Posted by beautywickedlover 2012-01-25 14:53:53
The teams have been announced for the show's upcoming 20th season. There was a rumor that Rachel and Brendon from 'Big Brother' would be competing this show and the rumor is true. Here's information about all of the teams.
Dave Brown Jr.
Age: 33
Hometown: Madison, Wis.
Current occupation: U.S. Army Officer
Rachel Brown
Age: 30
Hometown: Madison, Wis.
Current occupation: Project Manager
Connection to Teammate: Married
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William Bopper Minton
Age: 41
Hometown: Manchester, KY.
Current occupation: Motorcycle Mechanic
Mark Jackson
Age: 45
Hometown: Manchester, Ky.
Occupation: Former State Inspector
Connection to Teammate: Best Friends
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Nary Ebeid
Age: 32
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: Federal Agent
Jamie Graetz
Age: 33
Hometown: Los Angeles
Current occupation: Federal Agent
Connection to Teammate: Federal Agents/Friends
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Brendon Villegas
Age: 31
Hometown: Westwood, Calif.
Current occupation: PhD Student
Rachel Reilly
Age: 27
Hometown: Westwood, Calif.
Current occupation: Event Hostess
Connection to Teammate: Engaged
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Joey Fitness Lasalla
Age: 29
Hometown: Whitestone, N.Y.
Current occupation: Trainer/Supplement
Company Owner
Danny Horal
Age: 27
Hometown: Holbrook, N.Y.
Current occupation: Nightclub Promoter
Connection to Teammate: Friends
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Misa Tanaka
Age: 27
Hometown: San Diego
Current occupation: Car Buyer
Maiya Tanaka
Age: 25
Hometown: San Diego
Current occupation: Professional Golfer
Connection to Teammate: Sisters
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Dave Gregg
Age: 44
Hometown: New Port Richey, Fla.
Current occupation: Ambassador of Laughter
Cherie Gregg
Age: 44
Hometown: New Port Richey, Fla.
Current occupation: Ambassador of Laughter
Connection to Teammate: Married Clowns
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Elliot Weber
Age: 28
Hometown: Scottsdale, Ariz.
Current occupation: Musician
Andrew Weber
Age: 28
Hometown: Menlo Park, Calif.
Current occupation: Professional Soccer Player
Connection to Teammate: Twins
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Kerri Paul
Age: 30
Hometown: Gulfport, Miss.
Current occupation: Program Coordinator
Stacy Bowers
Age: 30
Hometown: Gulfport, Miss.
Current occupation: Self Employed / Basketball Wife
Connection to Teammate: Cousins
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Vanessa Macias
Age: 31
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Current occupation: Freelance Writer
Ralph Kelley
Age: 36
Hometown: San Antonio, Texas
Current occupation: Bar Owner
Connection to Teammate: Dating Divorcees
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Art Velez
Age: 43
Hometown: Temecula, Calif.
Current occupation: Border Patrol Agent
J.J. Carrell
Age: 42
Hometown: Carlsbad, Calif.
Current occupation: Border Patrol Agent
Connection to Teammate: Border Patrol Agents/Friends
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Posted by StockardFan 2012-01-25 14:58:15
When does it start?
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-01-25 15:00:38
Married clowns? "Ambassadors of Laughter"? They have the potential to be more annoying than Brenchal.
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Posted by blaxx 2012-01-25 15:01:16
Thats right, Big Brother repeat offenders Rachel Reilly and Brendon Villegas have become the latest pair of CBS reality stars to try their hand at sprinting across the globe for a million dollars when season 20 of The Amazing Race kicks off on Feb. 19 at 8pm.
Go Brenchel!
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Posted by SonofMammaMiaSam 2012-01-25 15:12:16
Starting the race in Napa?
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Posted by madbrian 2012-01-25 15:14:58
I completely HATE that they're bringing on ANOTHER couple from another reality show. It is an unwelcomed trend.
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-01-25 16:16:07
They only bring on couples from other CBS shows (Survivor and Big Brother) and only one couple at a time, so it doesn't irk me too much. Especially since they never seem to win. My objection is the choice in team this time around.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2012-01-25 16:24:14
"When does it start?"
February 19.
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Posted by StockardFan 2012-01-25 20:00:26
Thanks, beauty!
