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The Puli Brother's in-depth analysis of ‘The Amazing Race’.
Episode Twelve:
This is How You Lose a Million Dollars!
May 18, 2009
Note: This episode was posted after the end of the Race due to the Puli Brothers ‘Information Privacy’ and ‘Patents and Trade Secrets’ Final exams.
As he usually does, Phil begins the final leg of the Race with a review that begins at the starting line and includes a scene with all of the previously eliminated eight teams before getting to the three remaining teams and …
Episode Eleven:
He Made Me Look Like Alice Cooper!
May 17, 2009
Note: This episode was posted after the end of the Race due to the Puli Brothers ‘Information Privacy’ and ‘Patents and Trade Secrets’ Final exams.
…when we were so rudely interrupted by the faux pit stop, Phil was telling Jaime and Cara that they were team number one; but then he let the other shoe drop by saying “but guys…
Episode Ten:
Having a Baby Has to be Easier Than This!
May 3, 2009
Previously on the Amazing Race, because of a non-elimination pit stop, five teams raced from Bangkok Thailand through Guangzhou China to Guilin…hair salon…the number twenty-four bridge…Cormorant fishing…complex choreography…copying calligraphy…and despite a pretty simple Speed Bump…
Episode Nine:
Our Parents Will Cry Themselves to Death
Apr. 26, 2009
Previously on the Amazing Race, five teams raced from Phuket to Bangkok Thailand…attaching propellers…abandoning belongings…navigating canals…fitting dentures…karaoke cabs…and such flagrant rule breaking that Phil…
Episode Eight: Routing Around in People’s Mouths Could Be Unpleasant
Apr. 19, 2009
Previously on the Amazing Race, six teams raced from Jaipur, India to Phuket, Thailand…pictures with ‘Esso’ the tiger…herb store drawers…broken rules…two penalties… overheated Margie…and in the end…
Episode Seven: Gorilla? Gorilla? Gorilla?
Apr. 11, 2009
Phil reminds us that previously seven teams raced from Novosibirsk in Siberian Russia by way of Moscow to Jaipur, India…finding sacred trees…noticing phones for clues…camel tending…street dancing for rupees…
Alright Guys, Were at War!
Mar. 29, 2009
Previously, seven teams took a ride on the Trans Siberian Railway from Krasnoyarsk to Novosibirsk in Siberian Russia…manual transmission cars…Russian Brides…a snowplow obstacle course…jogging in underwear in the freezing cold…non-elimination leg…
She’s a Little Scared of Stick, but I Think She’ll be OK!
Mar. 22, 2009
Previously, eight teams raced from Bran, Romania…multiple routes to Moscow…single route with two flights to Siberia…stacking wood…lost shutters…Anonymous U-Turn…trouble with Chekhov…and unfortunately, the elimination of the…
It Was Like a Caravan of Idiots!
Mar. 15, 2009
Previously, nine teams raced from Salzburg, Austria to Bran, Romania…missed connections…wrong paths…moving Gypsy’s…lost fanny pack…impaling frames…and finally, the elimination of…
I’m Not Getting In That Girl’s Leotard
Mar. 7, 2009
Under the new Amazing Race format Phil’s intros have morphed into a review of the previous legs of the Race as well as a brief glimpse of the upcoming episode…
Your Target is Your Partner’s Face!
Mar. 1, 2009
The subtle differences continue as we are told that previously on the Amazing Race…eleven teams set out on a race around the world…train rides…Bernese Alps…cheesy racks…Stechelberg…mandatory rest period… A typical description of the previous episode but without the “…who will be eliminated next…”
Don’t Let the Cheese Hit Me!
Feb. 22, 2009
The start of the 14th edition of the Amazing Race seemed different from previous editions, and the difference was due to more than the new graphics including a 3-D globe…
You Look Like Peter Pan
Dec. 14, 2008
Writing a summary of the final leg of the Amazing Race is always hard; the winners are already known, even if the producers stretched it out as long as they could to build the suspense. Although I find myself…
Are You Trying to Get Me Killed?
Dec. 6, 2008
Previously on the Amazing Race…four teams left Almaty Kazakhstan…expensive shoes…Dallas and Starr…Moscow suburbs…no marching rhythm…carrying flour…cheating a cab driver…non-elimination leg…four teams still remain, who will be eliminated next…
That is studly
Nov. 29, 2008
Previously on the Amazing Race…
Five teams set out from Delhi, India, for Almaty Kazakhstan…competition for the Fast Forward…the futile
end of a vegetarian streak…two-person cow suits…left behind shoes…four teams remain, who will
be eliminated next…
I’m Like An Angry Cow
Nov. 23, 2008
Phil reminds us that six teams continued their journey through Delhi…Holi Festival…Tina and Ken's Speed Bump…Teary Eyed…Bleary Eyed…find Humayun's Tomb…who will be eliminated next…
My Nose Is On Fire
Nov. 15, 2008
Phil reminds us that previously, six teams took off from Siem Reap, Cambodia for New Delhi, India; and because Ken and Tina were the last to arrive at the Baha'i House, which was the sixth pit stop on a race around the world, they will face a speed bump (a task that only they have to perform) sometime during this leg…
Please Hold Me While I Singe My Skull
Nov. 8, 2008
…seven teams set out…manual gas pumping…broken boats…false teeth finding or fishing…locating an echo chamber…six teams remain, who will be eliminated next…Phil starts by describing Siem Reap as the fastest growing city in Cambodia, and he reminds us that the team’s pit stop was built more than 900 years ago as a Buddhist temple…
Do it Like a Madman
Nov. 1, 2008
As he typically does, Phil reminds us that eight teams set off from La Paz, Bolivia…fast forward…tower climbing; while the other teams go tattoo matching…gnome spotting…kiwi-juice stomping or blo-karting…sheep farm finding. The sheep farm is the fourth pit stop in a race…seven teams remain, who will be eliminated next…
I Wonder If They Like Blondes in New Zealand?
Oct. 25, 2008
Phil reminds us that nine teams set off from Fortaleza, Brazil, for La Paz, Bolivia…bra-wars…bike spills…seriously bad clue reading…eight teams remain, who will be eliminated next…
Did You Push My Sports Bra Off the Ledge?
Oct. 18, 2008
The incredibly lame episode titles continue with this week’s ‘Did You Push my Sports Bra Off the Ledge?’ Why do the producers feel they have to create drama where there is only petty bickering…
Do You Like American Candy?
Oct. 11, 2008
I’m going to start this summary with a bit of a digression: in March of this year when I was driving through downtown Bellevue I saw a black box on a stand that made me immediately think it belonged to…
Bees are Much Calmer Than All This
Oct. 4, 2008
This edition of the Amazing Race starts with Phil standing on the top of one of the two triangular-shaped buildings at Century Plaza, in Los Angeles, telling us that eleven teams are off on a race around the world for $1,000,000. The problem with the first couple of episodes of the Amazing Race is…