Gauntlet 3 ponderations

I know I haven't been posting my thoughts on the past two episodes of The Gauntlet3. Well, the truth is, I didn't watch last week's episode until yesterday. I know, what sort of pop culture moth can I be if I don't actively keep up with it. Well, I was watching West Wing on DVD. Sorry

Now though you sort of get a treat. For today's music industry blog I will discuss a show on Music Television. How about that?

OK, let's go......
Last week the Vets and the Rooks go up in a race where a car is stuck in the sand and you must get it across the finish line. To be honest, this would have been the perfect chance for the Vet guys to "trim the fat" as they have been wanting to do, especially since the Rooks got out to such a big lead. But they called the audible "sandbox" and literally just PUSHED the car through the sand, instead of using the boards. I have another question though...why didn't they just turn the boards longways and get more push per board? Was the board not long enough? Things I wonder to myself. But that would have been the perfect chance to cut the fat.

But instead the vets won and the Rookies had to go into the Gauntlet AGAIN
And it was Frank and Jill v the rest of the Rookies. I thought it was funny when Frank said "Jill ISN'T Going into the gauntlet" but she totally did. That was funny. She ended up winning against Janelle (who thought she was big stuff, but clearly not. I guess that degree in personal relations isn't all it is cracked up to be) and I ALSO thought it was kind of crazy that the Rookie girls lost and would have to send someone home and Melinda was HURT, but they wouldn't just send her home with a concussion. That would have been the perfect situation, but oh well. And I did think it was funny when Danny carried her away, then you see Melinda strapped to a board entering the ambulance. Did she REALLY need to be carried to the board Danny? The EMTs couldn't have just picked her up and strapped her in over where she was sitting? Good work Blinky! also, speaking of Austin people, I thought it was funny that Rachel was taking offense to people mentioning her for the gauntlet. "They don't want to mess with me." she said. I have to believe MTV edited out the part where she, for the 98768th time said, "Because I was in the army."
So Janelle goes home and Frank and Jill decide to make out in a shower, which everyone can see. HUH?
ANyways in the next half hour the Vet guys CARRY the vet girls, even though Rachel says she got a battle wound from the rope. Well, Melinda doesn't want to help her team out (EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE SERIOUSLY DOWN) because if she hits the water at a funny angle, because of her concussion, she could die. Well, MEL, if you hit the water at a funny enough angle you could die ANYWAYS. ALso, while you are standing beside, watching the event, the crane could suddenly collapse and crush you to death. Also, you could get hit by a car as well. I mean, IF we are talking about VERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYyyyyyyyy small freak accident chances.
Well the Vets crush AGAIN and this time Frank has to go up against Zack. Frank wins the puzzle (because that is all we have seemingly seen of late for guy gauntlets. can't we see a beach brawl with guys?) and Frank again makes out with Jill and the entire Vet team once again HATES FRANK

On to last night's show. The Vet guys decide to throw the girl mission and it is clearly obvious they are doing so, but the Vet girls, I guess don't see it? Whatever. They lose the pyramid building contest and Corral gets dumped into the gauntlet. she says, "anyone but Beth." even though she hates Beth and has said NUMEROUS TIMES she wants her gone. And to be honest, Ev and Corral are probably the only ones that COULD beat her. Well she FREAKS out when Beth is selected to go against her. But Corral wins and sends Beth packing. Corral pretends to be angry, but come on....you wanted Beth gone. Don't ask OTHER folks to do your dirty work. You want it done....do it yourself. You did. Now be happy.

On to the guy mission, the Vets rock and roll to a win as people don't understand about how to avoid swinging medicine balls with no time running. JUST WAIT! NOT A HARD CONCEPT!
So the team puts Derek into the gauntlet and EVEN THOUGH he says no to Ryan and the team always lets the person pick and he pretty much said Frank, Frank says no and Ryan goes in.
Well Ryan springs the upset in a PUZZLE over meathead Derek and sends the Rookies best player home. Frank is pissed because Ryan stayed, but if HE had gone up against Derek, he would have wanted to win and then Derek would have been going home too. I guess Frank is angry Ryan won? I don't know.

All I know is the Rookies are in trouble and unless MTV screws the Vets like they did with the Blind Man challenge earlier, they may not even be a need for a final mission. Unless the final mission is changing a tampon, the Vets will win because they will still have all of their guys with the fat that is the ladies trimmed. The Rooks will have very FEW guys left with apparently their ladies, because the Vets will lose the women's gauntlet challenges.
Again, this Vet team was STACKED like the 1996 Olympic Basketball team. Not quite the 1992 dream team, but the 1996 dream team part 2. (actually part 3 since #2 was the goodwill games in 1994, but i digress)
But one thing I would like to see is more of these hookups they keep talking about. We saw Paula and Derek sucking face last night, but then D-Rock left, so we lost out on that. Same with Johnny Bananas and Casey. We didn't see that until it was gone. Oh well. MORE HOOKUPS MTV! Please!