Wednesday, January 19, 2022

TAR 33, Recap Leg 4, 1/19/22

 

Welcome to Leg 4! Last time, on Donald Where’s Your Troosers?, 10 teams raced from London to Glasgow, Scotalnd. Akbar and Sheri had issues driving stick, but Kim and Penn danced their way to a first place finish. Arun and Natalia helped some teams, and a number of other mistakes cost them the race and were eliminated. And then COVID put a long pause on the race. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)


Arrival at the pit stop last episode:

1st – Kim and Penn, The YouTube Parents

2nd – Ryan and Dusty, Team Not Guilty

3rd – Anthony and Spencer, Team Good Samaritan

4th – Connie and Sam, Team Blind Side

5th – Caro and Ray, Team Long Distance Reality

6th – Raquel and Cayla, The Flight Attendants

7th – Lulu and Lala, Team iHeartTwinning

8th – Taylor and Isaiah, Team Gay YouTube Husbands

9th – Akbar and Sheri, The Teacher Cagers


University of Glasgow Cloisers, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom


Teams are told by Phil that the pandemic is going to prevent them from racing any farther, so the Pt Stop will be put on hold until they are able to safely race again.


19 MONTHS LATER


St. Gallen Cathedral, St. Gallen, Switzerland


Teams are gathered back together for the restart of the Race, however Anthony/Spencer, Connie/Sam, Caro/Ray and Taylor/Isaiah are unable to rejoin due to extenuating circumstances. Thus, Phil has a surprise for the teams. . . Michael/Moe and Arun/Natalia are returning to the Race! Thus with 7 teams, the Race can restart. Ryan mentions he’s used to being locked down. Raquel and Cayla talk about losing their jobs for a year during the pandemic and are happy to be back to flying. Natalia got married, and her husband is glad she’s gone for a month. And Lulu and Lala are broadcasting from their basement, but also lost their grandmother to COVID, and so they are racing for her. Thus, the race restart lineup is as follows:


1st – Kim and Penn, The YouTube Parents

2nd – Ryan and Dusty, Team Not Guilty

3rd – Raquel and Cayla, The Flight Attendants

4th – Lulu and Lala, Team iHeartTwinning

5th – Akbar and Sheri, The Teacher Cagers

6th – Arun and Natalia, Team Bollywood Bonding

7th – Michael and Moe, Team Cop Rock


Phil discusses some of the pandemic based changes, including chartered flights (Toyouke: “I still hate the chartered flights but how many seasons has it been since we had really good airport drama? If everyone is going to always end up on the same flight anyway I guess going to chartered flights isn't such a huge jump.”), and no public transportation. Teams are then told they need to find Museumstrasse and board one of three busses for the Schwägalp cable car in Hundwil. Good luck, travel safe, Go!


Kim/Penn (1st) Kim: "Because they came back we can finish the race" (Toyouke: “You know you can still finish it without them right?”) Penn: “We're racing to show we finish what we start" (Toyouke: “Why does this feel toxic? Like they have the attitude of "finish everything even if you're miserable and it doesn't make any sense".”)


Clue: Make your way to Museumstrasse and board one of 3 busses bound for Schwägalp! Busses are first come first served.


Ryan/Dusty (2nd)

Raquel/Cayla (3rd)

Lulu/Lala (4th)

Akbar/Sheri (5th)

Arun/Natalia (6th)

Michael/Moe (7th)


Teams make their way to Museumstrasse and board busses in the following order:


BUS 1

1) Ryan/Dusty

2) Kim/Penn

3) Raquel/Cayla


BUS 2

1) Michael/Moe

2) Arun/Natalia

(Toyouke: “Oh the two teams who got to return just HAPPEN to be on the same bus?”)


BUS 3

1) Akbar/Sheri – and Sheri is worried she’s going to have to jump off something.

2) Lulu/Lala


Teams arrive in Hundwil, and take the cable car up Schwägalp. Teams arrive at the top in the following order:


1- Ryan/Dusty

2- Kim/Penn

3- Raquel/Cayla

4- Michael/Moe

5- Arun/Natalia

6- Akbar/Sheri

7- Lulu/Lala


When they rip open the clue, teams get the third roadblock.


ROADBLOCK:


Who wants to take in the view?


In this roadblock, one team member must navigate a via ferrata that leads to a six country view (Austria, Liechtenstein, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland). Once complete, teams get their next clue and return to their partners.


The following teammates take the Roadblock:


1- Ryan

2- Lulu

3- Arun

4- Raquel

5- Penn

6- Moe

7- Sheri – (Toyouke: “Why would you allow the person afraid of heights to take this? This is a bad idea.”)


Roadblockers get the clue in the following order:


1- Ryan

2- Lulu

3- Arun

4- Penn

5- Raquel

6- Moe

7- Sheri


After much mountain climbing, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:


1- Ryan/Dusty

2- Kim/Penn

3- Arun/Natalia

4- Lulu/Lala

5- Raquel/Cayla

6- Michael/Moe

7- Akbar/Sheri


Teams are now instructed to drive themselves to Umäsch and find the Gasthaus Sonne to get their next clue. Teams arrive in the following order:


1- Michael/Moe

2- Kim/Penn

3- Ryan/Dusty

4- Lulu/Lala

5- Raquel/Cayla

6- Arun/Natalia

7- Akbar/Sheri


Teams open their clues and we get the fourth Detour Clue.


DETOUR:


Punch It OR Toss It


*Punch It: Teams make their way to Frehner Farm and use traditional tools to attach ornaments to a Swiss belt in the correct order to tell a story. Once the belt is approved by the belt maker, teams can get their next clue.

*Toss It: Teams make their way to the Basketball Courts and learn a Swiss flag tossing routine. Once they perform it to the judges specifications, teams can get their next clue.


1- Kim/Penn choose Toss It

2- Ryan/Dusty choose Toss It

3- Raquel/Cayla choose Toss It

4- Lulu/Lala choose Toss It

5- Arun/Natalia choose Punch It

6- Michael/Moe choose Punch It – after getting lost on the way.

7- Akbar/Sheri choose Toss It


(Toyouke: “Why...do you all think you have hand-eye coordination? Punching holes in leather isn't even hard. I did it at Girl Scout camp.”)


Much belt creating and flag tossing ensues. So, teams complete the detour in the following order:


1- Ryan/Dusty

2- Kim/Penn

3- Lulu/Lala

4- Raquel/Cayla

5- Arun/Natalia

6- Akbar/Sheri

7- Michael/Moe


Teams are now instructed to drive themselves to the Marktgasse in Altstätten, the PIT STOP of the fourth leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!


1- Ryan/Dusty – who win $2500 each.

2- Kim/Penn

3- Raquel/Cayla

4- Lulu/Lala

5- Akbar/Sheri

6- Arun/Natalia

7- Michael/Moe


Michael and Moe finish last, and are eliminated once again. They say that it feels different the second time.


ORDER NOW:

1st – Ryan/Dusty

2nd – Kim/Penn

3rd – Raquel/Cayla

4th – Lulu/Lala

5th – Akbar/Sheri

6th – Arun/Natalia


Next week: More Switzerland! Ryan and Dusty have to climb! And Sheri looks like she get to bungee! Until next time!

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