The Amazing Race 14!!!
 

The teams have been announced! Here is CBS's straightfoward introduction to them, and here is Reality News Online's more editorialized report.

The teams include SoulForce founder Mel White. He will race with his son, Mike, who wrote for and produced Dawson's Creek, Freaks and Geeks and Nacho Libre. He also wrote and appeared in School of Rock. We also have the first deaf racer, who graduated as valedictorian from the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind.

Alas, those wanting to cheer on Team GC -- nittanyalum and MysticCat -- will have to wait. http://www.smilieshq.com/smilies/sad0137.gif

I am sooooooo excited!

I love that show!!! But I didn't like the families edition too much.

My bf keeps threatening to sign us up for the show. I didn't get the job I applied for which would start next year, so he seemed even more set on it. Ohhh but he doesn't have a passport! Bam!

Our time will come, my friend, our time will come... ;) :D :cool:

Anybody else want to slap some sense into Tammy and Victor?

I like Tammy and Victor, I really do. But I really don't like how everything has to be HIS decision and Tammy just friggin' enables that!

I still like GayDad/GaySon, DeafKid/SigningMom, and the stunt men. The basketball sisters are also starting to grow on me.

I felt really bad for the couple eliminated last night. What bad luck. They really could have still been in contention if they stayed with the pack.

I can't stand Tammy and Victor. Where's the team work/communication?

I like the mom and son team, Cara and Jaime (friends of mom/son team), and the basketball sisters. I don't have a favorite team yet but I'm really liking this season so far.

Oh, and what was up with that husband/wife team from Virginia? I felt really bad for the wife. She was so worried that her husband was going to be upset and yell at her for taking the wrong path. Poor thing.

Tammy and Victor won't last long if they keep up like this. This race takes teamwork!

I don't have a fave yet either. I'm not sure I will either. There are several teams that I think are good but nobody is really standing out. The only ones who stand out are the ones I can't stand.

Can't he just apply for one, or is he prohibited from leaving the country?

I started to watch the show yesterday but had to write some papers. what happened?

Was anybody else a little shocked by the last Road Block? In her thong? Really?

I'm still not sure I have a favorite team to root for or even a favorite team to hate at this point.

Forcing someone to run in her thong is NOT okay, IMO. It's one thing to run in the cold, but to run in her skivvies in Siberia on national TV is not cool. They should have at least provided the last two women with spanky pants or something.

At this point I'm rooting for gay dad/gay son. I really hope Margie and Luke get what's coming to them.

This probably has got to be the most boring season ever.

I'm enjoying this season so far and like all of the teams except Victor and whats-her-name. I actually like her, just don't like Victor.

I kindof miss the West Virginia couple...their mess-ups provided some comic relief.

You're right, it's not too bad. I totally forgot about TAR The Family Edition. Now THAT was the most boring season ever.

I have to admit, those stuntmen are a little funny. I'm surprised that guy could even drive that car in Russia.

Yes, that season was wrong in so many different ways. Ugh.

I saw your other post and was going to disagree about this season being boring. Since I complained that last season had absolutely no teams that were likeable or worth cheering for, I have been pleasantly surprised that I actually like all the teams. Well, save for arrogant Victor, however, his sister makes up for it.

However, maybe that is the problem... no true villian team this year.

I laughed out load watching the teams try to figure out how to get the cheese down the hill, watching Tammy try to figure out how to do a summersault (?!?), wondering how long it takes to find a house that needs repair, and, well Luke just makes me laugh period.

Now, the trans-Siberian railroad was a bit boring, because all the teams had to take the same train. However, it seems there have been more opportunities for strategies/various flights with the air travel this season. No more "these are the two or three flights you can choose from."

The addition of the "Blind U-turn" was also long overdue. No one ever would do it before, so this has been a welcome addition. However, I do think that the u-turn should only be in the game when it is realistic that a team can complete both challenges and still stand a chance of not being elimnated. Those two challenges (stacking wood and the shutters thing) both appeared to take HOURS. Therefore, by the producers placing it in that episode, it virtually guaranteed that any team that was u-turned would be eliminated. That is a little excessive, IMHO.

I also loved, loved, loved the first few episodes that were in Austria, Switzerland, etc. The scenery was just absolutely beautiful.

Anyway, my opinion is thumbs up this season. Having a villian to cheer against, or having Team GC involved, would make things a bit more interesting, but overall I am satisfied.