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DevdogAZ
01-26-2009, 11:54 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_en_tv/tv_amazing_race_1

LOS ANGELES – Most contestants on "The Amazing Race" must tackle language barriers during their trek around the world. As the reality series' first-ever deaf contestant, Luke Adams had double the trouble. The 22-year-old recent college grad and his mother Margie are among the 11 two-person teams racing for the $1 million prize in the upcoming 14th season.
Sounds exciting. Can't wait, as usual.
WilliamTaylor
01-26-2009, 12:01 PM
Finally, Ive been waiting for these new season, wonder if they would introduce something new in the show.
billypritchard
01-26-2009, 12:19 PM
Forget the deaf kid. Mike White is on one of the teams! That's some good potential for entertainment.

Mike White (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925234/)
DevdogAZ
01-26-2009, 01:28 PM
Forget the deaf kid. Mike White is on one of the teams! That's some good potential for entertainment.

Mike White (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925234/)
He's paired with his dad, who is the oldest contestant this season. Hopefully that doesn't prevent him from sticking around as long as possible. It will be very interesting to see how a TV/Movie writer views an unscripted reality show from the inside.
Magnolia88
01-26-2009, 04:23 PM
I thought that was Mike White in one of the promos, but I figured my eyes must be deceiving me. He's a fairly well known writer/actor, so that's an interesting choice.

The deaf contestant is also going to be interesting. Communication problems are already such a huge issue with cab drivers and locals, this will be an even bigger obstacle for that team. And what a burden on his mom to have to translate everything for him along the way. I think that could prove pretty frustrating pretty quickly.
DevdogAZ
01-26-2009, 04:42 PM
The deaf contestant is also going to be interesting. Communication problems are already such a huge issue with cab drivers and locals, this will be an even bigger obstacle for that team. And what a burden on his mom to have to translate everything for him along the way. I think that could prove pretty frustrating pretty quickly.
Especially considering what he said in the quoted article, which is that he got frustrated with his mom when she'd have a 5 minute conversation with someone and then only take 30 seconds to fill him in on what was said.
jstack
01-26-2009, 10:50 PM
The Amazing Race Asia beat them to the punch with a deaf contestant. They had a deaf man on the second season.
gossamer88
01-26-2009, 10:52 PM
...wonder if they would introduce something new in the show.

Hopefully HD!
scottykempf
01-26-2009, 10:59 PM
February 15th. Wohoooo!!
DeeDee
01-27-2009, 11:28 AM
Awesome!

I love the Amazing Race!

I think it would be cool for a TCF team to make it on the show!
Magnolia88
01-27-2009, 02:09 PM
MSNBC (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28873166/) has a slide show of all the teams on TAR 14.

Looks like the teams are a little more geographically dispersed than last season. Fewer people from Southern Cal anyway.
BeanMeScot
01-27-2009, 03:00 PM
Awesome!

I love the Amazing Race!

I think it would be cool for a TCF team to make it on the show!

"Internet Friends" :)
pmyers
01-29-2009, 01:12 AM
C'mon....get in HD already!
Raj
01-29-2009, 09:38 AM
I doubt they'll do it in HD, but I wouldn't mind if they did.
scottykempf
01-29-2009, 09:46 AM
I doubt they'll do it in HD, but I wouldn't mind if they did.

How about at least showing it in widescreen?
chsscgas
01-29-2009, 03:42 PM
Link to story in Columbia, SC The State newspaper regarding contestants from the area in the upcoming Amazing Race. Title of article is "Will 'Amazing Race' lead to another shot at Playboy for Midlands Tech student?"

http://www.thestate.com/entertain-index/story/666591.html
DevdogAZ
01-29-2009, 03:45 PM
Link to story in Columbia, SC The State newspaper regarding contestants from the area in the upcoming Amazing Race. Title of article is "Will 'Amazing Race' lead to another shot at Playboy for Midlands Tech student?"

http://www.thestate.com/entertain-index/story/666591.html

That's not a very fitting picture to accompany that story. But thanks for posting.
Joules1111
01-29-2009, 03:58 PM
Forget the deaf kid. Mike White is on one of the teams! That's some good potential for entertainment.

Mike White (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925234/)
It's Buck, from "Chuck & Buck". That movie is disturbing and entertaining all at the same time. :)
Alpinemaps
01-30-2009, 02:23 PM
The Amazing Race Asia beat them to the punch with a deaf contestant. They had a deaf man on the second season.

I laughed when I heard the original statement, and glad you pointed it out.
gtalvola
02-04-2009, 03:45 PM
Will we need to add padding to the end of the recording for this Amazing Race season? Or is that only needed during football season? I'm not sure what kind of stuff CBS runs on Sundays during the football off-season.
DevdogAZ
02-04-2009, 04:38 PM
Will we need to add padding to the end of the recording for this Amazing Race season? Or is that only needed during football season? I'm not sure what kind of stuff CBS runs on Sundays during the football off-season.
CBS has golf for the next couple of months until the Masters, but I don't know if it ever causes overruns since I don't live in the East and never have to deal with that.
JLucPicard
02-04-2009, 04:51 PM
Will we need to add padding to the end of the recording for this Amazing Race season? Or is that only needed during football season? I'm not sure what kind of stuff CBS runs on Sundays during the football off-season.
I usually check to see because they can air golf and/or NCAA basketball games (not necessarily the tournament but regular Sunday afternoon games).

