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Amazing Race 8 Article
« on: Sep 28th, 2005, 6:10pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Early rumors about the Amazing Race Family Edition suggested that it would be a toned down version of the Amazing Race.  However, the premiere episode revealed that even through there might be an absence of exotic locales on this Amazing Race, the racers are still facing grueling and sometimes dangerous challenges.  Perhaps, the most interesting aspect of the Amazing Race Family Edition is that it seems to have a sense of cruel irony.
 
The most obvious irony is that the sole black family in the competition is actually named The Black Family.  The Black Family turns out to be one of the nicest families in the race.  Kimberley Black, the mother of The Black Family, states their philosophy as “You don’t have to hurt anybody to get ahead in life, and you don’t have to hurt anybody to win.”
 
One might also expect the teams with the youngest children to be at a huge disadvantage in the race.  However, the toughest competitor in the entire race just might be Carissa, the nine year old girl in the Gaghan Family.  Carissa Gaghan tells the camera, “I might be small but I’m not stupid.  I can trick any adult that’s trying to trick me.”  
 
The families start the race in New York, and the first family to get really lost is the Palao family.  Ironically, the Palao Family is also the only family actually from New York in the competition.  One of the first stops for the families is to pick up a clue at a frankfurter stand.  The operators of the frankfurter stand turn out to be Kevin & Drew from the Amazing Race 1.  Ironically, only one racer appears to actually recognize Kevin & Drew.  
 
The first major challenge the families face is to cross the Delaware river and retrieve an American flag.  The river guides warns The Black Family to paddle up river because the currents are strong.  Ironically, they appear to be the only family to get the warning and the only family to get caught in the currents.
 
After camping overnight in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, the families have a detour choice between “buggy it” and “build it.”  In “buggy it,” the families have to push and pull an Amish buggy.  In “build it,” the families have to build a working water mill.  The Weaver Family loses control of their buggy and in the cruelest irony of all the buggy actually runs over Linda Weaver.  Of course this series of events was terrifying for the Weaver children, who lost their father when he was run over by a race car while retrieving debris from the Daytona International Speedway.  
 
The Gaghan Family makes up time in the buggy challenge, and in one of the funniest moments of the premiere, the two young children sing “She’ll Be Coming Around The Mountain” as they pass the all male and more athletic Aiello Family.  
 
The Gaghan Family has a lot of competitive drive as they try to reach the pit stop first, but they are passed by the Godlewski Family, who are first to check-in and win $20,000.  The Linz Family and The Black Family wind up in a footrace to avoid being last to the check-in point.  The Black Family is the last team to arrive and is eliminated from the Amazing Race.  We guess the moral of this episode is maybe a strategy of not hurting anybody doesn’t translate into winning in the Amazing Race.
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The Gaghan Family makes up time in the buggy challenge, and in one of the funniest moments of the premiere, the two young children sing “She’ll Be Coming Around The Mountain” as they pass the all male and more athletic Aiello Family.

 
That was too funny!!!!!!!! :laff:
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