere instantly. But, by Oct 8th this episode was already 4 days old.
So it could have been concocted after the fact.
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what the Heck sign would that be exactly ?
The sign said for them to go to boston
It took awhile . .. |#' here you go Slowhatch |#'
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:57 pm
we were in toronto downtown and we saw two of the groups getting a route info from a ice cream stand, there were 2 groups that went by both groups of 4. One four hot girls and the other a familly. The sign said for them to go to boston
tarflies (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90&sid=2a803718a1d58f4d1e2d4abd6c905809)
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what the Heck sign would that be exactly ?
The sign said for them to go to boston
It took awhile . .. |#' here you go Slowhatch |#'
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:57 pm
we were in toronto downtown and we saw two of the groups getting a route info from a ice cream stand, there were 2 groups that went by both groups of 4. One four hot girls and the other a familly. The sign said for them to go to boston
tarflies (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90&sid=2a803718a1d58f4d1e2d4abd6c905809)
I think the sign to get on the Highway said "To Boston" and thats the highway to Niagara, and Niagara is NOT a big city. For example this season when the teams went to DC the highway they got on said "To Baltimore" not Washington DC. I personally dont believe this spoiler becuause, the four sisters are not hot only two of them are you cant misakte a fat lady as hot. But if its true then the sign for Boston is just prolly the highway to head to Niagara Falls from Canada.
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brought over here incase you missed it ,perhaps the Webmonkeys at CBS were told it was a combined 2 leg episode and pushed the button early , good spoiler ..I think it will hold up .
Didn't know where to put this but the CBS website has the Bransens with an "X" on their picture already.
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race8/teams/ (http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race8/teams/)
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what the Heck sign would that be exactly ?
The sign said for them to go to boston
It took awhile . .. |#' here you go Slowhatch |#'
Posted: Sun Jul 31, 2005 4:57 pm
we were in toronto downtown and we saw two of the groups getting a route info from a ice cream stand, there were 2 groups that went by both groups of 4. One four hot girls and the other a familly. The sign said for them to go to boston
tarflies (http://www.tarflies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=90&sid=2a803718a1d58f4d1e2d4abd6c905809)
We'll have to wait to get a preview but ...........
If the spoiler is correct then Niagara was just the decoy and the finish line is in Boston ... teams would fly there OR
The poster of the spoiler messed it up and "the sign" said Buffalo and not Boston. If you were driving to Niagara you would see signs for Buffalo.
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Leave no stone unturned ..fwiw , do I believe it ? nope cause I think the godlewskis come in third..6 hours behind and Bart the Bear well :)*
Bart the Bear
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(11/25/05 8:27 pm)
Reply *Weaver final leg spoiler*
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My aunt is visiting and she just happens to be a friend of Rebecca (oh god). She knows that I'm a fan of TAR so I decided what the hell and asked her if they won. Maybe Rebecca might have told her something
Answer: No, they came in 3rd.
I then asked her who won but she told me that she never asked.
In short, Weavers come in 3rd in the final leg and do not win.
http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessage?topicID=6159.topic
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Leave no stone unturned ..fwiw , do I believe it ? nope cause I think the godlewskis come in third..6 hours behind and Bart the Bear well :)*
Bart the Bear
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(11/25/05 8:27 pm)
Reply *Weaver final leg spoiler*
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My aunt is visiting and she just happens to be a friend of Rebecca (oh god). She knows that I'm a fan of TAR so I decided what the hell and asked her if they won. Maybe Rebecca might have told her something
Answer: No, they came in 3rd.
I then asked her who won but she told me that she never asked.
In short, Weavers come in 3rd in the final leg and do not win.
http://p085.ezboard.com/fsurvivorsucksfrm23.showMessage?topicID=6159.topic
No this makes perfect sense (aside from villains should come in second) But the spoiler we had said TWO teams were together one was four hot girls(Godlewski) and the other team was obviously the Linz (G's work with weaver no Way). So Linz/Godlewski head to Niagara falls together where Linz out race the Godlewski to the finish line. Where Linz First, Godlewski Second, Weaver a distant third. But this can deffinably TRUE.
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we were in toronto downtown and we saw two of the groups getting a route info from a ice cream stand, there were 2 groups that went by both groups of 4. One four hot girls and the other a familly. The sign said for them to go to boston
tarflies
Are there any other Toronto/Montreal/Buffalo spoilers that still haven't been disproved? From reading a few message boards, I was under the impresion that it was a sure thing that the Godlewskis and Weavers were the losing teams of the final three.
