TK fills his bowl and gulps it down, retching along the way. He describes it as "a little grainy, a little sweet and warm." One of the Blondes was noting earlier that there are bugs falling into the milk as well. Delicious! TK collects the next clue which tells him to lead four camels across a marked path along the Savannah to another group of nomads and find yet another clue. Grandpa Donald slurps up his milk and Nicholas stands by as Grandpa sets off with four camels. Just now Christina has filled her bowl and brings it over to one of the local nomads for his approval. The big LA Blonde also brings her bowl over, but it's not even close to being filled to the line and the judge orders her back under her camel.
Not even close, sweetie. Try flirting more.
The teams who have finished with the milk are trailing along after The Hippies, assuming they know where they're going. Moronald makes friends with his camels as Christina wonders whether they should really be following The Hippies and Moronald bites her head off. Well, of course it turns out that The Hippies had no clue what they were doing and everyone has to turn around. What do you have to say about that, Moronald? Not much, but he does admit he was wrong, so miracles do happen. Nathan finally fills up his bowl - half with sweat and half with milk, so The Babies get to start looking for the camel path.
Care for some fresh salt in your milk?
Lorena has almost lost her mind completely because her camel has run out of milk and she can't get her bowl filled up without the camel kicking it out of her hands. Azaria is having similar problems. Lorena screams, "Baby there's no more milk!" as if Jason could possibly do anything to help. The Blondes are having no luck and neither are The Sisters. Lorena screams again, "Miiiiiiilk, Baaaaabeeeeeeeeey!" Ugh, kick her again, Mrs. Camel, as we head out to commercial. We're back to, "Baby there's no more milk! There's no more milk!" And Jason does this:
I bet he's mentally picking out an engagement ring, what do you think? Azaria finally asks if he can try a new camel and he gets permission while The Sisters' camel takes a big dump but produces no more milk. Can she drink the poop? Azaria joins a nursing baby camel (aw) and fills up his bowl while Lorena turns to cry at Jason after every squeeze of the teat.
The Hippies have made it to the clue box! Their next task is a Detour and here is Phil to explain. This Detour is Teach It or Learn It. Teach It involves teaching a local child who speaks no English the English words for 10 common items. The child must correctly recite all 10 words in one sitting. In Learn It, the team members have to learn the Möre words for 10 common items and recite those in one sitting. I thought they spoke French here, but I guess that is just the result of colonization. Again I feel exploited. We have to watch these poor children learn 10 English words and then be left in the dust? I'm repeating myself, so I'll move on. The Hippies decide to teach, The Babies decide to learn, Jem and Rio decide to learn, Nick and Grandpa decide to teach and Moronald and Christina decide to teach. They all head off to perform the Detour, but no one can seem to find the school.
The big LA Blonde finally fills up her bowl and I can't believe she is able to drink it all since it looks like she hasn't eaten in the last five years or so. But somehow she does it and they set off with their four camels. The Siblings arrive at the Detour and decide to Learn It. They find a local child who takes them to the school. They decide to split up the words and each learn five - good strategy. Guess what The Babies' strategy is. That's right! To fight with each other. These little kids are precious - both the teachers and the learners. I really hope CBS makes a fat donation to what passes for their school. The Siblings burn through this challenge and receive the final clue telling them to proceed on foot to the Pit Stop, which seriously looks like an Ewok village, but on the ground. Hopefully there's a spa in one of those huts for the LA Blondes.
"This way to African luxury."
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Comments (9)
Oh my God, I wanted to reach through my TV and smack Lorena. I've seen two year olds act more mature then her! I don't know how Jason puts up with her, no wonder he won't marry her. And when she asked him if he still loved her I wanted to puke. I was sad to see the sisters go, I was hoping it was going to be Lorena and Jason. Hopefully next week!!
1 of 9 | Posted by featherhead | Posted on November 21, 2007 4:38 AM
That recap was hilarious. I rarely LOL reading any recap and this one I did many times :) I cannot believe there was not mention of how when Lorena (I think) was trying to milk her camel it definitely looked like she was trying to do something else. I'm mad the sisters got eliminated so early. I really liked them. There's always ignorant people in every season and I think the blondes were cast in that role this season...
2 of 9 | Posted by yankeesfan | Posted on November 21, 2007 7:09 AM
Very funny recap! :)
To answer some of your questions (as I have watched all 11 seasons, thus far, of the Amazing Race)...
