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Clashing in China: The Amazing Race Season 14, Episode 9
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Things get intense in Season 4, Episode 9 of The Amazing Race as teams arrive in China and the competition heats up—big time. Arguments erupt, alliances crumble, and one fight even gets physical 👀. Sadie and Jessica break down the drama and ask the big question: who’s really in the wrong here? Tune in for hot takes, wild moments, and our favorite quotes from the chaos.
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Transcript
Speed Listening and Intro Music
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Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Amazing Rewatch and ah episode 9 of season 14. Yeah, we... that what we're on? Mm-hmm. Okay.
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right I was confused last episode, I think, so... i Nothing to follow up with. Just jump right into the episode. Yeah.
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The only thing I was thinking of, so we play like the intro music every episode. And i don't always listen to our podcast episodes after we've posted them. I know Sadie listens to all of them.
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But I listen to my podcast on 1.6 speed. So hearing the music like it's so funny.
Attention Span and Normal Speed Immersion
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I listened to one today. So that's why like when I played this music and it was so much slower. I was like, oh, that's such a difference. Funny.
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Yeah. I don't listen to most I listen to all my books on like 1.2. 1.2. 1.6. That's fast. um point yeah one point six that's fast People talk way too slow. i think, honestly, my brain chemistry has changed.
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because i know. like I have to speed everything up. Podcasts, books, YouTube videos. Yeah. i My attention span has gotten severely short.
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and It's not good. and Maybe I need to like try... What is that... ah
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What is the word? Like immersion therapy? Is that the word? I don't know what you're talking about. Like ah where you you do something that you don't like like. I know what immersion therapy is, but what are you? going way Oh, just like listen to stuff at normal speed to train my brain to listen to things at normal speed again.
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Yeah. I don't know. Yeah, what i've been what I've been trying to do is like, instead of like sitting here with a screen, watching a screen.
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Yeah, it's
Watercolor Hobby and Disneyland Encounter
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bad. Like I started watercoloring lately. So, like, I'll watch a movie at normal speed and watercolor instead of trying to watch something fast and have a screen in my hand at the same time.
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Yeah. Which I like. But, I mean, I'm not bragging or i'm like, not perfect. It's just I have that problem as well. Yeah. I don't think I've watched a single TikTok video that's not at double speed for months.
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Yeah. I don't really watch a TikTok, but you can't. Can you speed up Instagram? No, I never watch reels because you can't do that. Yeah, its a what i yeah it's just crazy to think of like where technology can go and like like what kids are going to be like now.
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yeah That's just the way things are. Anyway, yeah. anyway um
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That's all. When you said watercoloring, it made me think of that lady at Disneyland. Oh, yeah. We were, so if you're familiar with Disneyland, in Adventureland, was it that, kind of like right there by the Jungle Cruise.
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Yeah. we went We stopped and had a Dole Whip. And there was this lady just like sitting in like a little corner table, but she had like some paints out and she sat there for hours and just like watercolored and Sadie went up and talked to her and Asked her kind of what she was doing. And she's like, yeah, i have an annual pass and I just sit here and call her.
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Yeah, and she was like... eager to show us her other paintings and like that. Like she was ah really proud of her. Yeah. And she probably loved that somebody like asked her about it. And yeah, it was, I was like, well, want to be her. i know. I want to just go sit at Disneyland and watercolor. People watch.
Disneyland Annual Pass Usage
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Yeah. I got an annual pass for Disneyland this year and I've only used it once so far. So I'm like planning on some of the places or the times that I want to go this year. I need to visit at least three times to make it worth it.
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So, yeah. Well, all right, let's get into the episode. um Hold on. My notes are on this other page. and so we are in Thailand.
Race Recap: Thailand to Guilin
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hu are There was like that big fiasco last episode with the teams leaving their stuff at the boat dock and not taking them with them and all that stuff. And Mark and Michael got um two two-hour penalties. Yeah. All that stuff. So we have a spread out departure times this episode.
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Margie and Luke depart first at 9.36 And it says fly miles to Guilin, China. Once you land, travel by taxi to the street.
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Ching Chulhu. i think that's Ching Chulhu. Ching Chulhu. And find this hair salon to find your next clue.
