I was really looking forward to this show but, yeah, couldn't get into it last week. In fact, when I saw this posted, I realized I had completely forgotten about it yest.

Your recap was well worth the read though. I laughed out loud multiple times. I'm sure I enjoyed reading it much more than I would have enjoyed watching it.

This show is BORING.

Funny story, I went to the "Treasure Hunters" premiere party at the new 'Social' club last week in Hollywood. Awesome venue, but no one who even works on the show even watched it at the party. They had a DVD copy of the show playing in only one rather small room, but everyone there was too busy getting wasted (myself included)to even care.

I just thought it was funny.

Cheers

Hate the Fogals! Did you notice that the prayer that was supposedly for the other teams ended up being for themselves? Did they just forget? I thought it was hilarious though.

If X = lame.
This show is 10 times X.

hb

In the words of the inept host named...I forgot...well let's call him, I-want-to-drive-you-all-crazy-with-my-captain-kirk-impression: "This show sucks". Yes the extra spaces were intentional. Everyone got to excited to excited when they said Wood Bottom...nuff said.

Oh, excuse me, gotta go, got a Motorola message coming through on my Samsung phone. How the heck did that happen?

When the grad students reached the 14th star the dark haired girl turned to the gimp girl and said "watch out there's another hole".
For some reason I found that mildly amusing.

And how lame was it when they had to locate their trucks? I thought for sure they'd be racing around trying to fit the key to the proper vehicle, (you know, make it a bit interesting). Instead all they had to do was push a freaking button and the truck beeped out. BORing

There is more personality in a single PhilBrowTM than in all of Laird.

At least with the little video screens we won't be subjected to any LairdPackage.

I dunno. I kinda like it. Granted, Lairdy-poo is no Phil, and the telephone call of elimination is lame, but overall, it's working for me.

The one flaw in TAR is that Phil tells them exactly where to go next (well, the envelope tells them, but you get my drift). I always thought it would be better if he just gave them a clue, and we'd wind up with people going to the wrong place.

I'm waiting for this to get to the point where the teams are heading in three different directions, because they're all to dumb to decipher the clues.

Love them Mulletts. Hate them Fogles.

Sorry, B-Side but I'm enjoying the show. The Fogals are great to hate and the Hanlons' ineptitude is FUNNY! I agree the phone calls are lame, Laird is no Phil and the editing leaves something to be desired but we are talking about a tv show. I mean, perfection is just not an option. I think you need to relax and go with the flow. Stop worrying so much about the editing and enjoy the contestants. For someone who likes Big Brother, you should understand it's the contestants who make it interesting. Are you watching this show by yourself? Watch it with a friend. My brother and I watch it together and make snarky comments about the Hanlons and laugh like crazy.
mizta, We also noticed the Fogals' prayer for the others only mentioned themselves. I keep asking "WWJD?" whenever the Pastor and his family do something nefarious.
TinkerbellAPixie, I also found the grad student's joke about the hole amusing for some reason. I was impressed with how those girls stuck it out. I doubt the same thing would have happened if it had been team Miss (non) USA. Not surprised they had to drop out, though. That just means we get the Browns back who can also be amusing to watch. Not as much fun as the Mullet heads. I mean, stopping to get food in the middle of an elimination? Apparently it was the right thing to do since they finally decided to decipher the code. Though it would have been fun to watch Pat stand on his head to try and read it. I know that was coming next.
Please keep recaping, B-Side. The previews show them in London so it won't be only America. Give it a chance!

So I tried to watch this show again this week but the same thing happened - I was bored! I still appreciate the puzzles and the clever clues but I can't get attached to any of the castmembers/teams and altogether, it was yawn to me. Everything is so impersonal in this hunt! A freakin' phone call to inform the team that they are eliminated? Gee, thanks Laird. Oh and does anyone know what the prize is? Coins? Gold? Something worth "about a couple million dollars"? It's tough to get excited over a race, sorry, a hunt when I don't even know what those people are winning at the end. Sigh, so much potential. Just wasted, NBC!

