The amazing race

**Kilted cabin boy** · 26th April 13, 07:16 PM

The amazing race this Sunday 8.00 pm on CBS is in Scotland. Previews look good.

**MNlad** · 26th April 13, 07:24 PM

Complete with haggis stuffing, I understand.

**Jock Scot** · 27th April 13, 12:20 AM

Alright, please enlighten me. Just what is "the amazing race"?

**Kilted cabin boy** · 27th April 13, 04:42 AM

The amazing race is a tv show that started with several teams of two people.They might be married,friends,brothers,sisters etc.They started in L A California and compete in difference challenges before moving on to the next country. The challenges normally have something to do with the country they are in.There is normally a losing team each week and they are eliminated from the show.winning team I think wins $1,000,000.

**Jock Scot** · 27th April 13, 07:47 AM

Yes, got it. Thank you.

**OC Richard** · 27th April 13, 06:11 PM

I don't get it, and I live in the USA

I have no interest in "reality" shows, because I've never thought that there was any "reality". I figured they were all scripted, more or less.

This was confirmed when I was hired to pipe on one of these shows. No "reality", there was a script telling the actors what to say, a director telling them where to stand, setting up each shot with the lighting people etc just like any other show.

The teams on these sorts of shows tend to be cornball stereotypes so over-the-top that I can't see how anyone can believe that they're anything other than hired actors: there's always stuff like the "hillbillies", the "bimbos", the "valley girls", etc etc you get the idea.