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And so they get to the airport and they leave at 1120, which is like in an only an hour. but there is a layover that leaves at 830. Yeah.
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Yeah, I think so when they were getting their tickets, they're like, we have to go through this city. I think they had to all stop in Guangzhou. Guangzhou. yeah. Yeah.
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so yeah ah They have a longer layover. Kara and Jamie and Tammy and Victor um get on a later flight to Guangzhou, but then they meet up with them.
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At 8.30. Yeah. So Jamie and Kara depart at 10.30 and Tammy and Victor at 10.40. And when Jamie and Kara open up the envelope, when they see China, yeah Jamie is mad.
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She's like, I don't want to go there. It's very populated and I don't like that. yeah and then cara in a little interview with just the two of them is like i would prefer but we speak to our taxi drivers more kindly and are more calmly but if i say anything to jamie she'll get madder and jamie's sitting next to her laughing about it like she thinks it's funny yeah it's not at all she makes me so mad If my friend said that, it like, right next to me, I'd be like, oh, my gosh. I'm so sorry. I did not even realize that I was acting that way. But she knows exactly that she's acting that way.
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She's sitting there, like, laughing and smiling. And I'm like, yeah. Well, Tammy and Victor are very excited to go to China because they are Chinese and they speak Chinese. And Tammy has actually been to this city. So that's definitely a bit of an advantage. Yeah.
Roadblock: Cormorant Fishing Challenges
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They get the 115 flight, but they also have the same 830 connection. So Keisha and Jen depart 1243. And they their departure is at 320.
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There's a 910 connection. Anyways, and then Mark and Michael leave at 408. So they're like six hours difference. And it doesn't tell us what time their flight leaves Guangzhou. think it was 610. 610?
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six ten yeah That's what I said. Oh, no, their first flight. Yeah. not But the one from Guangzhou to Guilin. Oh, yeah. We don't know what time that one leaves. So we don't know how far behind they're going to be when they land. Yeah.
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I think they probably did that on purpose. Yeah. So what ends up happening is um the the flight with the three teams on them is delayed. That was supposed to leave at 830. So Keisha and Jen end up actually landing first.
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But yeah it doesn't seem like by much. yeah It seems like it's pretty close. Because they're basically all four teams are like right together this whole like Yeah, because Jamie and Kara actually get to this next clue first. Yeah.
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Mark and Michael, it honestly could have been like the whole next day. And they just edited it. and Edited it. Edited it to look like it was. Yeah. Because you may never see them together at all. Yeah. or yeah did They tried to make it seem like it could be a possibility that they catch up, but they don't give us a time.
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Yeah. When they get there or anything like that. Nope. That clue that Jamie and Cara get first, it says travel to number 24 bridge on the banks of the Lee River to find your next clue.
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And then at this point, my Mark and Michael's flight lands. Yeah. but So I guess. We don't know if that's editing or. think they do try to kind of keep it.
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Yeah. And it would have been a little bit more drama, too, if it's like, you know, oh, your flight can't leave until the next day. Yeah. to done Because they haven't hesitated to show that before.
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So, yeah, they did that with the Joyce and Echenna and or the couple. um Yeah. Just this season. season Brad and Victoria. Yeah. Yeah. um So all these teams are looking for this clue box at this hair salon.
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It's kind of hard to find this hair salon. It's like a random little shop. and Outside the shop, there is a big stand that says speed bump and has Mark and Michael's picture on it. And right in front of it is the clue box.
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So when Margie and Luke and Keisha and Jen arrive, they don't notice that it's the clue box. I think it's the speed bump. Yeah. Hold on. Before we get into this, because it's like this is where a lot of drama starts.
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Did we notice that when they land, it's dark? But then they're like and they get in their taxis and they're driving. Yeah. It's dark. But then all of a sudden, it's not dark anymore. noticed that too because they departed their Their layover departed at 9.10.
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so it would have been evening. Yeah. So they did some editing here. Yeah. Like, did did they land and go to a hotel? Or did they? Yeah. I'm not sure exactly what happened. But I was like, okay, now it's daytime.
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Yes. It's really weird. And it stays daytime the whole day. Yeah. So it seems like they started it in the morning. Yeah. Whatever they were doing. It's really weird episode. Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Now we can get back into the drama.
