TAR32: November 25 Double Episode Blog Party

 

My gosh. A double episode, or at least, two episodes in a row, on the eve of one of the biggest holidays of the year isn't best for neither the ratings, nor the blogging. The comments have only been drawing a small amount of folks each week although the visitor "hits" seem to be strong. I'm not anticipating large crowds for either tonight. If folks are at home, there could be too much food prep going on for two hours of television.

Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool and you can find the latest pool standings at this here link.

I will do my best to persevere and get this entry updated with the major happenings as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party -- probably small and social distancing -- is in the comments area. Please feel free to join in on the fun!

Six teams remain. It's a mega-leg ahead. Who will be eliminated next?

Teams are flying to the middle of India. I'm not even going to try to spell the name of the city, but it's known as the Cyber City. James and will are off first heading to the airport. While they are a good team, I'm not personally liking them much. Now they have decided that the NFL duo is no longer helpful to them. All the teams are on the same flight.

They scramble for taxis at the airport although there are plenty available. They have to get the next clue after doing three smog checks on vehicles called auto rickshaws. The hardest part is getting the rickshaw drivers off the street for the test. Otherwise it looks like standard emissions checks.

Detour -- Team up with a food delivery service and deliver three meals. Or, use motion sensor tech which has them catching light balls of one or zero to receive a code to decipher the next clue. Most of the teams are doing the Number Trap. The blonds go for the food delivery.

NFL gets the code first. Now they have to decipher it.

Oh, no. The blonds are lost AGAIN.

Hung and Chee are having problems with the Number Trap and are still at it while most are deciphering the clue. 

James and Will get the clue first. They have to head to a mausoleum where there is a Yield ahead. They decide to Yield the blonds as they know they don't have an hourglass, it gives them a huge buffer for a losing team and won't get "blood on their hands" with their alliance.

Roadblock -- Who's ready to flip their lid? They have to identify three people's turbans digitally and then in real life.

Hung/Chee decided to switch detours. The BFL are second to the Yield station. Hung and Chee found the food delivery right away and are off to a good start. The blonds just arrived there. The teams are in radio contact with a navigator person. It seems like the blonds are giving their navigator a headache. 

Meanwhile teams at the match the turban cyber and reality are finding it hard. I'm smiling that James is having problems at the turbans. I'm mean like that.

Maddison/Riley and then NFL get the clue to the next clue first.

The blonds get to their Yield and it's the one twenty minute one. If that doesn't get them gone this week, nothing will.

Ah, it was set up as two separate episodes even with the mega-leg. We're starting the second episode.

Eswar/Arpana just finish the turbans as the blonds finish their time-out.

Meanwhile the other teams are headed to the next clue.

Detour - This or That. No more explanation. This is finding a bangle bracelet set -- needle in a haystack kind of thing. Eswar/Arpana chose That so we'll find out what That is finally! The blonds actually do well with the turban Roadblock. 

Riley and Maddison are off first to the next clue. Yield ahead.

That is taking a mold of a patient's teeth and fitting them to the patient to make dentures.

Teams will dress in traditional outfits and ride a horse and carriage to a castle. Now Riley and Maddison Yield the blonds, mainly because they knew Hung/Chee were running behind.

Roadblock - Who wants to set things straight? Prepare 10 royal dinner settings according to art.

The blonds are doing the dentures That. They don't know of the Yield yet.

Either James or Will (off camera) said the five team alliance is now dead. It's three -- them, Riley/Maddison and Hung/Chee.

All the teams but the blonds are doing the settings now. Very fussy. I don't think I could eat there. I'd probably mess something up!

Riley/Maddison are the first team off the the Pit Stop. The blonds find out that they are Yielded once again.

Pit Stop Order

1. Riley/Maddison - won a 7 day Caribbean cruise

2. James/Will 

3. DeAngelo/Gary

4. Hung/Chee

5. Eswar/Arpana

6. Kaylynn and Haley -- phinally Philiminated

Thank you for reading and I hope all have a great Thanksgiving! Stay safe!

TAR32: November 18 Episode Blog Party

Hopefully our turnout will be a bit better tonight than it was last week. I found out after the fact that the show was against the Country Music Awards show. That could very well be the problem!

Lifeguard SueGee has updated the blog pool to show that both Lifeguard SueGee and I were Philiminated last week. You can see the update at this here link.

I will be updating this entry with the major events as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Seven teams remain. Who will be eliminated next?

Teams will take a train to Berlin, Germany. They're all on the same train, so it's off to an even start once again.

They have to go to the Berlin Wall (or site thereof). Their clues have them driving themselves around in a Trabant. They have to head to a disco. Apparently Berlin is big on disco and clubbing. Teams have to get in the groove, dancing until the music stops, to get their next clue. They have to get their picture as proof.

Then they're off to a hotel where Phil says there will be a Yield and they'll have the chance to use their hourglasses. Will and James are once again having trouble getting into gear, this time in a Trabant.

It was just brought to my attention that it's two hours tonight.

Is it the clutch on the car or their driving?

NFL is in the lead, they don't yield anyone. The Roadblock is not only rappelling down a building but solving a word scramble as they go. DeAngelo didn't even see the scrambled word going down. He makes a deal with Hung. It turns out the letters are visible as they're being hooked up to rappel, not while they're doing the act. The word is Sauerkraut. Three teams are sticking together -- Hung/Chee, NFL and one other.

Hung and Chee finish first. Detour - Learn beer yoga poses and then teach them Belch it Out or Belt it out, singing a song. 

NFL dudes are learning beer yoga. It's way more complicated than you would think. 

Haley and Kaylynn are once again running the leg in last place. Right now  now Haley is repeatedly doing the rappel, stuck on the word scramble. In her defense, other teams helped each other with the word.

NFL is headed to the next Pit Stop first!

