Tony sent me the link to CBS’ The Amazing Race this morning. This season, instead of the usual pairings, the competitors are families of 4! Interesting groups too; not always your typical dad+mom+2½ kids. Anyway, after discussing the teams with people here at work, here are my predictions:
- Gaghan family: 2 marathon-running parents and their 2 kids, ages 12 and 9. I think this team will make it pretty far, if the kids can keep up.
- Schroeder family: I think this will be one of the first teams to go. I see the overly buff father who is “admittedly arrogant and confident” clashing with his 17-year-old “queen of the family” daughter when they have to rough it at times and she won’t want to, the 15-year-old younger brother getting yelled at for being lazy, and everyone just not getting along.
- Aiello family: Hm, a father and his 3 sons-in-law. This is one of the most interesting teams. If they don’t bicker much, I think they’ll go far. Everyone on the team seems to be pretty strong, mentally and physically.
- Rogers family: I think they’ll be one of the firsts to go also. Nothing stands out about this group.
- Black family: They’re black! Hehe. Even though they have one of the youngest competitors in their group, I think they have a good chance at staying in the race for awhile. Hopefully that tae kwon do discipline will kick in when needed.
- Weaver family: Eh. Nothing special. I don’t think they’ll go far though. The kids will probably fight too much and the mom yelling at them the whole time.
- Linz family: Best looking group of them all. Young and “very close”, I think they’ll win, as long as they don’t run into a streak of bad luck.
- Bransen family: Dad and 3 daughters… reminds me of my family! Good looking family, too. I don’t think they’ll go far though… probably too much bickering among the girls.
- Paolo family: This is gonna be a fun family to watch, I think. New York Italians! I don’t think they’ll make it far though… the mom doesn’t look like she can handle many physical challenges.
- Godlewski family: 4 sisters? Sorry you’re the last to arrive because you were bickering too much.
Can you believe there aren’t any teams from California? That was one of the first things we noticed. I hope this season won’t get annoying… for some reason, I just see a lot of bickering just waiting to happen. Ah well. It’s gonna be hard to top Boston Rob’s antics from the last season!
Season premiere on Tuesday, September 27 at 9pm!
How much do you love Buffy the Vampire Slayer? Do you love it enough to get all 7 seasons in a single box set? That is 40 DVDs, mind you. Yes, 4-TY. I thought Lord of the Rings was big at 6 (or was it 8?) DVDs. Anyway, November 15 is the day this time killer comes out. Amazon has already been selling all 7 seasons as a pseudo-boxed set for $239.99 but this new set is on pre-sale for only $139.99! What a price difference!