Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Season 2 cast unveiled


Alf and E.T

Team Relationship:Complete strangers

Occupations:
Alf:
Interplanetary couch surfer.

E.T:
Telephone repair dude.



Bob and Susan

Team Relationship: Friends
Bob:
Occupation:Uhh....hey guess what! I don't have a brain. But guess what? It turns out you don't need one!
Susan: Bob and I are secret agents. Oh wait..now it's not a secret.


Bumbleebee and Optimus Prime

Team Relationship: Boyz from the Hood

Bumbleebee:

Occupation: Temporary car salesman

Optimus Prime: Occupation: Boss/Owner of Opt's auto body AKA the Opt Shop


Hannibal and Jigsaw
Team Relationship: Evil masterminds
Occupations: Both are game show hosts.





Mark and Roger
Team Relationship: Friends/Soul brothers
Occupations:
Mark: Documentary film maker/singer
Roger: Failing songwriter/ singer






Miss Piggy and Kermit
Team Relationship: Couple
Occupations:

Kermit: Guy that carries all Miss Piggy's stuff

Miss Piggy: Black belt karate champion/diva








Mr Burns and Smithers
Team Relationship: Evil dude and henchman
Occupations:
Mr Burns: Nuclear power plant owner
Smithers: Closeted Henchman








Scooby and Shaggy
Team Relationship: Best friends

Occupations: Both are sleuths/snack specialists.










Simba and Nala
Team Relationship: King and Queen of the Jungle/Broadway

Occupation: Both are Broadway superstars and Nala is also a mother.










Spongebob and Patrick
Team Relationship: Friends
Occupations:
Spongebob: Fry cook
Patrick: Unknown.







Squidward and Plankton
Team Relationship: Mutual Enemies
Occupations:
Squidward: Cashier at the Krusty Krab
Plankton: Villain/Secret recipe thief




Statler and Waldorf
Team Relationship: Twins separated at birth but reunited
Occupations: Both are critics








Yoda and Obi-Wan
Team Relationship: Friends
Occupations:
Yoda: In the police force/Jedi council
Obi-wan: Jedi





















Thursday, December 22, 2011

Episode #11 Recap: THE FINALE

Our teams in the finale are: BERT and ERNIE, CHEWBACCA and HAN and FLUTTERSHY and RAINBOW DASH. Who will win The Amazing Race?

The first task for this is the ROADBLOCK The final Roadblock of the Race required one team member to search through a pile of more than 300 surfboards for eleven that displayed a picture depicting a task, location, or person related to the ten previous legs of the race—one from each of the first nine legs, and one from each half of the double leg (the remaining surfboards had pictures depicting unrelated objects, some of which were pictures showing tasks from previous seasons). Then they had to arrange the surfboards in a fence in chronological order of their appearance during the Race. When all eleven surfboards were displayed in the correct order, they would receive their final clue.

Team members taking on the roadblock:

Bert
Chewbacca
Fluttershy

Bert and Fluttershy are evenly matched and work quickly to do the task. Chewy is moving a little bit slower and is a little bit more clumsy with the surfboards. He accidently turns around while carrying one of the boards and whacks Han in the face with it. Ernie sees this laughs and Yells "Hey Han, Surfs up!"

The teams begin arranging their surfboards in chronological order. When Bert finds the board with the cheese wheel picture on it he looks over at Ernie and says: "Ernie... Don't let a cheese wheel hit me in the head"

Chewy also finds the cheese board and goes "mwrorr urghrrr rnnh" and holds his stomach.

All three teams decide to work together to complete the task.

DETOUR

At Beach Access 118, teams had to season a 145-pound (66 kg) pig with island flavoring, then carry it suspended on a bamboo pole 200 yards (180 m) along the beach to a Hawaiian luau. At the luau, they had to properly cover the pig for traditional kalua cooking to receive their next clue. This task was one of the two Detour choices on this leg, but since all teams chose to do the same Detour, it was shown as a miscellaneous task.

Highlights:

*Ernie disappears for a while leaving Bert wondering where he has gone.When he shows up, Ernie has Grass skirts and coconut bras for all the teams.

*Chewy and Han look like something out of Baywatch with the way they run down the beach carrying their pig.

*The ponies gallop down the beach with their pig.

Lowlights:

*Chewy hears the music "Gettin down tonight" and gets down and kisses his pig on the snout causing Han to hit him over the head with the stick.

*Bert and Ernie struggle with the weight of the pig and have a few falls.Ernie in an effort to try and catch up tries to move quicker but accidently knocks Bert into the pit where the pig will be cooked and starts covering Bert. Bert gets out and resembles a mouldy banana. Ernie doesn't recognise Bert again! This causes another visit from the MBB who peel away the leaves to reveal the real Bert once again.

Quotes:
Rainbow Dash to Fluttershy: Does any of this remind you of Lord of the Flies?
Fluttershy: I'm so glad I'm vegetarian.

Han singing to Chewy: Get up get on up! while he whacks him with a stick. He then changes once Chewy is up to "Let's get physical."Han dances around in his grass skirt while singing and whacking Chewy.

Ernie to Bert: "Hey Bert that's no way to toss a pig skin" as they fall carrying the pig.

Bert to Ernie:" I'm sure glad Miss Piggy isn't here for this."

Additional Task

.At McGregor Point, teams had to get on a personal water craft and ride one mile (1.6 km) along a marked path in search of a field of 100 buoys. They then had to search the buoys for one of four that had their next clue attached.

*The ponies are off like a shot racing for the buoys. Following closely behind by Chewy and Han. Han yells to Chewy Warp speed isn't going to be fast enough we need to speed like we're Penne Al Aribiata and Mr Stevens is after us!

*Ernie is having heeps of fun driving around his water craft he is spinning circles around Bert and yelling "Weeeeee! ",spraying Bert in the face with his wake.

*Chewy crashes into the clue. Han tries to help Chewy back on to his watercraft the ponies race up and get a clue too, followed by Bert and Ernie. After which a high speed water craft race ensues as all three teams gun it for the shore.Bert and Ernie are first on shore followed closely behind by the ponies who overtake them on foot.Chewy and Han are the last on shore but because they are taller than Bert and Ernie they too quickly catch up on foot.

The teams are headed for the finish line.

At the finish line, the wizards and witches have finished transporting everybody and are waiting with anticipation to see who comes first. Homer and Barney try to eat a man in a donut costume then drink lots of beer. The excitement is high. Even Adam and Bill, resident bloggers helped along by a team of kittens and the force are excited.

PIT STOP

In a thunders rush of galloping hooves the ponies come barrelling into the pit stop first!!! All the eliminated teams cheer as the ponies go up to Adam. Ross yells "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

"Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash....22 days, 9 countries, 40,000 miles Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash I am pleased to tell you you are the winners of THE AMAZING RACE and have won 1 million dollars." Everyone claps and cheers.
The ponies bro-hoof Adam.

Fluttershy says "I can't believe we made it."
Rainbow Dash" I couldn't have done it without her."
"To all our pony peeps thanks for your support."

A hot hairy and panting Chewy and a sweaty Han come running into the pit stop.Chewy and Han come running to the pit stop. Everyone cheers and claps for them too.

"Chewy and Han, " says Adam "you're team #2 you fought a great race. Through cheese wheels and silent night operas.Congratulations. The force is strong within you both." Luke and Leia run up to hug Chewy and Han. A man in a very tattered doughtnut suits comes running through.Chewy tells Adam how he thinks he might take up gymnastics after the race and Han thinks that he might try and become an underwear model for Calvin Klein.

Bert and Ernie come rushing into the pit stop with everyone screaming and yelling and cheering them on.
"Bert and Ernie, " says Adam, "you're team #3. You ran a good race. Good job guys. " Ernie and Bert are hugged by the witches and hobbits. Bert and Ernie and Frodo and Sam decide to have a double wedding after the race.Oprah hugs Ernie and Bert and signs a book deal.

