Amazing Race to Release ‘Sad Sack Race’ for the Rest of Us
A new season of Amazing Race is here, and the world once again is able to live vicariously through beautiful, (mostly) young, well-toned human beings.
However, after going back and reviewing the millions and millions of video submissions from normal, everyday Americans, the producers of the hit show felt that they weren’t accurately reflecting their fan base and were only contributing to the expanding disconnect between reality and reality TV.
“Take this one for instance,” host and producer Phil Keoghan offered. “This guy’s in his mid to late thirties, probably majored in literature or something, can’t climb an actual staircase much less a corporate one, and so he has to try and win money on reality TV competitions. It’s sad, really. But hey, that was the whole idea behind Sad Sac...