"I agree with your sentiments. The main thing that I felt was missing from season 12 was humor. I hope they’re casting people with good senses of humor for season 13. They don’t necessarily have to cast professional funny people like clowns. I got a lot of laughs from Kevin and Drew and Oswald and Danny because I thought that they were just naturally funny. And a sense of humor means more than just saying funny things. Someone with a good sense of humor can put things in perspective and deal with adversity better than someone who is too serious. I guess including some bickering couples like Nate and Jen isn’t a bad idea. It can be fun to have teams that you love to hate, but it would be nice if they were balanced out with funny teams.

I also think that the speed bump is a great way to handicap teams who come in last during non-elimination legs. Forcing teams to beg for money, especially in poor countries, was insensitive. And forcing them to come in first place on the next leg or face a long penalty didn’t add excitement to the race.
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"I really enjoy the show and liked all three pairs in the end. But so many pairs now are just pretty people, usually who argue too much. I miss the hippies, and the clowns. I felt this season was boring compared to other seasons. I'd like to see more real people,
I also liked the sppedbump this season. A breakaway from away taking all the money."