Ernie: Hey Adam hey Adam, WE been to 9 different countries, we travelled 40,000 number of miles, we've even seen Bert in a dress and his underwear too heee hee heee hee- (Ernie!) but Bert and I were wondering if you could tell us one thing...
Adam: What?
Ernie and Bert together singing: Can you tell us how to get, how to get to Sesame-a Street. Then Ernie pulls out a ukelele and starts rocking out with the crowd.

The show ends with a huge party. Oprah and Jeremy Kyle waltz, Ernie plays the time warp on the ukelele and everyone dances, Homer and Barney come out with some crazy acrobatic moves as they stand on giant cheese wheels and walk them around. Batman, Robin,Daphne and Velma, Leonard and Sheldon, and the wizards have a massive game of leap frog going on. and a space ship with a huge banner flying behind it say congratulations on completing the race circles in the sky. The lady boys and the MBB take turns dressing and undressing Bert.

Just as the show ends the screen goes black and fuzzy then Freddy and Jason appear.They point a cupcake at the screen and whisper "We'll be back. "

FADE TO BLACK.

Elimination Station #10

Everyone waits to see what team will be iliminated next but they are all surprised to see Adam walk in.Adam tells everyone how the killers were eliminated and how he avoided that same fate.Adam drinks some duff beer, has an arm wrestling match with Oprah, eats a little penne al aribiata and plays some tetris.Halfway through his tetris game the screen goes fuzzy and Freddy and Jason appear saying: "We'll be back" and "save some duff and pene for us!"Adam lets everyone know that it is down to the final three! He asks everyone for their predictions before he has to go.

Jeremy Kyle is disappointed because the Killers are out but he looks forward to booking them on his show now.Jeremy Kyle supports all 3 teams and hopes to beat Oprah to getting them on his show.

Oprah is very happy and still backs Bert and Ernie. She keeps thinking of the book deal and has some possible titles like: From Sesame Street to Siam" "These are the people in your Global village." "Bert and Ernie's incredible journey." or "No I can't marry you Ernie because my head is a perfect banana shape or torpedo."

Leonard and Sheldon and Luke and Leia hope the force will remain with Chewbacca and Han. In their excitement they have a mock light saber battle shouting "may the force be with them!" Batman and Robin also cheer on Chewy and Han.

Barney and Homer want Adam to come first and a case of duff beer to come second.

Hermione and Luna and Frodo and Sam want their friends Bert and Ernie to win or else the ponies.

Daphnne and Velma hope the ponies will do well.

Ross and Rachel want the ponies to win because friendship is magic.

The wizards go for the ponies since friendship is magic and they love magic!Especially when it involves turning Ross into things. Ross scowls at them and mutters that it sucks to be a hoover. They turn Ross into a gumball machine and give everyone some gumballs.

Adam asks everyone to get ready to go to the finish line in America. All the teams are excited to leave the villa.Homer and Barney eat as much penne al aribiata and drink as much duff beer as they can before leaving.


The wizards and witches transport everybody to the United States, ready to cheer on the teams as they cross the finish line.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Amazing Race Recap #10

Teams fly to China from Thailand. In this leg's first Roadblock, one team member had to drink a cup of Chinese medicinal tea, then endure a traditional therapeutic foot massage for 10 minutes. After the massage and another cup of tea, they would receive their next clue. In the case teams were unable to bear the painful part of the massage, they would tap one side of their chair and say "uncle" to signal the masseuse to stop. Doing so, however, would mean restarting the massage from the beginning.

Team members doing the roadblock:

Rainbow Dash She uses her sonic rainboom to avoid feeling any pain. She snorts and sputters while drinking the tea which is quite foul.

Chewbacca says Mwrorrr urghrrrr rnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnh

Ernie takes the challenge. Ernie likes having someone touch his feet so he keeps calling uncle on purpose to start the massage over again. Bert yells Ernie! Ernie says: "But Bert I've got tender tootsies from all the running we've been doing Bert."Bert shoves Ernie out of the way and takes the road block but once in the chair starts enjoying the massage like Ernie. Bert: "eeeeee eeeee eeeee ooo uncle ehhahaha ehhahaha ehahaha" See I toldja Bert.With fresh feet they run off to find the detour.

Freddy 1 2 Freddy undoes his shoe, 3 4 the masseuse is on the floor, 5, 6 his feet smell like shit, 7, 8 the masseuse needs a resuscitate, 9 10 the masseuse says: "those feet will haunt my dreams, I'll never sleep again".

Detour 1
In this leg's first Detour, teams had to choose between Sync or Swim. In Sync, teams jumped off three-meter springboards and attempted to touch the water in unison. Teams had to score a five from the judges in order to obtain their next clue. In Swim, teams donned a pair of Speedo LZR Racer suits, the same type of suit worn by Michael Phelps in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, then teams had to swim eight lengths of the pool (400 meters) with each team member alternating after two lengths (100 meters). When they swam the whole eight lengths, they would receive their next clue (Phelps' world record time of 4:03.84 at the 400m individual medley from the 2008 Summer Olympics was shown for comparison, but teams were not required to beat it).

Teams doing SYNC

*Chewbacca and Han

*Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash

Teams doing SWIM

*Bert and Ernie

*Freddy and Jason

Highlights of SYNC
*The ponies put on a terrific show doing a double flip with a half twist before entering the water with a perfect no splash entry.

Lowlights of SYNC
*Chewy does a belly flop and the team struggles because Chewy weighs more than Han. On their second try Chewy pushes on the top of Han's head as they jump off so they can hit the water at the same time.

Quotes
Han: I don't know what's worse, Freddy's feet or wet wookie".
Chewy pulls Han's wet hat down over his ears.

Highlights of SWIM

*Bert's bald head is shaped exactly like a torpedo and he torpedos through the water. Ernie pretends he is a rubber ducky and quacks during his laps.

Lowlights of SWIM
*Freddy's knives rip his suit and leave his butt showing.

*Jason is slow to get in the water because he has flashbacks of when he drowned in Camp Crystal Lake. Jason isn't such a geat swimmer after all so Freddy has to drag him back and forth on a flutter board.Freddy gets his knives stuck in the flutterboard but manages to still pull Jason around the pool that way.

QUOTES

Ernie: "hey... It's Turbo Bert. Hey Bert can we wear these speedos around the apartment?"

Jason: I've seen some pretty scary things but Freddy's butt crack is by far the scariest... And the hairiest.

PIT STOP #1

Chewy and Han arrive first to pit stop #1 but are shocked when Adam tells them "Han and Chewy, you're team #1 but I have some bad news. This is a double-leg and you are still racing.Here is your next clue!"

The ponies arrive second into the pit stop, having stopped for grass in a field and are told they are #2 but are still racing. They are determined to get into the finale.

Bert and Ernie arrive 3rd and are both excited and scared they will be eliminated in the double leg. They vow to do their best. Ernie: Wow Bert that foot massage really helped I've still got happy feet. "Meeee too Ernie" They both do a little tap dancing number as they tap off with their clue.

Freddy drags Jason to the check point looking like a drowned rat.They threaten Adam menacingly when they hear they are the last team in. But perk up and take off once they find out they aren't out of the race. Freddy slices the clue open.


Teams are now off to their second detour. They have to choose between Beijing Opera or Chinese Waiter. In Beijing Opera, teams had to travel to the Huguang Huiguan Opera House; once there, they had to apply make-up onto each other exactly like the two models next to them. After approval, they had to go to the stage and bow to the master, who would hand them their next clue.

In Chinese Waiter, teams had to travel to Huguang Huiguan restaurant; once there, they had to record four customer orders, spoken in Mandarin. Then, teams had to take their pad to a chef and pronounce the Mandarin orders correctly to have the chef prepare them. When teams served the plates to the customers, they would receive their next clue.

Teams doing Beijing Opera
Bert and Ernie
Chewbacca and Han

Teams doing Chinese Waier
Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash
Freddy and Jason

BEIJING OPERA

Highlights

*Chewbacca has a real flare for doing makeup.

