I remember a few seasons ago, the teams were on a funicular (one of TAR's favorite modes of transport), and multiple camera crews were visible.
The things that stick out for Season One for me were that the teams had to actually figure out clues, rather than read a card that said "Go here and do this," and that they hadn't perfected bunching yet -- particularly noticeable in the finale. --Dave Sikula On Sunday, June 23, 2013 9:16:16 AM UTC-7, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > You also may notice that in the first season they didn't have the > underscore playing every single second--and no clanging sounds for every > stupid statement made by a racer. > > Mark Jeffries > Saints Spotlight Editor > [email protected] <javascript:> > > > On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Steve Timko <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Just a note that the early seasons of The Amazing Race are on Hulu Plus, >> but they don't pick up on Amazon until about season 14. I started watching >> around season 10. The first season is interesting. I"m only a couple of >> episodes in. The humor was great. They have swearing, like bitch and >> bastard, although sh!t got bleeped. And I think I like the strategy of >> having the racers come to clusters of camera crews instead of having a >> camera operator assigned to each team. >> I noticed something in the first episode I've seen in no other episode. >> When the team was going for the Fast Forward on the river, there was a >> split second of another boat on the river with a camera operator. THey >> always seem to try to keep camera operators out of the picture. >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 5:37 PM, PGage <[email protected] <javascript:>>wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 3:40 PM, David Bruggeman >>> <[email protected]<javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> I've mentioned this on the list before, but my DVD-only Netflix plan >>>> allowed for 5 hours of streaming a month (which I've barely used). I >>>> received a notice from Netflix earlier today that it will be phased out >>>> effective the first new billing cycle after August 1. So I essentially >>>> have 2 months/10 hours to take advantage of. Probably the Rocky and >>>> Bullwinkle shows that they don't have on the DVDs. >>>> >>>> This means that I will likely be taking the plunge and getting a >>>> streaming plan. I don't know right off the top of my head if it will be >>>> Netflix or Hulu Plus or both. My Netflix viewing habits have been heavy >>>> on >>>> the television, so I can see myself opting for Hulu. Original >>>> programming, >>>> at least up to now, isn't nudging me one way or the other. >>>> >>>> There is a remote possibility that I may want to subscribe to both, so >>>> I was wondering if anyone here was doing that, and if they cared to share >>>> their thoughts on whether it's truly worth it. >>>> >>> >>> I have subscribed to both for a couple of months. I got the free month >>> of Hulu+ when I was pretty sick at the end of March and was home, and my >>> daughter talked me into sampling season 1 of Amazing Race. I got hooked and >>> watched all of the seasons (well, they still don't have the last two >>> seasons streaming yet). Then I found out AR was actually streaming on >>> Amazon, which I also have. I was going to discontinue it, but was charmed >>> by season 1 of WKRP. That kept me for the second month - and then the >>> commercials for their unique programing got me a little, and I started >>> watching The Booth at the End (or whatever that is) and Endgame. NO wmy son >>> has got me going back and watching all of Hell's Kitchen, from season 1, so >>> that will probably keep me one more month. >>> >>> I can't really justify subscribing to all three of these services. With >>> this being Dexter's last season, I may even discontinue Showtime and Starz >>> on cable, and keep 2 of the three streaming services. It looks like I save >>> money by downsizing my premium movie subscriptions and just buying a film >>> On Demand (or on Amazon or ITunes) once in a while. >>> >>> I guess I am not really helping you. I like Netflix, and if I had to >>> choose between Hulu+ an Netflix I think I would go with Netflix without >>> question. I still can't believe there is not an easy way to compare side by >>> side the common and unique offerings on the three main streamers. I am >>> grading my Final Exams this week/weekend, but I may spend some time this >>> summer first searching to make sure something like that is not already >>> available, and if not, taking a stab at doing it myself - at least for >>> television programming. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> TV or Not TV .... 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