Got milk? 'The Amazing Race' does
No list of the greatest moments in Amazing Race history is complete without this clip of Colin (of "Colin and Christie" infamy) and his ill-behaved ox:
Sunday (Nov. 18) night's Amazing Race had a scene of human-on-animal outrage of nearly the same magnitude as "My Ox Is Broken!"
[Baby, this recap contains spoilers. Baby!!!!]
Jason and Lorena may have started Sunday's leg in first place, but they nearly blew everything because Lorena's camel at the Burkina Faso village of Bingo was out of milk. How do I know that? Because at a certain point, Lorena threw her arms into the air in impotent horror, fell to her knees and wailed.
"Baby! There's no more MILK! There's no more Milk! Baby!"
I guess I have some concerns that in only three legs this season, two of them have hinged on less-than-accommodating livestock, since Ari and Staella were the first eliminated team after failing to properly navigate a donkey. Unlike the bratty buds, Jason and Lorena managed to survive their milking mayhem.
Lorena gets credit for not going totally bat guano (or camel guano, since that wasn't in short supply) crazy, but Jason may deserve even more for never -- at least as far at the editors showed us -- saying a pushy or harsh word to his girlfriend even as she (as promised) slowly turned into Linda Blair in The Exorcist. The team that may deserve more credit, though, is Marianna and Julia, who finished milking only barely ahead of Lorena and yet gave their rivals a key hint -- try milking the camel with a nearby baby. Since both teams knew they were at the back of the pack and since the ultra-stressed Lorena probably wouldn't have made that logical switch on her own, Marianna and Julia really didn't need to provide even the most minor of assistance and yet they did.
Jason and Lorena caught up by running their camels (Julia and Marianna made the mistake of following the clue's instructions not to rush or scare their camels) and then memorized 10 vocabulary words to remain in the game. Marianna and Julia are gone, which disappoints me a little and disappoints Donald and Nick even more.
"They're feisty, they're hot," the 68-year-old grandpa said earlier in the leg. "A little b****y, but not bad. A guy could learn to live with it."
Now he'll never get the chance.
Time for some other thoughts on the episode:
Thoughts on this week's episode?
See, I think Lorena moved into Flo territory with this one. Last week, Jason handled all major tasks pretty much himself (The Detour being designed for it, after all), and they finished in first. This time around, it hinged on her ability to control her emotions and make smart decisions, and she didn't do it. I'd hate to see this recur, because it's really going to make them hard to root for.
My problem with the leg is that while dumping them in the middle of nowhere was "Cool", it also meant that there wasn't much room for mistakes. Of course, people still managed to miss numerous marked paths (And there was an offscreen navigation error for Marianna and Julia - they were fairly far behind at the Detour, methinks), but it just seemed like there wasn't much room for movement outside of temperamental animals.
This season is a total snooze. The producers really dropped the ball with the casting -- none of the contestants have a lick of personality.
Daniel, what's with the lame recap? I expected a lot more based on your past work. Oh, you must have been as bored as I was. Nah is right...I am finding it hard to really like anyone on the show. They all seem pretty blah. It will be interesting to finally see what Kent (no Y) really looks like without all that makeup - it's bound to happen as long as they keep doing well.
The last few seasons have been boring.
They need to a more lively bunch, and more unique.
Plus locations they haven't been to yet.
No mention of the Blondes racism? Could Shanna be a little more disgusting. Really sweetie, we don't all have Ryan Seacreast paying our bills and living our perfect little lives in LaLa land. Looks like she needs to go spend a couple of years in the Peace Core learning how the majority of the world lives. No wonder we're known as ugly Americans. Shoot even the dumb big guy (you know the one with the little blonde girlfriend he cheated on) looked at Africa with comp***ion and awe.
i loved lorena's break down--it did remind me of flo---who made season 3 one of the best season's ever. i don't think lorena is as mean and rude as flo though, but we'll see.
Daniel! We often yell "My ox is broken!" when something isn't working in our house. One of THE ultimate moments in AR history. Maybe we'll have to start falling to our knees now, as well.
Unlike some, we're enjoying this season immensely. AS always, it's about the dynamics of the teams -- and we think this year's crop is interesting. We've picked our Final Four to go the distance -- have you?
Sorry to see the sisters go. I liked them. They were kind to each other and cared about each other. They were not mean or evil and the team I was rooting for. Too bad:-(
Although the teams may be a bit dull I still take Amazing Race over any other reality show. imho it is the best reality series on TV and it was multi EMMYs to prove that.
Sad to see the sisters go. I always enjoy the show but so far there is NO one I'm really rooting for. Yeah that hernia MUST have been painful but he hung in there. Guess I'm rooting for Christina, anyway.
Dan, I am amazed at your apparent lack of understanding of The Amazing Race. What Julia told Lorena was sheer stupidity, not admirable altruism. Last I checked, nobody wins a million for ***isting other teams.
There is a huge difference between being civil and fair, and saving another team at the expense of your own elimination. Even Kate and Pat said, "We are religous, but that doesn't mean we will be holding doors open for the other teams, or letting them take the first taxi."