As much as everyone hates Rob and Amber you have to admit they are good. I don't know if anyone is watching the times but they are leaving a good hour before most of the teams. They are truly one of the best.

Good recap... but I wanted to make sure spelling CHILE, Chilly, was on purpose. I thought maybe I missed that in the last recap or something! :)

I don't really care that Kentucky was eliminated, and I also can't help but like Rob and Amber. I liked them both on Survivor and it's not their fault they are better than the other teams (although that doesn't mean CBS can't let them go after this).

I think that this reason is starting to suck is that the producers didn't real get the best teams, they got the most interesting. So who really is the main competition for Romber?

I would have like to have seen them compete against the strongest TAR teams not these.

Am I the only one who thought it was strange that none of teams chose to do the rock climbing? I got the impression that the rock climbing was near the area were they read their clues. But yet, every team chose to do the river rafting...did I miss something??

I think from past experience all of the teams realized that climbing a wall is a lot harder and more time consuming than it looks.

Have to agree with there being no real competition. The producers did a pretty poor job of picking teams. I wonder if they asked a lot of the other teams and they said no.

I thought the recap was great and really funny. Love the shmirna screencaps :)

Loved the screencaps, I share your love of DannO but dude, it's Chile not Chily.

Yea....Chile. Took me completely out of the recap with this "Chilly" nonsense.

I will third or fourth the Chile reference. It is Chile and the "chilly in Chile" comment by a racer last week wasn't even funny.

I have to say I love the Beauty Queens. Before anybody bashes that I have to say I think they are one of the few teams not Romber-obsessed and that is reason enough to love them.

I think Rob talking about the other teams doesn't really count because he is REALLY only talking about himself in comparison to them. If he ever said something about another team without himself or Amber being in the same sentence, then I would say he thinks about others too much. At this point, I'd say "not so much." It is still all about him.

LOVED LOVED LOVED the picture of Charla's bugging eyes on the raft.

Oh -- one more comment.

Did anybody else find it odd that after the BQs said they teamed up with Terri and Ian because he was "good with directions," they (the BQs) led?!? WTF.

Hi!

Does anyone know where I can read a funny recap for TARAS? One where Chile is spelled Chile?

PS, TWOP sucks.

I guess the Kentucy pair can go back on 'The View' and Rosie can give them even more gifts...maybe a vacation home this time....being naive on TV has a price: a new house, car, all kinds of shit....

Ian and Terri have got to be 2 of the ugliest, most hideous people ever to be on a reality show. Talk about the gruesome twosome. Ick.

KH

Maybe Team Kentucky could get sent to college -- that could be a reality show all in itself!

LongHairedMan -- have you tried a Google search on EdHill or anything?

Give awesome a break. The recaps are semi-funny, but we're used to some of the best on here. Caption the screen grabs and look for Phil-packages, and you'll satisfy the natives (well, and be funnier, but, you're trying!).

As for the complaints about no competition for Rob and Amber, they did this pretty much when they ran the first time and Uchenna and Joyce (remember them?) still managed to beat them. Now, I do agree that some of the back-pack teams (Schmirna, John Vito/Jill, Kentucky) should not have been invited, but all of the others were top four teams. I think Joyce/U will still challenge them, and Eric and Danielle may prove competitive, and I always liked the BQ's, so, those are 3 teams that can challenge.

I liked KY, but, let's face it, after the endless non-philimination legs last time, they needed to go. Talk about wearing out your 15 minutes!

Now, let's rid ourselves of Schmirna, and the guido's and I'd be able to watch the race without puking.

I, too, think there are some worthy teams on the race. Of course some of the best are MIA (first on my list are Kris & Jon); but they probably had real jobs and couldn't get another leave of absence for another shot at reality stardom. Seriously -- could any of us get off this much time from OUR jobs?!?

Some of these teams just haven't peaked yet. The BQs didn't finish at the front of the pack early in the race. Uchenna and Joyce had some less-than stellar legs (until she shaved her head). Teri and Ian and Eric were all runners-up. Danny & Oswald were and are consistent. I think it is unfair to slam all of these participants as mediocre.

Lets also not forget that Rob and Amber had no competition for the first two legs because they both inexplicably appeared at the Pit Stop hours before any of the other teams. How convenient was it in episode one that they made it out of the airport before everyone else and were halfway to the detour before any other teams found a taxi cab. They searched a field for a good thirty minutes and finished the OTHER task before team #2 even got there -- and they only had to drive some 60 miles! No team is that good. They were too good and I am NOT buying into it.

They'll have some competition soon and I wouldn't be surprised to see this Dyanamic Duo stumble in the next couple of legs. Hopefully they'll be gone before we know it.

I was actually pleasantly surprised by this recap.