*Chewbacca bats his long eyelashes at the judges and they let him take the mic and do a performance at the opera house. Chewy wows the crowd with his rendering of Christmas Carol Silent Night. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cPXEo6gqBI

Han tries to use a tweezers to remove some facial hair but Chewy shakes him. Then Han comes back with an electric shaver
Lowlights

*Bert and Ernie arrive looking confused and keep asking for Oprah. They finally realise it is opera. Ernie starts doing Bert's make-up. Not wanting to be outdone by Chewy, Bert also grabs the microphone and drops a few verses of Ante up! Everyone starts moshing! Chewy goes crowd surfing.

Bert's video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21OH0wlkfbc

*Ernie keeps having to redo Bert's makeup because he insists that Bert is not Bert and to call the MBB.


Quotes

Han: You look like a fuzzy cupcake.

Chewy: MWroorrr urghrrr rnnnnh rrrrh (the crowd loves me)
Han: Oh my goodness we've created a Diva!

Bert: Ernie, look under those chairs there for prizes something tells me we aren't in Oprah's studio.

Bert: Oh! Opera! haaa haaa haaa haaa haaa.

Ernie: Who are you? You're not the real Bert. My friend Bert has a yellow face but your face is white. What have you done with the real Bert!

Bert: It's me Ernie, this is just make up, you put it on!

CHINESE WAITER

Highlights

*The ponies do very well at this challenge.Once they take all the orders they are able to serve the customers very quickly by piling all the dishes on their backs.

*Freddy and Jason look quite smart having traded in their ratty clothing for some suits.

*Jason's White mask goes extremely well with his black suit and white dress shirt.

Lowlights

*Jason and Freddy have a hard time pronuncing Mandarin so they just threaten the waiter with their knives.

* Freddy spills a bowl of hot and sour soup. Jason slips over in it and yells "Freddy are you trying to kill me?"

*Before they leave the detour Freddy and Jason hit the kitchen and stock up on some new knives and cleavers.

Quotes
Freddy says "I don't need a bowl of soup to kill you, I could kill you with a tray!"
Jason says "Could not."
Freddy says "Could too."
This goes on for about 5 minutes until they start battling with trays.
They whack each other until the trays break apart and they are left with little bits of plastic in their hands. They chuck what's left of the trays, trade the ktichen for knives and cleavers and start running for the pit stop.

Fluttershy to Rainbow Dash. "Hey, is this what you might call pony a la carte"?"

The ponies say: "Ni Hao and Bon Appetit.

ROADBLOCK

In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member had to eat four fried Chinese delicacies: a grasshopper, beetle larvae, a scorpion, and a starfish. After they finished, they would receive their next clue.

Team members doing the roadblock


Rainbow Dash: Neither pony really wants to take this Challenge so they try to do rock paper scissors for it and realise they have hooves. But Rainbow Dash jumps in and takes one for the team. She eat everything but going eeew eeew eeeew eeew the entire time while Fluttershy yells "swallow don't chew!"

ChewbaccaChewy stares at the food not moving.Han yells "What do you think the food on Kashykk is any better? Start with the star fish it's like a wooky pop tart!"
They finish the challenge and start running. Chewy makes a sound likemuuurrroooogerrr but this time it is coming from his stomach.Han says "oh no I'm having flash backs of the cheese wheel Challenge..What's that smell?Hurry run faster!"

Bert"A is for Apples, B is Bananas for a buck, C is for Cookies which it looks like Bert will chuck". Bert struggles to complete the roadblock when he looks up his eyebrows are crossed and he has gone from yellow to green. Bert finishes the roadblock after awhile.

Jason Jason is so happy to see such gross delicacies that he carves a smiley face into his goalie mask with his machete.Then he pulls out a bib from his pocket and dives facefirst into the food. smacking his lips and chewing loudly obviously loving it!Jason: "This is the first time all race I've had a decent meal.Hey Someone Call Mr. Stevens in Catering and tell him to put this on the menue with the Penne Al Aribiata."When finished jason pushes back his chair rubs his belly and let's out a belch that Homer and Barney would be jealous or proud of.




PIT STOP #2


First into the pit stop using 2 horsepower and their excellent language skills is Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash "Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash," says Adam, "You're Team #1 which means you are the first team in the final three." Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash bro-hoof each other and Rainbow Dash uses her sonic rainboom and almost destroys the pit stop. "As the winners of this leg of the race," says a rather singed Adam, "you have won a lifetime supply of pony food courtesy of Pony Pals."

Chewbacca and Han arrive 2nd Han trying to keep away from Chewy the best he can. "Han and Chewy you're team #2 and you are in the finale!" Han and Chewy sing Silent Night or Mwrorrr Urghrrr as they leave the pit stop.

Bert and Ernie arrive 3rd. Ernie is still insisting that Bert is NOT Bert because of the makeup. Bert is frantically trying to scrub it off as bodyguards from the Missing Bert Bureau aim water pistols at him. "Ernie and Bert, " says Adam , "You're team number 3! Which means you are in our final 3!" Bert, having been forced into his white turtleneck and striped sweater and painted yellow by the MBB sighs with relief.
Ernie high fives everything and everyone in sight.


Adam is waiting at the pit stop surrounded by Hannibal, Jigsaw, Leatherface, Mike Myers and a zombie army, all good friends of his. He is also wearing a protective suit, a catcher's mask and has a baseball bat. He uses a megaphone to talk to Freddy and Jason. "Freddy and Jason you are the last team to arrive, I am sorry to tell you you have both been eliminated from the race." They shout to Adam we'll be back and march off.Everyone waits anxiously to see what will happen.The killers return dragging one of the coffins from an earlier leg of the race.After Adam tells the killer's that they have been eliminated they begin to argue among themselves . Adam's body guards jump in and a full scale epic battle erupts!Taking the opportunity Adam saddles up one of the ponies and leads the remaining teams to safety. Due to the graphic violence the exit interview and elimination station will not appear at all as the killers have made their own elimination station.


NB : All the killers are now on the run from police if you see them DO NOT GO UP THE STAIRS or SHUT YOURSELF IN A CLOSET.

Adam's body guards realise that this fight is really between Freddy and Jason and everyone backs off. Meanwhile Freddy drops a lit stick of dynamite down the back of Jasons pants and Jason pushes Freddy into a human sized garbage disposal that he has somehow dragged on to the set. In the end Freddy and Jason eliminate each other.

The TV screen goes all fuzzy and we get a message from Freddy and Jason saying thanks for the good time on the race and come and visit us now that we are in space. Then it returns us to our regularly scheduled programming.

In space Freddy and Jason send a message "We're baaaaaaaaaaaaack."

Cue the eerie theme music as the screen fades to black.

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Elimination Station #9 Hermione and Luna arrive

All the teams are worn out from constant partying and are waiting to see who comes through the door when Hermione and Luna appear having apparated in. All the teams are shocked because they thought the witches were doing well. The witches supply Butterbeer and Honeydukes chocolate to get everyone back in a party mood. Homer and Barney both perk up at the sounds of butterbeer and mmmm choooooooocolate.

The other teams ask what happened. They explain how the killers hatched an evil plan. They also tell everyone how they got the killers back and everyone has a good laugh.

Barney and Homer want Duff Beer to win and Butterbeer to come second.Homer and Barney start making plans for their next reallity TV show appearence on Iron chef!

Jeremy Kyle is excited that his favourite team the killers is still in the race but he does think he might have to do a show with them on playing fair and good sportsmanship.

Oprah is delighted that Bert and Ernie are still racing and hopes they make it to the final 3. She is thinking about the movie rights to their story.

Ross and Rachel are still hopeful for the ponies to win.

Daphnne and Velma want the ponies to win because they like talking to animals.

Luke and Leia and Leonard and Sheldon support Chewbacca and Han. The wizards don't care as long as it's not the killers. Frodo and Sam support Bert and Ernie and Batman and Robin want Chewy and Han to win. Hermione and Luna support Bert and Ernie because they've helped each other out in the past and also the ponies since they are the last remaining girl team in the race.

Exit interview with Hermione and Luna

How were you feeling when you arrived at the pitstop and you knew you were behind the other teams? Was there any hope you could last another week?

