Amazing Race Family Edition” href=”http://www.realitytvmagazine.com/blog/2005/11/carissa_gaghan_.html”>Reality TV Magazine: Carissa Gaghan One Of The Toughest Racers Ever Is Eliminated From Amazing Race Family Edition
One of my favorite teams ever, and some of my favorite individual racers ever, were eliminated on TAR.
Here’s the shocker: the parents were okay, but I loved the kids, Billy and Carissa Gaghan. They’re coool. And I hope that they’ve both come to terms with getting eliminated in the months since the episode was filmed. I expect now they’ll have to come to terms with being considered “TAR royalty” by fans of the show.
Carissa showed unexpected grace and courage and humor; she gave it her best shot every time, all the time. Her dad and mom showed a frustrating inability to get a move on when in a moving vehicle, perhaps because they wanted to set an example by driving safely. But once the kids were out of the cars, it was “wheels, Carissa!” all the way.
I hope some past and present Racers take a page from Carissa’s playbook: this is how you stand on the mat and take the news.
I expect the good folks that organize the traditional “TARcon” party in New York will make sure the little kids from TAR8 can be accommodated, ie., hold the party in a restaurant type of venue and not just a bar. Most, but not all, of the kids were interesting or entertaining, far more so than I previously thought possible.
Ironic that previous seasons’ Racers who acted like spoiled children during their racearoundtheworld foramilliondollars are shown up by actual, unspoiled children.