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Posted by doodlenyc 2012-01-26 10:19:28
Event Hostess?
Ugh...I hate Brendan and Rachel, but I bet they do well.
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-01-26 10:25:57
Wasn't she a chemist or something?
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Posted by SonofMammaMiaSam 2012-01-26 10:29:33
She was a Chemistry major in college, but was an Event Hostess at one of the Las Vegas pools during Big Brother. I'm assuming she is unemployed since moving to LA.
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Posted by doodlenyc 2012-01-26 10:35:03
Her first visit to BB it was definitely implied that she worked as a chemist.
She absolutely skeeves me, but I hate him more.
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Posted by SonofMammaMiaSam 2012-01-26 10:38:55
She implied it to land Brandon, but the reality was that she worked in a bikini directing high rollers to cabana's.
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Posted by doodlenyc 2012-01-26 10:44:17
She's all class!
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-01-26 10:52:46
True. Third class.
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Posted by blaxx 2012-01-26 13:56:34
Ugh...I hate Brendan and Rachel, but I bet they do well.
Internet rumors seem to hint that they did very well on this.
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Posted by Calvin 2012-01-26 14:00:22
Ugh, Brendan -- maybe they'll redo the watermelon challenge with anvils for him.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2012-02-21 00:21:09
I saw the premiere and I cannot believe that the sisters did not see Phil and the mat when there were that close to both of them.
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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2012-02-21 00:26:57
Phil's reaction to that was priceless. His "WTF" face looking at them had us rolling. They deserved to go home for that.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2012-02-23 11:22:58
One of the show's proders, Jeff Rice, was found dead in a Uganda hotel.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2012-03-12 10:57:00
Rachel Reilly is a lovely little thing, isn't she? LOL
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-03-12 12:48:45
The Brenchel drama was HILARIOUS. I love hearing Brendan talk about how "trashy" other people are totally devoid of any self-awareness. I know this couple SO WELL. I've had personal experience with people EXACTLY like this. They simply cannot let a day pass without playing out some massive dramatic crisis. They measure their existence by the amount of attention and sympathy they can receive by escalating emotions to a melodramatic state and claiming anyone they dislike is an inferior human being. Hypocrisy is a foreign concept to them because they live a completely fictional existence.
I think if Brendan ever came out of the closet, he might stop acting like a crazy Gingrich supporter. Yeah, I saw the naked photos and though they are not homosexual in nature, they look like they could have come from any-gay-cruising-site-dot-com. I don't want to perpetuate stereotypes, but he might as well be married to a Bachmann.
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Posted by clever name 2012-03-12 13:12:42
Yay Brenchel!! They did not disappoint. Hilarious!
"The Amazing Race is supposed to be FUN! and GOOD! It's Big Brother all over again!"
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Posted by Calvin 2012-03-14 14:13:37
Finally have caught up on this show. I'm not really a Big Brother devotee and don't find this Rachel creature amusing nor entertaining -- neither Rachel A nor Rachel B on this season, for that matter, nor their male counterparts. But I like even them more than I like those smug border patrol guys. And the Kentucky guys seem a little too put-on, to me. Kind of like Paula Deen.
Guess I'm rooting for...uh...the federal agent kindergarten teachers and the steroided-up Brendan Frasier team, just because they hate Rachel A, too. I was surprised the Joaquin Phoenix Wondertwins didn't last longer.
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-03-14 14:24:17
Brendan Frasier team
You call him by name. Say Joey "Fitness"!
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Posted by Calvin 2012-03-14 15:17:01
Haha, actually I'd forgotten about them. :) I was talking about the couple that had so much trouble with the watermelons. The guy kind of has the same cute doofus face that Brendan Frasier used to have.
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-03-14 15:17:50
I'm just glad the Ambassadors of Happiness are gone, or whatever the clowns called themselves.
