***Please welcome your newest recapper to the fold with Great American Road Trip, TyrahNahSaurus!
Seven families from divergent backgrounds will take the journey of a "lifetime". In mobile homes. Dreamy, no? The families will travel through large and small cities, while competing in a series of challenges that will lead one family to returning home with a dream prize...A new family! Kidding, but that would be awesome.
Hello gasmii! It's really cool to recap on a website that I visit religiously. Now that I got that Oh-my-god-thank-you-for-this-opportunity shit out of the way, let's get this recap started!
We start are show with our host Reno Collier. Do you know who he is? Me neither. Let's move on!
In the opening montage, Reno describes the American countryside. I find this very informative because...well...I'm not from your beloved country. I'll give you a clue: we live in igloos and we have no running water. Hate if you must, but there must be one American out there who might not know that the US of A has prairies. Hooray for ignorance!
The show begins in Chicago Illinois at the Wrigley field stadium, the starting point of the road trip. We get to meet the families!!!!
We first meet the Pollard family. The Pollard family? Are hicks. I'm not just saying that because of the music playing in the background, and I'm not saying that because Mama Pollard looks like hick-trash with her one dollar makeup buttered on her face.
I'm not even calling them hicks because of the way they greet us in their family interview...with hunting guns!!!
It's not because they're from Alabama or because they have a rooster in their backyard. I'm calling them hicks because, well, they're hicks and there's just no other way around it. Mama Pollard tells us that they are a country family to which I respond: "Hicks." They have a friggin gun collection and their youngest daughter already has her own, albeit pink, gun which begs me to ask:WHY ARE PEOPLE GIVING JOE JACKSON SHIT? Too soon? Their son tells us that they're a city-ish family but that they aren't hardcore rednecks. You know, I really wanted to call you guys rednecks but I thought I'd be pushing it. Since you insist, I'll call you the Redneck family. Again, not my idea!
The next family is the Ricos. Erica Rico tells us that her husband Ricardo is adventurous and blah blah blah! I wasn't really paying attention. I was too busy staring at her rack. I'm assuming they're implants but for a mama of two kids, she's doing well for herself. Mama Redneck, take notes.
The next family is the Disalvatores. Silvio, the father of the family, tells us that as long as he has electricity, a brush and a mirror he's happy. It's needless to say that the Disalvatores are city-slickers. I guess homeboy didn't get the message that this show isn't The Rock of Love. His wife tells us that handling him is like handling another child. We get a montage of her yelling about nothing at all. Lady, handling you is like handling broken glass. Amy claims that they are a typical New-York family, which apparently means overbearing, materialistic, loud and dysfunctional. Gotcha! I'll advise everyone from my igloo to stay away from New-York.
Out comes the Faverey family. They're actually the only family that wants to do this trip for the experience and the cash rather than for some air time. You're my faves Faves so don't disappoint me.
The Montgomery's are up next. Their interview is intense especially for a dinky show like this one. They're talking about beating the competition while there's a montage of the family shooting hoops and actually nailing their shots. Papa Mont tells us that they've lost some time together because of his time in the army so this trip will be a way for the family to reconnect.
The next family is the Cootes family from Lockport Illinois. We don't necessarily meet the family but we meet their annoying son Jack. His mother tells us that lil Jack loves the attention. Lil Jack waits no time either. He shows us his trophies and then tells us, in this strangely deep and raspy voice, that people will find his family funny, weird, competitive and annoying. Done done, done and done!!!
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Comments (4)
Wonderful recap, although I could do without the weight jabs at Reno.
One thing I disagree on is that I did not like the Favereys. The daughter acted like a brat, the son made it worse, and the parents did not punish either of them.
I do share your hate for the DiSalvatores and the Cooties.
Idk if I'll keep watching this show. When the Katzenbergs (who I actually liked) were eliminated, I realized that there are as many families that I hate with a passion as there are families that I sorta like.
This show is like The Amazing Race without the adventure, but with The Amazing Race's ability to not cast any likeable teams that can make it to the finals.
1 of 4 | Posted by tv freak | Posted on July 13, 2009 8:33 AM
Wasn't this show supposed to be on tonight? Did it get canceled already?
Route 66 was the hook that pulled me in to this show. The scenery should get better soon. The DiSalvatores made me want to slap my TV.
I could do without the political commentary, though......no matter which side of the aisle it comes from.
2 of 4 | Posted by Lady-in-Gray | Posted on July 14, 2009 8:57 PM
Nice first recap. But maybe, just maybe... it might be a good idea to lighten up a bit on all the "idiot" talk. Especially when you have used the word "inaptitude" when what you should have used was 'ineptitude' (although inaptitude is a word) and there are several typos. Not that I'm a stickler or anything. Nope, not a stickler at all. Maybe I'll just blame whoever edits and proofreads your work.
3 of 4 | Posted by chicka_chickapee | Posted on July 16, 2009 1:51 AM
Thanks for the comments guys...good or bad.
The show is not canceled. I'm currently working on the next recap.
One xoxo!
4 of 4 | Posted by Tyranahsaurus | Posted on July 16, 2009 7:07 AM