On Flipping Out Jeff Finally Fired Sarah

I got around to watching last week's Flipping Out episode, last night, followed by last night's new episode.

The new episode ended with Jeff Lewis finally getting around to firing Sarah Berkman. Sarah took it well.

It the previews it appears that Trace is the next person on the staff to feel the heat from Jeff Lewis.

Trace did not endear himself to Jeff during the Las Vegas combo Bachelorette Party for Sarah/Speech Event for Jeff, when Trace, along with Sarah and Jett, did not manage to make it to Jeff's speech.

I don't know why Jeff would expect otherwise, what with leaving the trio drinking in Vegas, after taking them to a strip joint, much to the shocked horror of the increasingly amusing Gage.

Every season of Flipping Out Jeff seems to have at least one whacked out client. This season, so far, it seems to be this lady named Stacey. Stacey thinks Sarah is a ravishing beauty of great charm. While she thinks Jenni was not struck with the pretty stick. Among other things.

I found Stacey quite bizarre. She definitely was not struck with either the pretty or tactful stick.

For me the most amusing moments of the night came when Jeff went to do a consult in Venice in a house with a little girl. This was a cute, fun-loving little girl. The Sarah replacement intern was tasked with looking after the little girl while Jeff consulted. That went well.

Then when Jeff and the mother returned to the little girl, while the mother went to get the little girl milk, Jeff told her to quit talking, because she was having trouble swallowing her cereal. The little girl then started crying. When the sobbing stopped she told her mom she wanted Jeff to leave.

That was funny.

I must say, while I fast forwarded through most of anything to do with the massive rebuild job on Zoila, the results were quite amazing.

I am guessing next week Trace does not get fired.

The Amazing Race Ends in Las Vegas With Meghan & Cheyne Winning

I did not much care who won the latest edition of The Amazing Race. Partly due to each of the 3 remaining teams had given me reasons to like them and dislike them, partly due to the fact that, for me, The Amazing Race just is not the amazing show it used to be.

The novelty has worn off. That and the race does not seem to go to as many exotic locations that I'd never seen or heard of before.

And the last couple Amazing Races have ended with taxi races to the finish line. At the end of Sunday's finale there was not much doubt that Meghan & Cheyne were going to get the million dollars, with the bickering brothers, Sam & Dan coming in second, with Brian & hot-tempered Erika coming in last.

Erika was in a good mood for the final episode, until she was unable to catch a bouquet and saw the other teams do so, causing Erika & Brian to lose their lead. But then those two knew the Monte Carlo is the most famous casino in Monaco. Meghan & Cheyne did not know if Monaco was a country or where it was located. Their cab driver thought it was the Venetian.

And then Sam & Dan also had no idea about the Monte Carlo. One of them had trouble pronouncing Monaco. They called for help.

The counting of a million dollars in poker chips at the Monte Carlo was tedious to watch. Of course the brothers started bickering and Erika started shrieking. Meghan & Cheyne took to the chip counting after the others were well underway. But finished first, with a correct count, by turning in to chip counting robots.

So, Meghan & Cheyne got back on the fast track to first place, finding Wayne Newton and then taking a taxi to Wayne's house. When Sam & Dan found Wayne Newton they recognized the face, but neither knew the name. Wayne told them the finish line was at his house. The red-faced brothers had to admit they didn't know who he was. Now, that was funny.

We did not get to see Brian & Erika finish the chip counting or see Wayne Newton. They were likley still trying to get the chips counted when they were told to go directly to the finish line.

Another amusing Wayne Newton moment was Cheyne apologizing to Wayne for having to rush off and then saying to Meghan he felt bad, that was really Wayne Newton, and wishing they could have had a longer visit.

The Roadblock of rapelling face first down the side of Mandalay Bay was amusing. Erika was a tigress. Cheyne did it with his eyes closed. Sam did it like a high speed maniac. I don't like this type Roadblock. To me Roadblocks should be things that people might actually do. I don't think rapelling down the side of Mandalay Bay is a regular tourist attraction.

I don't know when the next Amazing Race starts. I don't know if I'll be watching.