Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Amazing Race
I was very pleased to see Chip and Kim winning the Amazing Race last night. They weren't the best team (that was clearly Colin and Christie), but they won anyway and more importantly beat Brandon and Nicole. I really hated them.
The self-proclaimed chosen team. Every time they fell on hard times, here came God, pulled out of their back pockets and thrust before them like Huskies leading a sled. They spent so much time talking about their faith (while in no way acting very much like the Christians they proclaimed themselves to be) that even the producers began treating it like a joke. As they were climbing up the mountain in Calgary, they called out for Jesus to help, then the producers cut to footage of blue sky and sun shining through a cloud. They did it a second time too towards the end of the show. Funny stuff.
The best thing was that Chip and Kim were at least as religious, but they didn't wear it on their sleeves. They played the game hard, they played within the rules and were also very gracious and nice. Congratulations to them. The show definitely deserved the Emmy (if any reality show did).
The self-proclaimed chosen team. Every time they fell on hard times, here came God, pulled out of their back pockets and thrust before them like Huskies leading a sled. They spent so much time talking about their faith (while in no way acting very much like the Christians they proclaimed themselves to be) that even the producers began treating it like a joke. As they were climbing up the mountain in Calgary, they called out for Jesus to help, then the producers cut to footage of blue sky and sun shining through a cloud. They did it a second time too towards the end of the show. Funny stuff.
The best thing was that Chip and Kim were at least as religious, but they didn't wear it on their sleeves. They played the game hard, they played within the rules and were also very gracious and nice. Congratulations to them. The show definitely deserved the Emmy (if any reality show did).