This spoiler doesn't seem very strong to me.
Here's a couple more Toronto spoilers I have found.
From Blows:
The Toronto sighting was very much fun. We had tickets to cruise on the Kajama for 11:30. People are supposed to be checked in a half hour before sailing time. As we were walking along Lakeshore/ Queen's Quay at the intersection of Rees road a SUV stopped for the red light and a woman asked "where are the tall ships?" She had an Amazing Race clue folder in her hand. We told her it was up one block and to the right. We wished her good luck.
We ran to try and catch up to them. They were coming back around the power generating station at Harbourfront. My fiancee exclaimed "My god, they are racing with kids." They dropped part of their route info and another person picked it up and asked if they needed it. They said they didn't and had a new clue. I again yelled out good luck and the woman said "Look, it's our friend from before." (yes, I am kicking myself for not trying to buy the route info from the guy on the spot)
My fiancee and I went to board the Kajama and the officer said that only "people on the movie crew" were allowed on for awhile and said we would be delayed sailing. There were several people milling around, all with cell phones and binders they were hiding. We sailed out late.
When we returned to dock at 1:30, the same crew was waiting, but no teams. The ship headed back out for its 2:00 cruise. We hung around and heard them talking about needing shots of the CN Tower and needing to plan travel to Montreal. They went to the cell phones and were asking where the next team was and said it would be cutting it close because they had to board the ship for the next clue. Bert appeared 15mins later and they all left.
We were supposed to go the Jays game at 4, but instead got a camera and waited at the dock. The crew was back at 3:30, as was the Kajama. The crew boarded and climbed the foremast and put a remote camera up there. They were holding the boat. The cell phones rang and someone said "code red, code red" and ran off down the dock. The boat was delayed sailing for 20mins, but no other team showed up. The camera crew left and Kajama sailed.
We took several pictures of the activity, including Bert. As we were waiting after the boat sailed, the head of the crew came close by us and laughed at us. Thats why i am posting the spoiler. I would have not said anything and made this a nice private memory to enjoy while watching the show with my fiancee, but after sitting in the sun for 3 hours and missing a ball game to try and watch the show in action, only to be laughed at, I thought a spoiler was in order.
The Kajama was not due to dock again till 5:30, so whichever team was next was a full six hours behind. The driving of cars with New York plates in Toronto makes me wonder alot. I think alot of the delay was due to the holding of Caribanna because when we left Toronto the Gardiner and 403 (the freeways into Toronto's downtown area from NY and or the airport) were jammed into parking lots.
Thats all the details I have. Looking forward to the end. I overheard the crew discussing a pit stop, but I could not make out if it was in Toronto or Montreal. But I heard the words climbing and CN tower, so I think a roadblock was close.
Discuss amongst yourselves and ttyl.
The problem I have with this spoiler is "They're are racing with kids". Not "She's racing with kids". Also, why does the woman have the envelope in her hands when she encounters a stranger?
Here's another one (from Google Groups):
Jack wrote:
> No really, I was there with my family and in they came. The picture is
> legit. Now I am all confused as to how they could have edited out the entire
> trip to Toronto.
> Maybe they came there and the producers didn't like the whole thing so they
> pulled everyone back to New York, which isn't that far away.
> I have another picture or two of Gaghans in Toronto by the way.
they run decoys. It wouldn't surprise me to hear that they use
eliminated teams to runs legs specifically because of the risk of word
leaking out because teams were recognized. Perhaps there will be a leg
coming up in Toronto and you just saw the Gaghans running as decoys.
Karen E.
6. Jack
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Don't think so, Gaghans came tearing into the CN Tower and asked me where
the clue box was. They had a clue in their hands, Mom did, and they took off
running up the escalator.
Jack
Don't think so, Gaghans came tearing into the CN Tower and asked me where
the clue box was. They had a clue in their hands, Mom did, and they took off
running up the escalator.
Jack
Another woman in Toronto with a clue in her hands.
