With Abram's departure last week, the top two vote getters from the pit crew squared off the see who would take his place. You the viewers picked Monte and Dan, which is not that big of a surprise. Dan would have been chosen because he is jacked, and Monte easily has the most charisma of the newbies, so having either of them compete in the missions would be OK.

I think the Pit is a pretty good idea, but it's clear that the challenges aren't going to be much more than some of our favorite games from American Gladiator repurposed for the smaller screen and slightly less violence. Personally, I think it would be much more interesting if they could get Under Armor to come up with some Gladiator outfits and give all of these people Gladiator nicknames. Actually, it would be really awesome if there were an feature-length film about American Gladiators, only because I think it would be funny to see if Dean Cain's career has dropped off so far that he would sign up to play Nitro in this film.

In this edition of The Pit, Monte and Dan were placed on opposite sides of "field". A single football was placed at the midway point, and the goal of the game was to grab the ball and get it to your opponent's side. It was easy to see that Dan was going to have an advantage in this game because of his size, but Monte really surprised me by taking the first round of this best-of-five challenge. Dan eventually won the contest pretty easily, but snaps to Monte for giving us at least a fleeting moment of suspense.

Of course there is! The next stop for the Road Rulers was Pismo Beach. I once pitched the idea of a film noir called Pismo Beach. I thought it was a great idea until my friend basically told me I was describing the movie Red Rock West. So it sucks that I never made my millions from that idea, but Red Rock West is a good move and you should check it out.

On the way to Pismo Beach, the talk in the RV was all about Dan and Tori, who in the few weeks since the show has been taping, have formed a little bit of a connection. I think these two got together because they were the only ones with accents, so it was very easy for them to understand each other. And as the Amazing Race showed us with Ron and Kelly, military men and beauty queens are often the perfect match. Nothing has happened between the two of them yet, but everyone was placing bets on how long it would take for the two of them to kiss. Some guessed seven days, but I am going to say "About two hours after Dan finds a place to buy a 12 pack of Natty Light".

After the last couple of rounds had the Road Rulers competing in challenges on their own, we had our first "Pit Stop" of the year. I know that they are trying to keep up with this road trip nomenclature and everything, but I am starting to get confused. We have the Pit, the Pit Crew, and a Pit Stop. Why don't they call the time that people are fighting in the Pit, the Pit Stop? Because then they would need to come up with something to call the current Pit Stop. Something like "This Pit's For You" or "Looks Great, Less Filling".

Posted in Road Rules by J-Unit at 11:54 AM | Permalink | Comments (9)
Last Comment: Ms. Fred on Feb 15, 2007 07:17 PM.

Comments (9)

jasminetheawesome :

Well, I had high hopes for RW, but it sucks. Hopefully Veronica will come back so she can tear some shit up.
The problem is that they're filming in real time. We need that editing we complain about to make the show better. Who cares if they totally disregard the sequence of events.

1 of 9 | Posted by jasminetheawesome | Posted on February 14, 2007 12:12 PM

Mrs.Meow :

It's not so much "Viewer's Revenge" when they draw ONE name out of a hat. Sure, the viewer's get to pick the person in the pit crew, but come on. Way to change the point of the show, MTV!

This season is turning out to be a bit of a dud. Of course, I'm still going to keep watching, but still.

2 of 9 | Posted by Mrs.Meow | Posted on February 14, 2007 12:37 PM

ms.manda :

This show confuses me...and I have questions! Sorry if they seem obvious or anything, it must be this bad if an MTV reality show confuses me.

-From what I understand, they film everything we see the week before the new episode airs. One episode consists of a pit battle and a challenge...What are they doing when they aren't doing those things? Isn't there a lot of down time for the cast?

-Where are the Pit Crew when they are waiting to be pulled in to do a challenge or to be a part of the Pit?

-Where is the Pit? It must be central to all the challenges, I am assuming.

3 of 9 | Posted by ms.manda | Posted on February 14, 2007 12:56 PM

nerrawllehctim :

Hey, it's better than last season. And will any of the Pit Crew members be allowed to do the Challenge after this season?

4 of 9 | Posted by nerrawllehctim | Posted on February 14, 2007 2:16 PM

WhyDoIEvenCare? :

These people are SO STU-PID. Really, did Dan use the word "devastated" when he picked Tori? Devastasted? Please. They have known each other 5 minutes. And she's not dying, unless they have added Russian Roulette to the pit, which I hope they did. And Tori, do I even need to say it?

5 of 9 | Posted by WhyDoIEvenCare? | Posted on February 15, 2007 8:58 AM

SkipToMyLu :

Did anyone notice that when they were looking for Jerry's bag, you heard Veronica in the background yell "it's a camouflage bag, it can't be that hard to find". If you catch a repeat, listen for it.

*I* thought it was funny.

6 of 9 | Posted by SkipToMyLu | Posted on February 15, 2007 9:49 AM

Emmy420 :

Kina is responding to viewer's comments on MTV.com and she actually responded to a comment about her extreme makeup!!! I wondered if anyone had ever just TOLD her...
Please listen to all of the posts about your makeup. when you watch the shows do you no see that the White/Silver/Blue eye shadow is completely tacky?? Does MTV not give you a mirror to put your makeup on with?? Did you let Jodi teach you to do your eye makeup?!?
Posted by: me - Feb 1, 2007 10:34:56 PM

Haha! This cracks me up and all I can say is that I am a girl and I love make up and all things girly. I don’t do things the way most people do and if that is a shock to everyone’s system then I don’t know what to tell ya. I was always taught to do what makes me happy and that does!

So it makes her happy to look like a tranny hooker from Jersey?!?!?

7 of 9 | Posted by Emmy420 | Posted on February 15, 2007 12:55 PM

antebellum :

Emmy, all I can say is leave it to Kina. The true individualist.

This season SUCKS. I still hate Tori, and I hope that she loses and Veronica gets to come back onto the RV. Because I don't particularly want to see Ivory, Angel, or Kristen either.

Dan seems cool, but what's with the guilt trip about DRAWING Tori's name? It should take all blame off of him.

WhyDoIEvenCare, I hope you're right about the Russian roulette. That would be awesome.

8 of 9 | Posted by antebellum | Posted on February 15, 2007 1:55 PM

Ms. Fred :

This is the most boring season RR has ever conceived of...THIS is supposed to revive the series??? I think not.

9 of 9 | Posted by Ms. Fred | Posted on February 15, 2007 7:17 PM

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