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Okay. The clue box drama. Keisha and Jen and Margie and Luke, they don't notice that this is the clue box right in front of them. They think it's just the speed bumps. They're kind of running around the front of this hair salon looking around for it.
00:10:26
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And finally, they notice it. Like Keisha and Luke notice it at the same time. So Luke runs for the clue and Keisha kind of like... It's Jen.
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Oh, I mean Jen. Jen kind of like...
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stumbles into him it seems like yeah and he like raises his arm and elbow to push her off of him because she's like on top of him and he didn't see where she was coming from and he can't hear and he can't hear and so he like raises his arm and like pushes her off of him with his elbow and it Yeah, it didn't seem intentional. It's kind of just like she seems like she put her hands out to stop herself. Yeah.
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Because she like had the momentum and she was just kind of trying to stop herself. She didn't mean to get in his space. And then, yeah, he threw the elbow up. And it would be like somebody, if you were deaf and somebody coming up from you from behind and like pushing you and like that would be kind of scary, you know, like it was.
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Yeah. And he couldn't see like yeah as far as he knew she did it on purpose and was like pushing him on purpose. Yeah. But Jen didn't like that he, like, raised his arm and pushed her off. Yeah. And she called him the B word.
00:11:36
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Yes. they're not happy. None of them are happy. Mm-hmm. they get that same clue that says go to this um bridge to your next clue.
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Tammy and Victor get there first, and it's a roadblock, and it says who's ready for some foul play? Yeah.
Detour: Dance or Calligraphy?
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So the clue says take a raft out to the middle of the river with the help of a local train the birds known as cormorants.
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Right? I think so, yeah. To retrieve the fish. Once you get fish from the bird ten times, you'll get your next clue. You would do this one. Yeah, I could do this one. If the word fowl is in the title. like Yeah, hard pass. Not me.
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I would do it. It's not that bad of a roadblock. It's just time consuming. they like had to grab the birds by the neck and the beak. I would not like that at all. And they have to throw like dead fish into the water. So it's like they're getting on like a smaller raft and there's a local guy on there. There's a basket full of like already dead fish. And there's these two birds that are like long neck duck kind of fish.
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things. Pelican duck kind of things. And so the person who does the roadblock is supposed to toss it into the water. The bird will jump off the raft and dive in and grab it and bring it back to them. And they have to do that ten times.
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Tammy kind of picks ah the bad birds because they don't really... um They're not cooperating at first. And so as the teams are running to this clue box on the bridge...
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Margie and Luke and Keisha and Jen arrive at the same time again. Yes. and they... but It seemed like the opposite situation. Because Jen was kind of their first... Luke was coming up behind her and bumped into her. And he, like, put his arms up. Like, yeah like oh my gosh, I didn't mean to do that.
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And then she put her hand up. And, like, ran into the... The box almost fell over. But, yeah, she... They put her hand... Yeah, it was basically the opposite. here And, like um and everybody's like Keisha cut it out yeah and Jen is like and I wonder why she said that because I was like Keisha wasn't even there like she yeah she was just standing there yeah so yeah I wasn't sure and then um in their interview Luke says she grabbed my arm and pushed me back but I watched it over and over and there was no arm grabbing yeah so he definitely was being a little dramatic yeah
00:14:10
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um Yeah, so yeah Jamie, Keisha, and Luke, and Tammy are doing the roadblock all at the same time, basically. At this time, Mark and Mike will get to their speed bump and what they have to do is wash and dry the hair of two women waiting at the hair salon.
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And they have to do like outside and it looks really cold that day. yeah People keep mentioning how cold it is and they have to. They had just come from Thailand that was like so hot. So they put the shampoo like on their hair dry and then kind of pour water in it from a water bottle.
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They're sitting. They're not like slaying their head back into a sink. They're just like sitting there. they Yeah, when they rinsed it, they were kind of like leaning forward yeah over like a trough thing. Anyway, so it's not that hard of a speed bump.
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No. And they were not gentle, though. No. They were like, those poor ladies' heads were like, rrrr. Yes, prepping very aggressively. Yeah.