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Well heck Pedelar now you share the Google Group info with us :lolCX:
fwiw I always felt that the Godlewski sisters would be final three , who would have thought they could have lasted this long ?that spoiler seems solid and has held up . Same goes for the Weavers .. the good will beat the bad in the race to the bathmat ..good of course being the Linz family per betting spoiler .
just my opinion :grinC:
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This is what we have:
I am only certain about the Linz becuase in my mind Branson could be in the final two in both of these senarios:
Now but lets go back to a old spoiler from niagara of a team with two daughters. Now Wally can be a dad, and Elizabeth looks much other than Lindsay and Lauren and can possible be viewd as the mom, so they can deffinaly be in the final three over the Weavers, also "Four HOT girls" would much more possibly be Megan/Lindsay/Lauren/Beth rather than Chris and Michelle Godlewski in witch can mean Godlewski's go out in forth.
Now the Godlewski confessional i will almost bet it from the finish line, so they are most likly in the final three. And also the past three seasons the best overall team (CC/KJ/RA) came in second place and as of now they have the best overall placeing two spots ahead of the Linz including their third palce to Yellowstone, and Linz forth place, otherwise they stay only one spot ahead of the Linz. I put the Yellowstone order as they order becuase thats what CBS.com says was the ending point of that leg, and that bunching was not "fair" so they deserve their third place and Linz should have their forth place. And dont say how the Linz car broke down becuase then you will need to give the sisters and first place for the leg before in Utah becuase they were tied for first (made no mistakes) and went to last.
So to me its a toss up of Weaver/Branson for forth both i think can be getting forth place edit, i think most people would like to see the Bransons win even though they are not first in popularity. A weaver have gotten the "sympathy" edit even though i personally think most people hate them they are still high in popularity.
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good post never ,
this weeks webteaser :
On the way to the Pit Stop, one team gets pulled over by the police and wonders if this will cost them the race.
would they actually show us the next team eliminated in advance ?? I don't think so .
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b105/rawalsh/TAR_promo_EP11/558c5f5d.jpg)
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looking through the google group and " Jack " says he saw the Gaghans in August , wish I knew how to see the picture
"Jack" wrote in message
> Looks like the trip to Toronto ended up on the cutting room floor.
> I was in TO in August and saw Gaghans at the CN Tower. So with them
> eliminated I guess the Canadian portion is gonzo.
> Jake
Being of suspicious mind, me thinks this picture has been
"doctored". Nice try Jack, but no cigar (which in Canada can be a very
legally imported Havana). ;-)
Dave
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Well heck Pedelar now you share the Google Group info with us
fwiw I always felt that the Godlewski sisters would be final three , who would have thought they could have lasted this long ?that spoiler seems solid and has held up . Same goes for the Weavers .. the good will beat the bad in the race to the bathmat ..good of course being the Linz family per betting spoiler .
just my opinion
Puddin, I don't know why I searched there. It's been a long time since I looked at a newsgroup.
My frustration with this has to do with the AOL and CBS previews. If it wasn't for the TAR detectives on this site, I wouldn't have known that the Bransens are even in the race. I seem to recall Meredith driving the double decker buses during the TAR7 final four previews and Aaron in an argument with a Chinese taxi driver during the TAR6 final four preview. Those two teams were given some of the preview air time. CBS could at least do the same for the Bransens.
would they actually show us the next team eliminated in advance ?? I don't think so .
One of my favorite individual racers made a big time screwup. It led to his team's elimination which was alluded to in the previews. I remember that the best TAR moderator on the web viewed an advanced AOL preview and told me (and others) that Bolo was gone before the episode aired.
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You have some memory Pedaler :smileC: , maybe its time for us to look back at the final 4 editing ?? Season 5 seems like a good place to start .
later off on a mission :waveC:
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Thought it was a good idea untill I realized that you are correct Pedaler , no signs of the Bransens in trouble ..barely any focus on them at all .
Maybe the Bransens will be featured on the weeks eyemail 8-)' ?
TAR5 we knew the Bowling moms were in trouble per previews
TAR 6 same goes for Hayden & Aaron
TAR7 ..I had some inside info that M&G were in the final 3 so did some other peeps , overlooked M&G's in your face elimination and I picked Ron & Kelly because we knew it wasnt Romber or U&J .
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The problem I have with this spoiler is "They're are racing with kids". Not "She's racing with kids". Also, why does the woman have the envelope in her hands when she encounters a stranger?
This makes perfect sense to me. If ma Weaver is driving then all three kids are in the back seat. Remember the camera man would be sitting in the front passenger seat.