Back in the Saddle
The UCLA marching band playing the theme song opened the Amazing Race 24, which saw 11 teams returning to rewrite their Amazing Race history:
Jet & Cord: Brothers from Oklahoma. "Oh my gravy!" Last time they were on the race Jet had just gotten married and Cord had a little 2 year old -so it was tough to leave home, this time it's a little easier. "We are definitely back in the saddle."
Caroline & Jennifer: Country singers from Nashville, TN. On the last race they were a little boy crazy (with the hockey brothers). They have no boyfriends this time and they sang, "We're gonna win the Amazing Race."
Natalie & Nadiya: Twinnies, born in NY and raised in Sri Lanka. They are really loud and can be obnoxious (this was Natalie saying this, hahaha) We were a hot mess last time. This time we'll be more focused and productive. "Shut up. This is the Amazing Race, if you're not a hot mess, you're not doing it right."
Brendan & Rachel: recently married from LA - they showed a montage of her whining and crying - yay. Now that they're married they'll be fighting way less (right.)
Jessica & John: the only team ever to be eliminated with an Express Pass in their pockets. John's declaration that he didn't need a million dollars made Phil exclaim, "Oy vey!" John admits, "Yeah, that was dumb." This time around, there will not be an 'oy vey' moment.
Flight Time & Big Easy: Harlem Globetrotters - they haven't lost a game in 15 and 9 years respectively, the only game they have lost is the Amazing Race, twice. They're older, wiser and they still look good.
Dave & Conner: Father & Son from Salt Lake City UT. Last time Dave/Dad ruptured his Achilles early on in the race and it cut their adventure short. They are going to show 'em what an old man and a young kid can do (I said pardon? I have such a dirty mind.)
Joey & Meghan: U-Tube sensations from LA. After the last time they raced their U-Tube subscribers went from 1/2 mill to 3 billion. They want to make their fans proud and make it to the end.
Leo & Jamal: Cousins from Southern Cali. In their last season they were being sneaky and conniving - they were targeted quite a bit. This time the creativity is going to go up a notch. They are the Afghanimals and they haven't been fed yet... with their million dollars.
Margie & Luke: Mother & Son from Colorado. He signed he's very excited to be running the race for the third time (oof) he wants to make up for the mistakes he made before. She's nervous, she's five years older - but Luke says she's just better than she was before.
Bopper & Mark: Friends from Kentucky - This is their second opportunity to win life changing money for their families. "We're going to ride together, we're going to die together." (Not on the Race, I hope.)
All the teams run into the UCLA stadium and line up along the track.
Phil welcomes them back and says he has to make an announcement: Last night one of the teams had to make an emergency visit to their Race doctor....
They show footage from the night before and it was Bopper (gasp, oh no!), he had a pancreas attack - He's waiting for the doctor to say, "Brother, you're fixin' to hit the race agin." But Phil breaks the news to Bopper that the doctor doesn't think he's healthy enough to race around the world again. They are devastated. (oh man, this show shouldn't be making me cry this soon!)
-Phil offers Mark the opportunity to continue in the Race with a different partner... Bopper gives his blessing and...
Back at UCLA, they reveal Mark's new partner is... Mallory, little blond, also from Kentucky, ran the race before with her dad... We'll see if this team can gel (they might do alright if Mark stops crying.)
Okay - let's race. Phil tells them they are heading to China. Winners of the first leg win an Express Pass for themselves and a second pass to give away before the end of the fifth leg.
First task, find the band members that have the Chinese characters on their hats representing their first destination. Once they bring the band member to Phil they can jump in their Ford Fusion Energy (of course) and drive to LAX - where they have to plug in the cars before catching their flights.
Off they go! First they run to the band leader that has the sample symbols on his hat then they have to run in among the marching band as they are marching and playing to look for the matching hats - Jamal is the first to find one, then Jet & cord, then Dad & son (oh good, that's my team) and the Twinnies are the last team on the first flight. John & Jessica are right behind them but are first on the 2nd flight - everyone else is on the 2nd flight with them.
The team with the biggest obstacle right off the bat is Mark & Mallory - they have to try and get to know each other while racing around the world for a million dollars. She says she can eat almost anything and says he may be willing to put on a dress? "Whoa, whoa, whoa."
The first flight is going to have an hour head start on the rest of the pack so the Dave & Conner feel they, along with the Afghanimals, Jet & Cord and the Twins have the best shots at the Express Passes.
Once they arrive in Guangzhou, China, they have to make their way to the street of wedding dresses and Shop 'Til you Drop - they have to find one of three shops each containing a limited # of clues.
