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I belong to a TAR email list where one of the folks is almost obsessed w/ the show. She always has the most up to date spoilers, knows where they're going, when, etc. knows someone on the show. hasn't been wrong in the past 3 years. Hopefully this is the end of her streak. Apparently security concerns (after Mumbai and Bangkok) and production costs (tickets up to $4000 each) have overcome it. Hope she's wrong.
ETA: Apparently on Bonnie Hunt's show yesterday, Phil signed the mat they've used for the past 14 seasons and gave it away for charity.
I belong to a TAR email list where one of the folks is almost obsessed w/ the show. She always has the most up to date spoilers, knows where they're going, when, etc. knows someone on the show. hasn't been wrong in the past 3 years. Hopefully this is the end of her streak. Apparently security concerns (after Mumbai and Bangkok) and production costs (tickets up to $4000 each) have overcome it. Hope she's wrong.
ETA: Apparently on Bonnie Hunt's show yesterday, Phil signed the mat they've used for the past 14 seasons and gave it away for charity.
Did something happen to one of the racers in either Mumbai or Bangkok? I seem to remember a woman getting groped on a train in India in an older season of TAR, but it didn't seem like a huge threat. Do you know more?
Did something happen to one of the racers in either Mumbai or Bangkok? I seem to remember a woman getting groped on a train in India in an older season of TAR, but it didn't seem like a huge threat. Do you know more?
Nothing happened to the people w/ TAR but the terrorist attacks that seem to happen around the globe I can see starting to limit where they can travel to. I hope they don't cancel this show though. WE LOVE IT! One of the only reality shows we watch faithfully and as a family. It is actually somewhat educational.
Did something happen to one of the racers in either Mumbai or Bangkok? I seem to remember a woman getting groped on a train in India in an older season of TAR, but it didn't seem like a huge threat. Do you know more?
There was a 2 day terror attack in Mumbai recently and the stand off @ the airport in Bangkok that lasted a week give or take a day.
There was a 2 day terror attack in Mumbai recently and the stand off @ the airport in Bangkok that lasted a week give or take a day.
I was aware of the recent news stories, I was just wondering if something had actually happened to one of the race participants in a previous run. Terrorism isn't a novelty and it happens here too - I can't imagine that they would decide to cancel one of the most successful reality shows based on the potential to get involved in a stand-off. Maybe they can stick to countries where the threat is not as imminent?
well, they've been to both cities quite a few times. I think they went to Mumbai again this past season no? so I'm sure it's a concern. I wasn't saying they're going to take it off the air based on that alone, I was just saying I'm sure it's a concern now more than ever.
I was aware of the recent news stories, I was just wondering if something had actually happened to one of the race participants in a previous run. Terrorism isn't a novelty and it happens here too - I can't imagine that they would decide to cancel one of the most successful reality shows based on the potential to get involved in a stand-off. Maybe they can stick to countries where the threat is not as imminent?
There was an incident in Morocco way back in the third race when a team got detained by a local official who started demanding that they surrender their passports to them, and the implication was that production/security had to pay a bribe to the official to keep them out of jail. It's one of two times I can remember the show has notably show or talk about production people on screen. (When the Stackomatic brothers rolled a SUV in southern Africa and their cameraman ended up needing to go to the hospital a couple races later was the other) IIRC, Colin managed to get out of trouble on his own over the cabbie situation.
I wonder if part of the rumors could be because of insurance reasons. It probably never was cheap to insure the show, and after Mumbai/Bangkok a lot of people in that business probably raised their rates.
well, they've been to both cities quite a few times. I think they went to Mumbai again this past season no? so I'm sure it's a concern. I wasn't saying they're going to take it off the air based on that alone, I was just saying I'm sure it's a concern now more than ever.
I don't know what the big attraction is to go to Mumbai every race. I mean...there are other huge cities with language barriers that would be safer than India.
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