I’ve been so busy lately I got out of the habit of checking TWOP for new recaps. So tonight I’ve got two to catch up on: Television Without Pity » The Amazing Race » Recaps & Extras » Season 6 Episode 9 … in which our long international nightmare finally came to an end on a beautifully woven rug with the Amazing Race logo in Ethiopia. She gripes most tellingly: So to sum up, of the six episodes preceding the one you are about to watch, two resulted in eliminations. You want to know why the season is dragging like…

At last! Jonathan and Victoria were eliminated through their own failure to read the clue, and in spite of getting Adam and Rebecca to Yield Freddy and Kendra. That’s the last ugly hat we’ll ever see, and the last time Jonathan will strip his shirt off for no reason. Unfortunately, he stripped down to his bright red bike shorts for a mud-related task. And that was way too much man package than I ever wanted to see, frankly. Just HOW many ugly hats did this guy pack? He had a new one every week! And this week he busted out…

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Another recap-let saved for posterity: Another unlovely leg unfolds as a rush through a gate leads to a couple of bumped heads and an explosion of temper from Freddy that has not been hinted at until now. You know it’s getting bad when Jonathan is telling you to calm down. It turns out that water polo isn’t very hard, but spicy soup is extraordinarily difficult, and may just wind up in a puddle under your chair if you’re not careful. But seriously — don’t puke it back into the bowl, because that is really disgusting. Jonathan does some more out-of-control…

At the next challenge, the McLeods were the only team to choose paddling a boat on the Danube River instead of scoring a goal against a Hungarian water polo player. “We had no idea that the national team was so terrible,” said Hera. “They didn’t block one shot. If I would have known that, I would’ve said, `Dad, put a Speedo on. We’re playing water polo.'” Gus called the decision not to don skimpy swim gear “one of the best things not to happen on national television.” Dear Gus, I love you. Enjoy that next beer. Dear Hera, you are…

Previously: Well, there are no previouslys, except in the sense that the entire episode is nothing but a string of previouslys, so it’s not clear that anything can be considered to be the previouslys to what happened previously. Look at me, bending time and space. You can thank me later when the pizza that you order on Thursday arrives on Wednesday afternoon. Miss Alli attempts to deal with the time paradox posed by a TAR clip show depicting events that happened months ago, but they’re new to us so we’re all exercised and outaged over assy-brat behavior now. So where’s…

Previously on 101 Reasons To Fire Your Contestant Screeners: Kendra discovered that if you can’t put the word “good” in front of it and use it to describe the practice of not spitting when you talk, it’s really better to stay away from the word “breeding” altogether. Gus experienced a moment of revelation right here in the middle of this here game show, leaving thousands of confused viewers who saw this listed under “reality shows” to scratch their heads, pop another mouthful of caramel corn, and say, “When do they get naked and eat the bugs?” Lori and Bolo wanted…

Finally got around to checking for a new full-length recap at TWOP today – this is for the Budapest episode of Amazing Race. Tonight’s episode is some kind of clip/highlights show, perhaps using some of the online clips from the CBS website? I don’t know, this is a clip-show TAR is a first for me, too. I hope there will be hints regarding the fate of Lori and Bolo, sleepin’ on the bench. In the meantime, I can enjoy some savory snark from Miss Alli.

Actually, I do have a life, but the most interesting parts of it do not for blogging excitement make. However, last night’s TAR episode showed all kinds of karma queued up for our least favorite racing team, Victoria and her sidekick. Miss Alli pops out the mini-recap in near-record time: From Checkpoint Charlie to a morning date with bungee destiny, the teams literally get off to a flying start. After that, there is airport maneuvering resulting in the very satisfying foiling of Jonathan, who thinks that haranguing the airport staff is a good way to get the plane to come…

Here’s something Joe might enjoy, since he’s a big, big, ginormous Stitch fan. I was telling David the other day about how Disney World has changed “Alien Encounter” into “Stitch’s Great Escape,” and here’s the little blue guy just in time for Christmas. Might have to check that out for a long weekend sometime…