Episode Report Card M. Giant: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Down Under Blunders
By M. Giant | Season 18 | Episode 2 | Aired on 02.27.2011
Margie and Luke are the next to find the stadium, not that they're especially smooth about it. Zev and Justin get into their costumes, which are brown leotards with thick sections of brown fur strapped over them to suggest the shape of a kangaroo, Broadway Lion King-style. For reasons that escape me, the kangaroo headpieces have goggles over their eyes. To aid in the hopping, they also get to wear those shoes with ovoid springs attached to the bottom. Anti-Gravity Boots, I think they're called, but I haven't actually seen them since a '90s TV commercial. "I think we found my Halloween costume," Zev says. Sure, the pouch will come in handy for the goodies.
Kent and Vyxsin find the stadium which is when we get our first look at how the clue actually reads "Time for a 'Roo'd' awakening." Oh, all right, show. The Goths proceed to the locker room.
Luke and Margie have already emerged from the locker room in their costumes, and she's having trouble with the springy shoes, complaining that they keep bouncing her forward. Margie, that's a
good
thing. Except then she faceplants, spilling her clues and shoes on the ground in front of her. "This is so ridiculous," she complains, like that's not the point of this whole exercise.Mike and Mel find the stadium in fourth. Oh, man, I can't believe those boots aren't going to mess up Mel's legs even worse. Jeez! Team ASL runs into Team Asperger's, who have just locked some stuff in their car. "Margie, you look great!" Zev says. Margie suggests working together, but she has a little trouble keeping up with the boys in the spring-shoes.
Jaime and Cara pull up, not failing to notice their fellow racers dressed as kangaroos wandering the streets as they pass. They soon find the stadium and the locker room below. Jet and Cord seem to stumble on the Home of the Magpies more or less by accident, seeing magpies painted on the side of the building. I guess they're birdboys too. Running to the locker room, Jet asks what Hg and Bi are. "I don't know, Jet," Cord says, "You watch way more of the Discovery Channel than I do."
Next: Flight Time and Big Easy ."When you see this clue, you're gonna lose your mind," Flight Time says. Does it require them to unscramble the word "Franz?"
The two lead teams have encountered a local with a smart phone, and they have her look up Hg for them. They have mercury. Jen and Kisha drive by and spot them as they're getting bismuth. "Does that mean anything to you?" Justin asks. "They're streets," the local says, and directs them to the intersection in question. Man, smart phones are going to ruin this show.