I have to add to Jay's advice for "Awesomeness" - you definitely want to find screenshots of the PhilPackage, if the PhilPackage is not shown we will take the PhilBackside or PhilChest. Also, feel free to come on down to the comments and talk among the people. We like it when our recappers mix and mingle with us.

:)

I think the TARAS recaps are pretty good. They don't even compared to some of the other shows on this site.

Seriously? Wednesday? Am I the only one that is going to comalain about the long wait for this recap? I mean this is - IMO - the reality show of ALL reality shows...show some respect!!!

"Am I the only one who thought it was strange that none of teams chose to do the rock climbing?"

Actually, two teams tried the rock climbing, but changed their minds. If you go to the CBS site, you can see the photos of Uchenna and Joyce trying it.

Okay I think I was on drugs or something...I meant to say...

Seriously? Friday?...

et al...

OK, OK, I get it. You guys didn't find the Chilly thing funny. Luckily for all involved, our racers will probably be moving next week and everyone can pretend it never happened!

As to the rest of it, let's ask ourselves WWB-SD? (What Would B-Side DO?) and I think, if B-Side were here, he'd ask us all just to get along.

Kisses!

awesomeness, thank you for the kisses and thank you for the effort.

Some free advice: Pretend the intenional misspelling of Chile was a mistake, because admitting it was an attempt at humor is actually more embarrassing. The LWW_DJ(Lame What would so-and-so do joke) is played out.

TWilliams - googling EdHill gets me nowhere but that Fox news lady or back to here. However, I know where you were talking about but I see TVGASM has blocked references to that site.

awesomeness AND TWilliams - that site actually seems to be the answer to BOTH your questions, since it appears B-Side has moved over to there with all the other old TVGASM recappers!

So now I'm happy. Goodbye TVGASM!

I think everyone needs to give Awesomeness a break on the Chile/Chilly thing. Get over it people!! This recap is hilarious! The screencaps were laugh out loud funny and so was the whole thing. Great job Awesomeness, I look forward to reading more of your recaps. Long Live TVGasm!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesomeness - I think you did a great job.

LongHairedMan - See ya!

Silly me, the "Chilly" referrence reminded me of last week's (awesome) recap and made me laugh out loud all over again. Just because some of you didn't get the joke is no reason to slam Awesomeness about it.

Loved the recap. Keep up the awesome work!

I thought this recap was great, and I was lol'ing throughout. Team Crazypants is the perfect name for Myrna and Shmirna.. those two are one french fry short of a happy meal. Also, Ian is creepy. I think the BQ's are playing a great game.. staying calm and quickly figuring out where their mistake was. Mary is too mean to David-good riddance. Awesomeness- that comment on David smiling about Mary drowning was hilarious! Keep up the good work.

Great recap, though I definitely could use some PhilPackages.

The midget screencaps kill me(in a good way).

LongHairedMan-cut your mullet and go Sh*t on someone else's parade.

If you get tired of calling them Team Crazypants, I think the Crazy Bitches would work just as well. What horrible people -- I wanted to give them the benefit of the doubt; but I no longer can.

I watched David and Mary's exit interview on the CBS website and Mary said they were given like $487 for one leg of the race -- a figure that is rather large in my opinion. I don't ever recall that amount of money being given for any leg on ANY of the past races. Mary said that she realized she did NOT like the Crazy Bitches because of the people they were -- NOT because they passed her on the road. Mary said Charla and Mirna were asking people on the plane for money and saying they were hungry and had none. Mary was disgusted with their antics and I am too after hearing about them. They are bossy, bitchy, pushy, rude, elitist and ugly.

I enjoyed their bitchiness and wild-ways in episode 1; but since then ...

I wonder how many more unfortunate people these women will horrify/terrorize in the upcoming legs of the race. Let's hope they are gone tonight.

I am so glad you mentioned that crazy happy look Dave gave after Mary talked about falling out of the raft meant dying to her. I had to watch it like three times, it was so funny.

I think he might be getting REALLY tired of being yelled at.

Awesomeness..
Rob Damn it! This was a funny recap. Great job and thanks for all your hard work. I am a huge fan.

Thanks for the feedback, guys.

I fear that I'll be so distracted keeping my eyes out for PhilPackages for you guys tonight that I might miss all the action... So be warned, this next recap may contain ONLY PhilPackages!!

I love Rob & Amber. Everyone thinks that they should not be allowed to play, but I enjoy watching them. He is always kind to Amber, doesn't make rude comments about her boobs (like Eric)
Rock on Amber & Rob....

skurk - I have to agree with you...Alot of people don`t like Rob because of his "win at any cost" attitude. But through it all, he does remain very nice to Amber. They are probably one of the only couples to appear on TAR that does not have any full blown fights. Even if they will lie, steal and cheat with the other teams, they always manage get along with each other.

These teams that spend all their time shouting and screaming at each other(I`m looking at you, Team CrazyPants!) just get on my nerves. Is all that drama really necessary?