Hermione: We thought it was possible that we might last one more week but when we couldn't see any other teams around us we were pretty sure we were out.I think we had some challenges along the way but we were doing pretty good until this last detour when Freddy and Jason killed it for us.

Luna: But I think we've taught them a little lesson two especially if Mr. Freddy thinks he's hot stuff and Mr. Jason thinks he is a knock out.And if we see that Mr. Richard Hatch we might just turn him into a chicken and show him what it feels like to lay a goose egg.

What was the highlight of the race for you?

Hermione:Meeting the other teams.

Luna: Those hobbits are nice.

Hermione: We really liked Bert and Ernie and Frodo and Sam.

I saw you stopped to help them on an earlier leg, how does it feel now?Do you regret helping them?

Hermione: Absolutely not. If we're going to run a race then we're going to do it with style and not stab anyone in the back.

Luna: And we'll be after that Richard Hatch.

Hermione: Yes we certainly don't want to end up like him or the killers.

Luna: Apart from maybe the band...

Silence.

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Amazing Race Recap #9

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member has to direct a cormorant to retrieve fish they have thrown in the river. Once they retrieve 10 of the fish, they receive their next clue.

Team members doing the roadblock:

Bert: Bert clicks and whilstes and very quickly has his bird's attention.As they collect their ten fish Ernie comments: Hey Bert Something smells fishy round here.

Chewbacca:The fur flies as Chewy tries to direct his bird to the fish.In a fit of frustration Chewy slams his face in the water bringing up a fish in his mouth to show the bird how it's done. Miraculously Chewy's bird gets it and starts flying for the fish.

Jason: Jason pulls out his machete which scares everyone not just the bird. Freddy makes a joke by calling Jason a shit head which starts a fight between the two. But realizing they are falling behind they stop fighting add Jason gets back to work.Putting away the knife he mimes diving into the water and bringing up fish. This gets things back on track.

Luna: Luna is running back and forth along the water flapping her arms making bird calls doing everything she can to direct her cormerant. Not paying attention she falls into the water.Han yells Wet T-shirt Contest

Rainbow Dash: Rainbow Dash does a good job directing the bird to find the fish whinnying and making noises every time the bird gets a fish encouraging it to work faster and get more.

In this Detour, teams chose between Choreography or Calligraphy. In Choreography, teams had to perform a traditional dance routine. If their dance won the approval of two judges, they received their next clue. In Calligraphy, teams had to copy Chinese characters written by a calligrapher at four stations. Once the calligrapher was satisfied with the teams' calligraphy, he stamped their paper, and they proceeded to find the next station, which was named in the characters they had just copied. Once they had received all four stamps, they received their next clue.

Teams doing CHOREOGRAPHY

* Bert and Ernie
*Chewbacca and Han
* Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash

Teams doing CALLIGRAPHY
*Freddy and Jason
*Hermione and Luna

CHOREOGRAPHY

Highlights

*Han and Chewy bust out some wild moves and get everyone to do the YMCA which isn't the right dance but the instructor likes it so much he gives them the clue anyway.

*The ponies do the dance well they are used to singing and dancing in Equestria and prance their way out of the challenge.

Lowlights

*Halfway through the dance, Ernie disappears and returns moonwalking backwards with an ice cream cone. He gets a bit overly excited with the dancing and the cone flies out of his hand and hits Bert on his bald head.

Quotes

Ernie"Hey Bert, you look like a unicorn, Bert"
Bert starts singing Fantasies come true.Then starts screaming "Ernie, get this thing off me, I'm getting a brain freeze."
Han and Chewy: YMCA( Mwror mwrorr urghrr rnnnnh)

Fluttershy yells at the instructor before she starts "YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE ME." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwp60eYuie0

CALLIGRAPHY

Highlights
*Hermione and Luna do very well having attended Ancient Ruins at Hogwarts.

Lowlights
*Freddy and Jason have terrible penmanship and they keep stabbing the pen through the paper.

*Freddy and Jason because of their brute force, kept breaking pencil leads at the detour. However, they decide to sabotage the girls and say "hey girls, is that Voldemort?" The girls look up and hide. Richard Hatch shows up dressed in a Voldemort costume and switches the papers for Freddy and Jason giving them the girls' papers and an evil villain hand shake.

Quotes

Freddy and Jason"CALIGRA-WHAT?"

Freddy"Jason you're doing it wrong, you should know by now with the body count you've left behind you."

PIT STOP


The ponies use their blazing lucky saddles to zoom into first. "Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash," says Adam , "you're Team #1! As the winners of this leg of the race you have won some dance lesson dvd's for animals. Such as Disco Stu's two-step for four legs. and the best of Billy Cyrus's Line Prancing. Plus a trip to Mables Stables a horsie holiday spa package courtesy of Hoofs r us.

Chewy and Han feeling the force, push into 2nd place. "Chewbacca and Han, you're team #2!" Chewy and Han continue the YMCA dance off the pit stop.

In third come Bert and Ernie lagging a little behind as they had to clean up Bert's head from the ice cream cone incident. "Ernie and Bert, you're team #3 and you are still in the race."

Freddy and Jason narrowly escape elimination and slide into 4th place.

Hermione and Luna, having been rejected at the calligraphy detour are far behind. "Hermione and Luna, " says Adam, "You are the last team to arrive. I am sorry to tell you you have both been eliminated from the race." They are sad but say they are pleased they got this far and thank Adam for the journey. As they walk away, Luna casts a spell and sets Freddy's sweater on fire. Hermione, inspired turns Jason's machete into a rubber mallet which hits him over the head repeatedly.

Whee

We've cast Season 2 of The Amazing Race. And we've decided to branch out into other areas so we're also doing Survivor, Top Model, and The Apprentice as well when this race is finished. However we probably will be taking a break between seasons.

In case you're interested, Season 2's contestants have been posted on the facebook page. :-)

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Elimination Station #8: Frodo and Sam arrive

Frodo and Sam arrive to a wild party at the elimination station. Teams have been drinking, playing tetris and eating scooby snacks and penne al'ariabiata and donuts. Frodo and Sam not wanting to be left out bust out some fresh strawberries from the Shire. All the teams are shocked to see Frodo and Sam and want to know what happened.

They tell them about the karaoke catastrophe and the chipmunk mix up. Sheldon says "You are not a chipmunk. Scientifically speaking you are a man who has been shrunk by the spin cycle of a washing machine or some other type of shrinking device. " Sam and Frodo look at each other and go "not quite, Mr Human man. "

All the teams say who they want to want.
Jeremy Kyle still wants Freddy and Jason to win. Oprah wants Bert and Ernie to win. Daphnne and Velma want the witches to win. Barney and Homer want donuts to win. Luke and Leia want the force to be with Han and Chewy. Leonard and Sheldon want Chewy and Han to win. Ross and Rachel want the ponies to win still. The wizards don't care as long as it's not Freddy and Jason. Batman and Robin want Hermione and Luna to win. Frodo and Sam want their alliances to win:their friends Bert and Ernie or Hermione and Luna to win.

Exit interview with Frodo and Sam

Where did things go wrong for you?

Frodo: Things got a little ugly when the fans wanted us to sing Randy Newman for karaoke.

Sam: Yeah and then we got mistaken for the chipmunks.

How far were you behind Freddy and Jason in the foot race?

Frodo: We were right on their heels until we were stopped by the lady boy fans.

Sam: Yeah and then we fell behind.

How do you feel about being eliminated?

Frodo: Of course we're sad to be out of the race. But we're really happy to have made all these new friends like Bert and Ernie and the lady boys.

Sam: Yeah we've hired one of the lady boys to be our ringbearer at our wedding.



Monday, December 5, 2011

Episode #8 Recap

In this Leg's Roadblock, one team member had to put a propeller on a traditional Thai Long-tail boat properly in order to receive their next clue.

Team members doing the roadblock:

Bert: Bert tries to do the task. Ernie puts the propeller on Bert's head. Hey Bert how do you like your new beanie Bert?
Bert: Give me that!