I tend to take a look, see what they're airing, how much 'filler' they may have around an hour or so before 60 Minutes and decide then whether to pad or not. As for setting the SP, I set it for an extra 1/2 hour pad just in case I don't get to monitor it for some reason.
Einselen
02-05-2009, 08:17 AM
Golf you typically can tell early on (even the day before) if it will run over. Typically though golf is fine and you don't have to pad, but adding an extra half hour is always recommended for this show as JLucPicard stated, just in case.
goblue97
02-05-2009, 10:13 AM
Will we need to add padding to the end of the recording for this Amazing Race season? Or is that only needed during football season? I'm not sure what kind of stuff CBS runs on Sundays during the football off-season.
There can never be a TAR thread without discussion of sports overruns or why it isn't in HD.
JLucPicard
02-05-2009, 10:43 AM
There can never be a TAR thread without discussion of sports overruns or why it isn't in HD.
If it aired on a night where it wasn't historically getting hosed every week due to sports overruns, that wouldn't need to be a part of the discussion. When the season threads start, there is always at least one person posting that they missed all or part of it due to an overrun.

I'm a little more with you on the HD discussion, but the reality is that more and more programming (especially on network TV) is being done in HD and people much more enjoy watching HD programming. I don't have a problem with the HD aspect of the discussion, though the bottom line is, they'll do HD when they do HD, but I certainly can't begrudge people discussing an HD broadcast possibility.

You could always start your own thread with "No sports overrun or HD discussion" in the title! ;)
goblue97
02-05-2009, 11:55 AM
I don't have a problem with the HD aspect of the discussion, though the bottom line is, they'll do HD when they do HD, but I certainly can't begrudge people discussing an HD broadcast possibility.

Sure, it just gets tiring to hear the same things over and over and over.......
DevdogAZ
02-05-2009, 12:17 PM
Golf you typically can tell early on (even the day before) if it will run over. Typically though golf is fine and you don't have to pad, but adding an extra half hour is always recommended for this show as JLucPicard stated, just in case.
If the 3rd round doesn't get finished and has to get carried over to Sunday morning, that could be a possibility, but there's no way to know early on if the tournament is going to go into a playoff (as it did this last Sunday, which added about 45 minutes to the telecast).
Magnolia88
02-10-2009, 11:46 AM
Newsweek (http://www.newsweek.com/id/183721) has a Q&A with Mike White and his dad Mel.
dcheesi
02-10-2009, 01:06 PM
14th season?!? :confused:
Einselen
02-10-2009, 01:12 PM
14th season?!? :confused:

Yeah crazy ain't it?
jlb
02-10-2009, 02:55 PM
Link to story in Columbia, SC The State newspaper regarding contestants from the area in the upcoming Amazing Race. Title of article is "Will 'Amazing Race' lead to another shot at Playboy for Midlands Tech student?"

http://www.thestate.com/entertain-index/story/666591.html

That's not a very fitting picture to accompany that story. But thanks for posting.


Here ya go

http://ompi.onemodelplace.com/OMP_Images/Model/8914/ACF7E33.jpg
DevdogAZ
02-10-2009, 03:00 PM
HELLO!

Thank you, jlb. Now I'm even more excited for Sunday.
jtlytle
02-10-2009, 05:09 PM
Don't forget to add one hour pad to your TiVo for Amazing race!!
Einselen
02-10-2009, 05:10 PM
Don't forget to add one hour pad to your TiVo for Amazing race!!

1 hr? Golf and Tennis have gone into "OT" for that long before? Dang...
Fleegle
02-10-2009, 05:29 PM
How about at least showing it in widescreen?

Exactly. I would be happy with upconverted widescreen SD if they can't do HD at all.

Haven't HD camera gotten significantly smaller and cheaper lately?
Inundated
02-15-2009, 02:09 PM
Well, the fun begins tonight.

The golf tournament is scheduled until 6:30...maybe I'd better add an hour of padding while I'm still thinking about it!

Am I just not paying attention, or what? I have no idea who Mike White is. I get that he's a writer/producer and apparently actor, but I couldn't pick him out of a lineup.

Regular TAR thread contributors know I'm not really a fan of casting otherwise-famous people.

Mike and his father apparently take the "first gay Dad and son" team title.

Look, there are more cheerleaders! Didn't we just have Starr? Oh, and flight attendants! Did we mention they're attractive women?

But there are teams that look interesting.

The mom and deaf son should be very interesting to watch, and I bet they're not gonna see as many hurdles as some expect once they get a rhythm down.

Looks like we have an Ohio team this year - a husband and wife from Columbus.

And about this:


I think it would be cool for a TCF team to make it on the show!


wendiness and I have already put our hats in the ring, and have been kicking it around for a number of seasons now.

Of course, we'd have to audition first! That's mostly more my fault than it is hers. :D