amazing race

So it's finally over. I love this show, but yesterday's finale was pitiful. The whole thing hinged on the fact that the eventual winners were the last to arrive at the airport to catch the flight to the final destination. Whichever team took the longest to do the luge/bike thing would have won the game. To me that's a really sad way to end a really good season.

What I really liked about this season was the competitiveness. Sure we had the usual nastiness between dishonest and feisty teams, but the reality is that the teams were pretty skilled in finding the best routes and such. The deceitfulness aspect of the show is really starting to come to a point, turning the show into an "extreme" Survivor.

But what makes the show great is that it's really more about the resourcefulness of these people and their ability to get along with eachother. And performing under pressure.

I was most impressed by Colin and Christie because they dominated the game. Yes, they got a bit sloppy towards the end, but they dominated. 6 straight cruises after the show, imagine that. That's like 6 weeks of vacationing. All inclusive, that's about $50,000 worth of vacationing. Pretty cool..

father of the pride

I watched this show again, during the commercial breaks of Amazing Race. I think it's John Goodman doing the voice of the father. For those of you who don't know it's computer graphic 3D animation, like the stuff out of Shrek. In this episode, their son was being picked on at school because he wears one of those cones you see on dogs. I'm not sure what it protects against but it looks funny.

So anyway it's career week, but the kid doesn't want his dad there because he has an odd profession (missed it because of AR). Then there's a scene at school, the first kid brings in (keeping in mind they're all animals) "The MGM Lion". And this big brown dude comes in, pulls out that MGM "wreath", and does the MGM ROAR, and all the kids cheer. It was hilarious!!

So then I switched out, but later on I saw the father, talking to "Donkey" from Shrek! He was trying to get Donkey to show up for the career day thing, but Donkey, being a huge movie star, wouldn't do it. Haha.. btw, Donkey mentioned that Shrek 3 will be out in 2006.

Also they always have the adventures of Siegfried and Roy too, because the show takes place in Vegas. They make fun of their gayness, and it is such a riot..!!