The Amazing Race Should Have A Weekly Cheese Challenge

Oh, joyous Sunday evenings, when Andy Rooney's post-modern lunatic ravings lead into our favorite hour of the week, The Amazing Race hour, where Primetime's Handsomest Man© Phil Keoghan leads teams of 2 on a race around the world, replete with the highest of dramas and hilariousest of stunts. It's strange: Those who watch The Amazing Race understand that it's probably the most entertaining/educational (seriously) reality show ever; those who don't spend their days listening to friends rave about its awesomeness and secretly wondering how any reality show could rise above the sh*tty genre to become the most addictive show on television. So to all you non-Race fans out there, please: Stop feeling out of the loop. Let your pride go for at least a single week and expose yourself to the power of the Race.

Let's take a moment to discuss last night's premiere of The Amazing Race 14. It was. UHMAYZING. The 11 teams, which include TAR's first deaf racer, two miniature stuntmen, and screenwriter Mike White and his gay pastor Dad, were whisked away to Switzerland, where right off the bat, one team member was forced to bungee jump off of a gigantic dam (the second longest jump in the world.) Perhaps it was 'First Challenge Adrenaline', but there were many less nervy b-downs than we would have expected.

No, the real fun last night… was The Cheese Challenge. Contestants had to climb up a steep, slippery hill wearing wooden cheese backpacks, the goal being to get 4 100-pound wheels of cheese from the top of the hill to the bottom. Those famous cheese knapsaks must have been made of balsa wood, because barely any of them survived the girth that is basically a cheese Olsen twin. In fact, none of the teams did what seemed to make the most sense: Roll 4 wheels down the incline and pick up the wheels at the bottom of the hill. The only team that had even a shred of common sense were the heart-breaking rednecks, who were smart enough to turn their backpack into a cheese sled and slide multiple wheels down at once.

Oh, I forgot to mention one thing: The Cheese Challenge was f**king hilarious. If you missed it… here it is (well, most of it):




Who are you guys rooting for? I'm liking most of the teams so far… though I'm guessing I'll hate the football cheerleaders in — oh, wait — ok, I already hate them. That was fast.

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