Riley: Oh, yeah. Sorry 'bout last time. Heard I missed out on some fun. Xander: Oh yeah, fun was had. Also frolic, merriment and near-death hijinks.

'Never Leave Me'


Non-Fiction TV: I Reject Your Reality and Substitute My Own

This thread is for non-fiction TV, including but not limited to reality television (So You Think You Can Dance, Top Chef: Masters, Project Runway), documentaries (The History Channel, The Discovery Channel), and sundry (Expedition Africa, Mythbusters), et al. [NAFDA]


kat perez - Nov 16, 2009 2:12:39 pm PST #11898 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

Given the previews for next week, I am strongly suspecting that that the brothers are just assholes.

This cannot be said enough. On the whole, I thought both the Globetrotters and the Brothers acted poorly last night, as is often the case in these late leg dust ups where everyone is suffering from KF. But since I like the Globetrotters better and they have so far been purely delightful, I'm more inclined to cut them some slack and think about the long leg, how tired they must have been after playing volleyball in that sticky, nasty mud, how tired they must be generally from being so close to the end, the general attitude they've been getting from Sam and Dan (and even a little from anonymous blond couple) lately, etc. The brothers, on the other hand, have no such store of good will.

I'm so sad to see Pinky and the Brain go. They really had a chance to catch up this leg because that speed bump was the epitome of lame, but alas, they were unsuccessful. I feel like I still don't know anonymous blond couple despite the fact that they have been kicking ass almost the entire race. Miss America was better last night. I cringed when I saw her go in to take the road block, but she came out fine and she took her fair share of turns at the radish shooting. Of course, I'm rooting for a Globetrotters victory, but if one of the other teams won, it wouldn't be a Freddy/Kendra style disaster.


le nubian - Nov 16, 2009 6:47:31 pm PST #11899 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

Is anyone watching "Chef Academy?"

I'm thinking that I might not last long...


Theodosia - Nov 17, 2009 3:33:21 am PST #11900 of 23273
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

Not all special tasks are that strenuous or complicated -- remember the "feed the orangutangs" task, for instance? I'm guessing that Speed Bumps are set up as alternate tasks for the entire field if one of the main venues falls through, which it well could when you schedule these things days/weeks in advance.

Matt and Gary should just be happy that their task didn't involve IKEA, which for my money is still one of the more fiendish choices EVER....


Jessica - Nov 17, 2009 4:15:28 am PST #11901 of 23273
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

The Speed Bumps have never been difficult - they've always been kind of "take a break and enjoy local culture" type things.


kat perez - Nov 17, 2009 9:19:06 am PST #11902 of 23273
"We have trust issues." Mylar

The Speed Bumps have never been difficult - they've always been kind of "take a break and enjoy local culture" type things.

This is true, but it seemed that this one was particularly easy. I mean, the pho task that the poker players had to do for their speed bump wound up being super easy, but a lot of that was because one of the players already knew how to make pho. If that hadn't been the case, that task could've taken longer. And at least it required them to navigate the city a little bit more than this task seemed to - and with steaming bowls of food to boot. I'm just saying, "find this bus and sit in it for five minutes" is not that tough.


Jesse - Nov 17, 2009 10:05:08 am PST #11903 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, that task was literally just time-consuming.


Jesse - Nov 17, 2009 4:14:40 pm PST #11904 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

SYTYCD thoughts:

I don't understand why Paso Doble needs a "story." It has a story! It's a bullfight! I mean, right?

Wasn't that NappyTab piece a weak retread of Mark and Chelsie's businessman dance?

Crap, there was something else I was going to say, but now I forget.


quester - Nov 17, 2009 4:37:04 pm PST #11905 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I want a Travis Walls routine reel! I just want to watch his stuff over and over and over again!


Jesse - Nov 17, 2009 4:41:46 pm PST #11906 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

I kind of want to draw little hearts around Travis, too.

I like how Mary is into everyone, but really does care more about ballroom -- the ballroom routines and the ballroom people.


Jesse - Nov 17, 2009 4:58:08 pm PST #11907 of 23273
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, and I meant to say how I have always loved Ellenore.

Also, I wish the parents of most of these dancers knew how to spell. I mean, I wish they used conventional spelling.