First flight lands and all the teams run for the cabs except Jet & Cord who take the Metro. This proves to be a good idea cause they're the first team to find the Street of Wedding Dresses - but, as usually happens in China, the language barrier rears it's head. They can't read any of the signs and it's not that easy to find someone who speaks English. The Cowboys do get directions to a shop and are heading there. The Afghanimals and the Twins team up and head for a hotel to ask where the shops are. Conner & Dad see the Cowboys and follow them.
-The Twins think the Afghanimals are stupid, more of a hot mess than they are. (Ha, I like these teams working together, they could be comic relief.)
Jet & Cord are the first team to find one of the shops - they get a bag with a bubble in it and a clue telling them to head to the Canton Tower (well, the building with the bubbles on top - it's a Ferris wheel of sorts.) They'll find the next clue in one of the bubbles.
Second flight lands and everyone heads for the Metro... first train takes off with four teams leaving Country Singers, U-Tubers and Jessica & John as the last teams at this point.
Dave & Conner are the 2nd team to find a shop - and Conner's carrying both of their bags - Dave says he feels bad for hurting his back (WHAT??? When did that happen? Sheesh - Dave is the man of glass, how did he get cleared to race again and Bopper didn't?)
Back at the Metro, Jet & Cord wonder where everyone else is... and they show the Twins and Afghanimals almost in the right shop, but one of the twins said it wasn't the right name... so they didn't even go in! OHhhhh, noooo!
Next group hits the Street of Wedding Dresses and they all just pile in one shop together - Rachel & Brendan, Margie & Luke, Mallory & Mark and the Globetrotters all get the clue to the tower with the bubbles on top. Back to the Metro.
-Last group enlists a lady from the Metro to take them to one of the shops - she's leading them right there.
-Afghanimals and Twins are still lost, though they have someone helping them it looks like... or she's just taking them to her shop (they are not couples looking for dresses - yikes.)
Jet & Cord get to the Canton Tower and go up to the bubbles on the top. They jump in one of the cars and check out the amazing view - then the door closes and they see the clue on the inside of the door - but it is a Try Again. They have to take a slow ride, then try another car. (Oh, how frustrating!)
Back on the street of Wedding Dresses - the last group and the Twins and Afghanimals get to a shop at the same time and they start rifling through dresses, making a mess, then realizing they must not be in the right place. Caroline & Jen take off with the Twins and the Afghanimals are just as happy to see them go. A local guy grabs the boys and shows them the correct shop... you know the one the girls made you not go in like an hour ago. The Afghanimals finally get a clue.
-The Cowboys finish their first ride and get in the next car... and find the actual clue. (YAY!) It tells them to look for their next clue at the stadium on the river below.
-Margie & Luke are the next team to show up at the bubbles and the Cowboys are shocked - they were on the 2nd flight. Brendan & Rachel gets there, then Dave & Conner. The Cowboys are watching the other teams looking for the clue and no one is looking at the door. "No way!" Finally Margie & Luke find it, but theirs says Try again. Brendan & Rachel get an actual clue and Dave & Conner get Try Again. Mark & Mallory also get a try again. Afghanimals show up and they get the clue on the first try.
-Twins and Country singers are still running around the wedding shops and the U-Tubers and Jessica & John decide to split off from them (Good idea). J & J and Joey & Meghan find a shop and get the bubble clue.
-Finally the Twins & Singers find a guy who knows all the shops (isn't that convenient) and he takes them to all of them - the first two all the clues were gone but they finally got their clues in the third shop.
-So now all the teams are just getting to, just leaving or riding the bubbles.
-Mark& Mallory get the clue and he sees the stadium below them right away but Mallory is waffling... he tells her it's plain as day, don't second guess it. She feels like they have to... (this is going to be a rough honeymoon.)
-At the Stadium, Jet & Cord get the clue to the Roadblock: Who's feeling wired? One person will be rigged up and raised 300ft in the air, then they will have to do 5 flips while suspended by the wires. This is redhead Cord all the way... oh, and they have to put on a leotard/costume! HAhaha! He doesn't like heights but nothing stops the cowboys, it's gotta be done and he does it... Then he's ready to get down.
-Brendan & Rachel get there too - Brendan is going to do this one.
-Cowboys get the clue to make their way on foot to the first Pit Stop, Guangzhou Opera House.
-Brendan gets the world's biggest wedgie, Rachel is down below screaming "That's my husband" and he yells, "I'm the King of the World." (Ugh, I'm remembering how annoying these two are.)
-Back at the bubbles the Twins are yelling at each other and everyone is watching them... as they all slowly go around in their bubbles. "I guess they didn't get a clue." (Ya think?)
