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Unread 01-26-2009, 04:11 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Deaf guy on CBS's "The Amazing Race"
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New teams on 'The Amazing Race' include stuntmen, flight attendants, deaf college grad

By DERRIK J. LANG , Associated Press

January 26, 2009

LOS ANGELES - Most contestants on "The Amazing Race" must tackle language barriers during their trek around the world. As the reality series' first-ever deaf contestant, Luke Adams had double the trouble. The 22-year-old recent college grad and his mother Margie are among the 11 two-person teams racing for the $1 million prize in the upcoming 14th season.

"I thought it would be easy because my mother and I have always communicated really well," the longtime "Amazing Race" fan, who doesn't speak or read lips, said through an interpreter. "In the airports, my mom had to do all of the work because she had to do all of the talking. It was kind of hard for me to depend on her to do all of that."

"In the beginning, I think Luke didn't have a whole lot of trust that I was going to communicate all of the information that I was receiving to him properly," said Margie. "I would ask a question or for directions, and it would take five minutes to get the answer, then I'd give him a 30-second reply. He'd say, 'No, you didn't tell me everything.'"

Other teams this season include pairs of stuntmen, Southwest Airlines flight attendants, former National Football League cheerleaders and University of Louisville college athletes. Brother-and-sister team Victor Jih, 35, and Tammy Jih, 26, both graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Law School and now work as corporate litigators in California.

"Having seven years of higher education under our belts, we thought it would give us a big advantage because we're good at learning," said Tammy. "We went into this race knowing that everything we would face would be difficult and new and things that we're not familiar with, but we were really comfortable in the fact that we're good learners."

Beginning at the Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base near Long Beach, Calif., the Emmy-winning CBS reality competition (premiering Feb. 15 at 8 p.m. EST) will follow the teams for 12 episodes as they travel over 40,000 miles in 22 days to nine countries, including — for the first time — Romania as well as Switzerland, India and Russia.

"We shot in the city of Krasnoyarsk and the city of Novosibirsk," said "Amazing Race" executive producer Bertram van Munster. "The teams get from one city to another via the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Of course, it started off nice, but we got into this Siberian snowstorm with below-zero temperatures, which we weren't used to. It was pretty exciting."

At 68, Mel White is the season's oldest contestant. The gay-rights activist and former speechwriter for Pat Robertson and Billy Graham is teamed up with his 38-year-old son Mike White, the actor-screenwriter who penned such films as "School of Rock" and "Nacho Libre." Despite the frantic pace of the race, Mike insists he didn't bicker much with his dad.

"Compared to some of the other teams, I think we got along like a Hallmark card," he said.

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Amazing Race: Watch Video and Join the Ultimate Fan Community - CBS.com
You may interest to watch "The Amazing Race" on CBS-tv in starting Feb 15.

See Vlog No 3. on Margaret and Luke. http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing...=n&playvid=3#3
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Unread 01-26-2009, 04:15 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I used to watch The Amazing Race in the past but lately I haven't watched it for a while.

Thanks for sharing this with us. It'll be interesting to see how this deaf person in the race is facing a lot of barriers just as much as other contestants does as well.
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I hope he and his mother win.
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Unread 01-26-2009, 04:32 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Ah, cool! I've never seen like this before. I just voted for them to win ... hopefully they will win!

Thanks for sharin' it with us.
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I am looking forward to watching it! I hope they will win the race!
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I've never watched or have been interested in watching 'Amazing Race' until now. I will totally be watching.
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His report from NTID news.

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nice news! thank for infor!
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Thumbs up Interview: deaf Amazing Race 14 Contestant.
I will be watching and rooting for them both!

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Luke does look like Michael J Fox
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I hope they win!
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What a sweet mother/son relationship they have! Hope they win!
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Luke does look like Michael J Fox
Now that you mention it...I see a faint resemblance. He's kinda cute.
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That's cool - Thanks for sharing this video.

I definitely would be watching that show!
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See Luke Adams s NTID blog

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Cool—I haven't watched TAR in years, but I'll make time to watch it this season. TiVo is set to record the entire season. Hope they kick ass!
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It's tonight!! Don't forget to set your TiVo/DVR for this show.


Make sure to add one hour lap to this show. Sometimes Amazing race starts 30 minutes late due to sports.
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I'm keeping fingers (and everyhting else ) crossed for them!

What an amazing mother/son relationship they have! Please keep me posted on how the show is going since I can't watch it from France... which is a total bummer btw *sigh*

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I'm keeping fingers (and everyhting else ) crossed for them!

What an amazing mother/son relationship they have! Please keep me posted on how the show is going since I can't watch it from France... which is a total bummer btw *sigh*

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Aw bummer!

We sure will keep you posted on how the show is going on.
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yeah!! They won first of ten contestants. They got free travel of Mexician vacation. Next week they got more games in Germany.
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yeah!! They won first of ten contestants. They got free travel of Mexician vacation. Next week they got more games in Germany.
I missed the last part.. were they in first place or second place or what?
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Did TAR14 start today?! Eeek, I suppose I can logon to CBS.com and catch reruns of it tonight???
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I missed the last part.. were they in first place or second place or what?
They were in first place! Next week, I will see and wait what will happen to them.
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cheers for them to win 1st place in first around
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I love amaze deaf people that is sound great cheer
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Wow good news!!! Thanks for keeping us posted!!! Are there reruns I can watch somewhere?

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If you miss to watch Amazing Race on CBS TV last night, you can see VLOG.

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Hooray for Luke and Margie! The deaf son/hearing mother team on the Amazing Race arrived at the Pit Stop first. I was thrilled to see host Phil Keoghan sign "You are team number 1" to Luke!

On tonight's premiere episode teams left Southern California for Switzerland. Along the way one team member was required to make a leap off a dam at the second highest bungee jump in the world. Scary! Luke took that one for his team and did great. Actually it may have been more frightening for his mother to watch him jump.

Arriving in Interlaken, Switzerland teams had to climb a steep hill slippery with mud. At the top were wheels of cheese weighing 50 pounds each that had to be transported back down the hill. For this Ro******* task, each team had to bring 4 wheels (200 pounds total) of cheese down the hill. This task offered some amusement as the flimsy wooden contraptions provided for carrying the cheese quickly snapped into pieces. Runaway cheese wheels rolled down the hill to the laughter of locals. An older racer hit on a solution by sliding down the hill on his butt grasping his cheese tightly. Another team coming from behind thought the task out and used the wooden materials to carry three wheels at a time by the stronger team member with the remaining cheese wheel scootched down the hill by the weaker member. Most teams required two trips up and down the hill to complete the Ro*******.

The racers' final challenge was to locate the Pit Stop by listening for a group of yodelers. Wait. That's not fair to Luke, I thought aloud. My husband said it was fair because his mother was able to hear. It didn't matter in the end because they came in first. I had tears in my eyes seeing the pride Margie and Luke had in their achievement. When Luke told Phil (through his mom) that he came on the race to show that deaf people can do anything, I saw one of the racers from another team wipe his eyes.

I hope this show will open America's eyes to the potential in deaf people. Go Luke and Margie! I'm rooting for you!!!
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Wow good news!!! Thanks for keeping us posted!!! Are there reruns I can watch somewhere?

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You should be able to watch it at CBS.com the day after the show. Try this link:
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