Oh my God! Oh my God! Did you see the finale of The Amazing Race??? OH MY GOD!!!

(This is the part where you STOP READING if you don’t want to know yet who won. I have a TiVo, I understand.)

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Every time I watch The Amazing Race I wonder … why do they continue to use the completely non-scary tiger in the opening credits? Because that was probably one of the lamest challenges to date. Those tigers were in a coma. The one and only tiger that even moved is in the opening credits still, and it makes me laugh every time.

Speaking of scary, I am going to hunt Jonathon down someday and kick his psycho ass. Then I’m going to bitch-slap Victoria for putting up with him and whining too often. Hell, put Jonathon in the opening credits - he’s much scarier than that damn tiger. Especially when he takes his shirt off. Hello? No one else is running around Europe without a shirt; take a hint, Jonathon.

WARNING: There could be spoilers in the comments. If you’re like me and normally watch shows days after they originally air, consider yourself warned.

Yeah, I’m a week and a day late in watching The Amazing Race’s season premier. But I can’t help but wonder - what’s up with all the models on this season’s race? I mean really - are there enough of them?

And how about the mini pigtails on the one guy’s head? That’s just scary. And the body builders? Priceless.

I love that they started the race in Chicago. I haven’t been there since I was a teenager, but I still recognized a lot of things. It makes me want to visit there even more!

The Amazing Race this year was … well, amazing. Yeah, ok, that was lame - but while I still consider season 1 the best, this season was really, really, really good. I enjoyed it a lot. Jason even got in to it this season, and so we watched the finale together this afternoon. My team won. He was cheering for the team that ended up in second place. He kept complaining whenever my team would get ahead, and I finally had to tell him to stop. Commentary during high-stress season finales is just not cool.

This season had a lot of memorable quotes in it, but my favorite from the finale had to be when Chip said, “we’re on like Donkey Kong!” I think I’m going to use that one all the time now.

Spoilers in the comments. Don’t read them if you don’t want to know the final results. For the rest of you (I’m looking right at Promo and Meryl), I would LOVE to know your thoughts on The AMAZING Race!

(Donna, it’s still on my Tivo. I’ll see if I can get my VCR to work and make you a copy. I think they may be showing it again on Saturday too, so there is still a chance for you to see it!)

Know what sucks? When your cable modem won’t let you connect to the Internet. I don’t know if the cable was out or if the modem was just being mean, but either way - I couldn’t get online last night. I did my very first Theme Thursday photo (which really turned out great) and I couldn’t get online to post it. I caught up on TAR, and I couldn’t blog about it. How frustrating!

I’m mad at Phil, the host of TAR, by the way. He started off last night’s episode with “who will be eliminated next?” Normally the cue that it is a non-elimination round. I went back and watched the opening of last week’s episode, and sure enough he said “who will be eliminated tonight?” so I was all set. I kept yelling at the teams, “it’s ok! You won’t be eliminated!” Then, 10 minutes before the show ended, they opened the final clues, with the note that the last team to arrive would be eliminated. Damn it!

Someone did a search and found my site looking for “reichen and chip” divorce. No! Say it isn’t so!

By the way, being offline also prevented me from answering the e-mail that has been piling up since I went to New Orleans. If I owe you an e-mail, I will write … soon! I have a lot of people to write, but I will get to everyone. Promise.

Ok, I lied. I have things to say about TAR4, so I’m putting it in the extended entries so there aren’t any spoilers for anyone. Keep on reading!
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I am watching this week’s episode of TAR4 right now. I’m too tired to blog the episode this week - maybe later this weekend - but I was cracking up as I watched the opening sequence and had to share the moment.

The Amazing Race (”TAR”) always starts with a “in our last episode” segment. Then they show all of the teams that are in the race this season. As they finish showing the last team, they show a tiger from one of the earlier seasons. It’s roaring, throwing it’s paw out towards the camera. Oh… Scary! Right? Wrong. Those tigers were about the lamest things I think they have ever done on TAR. That split second of tiger footage was as ferocious as they got.

Hm. Maybe that just amuses me. Well, this is what happens when I work a 10 hour day… it’s all about the little things when I’m punchy and slap-happy!

I listened closely … did you hear it? Phil said, “Which team will be eliminated … TONIGHT.” Yes! I’m hoping that the bimbo chicks get tossed, but I’m sure I won’t be so lucky!

If my post last week made you want to watch “The Amazing Race 4,” you really must read “Just wait, it gets Amazing later…” over at Promo’s site. It is the definitive beginner’s guide for the show, offering up tips and advice for those of you that are just getting in to it. Even if you’ve watched previous seasons, his commentary is hysterical. “Phil’s Phasions” cracked me up!

Tonight is the first leg of The Amazing Race 4! Whoo hoo! Following is my random commentary on the show - I’ll post the opening comments so they are visible to everyone, and the rest I’ll “hide” in the extended entry portion to prevent any spoilers. Consider this your warning - there might be spoilers ahead.

:: Phil opens they show in Los Angeles, the “Gateway to the Western United States”. Call me crazy, but how can it be the gateway if it’s on the far edge of the West Coast? I would consider Denver the gateway, or some place other than LA.

:: The teams show up in stretch Hummers. Hummers are goofy looking to begin with, and should be left on the Army base. I really don’t like them “stretched” and in white. Very odd looking indeed.

:: Tian & Jaree: “Friends, models and thrill seekers.” They share the thought that “girls have it easier than men in a lot of situations … you know, thank God we’re good looking!” Oy.

:: Steve & Dave: Air traffic controllers from Chicago. Plan to run the whole race “without breaking a sweat.”

:: Reichen & Chip: The married gay couple this leg of the race. (Team Guido from the first race never said that they were married.) Was there a gay team on TAR3?

:: Millie & Chuck: Dating TWELVE years, and virgins. Chuck admits that he’s scared of commitment, and Millie says it’s time to either commit or move on. I predict that they end up engaged when it’s all said and done. That or Chuck ends up having a torrid affair with Reichen and Chip.

:: Steve & Josh: Father and son with struggles to work out.

:: Russell & Cindy: Close friends that *she* hopes will take the next step. Uh oh, this sounds familiar. He’s not ready for a relationship - it will never work.

:: Monica & Sheree: Friends and NFL wives. I think they should be booted by default - with their husbands in the NFL, do they really need the million dollar prize? Ok, ok, that’s probably not fair.

:: David & Jeff: Friends from California. Confident that they can win the race.

:: Amanda & Chris: Dating for five years, from Souix Falls, South Dakota. They’ve never left the US. Hmmm…

:: Kelly & John: Recently engaged. “No matter what, we’ll still love each other. And hopefully still getting married!”

:: Debra & Steve: Phil says they are from Indiana. The website says they are from Kentucky. Which is it?

:: Jon & Al: Circus clowns. Interesting…

:: 13 legs in the race, 12 teams, 3 in the final round, so 9 pit stops are elimination points. Last team is eliminated. And they are OFF!
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The Amazing Race 4 is finally going to happen! I’ve been so worried that TAR4 wouldn’t ever start, that they would cancel the show, and that those of you that have never watched it would miss out on the best reality show on TV!

May 29th. I’m marking my calendar now. Major props to Promo and Shawn for thinking of me and pointing out the news. TAR4 is going to ROCK!