-Over at the stadium, Conner is flipping and Margie is suited up and heading up to prove to all those old ladies out there... (they too can do crazy stuff for money?) She gets through it. Leo is also flipping just after her.
-Joey & Meghan had a 'try again' in their bubble and they realize all the teams leaving were in even numbered cars so they hop in the car the Country Singers were in. The Twins on the other hand were too busy fighting to pay any attention and have no idea which are the right cars. They have the chance to jump in #2 but then second guess it. I think they're going to wait for Joey & Meghan's bubble... (huh? Oh yeah, they're hot mess-edness has carried over to this season.)
-They finally do get on bubble #4 and get the clue but they have to go all the way around. Meaning Joey & Meghan get off first and the Twins are in last place.
-Flight Time and Mallory do the flips - he says better him than Big Easy - haha! There is no way they would have had one of those leotard suits to fit him... but it would have been funny.
-Joey is doing the flipping and the Twins fight some more then Ombre Twin (Natalie) is flipping... she also gets a serious wedgie.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Jet & Cord - Win the Express Passes. Jet says he's glad they won them but he'd just as soon not have to give one away. These two run their own race, they're not interested in the politics or game play. Jet says he's just going to tell everyone he's leaving it up to Cord, "Don't do that!"
2) Brendan & Rachel
3) Dave & Conner
4) Margie & Luke
5) Leo & Jamal
6) Mark & Mallory - Mark says they're trying their best for Bopper.
7) Flight Time & Big Easy - Lucky 7, better than 11.
8) Jessica & John - She's glad they don't have to worry about the Express Pass this time.
9) Caroline & Jennifer
10) Joey & Meghan
11) Natalie & Nadiya - Why can't we just get it together? They're twins for godsakes, they should be able to work together better than anyone else - but today they just ripped each other apart.
So, with the Twins stinking it up and going out early, Heather G., Kim A., Roxanne S. and Andria S. are out of the pool and get their $10 back. I can't say I'm sorry one of the loud and annoying teams was out first but I did feel a little bad for the Twins.
Next week: The Country singers are up to old tricks and using their feminine wiles on the Cowboys wheedling for the Express Pass. And Mallory leaves her bag behind somewhere testing her and Mark's new partnership and possibly costing them if they go back for it.
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen
The UCLA marching band playing the theme song opened the Amazing Race 24, which saw 11 teams returning to rewrite their Amazing Race history:
Jet & Cord: Brothers from Oklahoma. "Oh my gravy!" Last time they were on the race Jet had just gotten married and Cord had a little 2 year old -so it was tough to leave home, this time it's a little easier. "We are definitely back in the saddle."
Caroline & Jennifer: Country singers from Nashville, TN. On the last race they were a little boy crazy (with the hockey brothers). They have no boyfriends this time and they sang, "We're gonna win the Amazing Race."
Natalie & Nadiya: Twinnies, born in NY and raised in Sri Lanka. They are really loud and can be obnoxious (this was Natalie saying this, hahaha) We were a hot mess last time. This time we'll be more focused and productive. "Shut up. This is the Amazing Race, if you're not a hot mess, you're not doing it right."
Brendan & Rachel: recently married from LA - they showed a montage of her whining and crying - yay. Now that they're married they'll be fighting way less (right.)
Jessica & John: the only team ever to be eliminated with an Express Pass in their pockets. John's declaration that he didn't need a million dollars made Phil exclaim, "Oy vey!" John admits, "Yeah, that was dumb." This time around, there will not be an 'oy vey' moment.
Flight Time & Big Easy: Harlem Globetrotters - they haven't lost a game in 15 and 9 years respectively, the only game they have lost is the Amazing Race, twice. They're older, wiser and they still look good.
Dave & Conner: Father & Son from Salt Lake City UT. Last time Dave/Dad ruptured his Achilles early on in the race and it cut their adventure short. They are going to show 'em what an old man and a young kid can do (I said pardon? I have such a dirty mind.)
Joey & Meghan: U-Tube sensations from LA. After the last time they raced their U-Tube subscribers went from 1/2 mill to 3 billion. They want to make their fans proud and make it to the end.
Leo & Jamal: Cousins from Southern Cali. In their last season they were being sneaky and conniving - they were targeted quite a bit. This time the creativity is going to go up a notch. They are the Afghanimals and they haven't been fed yet... with their million dollars.
Margie & Luke: Mother & Son from Colorado. He signed he's very excited to be running the race for the third time (oof) he wants to make up for the mistakes he made before. She's nervous, she's five years older - but Luke says she's just better than she was before.