Han: Han excels at the task because he is used to dealing with space parts.says "This reminds my of that time when I souped up an old kind of space ship on the Ewok planet of Endor. Now that was one fine hot rod. Chewy rolls his eyes.

Rainbow Dash: She puts the boat together singing the my little pony theme song.

Freddy: He's used to working in a boiler room so is pretty handy although he or Jason have a limb cut off in the propeller. Freddy gets his striped sweater stuck in the propellers.

Frodo: Frodo struggles to put it together. He's been adventuring, not making boats all his life. 'If only Merry was here,' he says, 'or it was the Buckleberry ferry.'

Hermione: Hermione does it by using her brains.

The teams head to the next detour: BROKEN TEETH or BROKEN RECORD. In Broken Teeth, teams head to the "Street of Happy Smiles" where they have to match five patients with their dentures, after which the teams would receive their clue.

In Broken Record, teams had to travel to Bangkok's Chinatown at Yaowarat Road - Wat Samphantawong and choose a group of kathoeys* and a "party taxi"; then they sang karaoke, entertaining the other travelers, as the taxi driver drove them 5 miles (8.0 km) through the Bangkok traffic to their next destination to receive their next clue.

*kathoeys: Kathoey or katoey is a male-to-female transgender person or an effeminate gay male in Thailand.

Teams doing Broken Teeth:
*Chewbacca and Han
*Freddy and Jason
*Hermione and Luna

Teams doing Broken Record:
*Bert and Ernie
*Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash
*Frodo and Sam

BROKEN TEETH:

Highlights:

*Hermione and Luna encourage people on the street to smile like them. Everyone feels warm and fuzzy and good from all the smiling going on.They also do well because Hermione has Denists for parents.

*Han and Chewy take a different approach.Chewy tickles people and as they laugh Han matches the dentures.

*Someone asks Chewy and Han for their autographs. Chewy writes mwrorrr urghrrr nnnhhhh

Lowlights:
*Freddy and Jason have a hard time getting people to smile because most people are terrified. So instead Freddy starts sneaking up behind people and yelling Boo! Jason matches the dentures as they scream.

*F and J are disappointed that Broken Teeth doesn't involve breaking anyone's teeth.

Quotes:

Person who got autographs "Wow it was like being hugged by a bear skin rug!!"

Freddy and Jason: Freddy: "Smile! you're on Killer Camera! Say Ahhhhh!"
Hermione and Luna: Hermione: "Holy Halitosis! Miss, care for a mint?"

While the people on the street are scared Freddy and Jason are amused and break out into a chorus of You'll be a Dentist from Little Shop of Horrors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOtMizMQ6oM

*Hermione and Luna are first to finish the detour. They and Chewbacca and Han reach a blind u-turn. Chewy and Han, determined to come in first u-turn Freddy and Jason and the two teams are off. Freddy and Jason reach the detour and are angry to see they have been u-turned.

BROKEN RECORD:

Highlights:

*Bert and Ernie do extremely well with their edition of Ante-up, so the lady boys rap with them. Bert ends up with a feather boa and covered in sparkles. Ernie: Hey bert hey bert, you look like Kesha now Bert... Hey wait a minute... You're not the real Bert!

Bert: Ernie, not again.

The lady boys have fun dressing and undressing Bert until Ernie believes he has the real Bert back.


*The ponies sing The ponies wowed people with their renditions of Ponies songs.

Lowlights:

* The hobbits almost start a riot when they refuse to sing "Short People" by Randy Newman but by the end have everyone holding hands and swaying as they belt out a triumphant Chorus of Being Small isn't bad at all.

*The passengers ride in the opened trunk of the taxi not wanting to sit to close to Freddy or Jason.Freddy and Jason sing songs by the Killers, and Rob Zombie.


Quotes:

Passenger: I picked the wrong cab today. I thought we were getting the spice girls not the slice guys.

"Bert bert bert bert!! Where are you Bert?Quick call the missing Bert Bureau!!"

Frodo:"Just because I'm small! "
Ladyboys*giggle*
Frodo:In height! In height!
Sam:That's now what you told me! My boyfriend lied to me. *cries*
Ladyboys*hug both*

PIT STOP

Somehow Bert ends up in his boxers again but this makes him more lightweight and Ernie and Bert are First in to the pit stop. "Bert and Ernie," says Adam "You are Team #1!! As the winners of this leg of the race you have won a professional karaoke machine, a visit to the Lady Boys club here in Thailand and some white turtlenecks and striped sweaters for Bert so you can recognize him, Ernie!"

Chewbacca and Han rocket into second place, still smiling from the last detour. "Chewy and Han you're team #2!" They are a little disappointed but high five Bert and Ernie. Chewy on hearing he is not eliminated breaks into a song "Celebrate good times come on!"

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash are 3rd. The ponies blaze a trail into the third place position. "Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, you're team #3!"

Hermione and Luna race into 4th. "Hermione and Luna I'm sorry to tell you...you are team #4! And you are still racing!" Hermione and Luna are a little disappointed but resolve to do better in the next leg of the race.

Freddy and Jason beat the hobbits in a foot race to the finish line. "Freddy and Jason," says Adam, "you're team #5!You just made the cut and I just barely escaped elimination."

Frodo and Sam fall behind in the foot race because they get held up by wild karaoke fans who have mistaken them for the chipmunks. They keep screaming 'Where's Alvin?' and 'sing the christmas song.' The lady boys chase them to the finish line.
"Frodo and Sam, " says Adam, "you're the last time to arrive. I am sorry to tell you you have both been eliminated from the race."





Thursday, December 1, 2011

Elimination Station: Leonard and Sheldon arrive

The teams are drinking Duff beer and playing Tetris with the wizards when the next team arrives.

All the teams are surprised to see Leonard and Sheldon walk through the door. They explain how the had some trouble in the last leg with whippings and non-violent protests then they share some fruit with everyone.

Shelden explains about the excellent health benefits and anti oxident properties of fruit.Then Leonard and Sheldon put on a clinic on how to defined yourself against attackers armed with fresh fruit .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfIkMXw_YM4

Jeremy Kyle wants Freddy and Jason to win.

Oprah wants Bert and Ernie to win so she can host a show called Ernie's Barber Quartet on her network.

Daphnne and Velma are happy to hear that the hobbits and witches have formed an alliance and want Hermione and Luna to win.

Gandalf and Saruman want anyone but Freddy and Jason to kill the competition,

Homer and Barney are too drunk to comment.Their only coherent comment is "where's the pit stop?"

Batman and Robin support the hobbits.

Rachel and Ross want the ponies to win.

Luke and Leia want the force to remain strong with Chewy and Han.

Leonard and Sheldon want Han and Chewy to win since they love Star Wars. Both of them are fan boying over Luke and Leia. They also wouldn't mind seeing Bert and Ernie win because Bert's head reminds them of a banana.

Most of the teams want Freddy and Jason to lose but are too afraid to say.

Exit interview with Leonard and Sheldon

Where did it all go wrong for you guys?

Sheldon: Well according to my flow chart here... Everything was going great until...the whipping... I guess I forgot to factor in?

Leonard: I thought we were doing really well right up until the end when we lost a little bit of focus and Shelden turned into a cattle driver, whipping me like I was a bull he was taking to market.

Shelden: Leonard... You're hardly a bull. You are more like a tender peace of milk fed veal.

Leonard: See and that's why I had to take a stand and hold a non-violent, vegetarian, dolphin friendly protest.

What was a highlight of the race for your team?

Leonard: Well, we won two legs that was always a highlight.

Sheldon: For me, it was calculating the precise angle of the paraglider.

What will you do now the race is over for you?

Sheldon: Well I'm looking forward to getting back home and finishing making a model of the solar system made out of cheese.And not having to deal with any more wild animals! If it's not a lab rat I'm not interested.

Leonard: I just want to get back to my action figures. And play video games.



Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Episode #7 Recap

The teams travel from India to Thailand.

