The Amazing Race Recap

Gorilla? Gorilla? Gorilla?

By Kim Hollis and David Mumpower

March 29, 2009

Yes, we still want to throttle the one on the right for Nacho Libre.

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Previously on the Amazing Race: The worst team was eliminated, and it was about damn time. With Christie & Jodi gone, nature abhors a vacuum, so someone else will have to become grossly inept in their absence. Our vote is for the stuntmen.

As we start today's leg, the only thing that is certain is that Tammy & Victor are the class of this season. One unfortunate evening in Transylvania aside, they have been dominant, finishing in the top three in five out of six legs thus far. The only other rock solid team has been the mother/son combination of Margie & Luke, who have never finished lower than fourth in a leg. All of the other remaining teams are suspect to some degree. Let's just say that if there was an Amazing Race bracket, Tammy & Victor would be all four one seeds rolled up into one.

Meanwhile, the stuntmen would be in the NIT and their scouting report would say that they lack height. Oh, come on. We hadn't made that joke all year. You have to give us one.

Tammy & Victor are first out 10:21 a.m. and are instructed to fly almost 2,000 miles to Phuket, Thailand. Once there, they must use a photo of what appears to be a King Kong statue to try to figure out where they're supposed to go next. (Remember when Peter Jackson made that movie and everyone was excited about it?) Depending on what time the flight or various flights depart, the producers may have a difficult time bunching teams this leg. We like the idea of the gorilla photo as an additional element of puzzle solving. Phil tells us that the players will discover this clue at the Phuket Zoo, making us wonder how many if any teams will immediately guess that. Our first guess would have been to look for Universal Studios: Thailand.




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In a random turn of events, Tammy reveals that she has vacationed in Phuket, Thailand. She was sheltered on the trip, though, as her parents wouldn't let her out of their sight.

Out in second place are father/son team Mel & Mike, and they depart at 10:50 a.m., about a half hour behind the leaders. We go back to visit Victor & Tammy as they go to buy their airplane tickets to Phuket, and they are informed that the earliest flight will arrive at 8:50 a.m. the following morning. Uh, yeah. There's gonna be bunching.

The other four times of departure are 11:02 a.m. for sisters Kisha & Jen, 11:03 a.m. for mother/son tandem Margie & Luke, 11:04 a.m. for cheerleaders Jaime & Cara, and then 11:11 a.m. for Mark & Michael. It pains us to admit this, but given these times, it's clear that the flight attendants would have finished at least third if not second in the last leg if they weren't required to do the speed bump.

And as we figured, every single team is on the same flight into Phuket. So now it's a real race for them to determine what the heck is up with the gorilla and make their way to the zoo. The immediate impact of the bunching is that the last place team is the first one out of the airport in Phuket. This irks us to no end, because they suck. It would be like resetting the NBA standings today and having only the next few games determine who gets in the playoffs.


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