The Amazing Race 15 – “Sean Penn Cambodia Here We Come”

Previously on The Amazing Race: In a bold new move, a team is eliminated before leaving the country… before leaving the parking lot! In Tokyo, the professional poker player hoochies came in last, but were saved because it was a non-elimination round.Garrret and Jessica are eliminated (you know, they are the standard, “we don’t know if we’re meant to be together couple, but the race is going to help us figure that out” couple. I guess that means no.

In Vietnam, the teams tame water dragons and push cement animals through the busy streets. It comes down to a root race between The Harlem Globetrotters and Meghan and Cheyne. The basketball players come in first. Marcie and Ron, the older couple that met on the internet came in last.

And now…

The Globetrotters are the first team to take off. They’re headed to Cambodia. Jesus. I bet they’re the tallest people the Cambodians have ever seen. I want to root for Team Jungle Fever, but the wife is annoying.

Anyway, at the airport the teams quickly realize that there are no flights leaving that night so everyone will have a chance to catch up.

Some teams make it on the first flight out to Cambodia (12:25pm), but Zev and Justin and Lance and Keri don’t and have to go standby. The next flight doesn’t leave till after 2pm. I hope Z. and J. make it. I can’t stand Lance and Keri. Unfortunately,both teams make the flight.

Once in Cambodia, they all rush to catch cabs to the Foreign Correspondence Club. I’m amazed the Globetrotters can fit in the taxis.

Once in the club, they have to whisper to the assignment editor and ask for their next assignment. Then, they have find the Hotel Royal and the suite named after Jackie Kennedy. Half the teams didn’t even realize they were holding a picture of J.Kennedy. One team thought it was Queen Elizabeth, another thought it was a Cambodian woman.

Dumb Americans.

Team Jungle Fever and one other team get taken to the wrong hotel. Everyone else gets it right.

With the detour, most teams choose to pick a scarf from the Russian Market and find a woman in the crowd wearing the same scarf.

The next task has one team member learning to act like a monkey and performing three monkey manuevers. I can’t believe they’re gonna make the brothas do this

When the Globetrotters spot their woman with the scarf, she took off running! See! She saw them big-ass brothas coming towards her and broke out.

When it’s Zav and Justin’s turn to do the monkey manuevers, the one w/ Asperger’s damn near has a monkey-meltdown.

Lance and Keri chose the opposite task of trying to sell motor scooter helmets. They struggle, but finally manage to sell all the helmets for the target amount ($10), – an amount one of the poker hoochies assumed would be too much for poor Cambodians.

Zev and Justin come in first. Sam and Dan, second. The Globetrotters came in third. Then, Zev and Justin realize that they don’t have their passports. Phil tells them that if they don’t find them, they’ll be out of the race.

That’s fucked up, yo.

Phil suggests that they thoroughly check their backpacks (duh) and they find one, but not that the other. They have to backtrack their steps and if they don’t find the other one before the last team checks in, they’re eliminated.

Poor Zev and Justin

They call the cabbie that took them around that whole day and he agrees to return and help them retrace their steps.

The poker hoochies are the last team to check in, but they are saved because Zev and Justin haven’t returned with their missing passport.

Two lucky asses. I hate them.