Pit Stop Order:

1. DeAngelo and Gary - won $7,500 each

2. Riley and Maddison

3. Hung and Chee

4. Will and James

5. Eswar and Arpana

6. Leo and Alana

7. Haley and Kaylynn ... saved by the second non-Philimination!

Hmm ... offhand I can't think of any team saved twice by non-Philim legs, but there must have been.

Onto the second episode. Seven teams remain. Who will be eliminated next?

Teams are flying to Kazakhstan. I had to look that one up or spell it wrong!

They have to make a movie stop. A man goes by in flames on a horse. Eep. They have to watch an action sequence then answer questions. Or they have to learn a fight routine.

The Speed Bump for Haley and Kaylynn -- have to apply prosthetic beards to each other.

After the Detour, Yield ahead as they head off to the desert.

In the desert they meet up with camels. Teams must accessorize a yurt -- a movable hut. It is a freezing desert. (I know what this is due to Frankie -- Lily Tomlin -- in Grace and Frankie!) 

No teams have Yielded anyone yet. Argh. Leo and Alana are in last place and Will/James are yelling for next to last Blonds with beards to Yield them. Argh. They do it.

Sigh, Will/James finish the yurt first and are heading to a meat marketplace for their next clue.

The Pit Stop is at the location where the first apple tree grew. Will/James (unfortunately) are headed that way first. They are getting under my skin constantly going after Leo/Alana.

Pit Stop Order --

1. Will and James - won a trip to Las Vegas

Phil tells them the next leg is a mega leg, double everything and two hours for us.

2. Riley and Maddison

3. Hung and Chee

4. Gary and DeAngelo

5. Haley and Kaylynn

6. Eswar and Arpana

7. Leo and Alana -- Philiminated

TAR32: November 11 Episode Blog Party

 

I hope all of you are doing okay despite election anxiety and increased COVID-19 worries! With the election hoopla last week I hadn't even realized it was supposed to be two episodes back to back. Due to all the news (or, at that time, the lack thereof) CBS decided to air election doings instead of the second episode. Not to worry ... the shows will still air in order. I think.

Since the last show was a non-Philiminaton leg, the blog pool remains the same and can be found at this here link.

I will be updating this entry with the major happenings as the show airs here on the East Coast -- refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. Please feel free to join in on the fun!

Let's get this show on the road ... or in a taxi ... or on a plane!

Yes, they are in order. Good. That would be confusing!

Teams are flying to Paris, France to find their first clue in a town thirty miles away. So far, as they talk, it seems like most know how to drive a stick-shift. The first flight has four teams and the flights are 50 minutes apart.

Uh-oh. Will said he knew how to drive a stick. He doesn't seem to know how. Leo ends up helping them only because they were in the way. Ah, he was trying to go in 3rd gear.

Roadblock - Who has an eye for art? Second most antique paintings after the Louvre. They have to study paintings and match up a costumed person to a painting. They also have to know the artist's name. Maddison and Riley finish first. 

Teams must make filling and fill up four pies. Hmm. That seems out of place. Okay, back to the pies. Riley and Maddison are there. Leo and Alana are there next.

Haley and Kaylynn are lost. 

Whoa! As they deliver the pies, they are pelted with pies.

Next they drive back to Paris to an art museum.

Double Roadblock - Who wants to step right up? Teams must win three marked carnival games to get the next clue.

Speed bump has Haley and Kaylynn cleaning horse tack.

From the arcade it's onto the Pont des Arts bridge in Paris for the Pit Stop.

Now Michelle and Vic are lost.

Pit Stop order:

1. Riley and Maddison - won a trip to Vietnam

2. Hung and Chee

3. Leo and Alana

4. Will and James

5. DeAngelo and Gary

6. Eswar and Arpana

7. Kaylynn and Haley

8. Michelle and Vic -- Philiminated

Yep, I'm now out of the blog pool!

TAR32: November 4 Episode Blog Party

 

I'm not sure if we'll make it through the entire show without having election news updates, but we'll give it a try! The latest blog pool update from that wonderful Lifeguard SueGee can be found at this here link. I am getting better with the names of the teams although I often find myself not knowing who is whom within a same sex team. Progress!

I'll be updating this entry with the major happenings as the show airs here on the East Coast. Refresh the page to get the latest news! As always, the real party is in the comments area. I hope to see you there!

Eight teams remain. Who will be eliminated NEXT?

Teams are flying to Paraguay in South America next. James and Will have an alliance with four other teams. Of course, they are the ones who solidified trouble with Leo and Alana by U-Turning them. Ohh ... Will and James stopped at an Internet place and printed out a map of Paraguay. Gotta give them credit for that move! All teams are on the same flight.

Uh-oh. Taxi problems! 

Who is feeling instrumental? The Landfill Harmonic ... repurpose items from a landfill to make a cello. It's an actual place where they use discarded items to make musical instruments for the community.

Leo might have an advantage as he grew up around stringed instruments even though the other teams are helping each other. DeAngelo finishes first though. They have to take a taxi to their next clue and it tells them to keep their hourglass handy as there is a Yield.

Teams have to prepare a national beverage, fill a thermos with it and carry it through the rest of the leg.

Detour - Stacking watermelons or balancing bottles on their heads. Both challenges have been done before in previous seasons. It turns out Will and James had practiced balancing bottles on their heads after watching the show.

So far no one has Yielded anyone.

The Pit Stop is Plaza Italia (?)

Pit Stop order --

1. Will and James - won $5,000 each

2. Michelle and Victoria

3. Leo and Alana

4. Riley and Maddison

5. Eswar and Aparna

6. Hung and Chee

7. DeAngelo and Gary

8. Kaylynn and Haley -- NON-PHILIMINATON LEG!

All teams still in it to win it.