Friday, June 13, 2003

I’m finally getting around to reading the first recaps of The Amazing Race 4 at TV Without Pity.

Best quotes so far:

Reichen is very pretty, but he has that shiny, waxy, sculpted thing happening that makes me unsure whether to admire him or prop him up in the backyard garden and have him made into a fountain.

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DadSteve is a corrections officer. Josh, on the other hand, is a reminder that you should always read care labels, because Elvis Costello is clearly marked dry clean only, and if you put him in the dryer, this is what happens.

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(Re: Millie and Chuck) What I find strange, actually, isn’t that they’re virgins—it’s that they’ve been “dating” for twelve years, and he says he’s “scared of commitment.” Who “dates” for twelve years and is still thinking about whether he wants to commit or not? What kinds of dates are you going on after twelve years? I mean, this is the year of X2; these people have been dating since Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead. She says that if he doesn’t propose soon, she’s going to bail. Well, sure, because dating a guy for thirteen years would just be weird.

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David and Jeff are friends...They are[...]the designated Unfortunate Facial Hair Special Envoys from the planet Remington Microscreen...They claim to be “planners” who “think on [their] feet,” but the introductory footage is of them running on the beach with surfboards. Their motto? Love Us For Our Minds Because We Are Smart, But If It Helps, We Are Ripply Also.

LATER: Just in case you decide to check out TWoP, please be aware that it’s PG-13 to R-rated. Depends on who’s writing, but there’s some profanity at times. Especially if they’re recapping reality TV, because real people tend to cuss a lot more than fictional characters...on TV anyway. You’ve been warned.