First - CBS does pay the people you see in the roadblocks and detours, etc. While I'm sure it's not a high amount to us, it's very lucrative for them.
Second - while the production company has it's own cameramen for the show, they are usually the ones who follow the teams. The company makes a concerted effort to use local cameramen and assistants in any country they go too, in order to aid the local economy. (According to the CBS website, this season over 2,000 locals were employed.)
Third - all airline tickets are paid for by credit card (and that's the only thing they can use the credit card for). Fun fact - when you hear the ticket agent say there are "2 seats available" the agent actually has to have 4 seats per team - because teams cannot travel without their two personal cameramen.
And while I know it's hard to watch images like the child with flies covering his face, I would rather CBS show me what a country is really like - and hopefully be moved to act on my discomfort, rather than see just the pretty sights of Paris and London and ignore the poverty that does shape most of the world.
Great recap! I look forward to the rest of the season, Honey Gangsta!
3 of 9 | Posted by LoneButterfly | Posted on November 21, 2007 7:28 AM
My favorite most horrifying Ugly American moment was when Ronald was trying to teach the student the word 'skyscraper" by reminding him of the movie King Kong. I guess I fast forwarded through the scene where one of the delapitated huts had a "Blockbuster Video" sign out front for all those HDTV plasma movie nights the children must enjoy.
4 of 9 | Posted by lagitha | Posted on November 21, 2007 7:51 AM
THANK YOU LoneButterfly!
Your info makes me feel much better about episodes like this. Employing locals is a fantastic way to help, and I'm so glad to hear that they do give money to the places they visit.
I have watched some seasons of The Amazing Race, and I've always loved it, but I haven't followed the series closely enough to know all the details. It's fun to take a closer look.
Lagitha - LOL on the Blockbuster comment!
Thanks for keeping me laughing (and informed) guys!
Much love!
-HG
5 of 9 | Posted by Honey Gangsta | Posted on November 21, 2007 8:58 AM
Good recap.
I think throwing money around randomly in that situation might have attracted a mob.
While I don't normally like dishonesty, I did enjoy the incident with the cab driver.
I think this was one challenge where grandpa was the best choice. He clearly had milking experience (just maybe not with camels).
I wanted the sisters to last longer! Maybe Karma is getting even for them being so naturally adorable.
6 of 9 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on November 21, 2007 10:00 AM
thanks for the recap Honey!!! Loved the engagement ring . . . that guy is so running for the hills . . . what do these people not understand about being kind to animals . . . . wasn't the donkey a lesson enough!? Personally I thought Grandpa's comments on the sisters was riotous, no!? Sorry to see them go too . . . I'm just so over the bitchy couples . . . for reals, they can just skip them for me and just use nice people . . . is it too much to ask!?
7 of 9 | Posted by juddfan | Posted on November 21, 2007 11:20 AM
Your Loreta comments were funny even though I shouldn't be laughing at someone's obvious distress. Man, she was having a bad afternoon.
I felt sorry for her but I wouldn't marry her. Run, Jason, Run.
I have watched all 11 seasons too and I bought Season 1 on DVD.
8 of 9 | Posted by weasel dearest | Posted on November 21, 2007 1:48 PM
I liked your recap Honey. Thanks for the giggles, they were very much appreciated.
And I just wanted to echo Lone Butterfly, CBS has a pretty good track record of trying to help the local economy of every place they visit, not just on Amazing Race, but Survivor too. So we can feel free to enjoy the mindless entertainment, and maybe, be inspired to try to help in our own way too.
I also wanted to comment about this:
[Q]My conscience is disturbed again. CBS has set up this Road Block and a task that is meant to be dirty and gross and you know they're intently waiting for someone (or everyone) to throw up when they drink the milk, and for the local nomads, this is their life. They do this regularly - Phil even said so - this is how they live and we're watching these Americans trying to stomach it once for our entertainment. Why do I want to cry? [Q/}
followed by:
[Q]Jason lets Lorena do the milking and she is immediately terrified of the camel, who keeps kneeing her hands and knocking the milk out of her dish... and the local nomads stand around in the background...[Q/}
[i]laughing[i/]!!!
One of the best parts of this show, for me, is watching the locals react to the incompetence and ineptitude of the racers. For the most part, the locals are very understanding and forgiving. But a lot of times you can just see the sheer stunned disbelief at American stupidity on their faces, and it's a joy to watch.
9 of 9 | Posted by weejie | Posted on November 21, 2007 7:20 PM