For the first time, I'm actually paying attention to TAR -- because I know the father of one of the contestants. From the Washington Post: A Double Dose of Reality: From Bear Stearns to 'Amazing Race'
For months, Potomac native Sarah Leshner begged her boss: Please could she take off a month for a shot at reality TV fame? The answer came back no: The company needed her for the big spring conference -- and it didn't want that kind of publicity. Turned out her company had bigger things to worry about . . . because it was Bear Stearns. When the investment bank collapsed in March, Leshner found herself jobless but suddenly free to take that offer to compete on "The Amazing Race <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/The+Amazing+Race?tid=in formline> ." The Churchill High grad, 31, and boyfriend Terence Gerchberg were among 11 teams vying for $1 million in the new season that debuted last night. (Dad Alan Leshner is a leading D.C. policy wonk: chief exec of the American Association for the Advancement of Science <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/American+Association+fo r+the+Advancement+of+Science?tid=informline> .) "I feel like I lived through a horrible tragedy," Leshner said of her colleagues who are uprooted or unemployed. But it worked out for her: After seeing so much poverty via the show's round-the-world chase, she abandoned Wall Street <http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/related/topic/Wall+Street?tid=informl ine> for a job in microfinance. "It just feels so much better," she said. ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Timko Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 12:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [TV orNotTV] TAR rant Is it just me or is this season of The Amazing Race flat? We're several episodes in but I can't really get behind any characters and I haven't identified any true villains. It just isn't clicking. What do others think? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