Okay, so I gave this show a second chance. This time, I was able to watch for about 10 minutes longer than last week. That would be about 30 minutes. Still a no-go for me.

OK, I must be very easy to please. The Wild Hanlons amuse me!! I was really looking forward to B-Side's take on the whole ridiculous thing but didn't expect him to hate it so much. I agree with zevonia, you've got to enjoy the people and overlook flaws in the show. Going to Burger King in the middle of a race!! Who does that? Nobody but the goofy Hanlons! Gotta love them!

I dont think the show is THAT awful. Besides, it's summer. I'd rather watch this than...nothing.

My husband would make us stop to get food, which is why we would never win a race like this. The only way I get to watch this is NBC reran it over and over all weekend then
I caught what I could during breaks of HK--I'm not missing my Gordon for anything.

Actually, I thought this was an improvement over the premiere. There was some good drama to be had. It wasn't as riveting and exciting as TAR but it had it's moments. I'll keep watching.

But come on guys, the Hanlons going out for a burger doesn't even come close to Cha Cha Cha on TAR going shopping at the mall in Hong Kong in the middle of a leg AND end up getting to next location in FIRST place!

Thank goodness for TvGasm-there's nothing on tv tonight so instead I'm reading recaps. Great recap B-Side (as always)but am I the only one who thought, since they were pulling the canoe anyway, the grad students should've just put gimpy in the canoe & dragged her, rather than carrying her 20 feet then going back for the canoe over & over? To me that's like carrying a baby, setting it down, then going back for the stroller.

The Hanlons & Fogals made the show this week, yet I agree there is a sense of detachment in general. Having Max Headroom as a host has a lot to do with it. There's no way I'd keep watching this if it was on during the fall/winter, but now I have to watch just to see the Fogal's get Fogaled and the Hanlon's, well, just walk around cluelessly. I don't really care who wins whereas with TAR I already had favorites . Sigh. Maybe they'll throw in some surpises like Fast Forwards or Yields, or hungry aligators.

OMG! I thought I was the only one who saw the Laird/Max Headroom similarity! LOL, now if Laird would just get some of Max's sassiness, it'd be okay.

I've been watching this with my 10 yo son. We have the same twisted humor, so so far, we're enjoying the show. We can crack on anyone. We both caught that the Fogels' "prayer for the rest of the group" was more of a prayer for US Fogels.

And no one else remembered how the Weavers went for Mickey D's when they thought they were being eliminated--the Hanlon's going to BK brought that back to me. (I truly don't want memories of the Weavers EVER)

Did anyone notice that it was the camera crew's boat that helped tip over the Browns? Granted, they were riding low in the water, but the camera crew's boat wake was just enough to rock their canoe over.

I laughed at first, then like any good World Cup referee, I immediately threw up the yellow card. Perhaps they got a break and didn't have to portage their canoe or anything? They seemed to make up a lot of time on the other stragglers.

It was sad to see their canoe float off downstrem.

Anywhoo - the Fogals are so lame. After being helped out by the Southies, they take off from the thirteenth/fourteenth star! Good play old chap, but if you're such upright God-fearing citizens, you'd think they'd actually play that way. Flippin' hippo-crites.

After watching the show, I am still disappointed. It was sitting on my DVR since Monday and I didn't watch it until this afternoon. Not like TAR where I stop everything to watch the most recent epi.

Smells like a stinker.

I'm aware it puts me in the minority, but I'm loving this show! Is it flawed? Sure, but that's almost entirely in post-production. All the elements are there - adventure, interesting clues, wacky teams, good vs. evil, sexy host (I'd like to see them play up the cheese factor with how he interacts with the teams), drama, comedy, suspense, poetry...
As for the Fogals, I have no problem with dirty players, and these count amongst the dirtiest players I've ever seen. But they're stupid dirty. They've now created ill will from yet two more teams this early in the hunt for what? Second place in a leg.