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While the other teams are doing the roadblock, one of the birds, like Luke had his hand held up with in it. With fish. Yeah, just kind of like sitting by the water. Yeah, like jumped up and grabbed, like bit his hand.
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And Keisha and Jen were like, that's karma for you. um So it kind of just depends on who had the best birds because Keisha finishes first.
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Yeah. And Tammy's bird flew away at one point. Yeah. And that clue says race to
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race to but race through Whelan to this 1,000 year old structure, the ancient south gate to receive your next clue. So Luke finishes. Tammy's the last one to finish even though she was the first one to start.
00:15:47
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Yeah. But they're not but that far behind each other because they all get to this gate and the choice and the clue there a detour and the choices are choreography or calligraphy.
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Choreography is ah the teams join in a popular exercise in Gwilin, which is dancing. They will make their way to the Central Island and join a group of locals performing their morning dance routine and learn the dance.
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Then they'll perform the dance together for a pair of judges. And for calligraphy, teams must try their hand at the intricate Chinese art. They'll make their way across the twin bridges and find the first of four calligraphy stations, copy the Chinese characters, which form the name of the next station.
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And they have four stations to do. Yeah. So Keisha and Jen, Margie and Luke, and Tammy and Victor choose calligraphy, and Jamie and Kara, which ah was no surprise, choose choreography because they are cheerleaders, like Miami Dolphin cheerleaders. And Jamie says she has, like, the worst handwriting in the world.
00:16:52
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Yeah. She says she can't even read her own notes from home. I think so. Yeah. I don't know. Which one we have chosen? i think. Probably choreography. Yeah. Yeah. Margie and Luke choose calligraphy because Luke can't hear music. Yeah. He's like, it says when the music starts, do this do the dance. And he's like, well, I can't tell when the music starts. Yeah. So so obviously. That's kind of like that makes your decision for you. Yeah.
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When, yeah, if you have the choice between detours. um So they all, those three teams show up to the calligraphy thing at the same time. And They end up all kind of working together. Basically, Tammy and Victor just do the detour and they follow them around.
00:17:38
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And they're all very, like, aggressive and loud and theses poor trying to get this done. Yeah, they're, like, hovering over these people's shoulders and right in their face and asking for stamps and blah, blah, know, this stuff. like You can tell that Tammy and Victor are, like, really trying to, like, break away from the pack. Yeah.
00:17:56
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Because they keep, like, speaking to the people in Chinese, like, do ours first, do ours first. And they are, like, trying to just, like, get ahead and not let everybody else follow them. But yeah everybody. But they're not being mean about it. But i can they can. Those two can tell that everybody else is very uptight and, like, aggressive because they're fighting.
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Yeah. And because also when they were going out on the rafts, Keisha and Jen said Tammy and Victor, you should have seen Luke just body check me. Yeah.
00:18:26
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Like, and they're like, oh, what? Crazy. um The brothers get to the roadblock and Michael does it. Don't really have a hard time there.
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Jamie and Cara are doing their dance routine and they have to like, they feel like they learned it pretty quickly. But once they actually get out onto like the dance area and do it, they don't pass.
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They keep getting told no. Yeah. And so they try, like, a few times and they keep saying no, no, no. And the dance instructors don't speak English, it looks like.
00:19:01
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Yeah. And Jamie's like, do you speak any English whatsoever? yeah Because she keeps asking, like, what's wrong? What is wrong? And, like, clearly they are not supposed to tell you what's wrong. Yeah.
00:19:12
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You need to figure it out. Yeah. So they do the challenge again and they can't figure out what they're doing wrong. So they decide to leave. But they don't get very far when Kara's like, wait, do you think that we have to keep going until the music is over? Let's go back and try again.
00:19:29
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So they go back and try it again. And that is the problem. Yeah. But while they're doing their final attempt, the rest of them, the the calligraphy people all finish the detour.
00:19:43
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And the clue is like a little scroll that says travel by foot to the next pit stop, the Banyan Lake. And there's like a picture of the view that they're supposed to find. Yeah.
Kisha and Jen's Victory and Tensions
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and they're all there running together. Yeah. So it looks like the calligraphy detour was like at the lake already. yeah um The other one might have been too. Yeah. Because they had to go to the central island. so they might have already just been there.
