Did I mention that I like this show?

O.K., I am happy as a pig in shit, the Race is back on. The first episode is always a little hard to get into, there are so many teams, I don’t know them yet, and it is a little confusing.

It is only one hour and very fast paced, no two hour filler laden beginning here. You are introduced to the competitors and boom, they’re off.

O.K., who is competing, let’s see…

Toni and Dallas, Mother and Son. She was a single mom who raised him, he’d do anything to make her proud, blah blah blah, no personality yet, next…

Nick and Starr (that’s 2 R’s), Sporty Brother and Sister dressed in camouflage, sigh, can I see some real people please? Next…

Ken and Tina, Separated Husband and Wife, he was a football player and holyskimpybathingsuitwowwhatcleavage, she uh, is interesting. This race will let them know if they can mend their relationship. Bwahahahahaha! That’ll work! Next…

Aw, a Cute Long Distance Dating Couple, Aja and Ty. I might just have to throw up, next…

Southern Blonde Belles! Marisa and Brooke! They know about fashion and can make cupcakes! Oh sweet Jesus, no, get off my T.V. screen now, next…

Andrew and Dan are Fraternity Brothers! On this show? Fraternity Brothers? Bet they like babes and beer…and they do! Oh my, they certainly are not eye candy for the women watching this show, come on, hot boy babes, I want them, is that too much to ask for? Next…

Anothony and Stephanie, Dating for (or four?) Years, she wants to commit and he doesn’t, this has FUN written all over it, next…

Anita and Arthur, Married Hippy Beekeepers, holy fucking tye die, and holy huge amounts of long grey hair, on both of them! The obligatory Elderly couple, who will leave within an episode or two. I will bet money on it. Next…

Boring Recently Divorced Friends, Kelly and Christy (it figures) next…

Terence and Sarah, Recently Dating from New York, also boring next…

Mark and Bill, Best Friends, COMIC BOOK GEEKS!!!!! OH YA!!!!!! To hell with good looking eye candy men or icky looking frat boys, this woman loves her comic books and loves her geeks (being a bit of one herself, shut up and stop laughing at me). O.K. I am showing some early favouritism…next…

Oh wait that is eleven teams already.

Starting in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Coliseum), our host Phil tells them the rules (O.K., he is my eye candy, sigh…Wink. And they are off to Brazil…

O.K. this is where I am not going to be detailed, I always get confused and forget who is who during the first episode or two, the only ones who stand out for me are the Hippy Beekeepers. I will mention something interesting or fun, but suffice to say, they race like maniacs to their cars, drive like nuts to the airport, fight to be the first to get on the early flight to Brazil, get to Brazil and fight like fools to get places.

Interspersed among the action are little interview snippets that will endear or alienate you. Like I said, right now every one looks alike. Except the Beekeepers. Give me an episode or two to get a handle on who’s who.

Early on the Sporty Siblings, Homely Frat Boys, Separated Couple, Southern Belles and Dating For/Four Years Couple, bug extraordinarily.

When they land in Brazil, they have to go to a sandwich shop and run a vending cart (selling treats etc.) to a guy who gives them the clue to their next destination. Nothing extraordinary funny here, except Separated Couple Cleavage Lady tells her husband, that he speaks Spanish, he can talk to the cabby (Brazil is Portuguese, but I’m a geek, some people might not know this, so maybe she isn’t dumb, maybe I’m just a useless information packed nerd). It looks like the Recently Dating speaks Portuguese. The trick with the carts is not to drop everything off the cart while pushing it to its destination.

Let us skip ahead to the challenge. To get the clue to the final pit-stop, they either have to climb down a cargo net, a rope ladder thingy (it is REALLY HIGH up) or crawl up some steps on their hands and knees and answer a question correctly at the top (if they answer wrong they have to crawl up). Only the Frat Boys do the step thing. Their question after they climb up, how many steps are there? Laugh my silly ass off, that was good. But they do it again. Every one else climbs down the rope ladder.

And the first ones to the Pit Stop are the Sporty Siblings! And they win a vacation for two in Belize. A vacation with my brother, what I would want as a prize…

OK. I promise to get more detail when recapping the next show, but today’s episode was mostly a first view of the teams and getting a feel for it.

So I said to myself right off the bat, the Hippy Beekeepers are toast. This game is not set up for older, less hyper people to win. Sorry, but that is the brutal reality of it. This couple looked like they were reasonably fit and capable, but like I said, not hyper or aggressive enough. That sort of thing is for the young and stupid, and there are plenty of those…hehe…

Until next week, enjoy!

A kimkac recap, I’M BACK!!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!