Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour
| Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour | |
|---|---|
| Created by |
Mary-Ellis Bunim Jonathan Murray |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 19 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes, including commercials |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | MTV |
| Original run | June 6, 2000 – October 23, 2000 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Road Rules: Semester at Sea |
| Followed by | Road Rules: The Quest |
Road Rules: Maximum Velocity Tour is the ninth season of Road Rules. It took place mostly in the southern areas of the United States and in South Africa. A casting special aired on June 6, 2000, and the season premiered two weeks later on June 19, 2000.
Cast
| Name | From | RW/RR Challenges |
|---|---|---|
| Holly Brentson | Meadow Vista, CA | Battle of the Seasons |
| Kathryn Omeg | The Dalles, OR | None |
| Msaada Nia | Los Angeles, CA | None |
| James Orlando | Loomis, CA | Extreme Challenge, Battle of the Sexes |
| Theo Vonkurnatowski | Mandeville, LA | Battle of the Seasons, The Gauntlet (Won), Battle of the Sexes 2 (Won), Fresh Meat |
| Laterrian Wallace | Stanley, NC | Extreme Challenge, Battle of the Sexes, The Gauntlet |
- Bold indicates the contestant was a finalist on the Challenge, but lost in the Final Race.
Episodes
| No. in season |
No. in series |
Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120 | "Walking on the Wind" | June 19, 2000 |
| 2 | 121 | "Frosty Face Off" | June 26, 2000 |
| 3 | 122 | "Frosty Face Off (2)" | July 3, 2000 |
| 4 | 123 | "Mission Impossible: Get Shorty" | July 10, 2000 |
| 5 | 124 | "Fugitives of Love" | July 17, 2000 |
| 6 | 125 | "Love, Lust and Lies" | July 24, 2000 |
| 7 | 126 | "Swimming in Sex" | July 31, 2000 |
| 8 | 127 | "My Louisiana" | August 7, 2000 |
| 9 | 128 | "Theo Takes a Leap" | August 14, 2000 |
| 10 | 129 | "A Square in a Social Circle" | August 21, 2000 |
| 11 | 130 | "2 Negative Atmosphere" | August 28, 2000 |
| 12 | 131 | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | September 4, 2000 |
| 13 | 132 | "Blood and Goats" | September 11, 2000 |
| 14 | 133 | "Revenge in the Bush" | September 18, 2000 |
| 15 | 134 | "Flying With the African Birds" | September 25, 2000 |
| 16 | 135 | "Alone With Your Thoughts" | October 2, 2000 |
| 17 | 136 | "A Day Out on O-Town" | October 9, 2000 |
| 18 | 137 | "Letting Out the True Feelings" | October 16, 2000 |
| 19 | 138 | "The Ball and Chain" | October 23, 2000 |
Memorable Moments
- This season had a Roadmaster who was announce missions on a video monitor on the cast's Shasta RV. Many missions were around challenging the cast member's fears.
- The cast has numerous face-off missions against mtv.com fans, O-Town, and the Playboy Extreme Team.
- This season using unique editing and cinematography, with frequent use of split-screen, interviews overplayed yon top or next to on-site footage, and widescreen formatting.
- The cast walks a tightrope between two hot-air balloons.
- The cast steals the robotic dog from The Real World: New Orleans house with the help of Make a Wish Foundation host Sloan Harris.
- Kathryn and Laterrian are caught in a compromising position while at a nightclub. While Kathryn tells Laterrian to vehemently deny anything that went on between the two of them, when Kathryn's boyfriend visits, all hell breaks loose, as the cast accosts Kathryn for lying to her boyfriend and to the cameras. The cast all have a heated argument about what really happened between the two.
- The cast goes to South Africa to participate in a tribal ritual, compete against The Real World: New Orleans, and shark cage dive, among other missions.
Trivia
- The first "game show" themed episode of the series. The cast competed for cash to be added to their pool of money every mission.
- The episode that found the cast in South Africa was the only episode to ever be nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Reality Program category.
- Theo has since gone on to a career in comedy. He auditioned for season four of the NBC show, "Last Comic Standing," in summer 2006. He made it to the semi-finals, but was not selected as a member of the final cast competing for the title. He did however win a fan voting poll on NBC's website.
External links
- Road Rules at TV.com