00:20:12
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Yeah, says nestled in the shadow of the famous sun and moon pagodas, this lakeside spot is a pit stop for this leg of the race. So Phil's sitting there on the mat and he can see all three teams running.
00:20:24
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And like we said, right at this point, they're all very competitive and aggressive and mad at each other and want to beat each other. So they're running for their life. And the first team to come up to the mat are Keisha and Jen.
00:20:39
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Which they're the athletes. They're the ones with the long legs. they They're like six inches taller than everybody in that group. And Tammy and Victor come up right behind them and Margie and Luke are right behind them.
00:20:51
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And Keisha and Jen went a trip to Barbados. But they're all standing there on the mat at the same time. And Phil says like. Things seem to be getting competitive around here. Yeah, it creates some tension here.
00:21:04
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And Victor says, it's all in good spirited fun. but Yeah. It's a competition. And everybody's like, no, it's not. Not even close. Victor's like, oh, okay.
00:21:17
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And then it's so funny because from here on out, it is. so dramatic and Tammy and Victor are just standing right in between everybody like I felt so bad for them they're like um I wish I could just take five steps back and just leave this yeah spot so yeah like um you can see Margie and Luke signing to each other and there are subtitles on the screen and Margie says don't say anything and Luke says but I'm angry and she was like just don't but then as soon as um Keisha and Jen say something then
00:21:51
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Margie's gonna stick up for yeah everything just kind of goes because Keisha and Jen are telling their side of the story and like Keisha Jen or Keisha and Jen are just basically saying like Luke ran into us and like pushed us both times and i called him and but the b-word because that was a bad thing to do and like I don't appreciate it all this stuff like that and then um Margie and Luke tell their side of the story, which is, like, the basis like opposite.
00:22:22
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Yeah. Like, she ran into us and started calling us names and blah, blah, blah, blah. Luke gets, like, so mad that he, like, starts to walk away. he like, storms off. Yeah. And Phil's like, come back. Let's try to talk this out. I want to hear your side of the story. So Luke starts signing. He says, it's my turn to talk now.
00:22:38
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And he, like, while he signs, he, like, makes some, like, some sounds. Like, some audible sounds. And Keisha laughs. Yeah.
00:22:48
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Yeah. And Margie. what But what? If you have watched the season and you're not just like listening to us and you've watched this season, Keisha is always laughing. Right. Especially when it's an uncomfortable situation. Yeah.
00:23:01
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And she, if you watch this, if you guys watch this, you can tell she wasn't laughing at him. Right. She's laughing because it's uncomfortable and ridiculous. So I'll talk about that in a second. Yeah.
00:23:15
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Because, yeah, if you, She clearly is just like, you know, like this is outrageous that we're fighting about this and just kind of like chuckles and Margie loses it.
00:23:26
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Yeah. And she's like, do not laugh at my son. And she's like, she tells Phil, she's like, he's signing and they're laughing at him. And Phil's trying to say like, I don't think that that's what they were doing. And she's like, yes, it was.
00:23:37
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I'm not going to put up with this. And Phil, he's like, I don't think that's what they meant. And like, Yeah. um And then she brings race into it. Yeah. Because she's like, he's lived with this his whole life and you guys should know because you're black. And I was like, oh.
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Yeah. You guys should understand this pressure because you're black. like, yikes. I could have been with you until right then. Yeah. They don't respond to that no they don't um and Keisha says I apologize if there was a misunderstanding I wasn't laughing at him yeah I laugh in tense situations that's just the way that I am I'm sorry if it came across that way yeah but Margie Luke are still just like so upset and like Tammy and Victor hadn't been in the fight at all at this point but they do say like Margie nobody's laughing at Luke yeah and Jen keeps saying that too nobody's laughing at him and she is so mad and it's just at this point I think she's just seeing red
00:24:37
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And she can't see reason or be like, like, you know, she's so upset. And Luke is a very emotional person. And he's feeding into her emotions at this point. And Keisha and Jen, like I said, like, Keisha just laughs about stuff. Like, that's just who she is.
00:24:53
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So she wasn't laughing at Luke. So no, honestly, i feel like um Margie and Luke were in the wrong most of the yeah situation.
