But I'm getting ahead of myself. Let's rewind back to Los Angeles where Phil Keoghan kicked off the 16th Amazing Race by telling teams they'd have to find their way to LAX via (pause for dramatic music) public transportation. ''Here in Los Angeles that can be a major challenge,'' Phil tells us. And just when you were about to hate on Phil for being totally elitist and snobby, the princessy lesbian couple (who've already told us that they'd win the race if the clue sent them to find the nearest Louis Vuitton) Brandy and Carol sounded even more horrified. ''Public transportation to us is, like, not using a valet parker,'' Carol says. Shockingly — shockingly! — people in Los Angeles seem to know how to direct the teams to the Metro and the Flyaway Bus that takes them directly to the airport. Okay, I'll let my screw-you-Porsche-drivers rant go now.
Phil has already told us that the first three teams will make it onto a plane that arrives in Chile one hour earlier than the second team. And Joe has already declared to his teammate wife Heidi that they're in the lead, which, of course, is wrong. But it's just the first of what is sure to be plenty of opportunities for Joe to make himself look like a fool. He's told us with apparent pride that he's going to be the ''problem child'' of the race. ''Joe is very confrontational,'' his wife Heidi tells us. ''He certainly has said things that really piss people off.'' Is it his obnoxious demeanor or simply the puffy-faced disdain for his wife that makes him somewhat resemble Jon Gosselin to me?
Nonetheless, Jeff and Jordan (the absolutely adorable — if occasionally lacking on the IQ front — couple from last year's Big Brother house), Monique and Shawne (moms
Tonight on The Amazing Race, the four remaining teams will head off to Prague, where they will participate in all sorts of kayaking and rope gliding fun. All bets are