Bopper & Mark: Friends from Kentucky - This is their second opportunity to win life changing money for their families. "We're going to ride together, we're going to die together." (Not on the Race, I hope.)
All the teams run into the UCLA stadium and line up along the track.
Phil welcomes them back and says he has to make an announcement: Last night one of the teams had to make an emergency visit to their Race doctor....
They show footage from the night before and it was Bopper (gasp, oh no!), he had a pancreas attack - He's waiting for the doctor to say, "Brother, you're fixin' to hit the race agin." But Phil breaks the news to Bopper that the doctor doesn't think he's healthy enough to race around the world again. They are devastated. (oh man, this show shouldn't be making me cry this soon!)
-Phil offers Mark the opportunity to continue in the Race with a different partner... Bopper gives his blessing and...
Back at UCLA, they reveal Mark's new partner is... Mallory, little blond, also from Kentucky, ran the race before with her dad... We'll see if this team can gel (they might do alright if Mark stops crying.)
Okay - let's race. Phil tells them they are heading to China. Winners of the first leg win an Express Pass for themselves and a second pass to give away before the end of the fifth leg.
First task, find the band members that have the Chinese characters on their hats representing their first destination. Once they bring the band member to Phil they can jump in their Ford Fusion Energy (of course) and drive to LAX - where they have to plug in the cars before catching their flights.
Off they go! First they run to the band leader that has the sample symbols on his hat then they have to run in among the marching band as they are marching and playing to look for the matching hats - Jamal is the first to find one, then Jet & cord, then Dad & son (oh good, that's my team) and the Twinnies are the last team on the first flight. John & Jessica are right behind them but are first on the 2nd flight - everyone else is on the 2nd flight with them.
The team with the biggest obstacle right off the bat is Mark & Mallory - they have to try and get to know each other while racing around the world for a million dollars. She says she can eat almost anything and says he may be willing to put on a dress? "Whoa, whoa, whoa."
The first flight is going to have an hour head start on the rest of the pack so the Dave & Conner feel they, along with the Afghanimals, Jet & Cord and the Twins have the best shots at the Express Passes.
Once they arrive in Guangzhou, China, they have to make their way to the street of wedding dresses and Shop 'Til you Drop - they have to find one of three shops each containing a limited # of clues.
First flight lands and all the teams run for the cabs except Jet & Cord who take the Metro. This proves to be a good idea cause they're the first team to find the Street of Wedding Dresses - but, as usually happens in China, the language barrier rears it's head. They can't read any of the signs and it's not that easy to find someone who speaks English. The Cowboys do get directions to a shop and are heading there. The Afghanimals and the Twins team up and head for a hotel to ask where the shops are. Conner & Dad see the Cowboys and follow them.
-The Twins think the Afghanimals are stupid, more of a hot mess than they are. (Ha, I like these teams working together, they could be comic relief.)
Jet & Cord are the first team to find one of the shops - they get a bag with a bubble in it and a clue telling them to head to the Canton Tower (well, the building with the bubbles on top - it's a Ferris wheel of sorts.) They'll find the next clue in one of the bubbles.
Second flight lands and everyone heads for the Metro... first train takes off with four teams leaving Country Singers, U-Tubers and Jessica & John as the last teams at this point.
Dave & Conner are the 2nd team to find a shop - and Conner's carrying both of their bags - Dave says he feels bad for hurting his back (WHAT??? When did that happen? Sheesh - Dave is the man of glass, how did he get cleared to race again and Bopper didn't?)
Back at the Metro, Jet & Cord wonder where everyone else is... and they show the Twins and Afghanimals almost in the right shop, but one of the twins said it wasn't the right name... so they didn't even go in! OHhhhh, noooo!
Next group hits the Street of Wedding Dresses and they all just pile in one shop together - Rachel & Brendan, Margie & Luke, Mallory & Mark and the Globetrotters all get the clue to the tower with the bubbles on top. Back to the Metro.
-Last group enlists a lady from the Metro to take them to one of the shops - she's leading them right there.
-Afghanimals and Twins are still lost, though they have someone helping them it looks like... or she's just taking them to her shop (they are not couples looking for dresses - yikes.)
Jet & Cord get to the Canton Tower and go up to the bubbles on the top. They jump in one of the cars and check out the amazing view - then the door closes and they see the clue on the inside of the door - but it is a Try Again. They have to take a slow ride, then try another car. (Oh, how frustrating!)