00:25:03
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Yeah. Like all day. um i tried sleuth the internet and like see what people were talking about on Reddit and stuff about this fight. and It's on my other computer, but It seems like the consensus mostly is that like Margie Luke kind of blew it out of proportion. And they just, and like, like, I'm sure Margie just like felt like she needed to protect him. Yeah. Like she probably has his whole life.
00:25:34
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Yeah. Because there probably are people that did laugh at him for real. Yeah. And so, but I, I wonder if they like ever went back and watched it and been like, oh yeah.
00:25:46
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Yeah. so we shouldn't have It shouldn't have gotten that out of hand. And there was an interview with Keisha and Jen in People Magazine just kind of like after the race was over.
Misunderstandings and Laughter
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And so but like the question was like, just tell us once and for all, what did you laugh at Luke? And Keisha was like, absolutely not. we i was just The thing that made me chuckle was the fact that the the his side of the story was like the exact opposite of what happened.
00:26:16
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yeah So that's what she laughed at. yeah It was not laughing at him trying to communicate, him signing, him like doing anything like that. so It was just a ridiculous situation. At no point did they even need to act like this.
00:26:28
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like If it happened the first time, like i understand, like oh, jeez. But like for them to do it two more times with clues, like it's just like... Because ah Jen is competitive.
00:26:41
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And Luke is competitive. It just did not need to be this way. Yeah. It was so stupid. And it felt like Jen also couldn't let it go. Yes. Either.
00:26:53
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Yes. Like, she was so mad about the first one that she, i think if it didn't happen the other way around the first time, she wouldn't have put her arm up in front of Luke the second time. Yeah. I think she did that just, like, in reaction to what he did to her yeah so it was so ridiculous from what the sounds of it on reddit it continues like margie and luke just can't get over it the rest of the season like i guess keisha and jen like try to move on and just let it go but margie and luke keep bringing it up so we'll see how that goes it's annoying
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Well, Jamie and Cara are team number four.
Mark and Michael's Elimination
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Yeah. And Mark and Michael never make up their speed bump um delay kind of thing. No, at their penalty. Yeah. And their team number five. They did do the choreography ah detour if anybody's interested. And it shows them dancing in slow motion. And it's really funny. Yeah.
00:27:50
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They have, like, big grins on their face. And it seemed like they were just enjoying their time and probably knew that they were going to be eliminated. so Yes. So yeah, they are eliminated. Yeah. um You can tell that Mark is more disappointed than Michael. Like I feel like Mark really wanted the money. Yeah. Michael was just kind of like in it for the experience. Yeah.
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And that was the fight last the point of their fight. Yeah. Last leg. So, yeah. So, um well, we are in China again. This is our,
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sixth time to China. This is a new area though, like a new city. Guilin, it's on the west bank of the Lee River,
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it's It borders Hunan to the north. Hunan. Hunan? Yeah. Is that where the COVID virus started? Yeah. um it There's like people in the city but like million people in area The name of the city means Forest of Sweet Osmanthus, which is the name of this fragrant Osmanthus tree in that region.
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It's known for its scenery and topography. It's one of China's most popular tourist destinations, but I've never heard of it. Yeah. it's like I've heard of Guangzhou, the city that they had the layover in.
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Yeah. It's like west of. Hong Kong. Oh, Hunan. It started in Wuhan. Oh, yeah. I was like, it doesn't sound quite right. Yeah. You're right.
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I am. and So there's not a lot of information about this city, but it looked like a pretty place. Yeah.
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Okay. Well, Mark and Michael, let me tell you about them. They are the first team of dwarfs to compete.
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I don't know. They would be considered dwarfs. Yeah. I wonder what the criteria is for that. Yeah. You look that up, boy. So, Sharla was the first, but they're the first team. so Okay.
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Yeah. um And the first male dwarfs. um
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They are the oldest male sibling team at the average age of 49.5.
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And it seems like that's still... The oldest male team? The oldest male sibling team. Oh.
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But they are the oldest, youngest all-male team on their season. Because the other all-male team was ah Mel and Mike.
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Oh.
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But combined, did they So on their season, they were the youngest all-male team. But compared to other all-male teams on every other season, they're the oldest. up They're the oldest. i'm not sure I'm not sure how to explain this.