Calvin - Rachel wasn't too bad the first time around on Big Brother. She was sort of oddly fascinating and the relationship that formed between her and Brendan was one of the most bizarre scenarios that ever played out on Big Brother. There was a sick sort of glee in seeing this guy turn on everyone for the sake of awkward and wildly inappropriate "chivalry". Like a more intense and cartoonish version of Dani and Nick (oh, dear sweet pretty Nick...sigh...saw those pics as well). The second season, they were just raging monsters desperate for attention and we really saw the worst of their hypocrisy and superiority. Even worse than Jeff's homophobic rants. Rachel is freaking out because this is the first time they have to rely on actual skills to survive in the game rather than manipulating people and creating drama for votes. Personality and lies have nothing to do with Amazing Race, so I have no idea why she thought it was be "easy" and "fun".
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Posted by Calvin 2012-03-14 15:24:12
OK, that background helps. But just to be clear, those advanced degrees he was talking about -- they were from that correspondance school Sally Struthers used to shill for, right?
And ohh, those clowns. I wanted to like them. Really, I did. But Male Clown should realize there's a difference between being not too strong at math and being such an idiot you don't know how to count. If anyone watching the show is ever in a position where tehy have to give him change, at least they'll be going home with a slightly bigger paycheck that day.
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Posted by doodlenyc 2012-03-14 16:18:45
Matt, you're being too kind to Rachel from the first season, imo. She's always been heinous...and I love her compared to her neanderthal. They are clearly both insane and I hope each week is a meltdown and they come in second place.
BTW, this is the umpteenth time she's threatened to quit, break up and pout because he said the wrong word on National TV. Imagine what she's like at home!
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Posted by SonofMammaMiaSam 2012-03-18 21:55:41
Watching Brandon slip on cow poo and land hard on his ass ... PRICELESS!
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Posted by doodlenyc 2012-03-19 10:24:19
That was pretty awesome!
Does that girl have to wear that spangly green top every day?!
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Posted by SonofMammaMiaSam 2012-03-19 10:25:37
She wore it in the Big Brother house also. Damn thing must stink!
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Posted by StockardFan 2012-03-19 12:48:27
Yeah, she wears that top way too often.
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2012-04-30 12:21:28
Ratings have been tumbling lately.
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/04/30/tv-ratings-sunday-gcb-rises-the-good-wife-falls-to-lows-nyc-22-falls-too-harrys-law-steady/131325/
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/tag/the-amazing-race-ratings/
I don't think this has been one of the best seasons because the cast is not as likeable. Also, the show does well when NFL Football airs before it and that happens in the fall and winter. Also I've just been watching it on and off this season because I've getting more and more homework and Sunday is usually the best night to do it. The only show I have time for now on Sundays is 'Once Upon a Time'. I do not even have time for 'The Celebrity Apprentice'. I might watch this show on 'The Celebrity Apprentice' online this summer. Who do you all want to win?
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Posted by ~FloweryFriend~ 2012-04-30 17:07:46
I have been rooting hard for Bopper and Mark since episode 1.
Bopper's 8-year-old daughter is ill. She has severe respiratory problems as a result of living close to a coal processing plant (from the coal dust), but Bopper can't afford to move. He has been hoping to raise awareness about his daughter's condition.
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-05-02 13:44:08
I assume Dave and Rachel will win. They's won over half the legs thus far. Unless they get lost or have a taxi break down, they are the team to beat. That being said, I don't like them. They should not be together for more than 30 minutes at a time. Brenchal will whine their way to second of third place, probably. Especially if they keep making stupid decisions like skipping a Fast Forward because of HAIR. Vanessa is as much a sh*t-stirrer as Brenchal, so I'm not a fan of her, either. So I guess my vote goes to Art and JJ, whoever they are. I keep forgetting they are on the show.
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Posted by Calvin 2012-05-02 13:49:05
Wow, somehow Brenchal has become not my least favorite team. Dave is a misogynistic ass and Art & JJ are just loathsome. Why, pray tell, while they were berating the other teams for being lazy and not playing the game for skipping the fast forward didn't they just go back and do the damn thing themselves?
So I guess I'm rooting for, uh, steroid Brendan Frasier and what's-her-face.
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Posted by clever name 2012-05-02 13:56:42
I thought Rachel was very honest about her insecurities and why she wouldn't shave her hair off. She said she wasn't skinny and has a big nose and she feels she needs her hair to feel pretty. I personally like her nose. I don't think it's big.
I would have loved to be in the room when Dave and Rachel saw Art and J.J's impression of them. Ouch!!