Back on the street of Wedding Dresses - the last group and the Twins and Afghanimals get to a shop at the same time and they start rifling through dresses, making a mess, then realizing they must not be in the right place. Caroline & Jen take off with the Twins and the Afghanimals are just as happy to see them go. A local guy grabs the boys and shows them the correct shop... you know the one the girls made you not go in like an hour ago. The Afghanimals finally get a clue.
-The Cowboys finish their first ride and get in the next car... and find the actual clue. (YAY!) It tells them to look for their next clue at the stadium on the river below.
-Margie & Luke are the next team to show up at the bubbles and the Cowboys are shocked - they were on the 2nd flight. Brendan & Rachel gets there, then Dave & Conner. The Cowboys are watching the other teams looking for the clue and no one is looking at the door. "No way!" Finally Margie & Luke find it, but theirs says Try again. Brendan & Rachel get an actual clue and Dave & Conner get Try Again. Mark & Mallory also get a try again. Afghanimals show up and they get the clue on the first try.
-Twins and Country singers are still running around the wedding shops and the U-Tubers and Jessica & John decide to split off from them (Good idea). J & J and Joey & Meghan find a shop and get the bubble clue.
-Finally the Twins & Singers find a guy who knows all the shops (isn't that convenient) and he takes them to all of them - the first two all the clues were gone but they finally got their clues in the third shop.
-So now all the teams are just getting to, just leaving or riding the bubbles.
-Mark& Mallory get the clue and he sees the stadium below them right away but Mallory is waffling... he tells her it's plain as day, don't second guess it. She feels like they have to... (this is going to be a rough honeymoon.)
-At the Stadium, Jet & Cord get the clue to the Roadblock: Who's feeling wired? One person will be rigged up and raised 300ft in the air, then they will have to do 5 flips while suspended by the wires. This is redhead Cord all the way... oh, and they have to put on a leotard/costume! HAhaha! He doesn't like heights but nothing stops the cowboys, it's gotta be done and he does it... Then he's ready to get down.
-Brendan & Rachel get there too - Brendan is going to do this one.
-Cowboys get the clue to make their way on foot to the first Pit Stop, Guangzhou Opera House.
-Brendan gets the world's biggest wedgie, Rachel is down below screaming "That's my husband" and he yells, "I'm the King of the World." (Ugh, I'm remembering how annoying these two are.)
-Back at the bubbles the Twins are yelling at each other and everyone is watching them... as they all slowly go around in their bubbles. "I guess they didn't get a clue." (Ya think?)
-Over at the stadium, Conner is flipping and Margie is suited up and heading up to prove to all those old ladies out there... (they too can do crazy stuff for money?) She gets through it. Leo is also flipping just after her.
-Joey & Meghan had a 'try again' in their bubble and they realize all the teams leaving were in even numbered cars so they hop in the car the Country Singers were in. The Twins on the other hand were too busy fighting to pay any attention and have no idea which are the right cars. They have the chance to jump in #2 but then second guess it. I think they're going to wait for Joey & Meghan's bubble... (huh? Oh yeah, they're hot mess-edness has carried over to this season.)
-They finally do get on bubble #4 and get the clue but they have to go all the way around. Meaning Joey & Meghan get off first and the Twins are in last place.
-Flight Time and Mallory do the flips - he says better him than Big Easy - haha! There is no way they would have had one of those leotard suits to fit him... but it would have been funny.
-Joey is doing the flipping and the Twins fight some more then Ombre Twin (Natalie) is flipping... she also gets a serious wedgie.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Jet & Cord - Win the Express Passes. Jet says he's glad they won them but he'd just as soon not have to give one away. These two run their own race, they're not interested in the politics or game play. Jet says he's just going to tell everyone he's leaving it up to Cord, "Don't do that!"
2) Brendan & Rachel
3) Dave & Conner
4) Margie & Luke
5) Leo & Jamal
6) Mark & Mallory - Mark says they're trying their best for Bopper.
7) Flight Time & Big Easy - Lucky 7, better than 11.
8) Jessica & John - She's glad they don't have to worry about the Express Pass this time.
9) Caroline & Jennifer
10) Joey & Meghan
11) Natalie & Nadiya - Why can't we just get it together? They're twins for godsakes, they should be able to work together better than anyone else - but today they just ripped each other apart.
So, with the Twins stinking it up and going out early, Heather G., Kim A., Roxanne S. and Andria S. are out of the pool and get their $10 back. I can't say I'm sorry one of the loud and annoying teams was out first but I did feel a little bad for the Twins.
Next week: The Country singers are up to old tricks and using their feminine wiles on the Cowboys wheedling for the Express Pass. And Mallory leaves her bag behind somewhere testing her and Mark's new partnership and possibly costing them if they go back for it.
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen
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