Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT For whatever it's Perth
By Miss Alli | Season 9 | Episode 9 | Aired on 04.25.2006
8:21 PM. BJ and Tyler tear their clue open with their teeth. Which is hilarious, because most people open clues with their hands, and BJ and Tyler are opening their with their mouths. That's what makes it funny. They read about how one team has no money, which is also hilarious, although now, I'm really exhausted. They leave. Mercilessly, that is not at all funny. When they get to their vehicle, they note that Ray and Yolanda left $10, and Fran and Barry left $20. And Eric and Jeremy left the IOU. "I'm worried about the teams that didn't give us money," BJ says in a way he hopes to pass off as menacing, even though he's about as threatening as Elroy Jetson. "Joseph and Monica...better watch out," he continues, stroking Astro the entire time. Tyler, for his part, waxes blankly rhapsodic in an interview about how he always used to wonder what it would be like to travel the world with nothing, and now he's going to find out. He meant to do that! BJ says that their "goofy attitude" has worked so far, so they're going to keep on keeping on. "Let's go put another prawn on the barbie!" Tyler says in the car. See, now, that's what you get when your search for the funny and ironic in life takes you to the Paul Hogan section of the video store.
Fran and Barry and MoJo arrive at the airport. MoJo gets inside first, it appears, and they find out that there's a flight on Emirates Airlines, connecting to Perth through Dubai. It's apparently leaving at 12:45, according to Monica. Fran and Barry come up close behind. Outside, Ray and Yolanda are arriving at the airport, so all these teams are stacked up when Eric and Jeremy get there. With a chuckle, Eric asks if Joseph wants to give up what flight they're on, and Joseph chuckles back and says they'll let the boys figure that out for themselves. I thought those two guys handled that okay; I don't blame Eric for asking, or Joseph for saying no, and neither of them seemed to get snotty about it. Joseph expresses his hopes in a voice-over that BJ and Tyler won't make it to the airport. If you've seen this show before, you know that in many cases, those who are expected not to make it to the airport have a way of showing up.
BJ and Tyler. Tyler says that they've seen lots of hitchhikers since they've been in Oman, and before they leave the country, they've decided to pick one up. They go about this by picking up a guy by hollering out the window that they're going to the airport and asking him if he wants to come. I'm not even sure he was hitchhiking. He may have just been bored. Of course, now, he will be even more bored. As they drive, they ask him what his name is, and he tells them it's Abdul Hamid. "Abdul Hamid!" Tyler shouts, because it's so exciting that he has a name that sounds just like he was hoping it would. "I am Bedouin," Abdul Hamid tells them. "I am from the desert." "I am from, uh, New Jersey," BJ says, and I am reminded that he is undoubtedly very funny at times. You'll notice that line (1) grew organically out of the moment; (2) was not rehearsed; and (3) was not "I am a hippie" shtick. And yet, much funnier than most of the "love me, look at me" stuff he works so hard at. Funny how that goes.