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Wait, what? Just say it the first. They are the oldest, youngest all-male team of any season. Oh, okay. That makes sense. Okay. But that's a really weird fact.
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Yeah. Again, just who figures these things out? ah Michael is the first contestant that resides in Hawaii. And they're the first team to get an elimination montage.
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first Which is weird. Like the middle of a season. Yeah. I don't know. Okay, well this says dwarfism is a condition resulting in short stature, generally defined as an adult height of 4 feet 10 inches or less,
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what But stems from a medical or genetic factor.
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Yeah, because they are 410, both of them. so Yeah, and it must have been caused by a genetic factor or medical
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um Well, post-race, there's not...
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Because they were both married and had kids at the time that they were on the race. So there was nothing like new or whatever that they have done. They still continue to work in the film industry as stunt people. Michael specifically is a stunt double for Danny DeVito and like a lot of stuff.
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I can see that. Yeah. On his Instagram, there's like pictures of him dressed up as Danny DeVito um for like Like some commercials. This one was from Deck the Halls.
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So. um And then Michael. I mean, no that was Michael. Mark. He hasn't had a post on Facebook since 2019.
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two thousand and nineteen Yeah, Danny DeVito's only 4'10". Yeah. But I don't think he's a dwarf.
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Because it's not due to a genetic disorder. Are you sure? Because when I looked up how tall Danny DeVito was, it it says, no, Danny DeVito is not considered a person with dwarfism.
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Although he is short, it's due, it's not due to ah genetic condition. Oh, wait. well It is due to a genetic condition, but he's not considered a dwarf.
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this um This part of Wikipedia says that he is five foot zero I think he's gotten shorter in his old age. So, like, his full-grown adult height was 5'0". So, that does not meet the criteria. But his short stature is the result of multiple epiphyseal dysplasia or Fairbanks disease.
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So, it is some sort of genetic thing. Okay. But he's not short enough to be considered Interesting. Interesting. I know you all wanted to know that about Danny DeVito.
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I actually did. I've always wondered that.
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um so yeah, it looks like they're just living their lives, doing their thing. Michael went to Disneyland with his family recently. Yeah.
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His Instagram bio says, stunt double for kids, critters, monsters, and Danny DeVito. and That's funny. I wonder if you should if you're supposed to say, like, he is a dwarf or he is a person with dwarfism.
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Or does that make a difference? I don't know. If we're saying it wrong, let us know. We're not trying to be offensive. No, not at all. That's just what it says here on my my oh Amazing Race Wikipedia. so We're trying to be as...
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ah pc as possible yeah so if we're saying it in a way we're not supposed to let us know anything we do or say on this podcast we're very much open to feedback or constructive criticism yeah don't just go yell at us let's say we're awful um yeah we'll miss them but they kept making mistakes mistakes and like just
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I don't know. Like, I wonder if they're breaking the rules so many times was unintentional. Like, they just kind of forgot that that was a rule. Yeah, in the moment you're like, it leaves your if they're like, oh, we're going to do this anyway, even though we know it's breaking the rules. Or, i don't know.
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I would love to hear, like, what they, there might be an interview with them on People Magazine. Yeah. I'll look for it later, but. So we're down to four teams. I think the next episode will probably be a non-elimination or the one after that, maybe.
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But... um Can I tell you, actually? When the non-elimination is? Well, it's... Yeah, I guess it is kind of is a non-elimination. But it's also a ah new thing that happens. Like mega-leg?
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It's a...
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it's a mix between a mega leg and a non-elimination leg. So like they check in at the pit stop, but they continue racing immediately after. Okay. So they do have like a team number one, two, three, four.
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So, and yeah, there's some exciting things. There's something I specifically remember, not in the next episode, but the following one. um Kind of like a,
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A well-known... Like, if you are a fan of Amazing Race at all, like, you'll know what I'm talking about. Yeah. And...
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Yeah, he's really hot.
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Ollie, my little podcast friend. He's a little furnace. Yeah, sitting next to me and he's really hot. Okay. Yeah. Okay, come back for episode 10. We're winding down the season. We're closing it out. Yeah, we're almost there and we'll see you soon. Thanks.
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Thank you.