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Posted by SonofMammaMiaSam 2012-05-02 13:58:56
Bitch won half a mil on Big Brother and she was crying about $500 extensions. Shave your damn head whiney and buy some Eva Gabors.
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-05-02 14:05:24
Seriously, shaving your head is not new to the show. Why go on if you're not prepared to do the stuff the show has done before?
I kept wondering if there was some sort of rule that if they decline the Fast Forward when it is offered, they can't go back and try it? I did think it was weird Art and JJ didn't take off for the Fast Forward unless they thought it might put them farther behind and they didn't know if Bopper and Mark were already on their way to the Fast Forward. It was rather odd. I guess I don't find them loathsome since my mind wanders every time they are on the screen.
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-05-02 14:30:39
I'm pretty sure I've had every thought that's been expressed in this thread about the last episode, so thank you everyone for sparing me the trouble.
But yeah, this season has been killing me. There have been so few people to genuinely root for. I'm not gonna lie, but I want Ralph to **** me so hard I can feel it just thinking about it, so I want them to win. Even though they're not perfect, I really do find them the most palatable of the remaining teams.
I was kind of sorry to Bopper and Mark go. I had a narrative in my head that they were actually lovers, but because they lived in Kentucky and were interracial and all sorts of other stuff they keep that very very stealth. They really did seem like nice people and I sincerely found their devotion as friends very touching.
Dave and Rachel are just awful. I usually think he's slightly worse than her, but she's a very close second. It can just turn so nasty so quickly.
Why, pray tell, while they were berating the other teams for being lazy and not playing the game for skipping the fast forward didn't they just go back and do the damn thing themselves?
OMG, this. I am so sick of them. And that nonsense from a few weeks ago with the fast forward and Dave and Rachel? It was just so childish and crazy. Same with their crusade to out those (admittedly idiotic) federal agents posing as teachers. They are sh*t-stirrers as much as anyone else, but always step back and then try to take some kind of high road after they start it.
I admit that once in a blue moon I can moved to sympathy with Big Brother Rachel, but those moments are always fast and fleeting. Also, in a season full of homoerotic tension, I can't be the only one who thinks that Brendan has gayface? I never watched Big Brother, so this is really my only exposure to them, except from my mother - who did watch Big Brother - tell me all about them and how much she hates them. "That goddammn fake crying!" she always says.
Also, Calvin mentioned misogyny - I am so sick of any time a man or woman says a variation of "He was beat by a girl!" And both genders are really bad about doing it. There so much stupid and casual misogyny this season I can't even get into it.
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-05-02 14:35:33
Also, in a season full of homoerotic tension, I can't be the only one who thinks that Brendan has gayface?
Oh, no. Everyone got that vibe his first time around on Big Brother. He always looked like he'd rather dress Rachel than pork her. And his...controversial photos...only added fuel to the fire. They are overtly homo or anything, but they do reek of Manhunt.
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Posted by SonofMammaMiaSam 2012-05-02 14:42:10
Photo's? Share!
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-05-02 14:46:03
Kind of beady eyes, too, right? I
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Posted by Calvin 2012-05-02 14:51:52
Bopper and Mark annoyed me at first, as I found their accents kind of put-on, Paula Deen-style, but they grew on me and I was certainly rooting for them to beat Art & JJ. I think my initial dislike was because they reminded me of the cowboys at first in how they were being presented, but they had no trace of the self-entitlement that made me root against the cowboys so.
Plus, I'll really miss hearing Bopper try to read the city/place names at the beginning of each leg. It reminded me of this lady I knew growing up who could never, no matter how many we tried to explain the pronunciation, say "Les Miserables." It always came out as "Las Mazarati."
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-05-03 13:17:56
Bopper and Mark are the best example of a bromance I've ever seen. I found their friendship truly touching. I just wanted them to marry each other.
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Posted by Elphaba 2012-05-03 13:53:52
Brendan and Rachel all the way! Yes, she was whiney about not cutting her hair, BUT....they are team #2, so it didn't hurt them.
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-05-03 14:00:17
She's been whiney about absolutely everything. The whole saga about how their communication problems was analogous to their marriage illustrated how melodramatic she is. And Brendan is an ass. The way he refers to anyone he doesn't like as "trash" just reinforces my will for them to lose. And if she was so concerned about her hair, she could always compensate with an oversized beret.
