August 26, 2008
Hippie Beekeeper Couple Almost Didn’t Make It On Amazing Race 13
Written by: John
There’s a really interesting article talking with the hippie looking beekeepers who just finished running the Amazing Race. It seems like almost every running of the Amazing Race has to have their token “hippies” and TAR 13 is no different. I guess the big difference here is that these hippies have probably been hippies since the 70s.
This is an absolutely unique couple which looks like they’ll be really entertaining to watch. However, they almost didn’t get to go on the Amazing Race. The producers really wanted them, but had concern over there health. Here’s an excerpt from a story about Anita and Arthur Jones:
So how did these two find fame on a reality show?
The avid “Amazing Race” fans say it started with a video tape.
“The production assistant called and said ‘We can’t get your video off our minds. We just keep talking about it, but we really don’t think you can do it,’ ” explains Arthur.
So why not?
“Well, because most folks on the show are like 22 years old, and we’re kind of older,” laughs Anita.
So to prove themselves, the active duo made another video tape skiing in a downpour.
Their lifestyle didn’t hurt, either.“I don’t know if they wanted the hippie thing,” Anita says. “I mean this is just our lifestyle. This is who we are, and they saw our video and they’re kind of going OK.”
Then, the couple also made some comments (although limited since the show hasn’t aired) about their experience running TAR 13.
“It’s like you’re in a twilight zone,” Anita says. “You’re just floating through as fast as you can, it’s just so amazing.”
“I think a lesson is that it’s not that dangerous out there,” Arthur says. “People sort of have this, well, you can’t go into these countries. Certainly there are war areas, but by and large people are helpful. You stop people on the street and ask for directions, people are more than willing to help.”
“You are under so much pressure and adrenaline that sometimes you say stuff you didn’t mean,” Arthur says, “but it’s just because you’re focused. Eventually, you have to come out of it with some forgiveness and understanding that we’re all human and make mistakes.”
Nah really? I can’t remember a single episode of TAR where someone said something they shouldn’t have said to the partner. Ok, most episodes include some sort of snide remark. However, the hippies are usually the exception. That might be a first for the Amazing Race: hippies saying something rude.
Of course, this is why I could never go on the Amazing Race with my wife. However, my brother and I would absolutely LOVE to go. I wonder if they’d let me live blog my experience on the Amazing Race. Now wouldn’t that be cool? Then, they could post my blog comments at the same time as the show is shown on TV.
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I’d love to do The Amazing Race with my sister. We’d make a good team, but we’re each so unlike the other it would make for good TV. I told her we’d lose if we had to do any kind of challenge involving bungee jumping though!
I’m not sure if my brother and I would make good TV or not. I’m pretty sure they would paint a picture that we are not. We would definitely jab at each other the whole time. They’d have plenty of things to add to the show. It would be interesting to see how the show would choose to portray us.
A food challenge would be the hardest for me. My brother would blow it away, but I’d have a hard time. However, I think 1 million would motivate me pretty well. Or we’d just go straight for the 10 minute delay for not doing the challenge.
Any of the heights things or bungee jumping, etc my brother and I would rock.
Being the aforementioned brother, I think that is a brilliant idea, now who do we need to talk to about that. Or maybe they would just let us go along for the ride blogging it for them.
Dave,
I’m hoping the producers find this blog and invite us to come on the show. Maybe once we have more traffic we could make a video petitioning for them to let us on the next show.