DETOUR

100 barrels or 2 miles In 100 Barrels, teams had to travel to Pae Yod, choose one of 6 fishing boats, fill 47 barrels with water, and load 53 on the upper deck. In 2 Miles, teams had to transport a rickshaw (with one team member sitting in it) 2 miles (3.2 km) from Wat Phutta Mongkhon Nimit to King Rama IX Park to find the next clue. Bike pumps were provided alongside the rickshaws in the event of a flat tire.

FAST FORWARD

To get the fast forward, teams must go to the market and give 5 people a hair cut.

Ernie and Bert are going for the fast forward because they want to win a leg and they don't care whose leg it is.

Teams doing 100 barrels:

*Chewy and Han
*Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash
*Freddy and Jason

Teams doing 2 miles:

* Frodo and Sam
*Hermione and Luna
*Leonard and Sheldon

FAST FORWARD

Ernie gives his famous hair cut, shaving all the monks bald which they like but he clips so fast that he doesn't realise he has cut Bert's hair too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hou8AyxWTYw and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRMZkEoBbuQ

Ernie and Bert head to the pit stop.

100 barrels

Highlights:

*Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash do well because Fluttershy imagines that she is feeding a herd of camels.

Lowlights:
*Chewy falls in the water and smells like wet wookie.

Quotes:
Freddy and Jason: 'What's in these barrels? A dead body?'
Jason: Aww if there is, you got the lucky barrel.

Han: Oh man Chewy and I thought wet dog was bad.

2 miles

Highlights
*Leonard and Sheldon get off to a strong start.
*Hermione and Luna get off to a strong start.
*The hobbits have hard time keeping up because of their short legs and have to do double the distance because they take two steps for ever one of the humans but are determined to finish the race leg.
* Luna and Herminone turn around to help the hobbits but keep making Hanz and Franz Jokes about how they are there to "pump you up"!

Lowlights

*The hobbits get a flat tire.
*Leonard and Sheldon:Shelden rides in the rickshaw and takes out a whip to smack Leonard in the butt with, explaining how it is a tactical necessity and he calculated it would motivate Leonard to move. Leonard and Sheldon argue.Leonard, tired of being whipped by Sheldon sits crosslegged on the ground and meditates in peaceful protest. Sheldon not wanting to lose picks up cross legged Leonard and starts carrying him.Leonard noticing the whip in Sheldon's back pocket grabs it and starts whipping Shelden who scream ouch! and drops Leonard, scolding Leonard by reminding him that "Leonard, I bruise easily! why did you do that?"
Quotes:
Leonard: Ow Sheldon ow!
Sheldon: Oh I'm sorry, I thought it would motivate you to move faster. If my calculations are correct with each whipping you should move about 3% faster.

Luna: "Hello little girly hobbit men" "We're here to pump you up!" (Speaking in cheesy arnold accent and flexing biceps)


PIT STOP

Ernie and a rather bald Bert arrive at the pit stop mat. 'Ernie and Bert,' says Adam, 'you're team #1!" Members of the Missing Bert Bureau show up behind them wearing suits and ties and sunglasses. Ernie say: "ya hear that Bert number one numero uno!" Then he rubs Bert's bald head for good luck. Adam says 'As the winners of this leg of the race you have won your MBB badges and immunity for the next leg of the race which means you cannot be eliminated. You also get an all expenses paid trip to Cleveland for the world Barber shop quartet sing off.'

Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash arrive. 'Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, you're Team #2!"

Hermione and Luna and Frodo and Sam arrive at the pit stop together. "Hermione and Luna, you're team #3, Frodo and Sam you're team #4!" The two teams high five each other.

Han Solo and Chewy arrive in 5th place. "Han and Chewy, you're team #5 and you're still in the race!"

Freddy and Jason, arrive in 6th place. "Freddy and Jason, you're team #6!"

Leonard and Sheldon arrive in last. Sheldon: "Hey Leonard, Isn't that Penny over there? Making out with with that bald banana headed guy?"

"What! Lenard runs to look. Then realises he has been duped and throws a banana at Sheldon but his aim is so bad that he hits Bert.

Ernie "Hey Bert, I like your hair Bert. You're very appealing with this hair Bert."

"Leonard and Sheldon,' says Adam 'You are the last team to arrive. I am sorry to tell you you have both been eliminated from the race.'

Sheldon: Really? Where did it all go wrong? According to my calculations...he says pulling a chart out entitled "Race winning probability." Leonard peels a banana and shoves it into Sheldon's mouth before he can finish. Leonard passes out on the ground.

Elimination Station #6

The teams are drinking Duff Beer and eating Scooby snacks while they wait for the next team to arrive.

They are all shocked when the wizards walk through the door. Ross immediately yells at them that it really sucked to be a hoover and the other teams boo the wizards until they make donuts appear and a giant game of Tetris which causes everybody to calm down and realise that it is a good thing, because the wizards haven't won the race.

Jeremy Kyle supports Freddy and Jason still because he tells the wizards they did a good job of keeping the ratings up but he still supports the killer team.

Oprah still supports Bert and Ernie and wants to get the rights to the film version of Ernie and Bert race to the finish line.

Rachel and Ross are still voting for the ponies since friendship is magic.

Daphnne and Velma hope Hermione and Luna can win the race.

Batman and Robin support the hobbits because they were always friendly to them and never sabotaged anyone.

Luke and Leia want the force to be with Chewy and Han.

Homer and Barney don't care. 'Pass the donuts. Are we still racing?'

Gandalf and Saruman want Leonard and Sheldon to win and Saruman confesses that he cast a spell on Gandalf to make him do evil things and the spell has worn off. Jeremy Kyle offers to have them on the show to talk about it.

Homer and Barney ask in Russian "Are we still racing?"
Most of the teams want Freddy and Jason to lose but are too afraid to say.

Exit interview with Gandalf and Saruman

You've got a bit of a reputation for being bad boys among our other contestants.

Gandalf and Saruman sing: Bad boys, bad boys what you going to do when they come for you.

What do you have to say about your antics on the race?

Saruman: Well we set out to win this race, at any cost. Even if that meant racing ruthlessly.

Where did the race leg go wrong for you?

Gandalf: It started with the camel dung. And it's all in the footwear. Next time we're going after a Nike sponsorship.

Saruman: Yeah and it didn't help that we got U-turned and backstabbed.

Why do you think Freddy and Jason u-turned you?

Saruman: They thought we were a threat.

Gandalf: Yeah.

Where did you learn how to run the race?

Saruman: We learned from our coach, Richard Hatch.

Gandalf: Yeah he taught us everything we know.

Sorry? Richard Hatch?

Saruman: The evil genius from such shows as Survivor and Celebrity Apprentice.

Why did you turn Adam's head into a tetris game?

Saruman: We saw a funny show on TV called Fast and Loose that inspired us. That and Adam's jaw actually is a perfect square.

The wizards finish their interview early to go to the elimination station.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Episode #6 Recap

The teams travel from Russia to India. All of the teams make the same flight and are therefore equalized(again). When they get to India they encounter a ROADBLOCK. In this roadblock, teams must use traditional tools to pile hay up to a marked line and fill a trough with water.

Team members decide who will do the roadblock.

Bert and Ernie: Ernie is doing the roadblock. Hey Bert, it's hay Bert. Ernie sings a Hay piling song and sails through the road block. Ernie: hey hey hey, I pile hay, every day, I pile some hay. Then I fill the trough fill the trough then I take things off take things off-Kick it!!! Take things off take things off!!! Bert: Ernie! This is the last straw!

Chewy and Han: Han is doing this one. Han works quickly piling the hay while Chewy grunts encouragement. When they are finished Han jumps on the camel takes off his hat and shouts look at me Chewy I"m Han of Arabia.

Gandalf and Saruman: Saruman takes the road block challenge for the wizards. But he is used to having evil henchmen to do his dirty work so he is slow and clumsily piling the hay.They also have an over anxious camel that goes for the hay accidentally knocking Saraman into the water trough. To add insult to injury as the wizards complete the road block and race off to the detour they both step in camel dung and it takes for ever to remove it from those pointy wizard shoes.

Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy: Fluttershy.Fluttershy is an excellent animal carer and easily completes the road block in no time at all.

Freddy and Jason: Jason
Jason piles the straw with no prolem at all swinging the pitch fork like he has used it before. and being the joker that he is, Jason pikes Freddy in the butt with it. This starts a bit of a fight between the two but wanting to beat the wizards they make up quickly and run off to the detour.

Hermione and Luna: Hermione.Hermione has an unsteady start but Luna keeps shouting encouragement and telling her to swing it like a bludger is heading her way and she gets into the groove piling the hay and filling the trough.

Leonard and Sheldon: Sheldon. Sheldon is terrified of camels. 'Leonard, I think it wants to eat me.' He keeps spilling the hay because his hands are shaking.Leonard: "Move faster Sheldon!" Sheldon: "Leonard that is a wild animal. Wild animals hate sudden movements. You'd never survive in the Savannah in Africa" Leonard" It's a camel. It can't hurt you." Sheldon" Leonard, it's spitting at me, Leonard it's spitting at me." Leonard"So spit back."

Frodo and Sam: Sam is doing the roadblock. Master Frodo, let me show you how we shoveled back in the shire. Frodo:'Sam I know this, you were my gardener remember?" Sam"Right, and I learned how to dig...." Frodo" Sam, this is no time for dreaming about gold digging, let's go."

The teams move onto the DETOUR. This detour is Movers or Shakers. In MOVERs teams must teams head to the Sanganeri Gate, choose two rickshaws loaded with barrels of hay and transport them 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the Zorawar Singh Gate. When they reach the Zorawar Singh Gate, they have to search through the hay for a metal elephant charm which they could then trade for their next clue.

In Shakers teams should go to a junction (called Badi Chopar, intersection of Johari Bazar, Tripoli Bazar, Ramganz Bazar and Sireh Deori Bazar Roads) and dress in traditional costumes and join a local dance troupe to collect 100 (around US$2) worth of tips. They then give the money they earned to the band leader to receive their next clue.

Teams doing MOVERS:

* Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash
* Chewbacca and Han Solo
*Gandalf and Saruman
*Leonard and Sheldon


Teams doing SHAKERS:

*Ernie and Bert
*Frodo and Sam
*Freddy and Jason
*Hermione and Luna

*Freddy and Jason miraciously reach a U-turn first and they u-turn their former alliance members the wizards. That's one way to stab someone in the back.

MOVERS

Highlights:
*Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash spring into the lead and they kick over the barrels at the gate, and stealthily use hoof and snout to go through quickly and find the elephant charm and are off to the pit stop.

* Chewy and Han do really well at the movers detour and Chewy barrels his way through the hay to find the charm.

Middlelight:
*The wizards do okay and are 3rd to leave the detour.

Lowlights:
* Leonard and Sheldon struggle because the only exercise they really get is playing World of Warcraft.

Quotes
Chewy: (Mwroorrrrrrr mwrorrrr mwrorrrr mwrorrrr) (translation: I like to move it, move it!)
Han: Man if you're going to be singing Chewy, we should've done the other detour.

Leonard: Come on Sheldon. Didn't you ever look for the prize in the cereal box when you were a kid?'
Sheldon: I wasn't allowed to eat that cereal. Mine was all wholegrain and organic.

Rainbow Dash: Eat our sparkly dust, wizards.

Gandalf and Saruman get to the U-turn 'Galloping gollums, Freddy and Jason U-turned us!'
They have to go to the other detour which sets them back again.

SHAKERS

Highlights:

*Bert and Ernie. Every time Bert tries to put on his costume Ernie tells him he isn't Bert, he's not the real Bert and that he is going to call the MBB.

*Frodo and Sam do extremely well because they have the cute factor. They have to help Bert put his costume on and off as Ernie refuses to believe that he is truly Bert.

*Hermione and Luna do really well, as well as receiving their $2 they receive a number of marriage proposals.

Lowlights:

*Freddy and Jason manage to extort $2 from frightened onlookers.

* The wizards are terrible at dancing and keep tripping over their pointy shoes, so everybody keeps laughing at them. The wizards steal Freddy and Jason's clothes so they have to go to the pit stop in the dance costumes.

Quotes:

Ernie: In fact you're not Bert. Quick call the Missing Bert Bureau!

Ernie: Quick, shake it like you've got pigeons in your pants.
Bert: Ernie, there is a pigeon in my pants
Ernie: I know Bert, I put them, I thought it would help you shake better.

Hermione: This is fun, check us out in the next Weird Witches video!

Freddy: Jason, dance better, you're killing it.
Jason: Me, what about you. (Jason gives him the hip bump)

PIT STOP

* Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash in a cloud of sparkling dust blaze into the pit stop. 'Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, you're team Number #1! As the winners of this leg of the race you've won a lifetime supply of mane and tail shampoo (That will be good for Rarity, says Rainbow Dash) and $5000 from the makers of the Tetris game.

*Chewy and Han arrive and both of them are singing "i like to move it, move it. except Chewy sounds like mwrorrr urghrrr rnrnnh" "Chewy and Han, you're team #2!"

*Ernie and Bert fly straight as a pigeon into 3rd. "Ernie and Bert, you're team #3!" Bert is surprised because he thought the Missing Bert Bureau stuff held them up.

*Frodo and Sam come into 4th but they tell Adam they are happy to be 4th and wait because they want to see where the wizards come in.

* Hermione and Luna arrive. 'Hermione and Luna, you're team #5"

*Leonard and Sheldon having finally found their elephant charm and being motivated by running behind Hermione and Luna arrive into 6th place.

*Gandalf and Saruman into 7th "Gandalf and Saruman says Adam you are team #7 however, you receive a 30 minute penalty for stealing Freddy and Jason's clothes and you will need to wait that out before checking in." The wizards taunt and tease Adam.
"Ooh boo hoo my name's Adam' says Saruman, 'let's all play tetris with my head."
"Ohh and look at my jaw," says Gandalf "It's almost a perfect square."
That startles Frodo and he asks Adam "Will you marry me?' to which Sam gasps in shock.
"I cannot marry you...because my jaw is a perfect square. '
As Adam gives them the penalty, they turn his head into tetris the video game.

Freddy and Jason come in. Adam tells the team they are the last team to arrive by flashing the words across his game screen face. The next thing that comes along the game screen face is "You look ridiculous." Freddy and Jason put out all their knives. Then on the screen comes the words in big red letters "But because Gandalf and Saruman received a 30 minute penalty plus a 4 hour one for turning my head into this stupid screen, you are still in the race!" They high five each other but they have knives in their hands so they stab each other. Hermione is kind enough to turn Adam's head back but not before playing a game of Tetris first.

Adam asks Gandalf and Saruman to come to the mat and tells them they are the last team to arrive and are therefore eliminated from the race.

This episode was brought to you by Fast and Loose and Tetris:


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Notice: Blog delayed for this week

Due to some technical difficulties and probably eliminations, the blog will either not be going up this week or will be super super super delayed. Thank you readers for your support. C:

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Elimination Station #5

All the teams are waiting for the next team to arrive. They have no idea that it was a double elimination.

Everyone is surprised to see Batman and Robin AND Homer and Barney come into the villa and want to know what happened. Batman and Robin explain how the wizards continued to sabotage them throughout the race and they were glad to do a different detour from the wizards. But both teams admit that it was their own human error and human need that caused them to lose this last leg of the race.

Jeremy Kyle wants Freddy and Jason to win. He is also fond of the wizard team because they make for excellent t.v. Oprah hopes that Bert and Ernie will do well as she wants them to sign her next book.

Rachel and Ross want the ponies to win. Since Friendship is Magic x2.

Luke and Leia hope the force will remain with Han Solo and Chewy. Leia is also fond of the hobbits because she thinks they're cute.

Daphnne and Velma bust out the scooby snacks and hope that Hermione and Luna will win because they're one of the last girl teams in the race.