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Posted by Elphaba 2012-05-03 14:07:19
there have been much whinier teams on this show...and she's a lot less whiney then she was on either Big Brother. Don;t get me wrong, I would not want them as neighbors....but they know what they are doing....and they are a formidable team. And there's no one left that I like, so for me they are the lesser or the remaining Evils.
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Posted by ~FloweryFriend~ 2012-05-05 00:22:41
1. Art & JJ couldn't do the Fast Forward. You can only do one in the entirety of the race, and they did the one with landing the helicopter on the helmet. Dave and Rachel have already done one as well (with the hay). Only the other three teams were able to: Rachel & Brendan, Vanessa & Ralph, and Bopper & Mark.
2. I like Rachel just fine, but Dave is a misogynistic jerk. I wish she were her own team, so that I could root for her without having to root for him. (Although I did think it was awesome that he bribed the ferry worker to leave early in order to ditch the two teams that were about to catch up. Very canny move.)
3. I really love Bopper & Mark.After being eliminated from the race and returning home, Mark lost his job. He's raising three children as a single parent, and is now jobless. Bopper has two daughters (one extremely ill) and his wife at home.
They decided to try to auction off the trip they won in order to raise money to donate towards anti-bullying campaigns in Kentucky. Clearly, the two men and their families could really benefit from the money on their own, but instead, they want to pay it forward.
Today, they went on The Talk, and the ladies on the show presented them with a novelty check for $10,000. I teared up, I was so happy for them.
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-05-05 00:54:38
Thanks, Flowery. I forget that they had already done a Fast Forward. They're still raging dickweeds, though.
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Posted by Jordan Catalano 2012-05-05 01:04:00
They need another All-Star season pronto so that Mark and Bopper can come back and win it.
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Posted by Mister Matt 2012-05-05 12:57:31
Thank you, Flowery, for paying attention. Clearly, I haven' been. Well, except that time I spotted you on TV.
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Posted by clever name 2012-05-05 13:41:53
Does anyone know if Art and JJ made good on giving them the money they won? How much was it? 10,000$ I think..
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Posted by beautywickedlover 2012-05-05 14:43:17
"They need another All-Star season pronto so that Mark and Bopper can come back and win it."
I think they should do a 'Fans vs. Favorites' season like 'Survivor'. Also, even though CBS never officially called it a 'Fans vs. Favorites' season, the last season of 'Big Brother' was very similar to one since it had new and former players.
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Posted by ~FloweryFriend~ 2012-05-06 12:41:57
Happy to help, Mister Matt. :)
According to Mark and Bopper on The Talk this week, CBS hasn't cut the checks yet. But they said that Art & JJ are still insisting that they are going to give a portion of their winnings to Bopper's daughter.
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Posted by StockardFan 2012-05-06 22:04:01
Well, IMO the winning team deserved the win.
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Posted by Phyllis Rogers Stone 2012-05-06 22:31:19
I knew Ralph and Vanessa were going to be out once I said I wanted them to win! Dave and Rachel were kind of awful, but I think they were probably the least awful of the remaining teams.
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Posted by SonofMammaMiaSam 2012-05-07 07:28:42
Dave and Rachel ran an incredible race. He's a douche, but I like her. She only becomes douchy when she's forced to give it back to him. I loved her telling him to "shut the fvck up" several times last night.
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Posted by doodlenyc 2012-05-07 09:56:00
SO glad that Brendan and Rachel came in third. They had the worst attitudes. How disgusting did Rachel look when she started just chucking those discs down the alley without looking? What a terrible sport! Ugh! She's such a loser, and not because of her hair, nose or weight as she constantly states. She's just an ahole...and Brendan is an even bigger ahole, and not at all funny (she at least provides an occasional chuckle.)
They are charm-free!
The right team won, as gross as he was, they did an "amazing" job throughout the race, and I'm glad she was able to smoke that final challenge.
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Posted by ~FloweryFriend~ 2012-05-08 01:12:32
Why was green-team Rachel wearing a sequined dress while repelling down a building?
IT'S THE AMAZING RACE! YOU DO NOT WEAR A SEQUINED DRESS!
