> On Sep 15, 9:11 am, Rich Piehl
> NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote:

>> Loren Pechtel wrote:

>>> On Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:52:23 -0500, Rich Piehl
>>> NOSPAMcharter.net> wrote:

>>>> Martin Phipps wrote:

>>>>> There were a few teams that were awfully weak on yesterday's TARA and
>>>>> a few teams that seemed pretty strong. One of the things that
>>>>> surprised me was the swearing: the words were beeped but we could hear
>>>>> "f**k" and "f**king" and "s**t" a lot. I know it was a tough race
>>>>> but, boys and girls, please watch the language because everybody knows
>>>>> what you're saying. The cameramen are there to catch drama after all
>>>>> and aren't going to look away when you have a hissy fit! TARA is
>>>>> different from TAR because people are representing their respective
>>>>> countries. You'd think that would be enough for them to behave with a
>>>>> degree of decorum!
>>>>> Martin

>>>> I've already picked out which teams I figure will be eliminated in the
>>>> early rounds and which teams, barring getting lost or having problems
>>>> with a task, are going to be around in the later legs.
>>>> I was surprised so many went for the rice task - I'll take driving over
>>>> pounding any day.
>>>> I couldn't believe the one chickie is already "tired." They've just
>>>> begun. What did she expect?

>>> Yeah, that amazed me. It's not like it hasn't been on TV before, they
>>> can see what they are getting into.
>>> At times I have wondered if the race would go better if there was one
>>> more leg that's not aired at the start. Add say 3 teams, the first
>>> leg eliminates 3 of them. Weed out the people in way over their depth
>>> before the show starts.

>> Related - it's interesting that they only started with 10 teams. Is
>> that the lowest number for the start of any TAR? And there's going to
>> be 3 non-elim with that few number of teams. I'll be interested to see
>> whether this builds the drama...or deflates it.

>
> The first two TARAs had only ten teams. The winners of the first race
> actually survived because they came last in a non-eliminatinon leg.
>

>> This is also the first TARA that the first leg wasn't a non-elim.

>
> True.
>
> BTW, I wasn't complaining about the fact that TARA was censored but
> rather that the censorship was so ineffective that you could hear most
> of the words despite the beeps. I think they were trying to make the
> point that this was a tough race. I counted five "Oh my God"s and one
> "Holy crap" on top of the stuff they beeped.
>
> Martin