Batman and Robin want anyone but the wizards to win. Barney and Homer are too drunk to comment.

Barney and Homer bust out the Duff beer case and start passing them around. Everybody gets drunk and starts dancing.

Exit interview with Batman and Robin

Where do you think things went wrong?

Batman: Well, we can't believe the dynamic duo was duped by those dastardly wizards.

Robin: Holy hairy hobbit feet, Adam. We thought we'd do way better but those ruthless racers really roughed us up.

Did you think you were going to come in last?

Batman: When we saw the fat team being talked to by the russian police, we thought we had a chance to race ahead.

Robin: But following the Mcdonalds sign thinking it was the bat signal was a costly mistake. But we think we worked well together and it's strengthened our relationship.

Exit interview with Homer and Barney

Where do you think things went wrong?

Barney: Aww that's easy. This country has no port-a-potties.

Homer: No when you gotta go, you gotta go.

That was some fine driving on the snowplows.

Barney: We've had snowplow experience before.

Homer: I'm Mr Plow, that name again is Mr Plow.

Did you think you were going to come in last after the snow plows?

Barney: We thought we'd plowed ahead.

Homer: Yeah but then we got to that stupid roadblock. Woohoo it's cold.

How do you feel about being out of the race?

Barney: Buuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrp.


Sunday, November 6, 2011

Episode #5 Recap





In this leg's Detour there is a choice between Russian Bride or Russian Snowplow. In Russian Bride, using Lada cars, teams took themselves to a Soviet-era apartment - apartment building 4 in Komsomolskaya Street, fetched one Russian bride and brought her to the Voznesensky Cathedral, where her groom was waiting. Once the team had a picture taken with the couple, the groom handed the team their next clue. In Russian Snowplow, with their Lada cars, teams headed to Stadium Spartak, where each team member took turns driving a snowplow through a marked lane while directed by their partner.

Teams doing RUSSIAN BRIDE:
Batman and Robin
Bert and Ernie
Chewbacca and Han
Frodo and Sam
Leonard and Sheldon

Teams doing RUSSIAN SNOWPLOW:
Barney and Homer
Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash
Freddy and Jason
Gandalf and Saruman
Hermione and Luna

Highlights of the Russian Bride
*Leonard and Sheldon pop the hood of the Lada and soup it up so it's super fast. Leonard draws on his knowledge of the russian language that he learned from his chess code
*Bert and Ernie and Frodo and Sam are super excited to get their brides to the cathedral. They sing Going to the Chapel all the way there.

Lowlights of the Russian Bride
*On the way to the cathedral Batman and Robin are pulled over by KGB agents and questioned about their funny costumes or lack of clothing.

Quotes
Chewbacca: Mwrorrrrr urghrrr rnnnhhhh rrughhh urrghhhh rnnnhh (translation: I once ordered a mail order bride but I sent her back when she was hairier than I was. )
Hans Solo: How do you think I met you?

Ernie: Hey Bert, she's pretty Bert. But not as pretty as you, Bert.

Robin: Spiralling Sputniks, Batman, I think we're being pulled over by the KGB!

RUSSIAN SNOWPLOW

Highlights of the snowplow task:
*Hermione and Luna engage in a battle of bumperplow with the wizards but Hermione is better at magic so she thwarts the wizards' sabotage plan which makes the wizards very cross.
*Homer and Barney have excellent skills from running their own snowplow businesses.
*The ponies come in behind Homer and Barney because their plow had two extra horsepower.

Lowlights of the snowplow task:
*Jason accidentally runs over Freddy while he's manuvering the course and all that can be heard from under the snowplow is "Freddy's down!" .

Quotes
Fluttershy "1 horse power, 2 horse power."
Gandalf "Now that's what I call a hit and run" Saruman "Now Freddy's a hit. "
Homer" Mr Plow! Now that's my name! That name again is Mr Plow! He gets up and stands on his snowplow and yells "THIS IS SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAK!!!"


In this leg's Roadblock, one team member has to choose two Russian marathon runners who will help them warm up, before he or she stripped down to his or her underwear to run a 1.4-mile (2.3 km) course toward the Novosibirsk Opera and Ballet Theatre, where their partner, who was transported there separately, will join them in heading to the Pit Stop.


Team members doing the roadblock:

Leonard and Sheldon: They argue over who is going to do the roadblock then they decide that Sheldon will do the roadblock. So he strips down to a pair of tighty whities that have the day of the week on them and RACE LEG 5.
Bert and Ernie: It's Bert's turn ."ERNIE! All these people will see me. " "You'll be fine, Bert. Just think of how good you look in tights, Bert. " Bert strips down to a pair of Alphabet Blockhead boxers.
Chewbacca and Han Solo: Han agrees to do it. Han Solo strips down to a purple g-string and Chewy just rolls his eyes. All the cameras immediately blur Han Solo out.
Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash: Fluttershy does it. Fluttershy takes off her saddle to reveal some fancy underwear made by Rarity and sings "The Art of the Undress"
Freddy and Jason: Freddy does it. Freddy strips down to a pair of boxers that match his red and green sweater.
Frodo and Sam: Frodo does it. While he runs he yells "I wish the ring had never come to me, I wish none of this had happened" Frodo falls over near the ballet theatre.
Gandalf and Saruman: Saruman does it. His underwear has orcs and the eye of Sauron all over it. Most of the other teams cover their eyes, allowing the wizards to get ahead.
Hermione and Luna: Luna is up. The crowd goes wild as Luna strips down to a pair of Victoria's Secret underwear. As she runs Gandalf sings "Loony Loony Lovegood" and "Oh Potter, you rotter, what have you done, you're killing the students, you think it's good fun"
Batman and Robin: Robin decides to do it since all he has to do is take off his shirt and cape and he's good to go.
Barney and Homer: Homer is up. He is puffed after running for 1 minute. He is wearing Mr Plow boxers.

PIT STOP

Waiting at the pit stop with Adam is Frank.N.Furter from the Rocky Horror Picture Show who was so inspired by the time warp last week that he wants to do it again.

Leonard and Sheldon make it to the pit stop in the ballet theatre. "Leonard and Sheldon, you're Team Number ONE! As the winners of this leg of the race, you've won a snow cone machine and a case of russian vodka!" Sheldon gives Leonard a hug. Leonard says "Sheldon I'm not used to these pdas!" To which Sheldon replies " I'm just trying to avoid hypothermia. Now warm my core!!!"

With thunder and hooves, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash, gallop into second. "Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash you're Team Number 2!"

Gandalf and Saruman come in. "Gandalf and Saruman, you're Team #3!"

Bert and Ernie pirouette into 4th place. "Hey Ernie, all this fresh air is invirogorating!"

Frodo and Sam. Sam helps Frodo up from where he fell down and says "I can't carry the ring,Mr Frodo but I can carry you!" He lifts Frodo up and puts him down gently at the pit stop. "Frodo and Sam, you're Team #5!"

Freddy and Jason run to the checkin mat, Freddy still sporting the tread marks from the snow plow on his body. "Freddy and Jason, you're Team #6!"

Han Solo and Chewy fell behind because Han lost a shoe on the run to the pit stop, making for some frightening camera work as he bent down to retrieve it. Frank.N.Furter says "Looking good, " to Han Solo. "Han and Chewy, you're Team #7! Now put some clothes on," says Adam.
Hermione and Luna come to the pit stop, terrified that they are one of the last teams to arrive. They brace themselves for an elimination. "Hermione and Luna, you are Team #8!" They are both silent, shocked until Adam says "You are still in the race!"

Barney and Homer took their own pit stop on the way to the pit stop and were detained by the Moscow police for peeing in public. They go to the pit stop and Adam tells them "Barney and Homer, you are Team #9 I am sorry to tell you, you have both been eliminated from the race."

Batman and Robin: Batman and Robin got detoured, thinking they saw the Bat signal in the sky but it turned out to be the neon lights of the Moscow McDonalds. They arrive at the pit stop. "Batman and Robin, " says Adam "You are the last team to arrive. I am sorry to tell you you have both been eliminated from the race."