Yalies Vie for a Spot on The Amazing Race, Submit Breathtaking Video

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A tipster let us in on this little gem from Mark and Jess of New Haven, Connecticut. The couple thinks they’re the best pair ever for the CBS enthusiasm fest also known as The Amazing Race. The video alternates between shots of them wearing matching green polos—green is the color of intelligence, btw—and sweet photos of them hanging out all over the world. While the general emotions at play when watching the video are difficult to articulate, the contestants-to-be sort of sum it up:

Mark: So anyway we are perfect for The Amazing Race. We are super smart, super competitive, and let’s be honest, not too bad looking either.

[insert bikini-laced photo montage]

Jess: Listen, I didn’t go to Yale just to get married and pop out babies. I need some adventure and some excitement.  And I need to know that Mark can keep up with me.

The obvious preggo joke to be made can be found here. As for the beau, Mark is a Yale admissions officer so you can be sure he has his values in order. (Hint: The members of 2013 from the Deep South better be super smart, super competitive, and damn good looking.)

Handily, the video seems to have some loose ties to Mixed Company of Yale, who have been busy busy posting spoof videos. So we’re left curious as to whether or not Mark and Jess are really TAR wannabes or just, well, wannabes. After all, the show has a history of hosting Ivy League questionables, like Harvard Law grads Heather and Eve who got booted in Season 3 for taking a cab after being instructed to walk.

Real or not, that Mark and Jess sure have an awesome life. And we wanna be a part of it so we’ve filled out some application questions. Read after the jump.

If you want to help Mark and Jess, too, you can find the elibility requirements and application questions on the ‘Net. Just do an AltaVista search or something. Here’s what we’ve got so far:

1) PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Mark and Jess
Street Address:
New Haven, CT because that’s where Yale is. That Yale. You might’ve heard of it before.
In two sentences, please describe what you do:
Most Yale grads try to become millionaires but not us! Jess works at an elite private school, and Mark holds the key to the (crime-ridden) universe as a Yale admissions officer.

2) TEAMMATE INFORMATION

What do you hope to gain from participating in The Amazing Race with your partner
(besides winning)?
Well, assuming ‘besides winning’ doesn’t include the million dollars, we’re really interested in the money. Since most of our banking friends have been laid off we want to be the ones laughing at the 5-year reunion.
What famous person reminds you of yourself? Mark says Patrick Dempsey (but definitely from the Loverboy era, not the newer, less athletic version from Grey’s Anatomy).
What famous person reminds you of your teammate? The band camp girl.
What type of activities do you like to do with your teammate? Cooking, cribbage, and talking about Yale.

3) OTHER INFORMATION

What is your opinion of foreigners? The language barrier simplifies the flirting for cheap cab rides experience enormously. And they’re great dancers!
What country and place would you most like to visit and why? Wherever TAR has yet to taken place. So we’re totally into Malawi and Togo right now. We think Darfur is sooo tragic, and we’d like to help the slum children. So wherever that is.
What part of the world is the least interesting to you and why? Cambridge, MA. Just because.
What is your level of education and what school(s) did you attend? Yale! Yale! Yale! (That Yale. You might’ve heard of it before.) We both went to Yale! and definitely graduated because you’ve seen pictures of us hugging books and we’ve made this entire video wearing Yale! shirts and walking around Yale’s! campus and fitting in a lot!
Do you have any phobias? Lions and Tigers and Bears.
List the three adjectives that best describe you:
1. _____Awesome___________________________________________
2. ____ Yale______________________________________________
3. _____Super intelligent_____________________________________

14 Responses to “Yalies Vie for a Spot on The Amazing Race, Submit Breathtaking Video”

  1. B'12 Says:

    More perfect than us? Is grammar not a part of the Yale experience?

  2. kevin @ Penn Says:

    remember Jocelyn Kirsch (Drexel) and Edward Anderton (Penn) already perfected this look a few years ago? Lets call it the “globetrotting dicktards you love to hate” motif.

    http://www.ivygateblog.com/2008/11/remorseful-manual-laborer-and-whartonite-faces-four-years-in-jail/

  3. Y11 Says:

    The video is already down. BALLS

  4. Adam Clark Estes Says:

    Anybody know where to find another version? We can host it. (Should’ve done this last night.)

  5. C'11 Says:

    Too obnoxious to even pull off false obnoxiousness. That takes skill.

  6. Anonymous Says:

    I’m friends with these two and they’ve scripted every moment of this video! They know what makes good TV and are playing into the stereotypes in order to produce a memorable audition. Give ‘em a break.

  7. Y11 Says:

    um. no. this is disgusting.

  8. Y08 Says:

    I know this guy. Let’s just say he sucks … if you didn’t guess that by the video.

  9. Raymond Hsu Says:

    “Do you have any phobias? Lions and Tigers and Bears.”

    Given their Ivy League pedigree, I find that answer to be extremely amusing.

  10. Tyrant Says:

    It’s been taken down what the FUCK

  11. B'10 Says:

    Back in the Vayner days (before it started sucking) IvyGate used to have a staff motivated enough to copy embarrassing videos and preserve them for posterity. It looks like they’ve gotten lazy.

  12. D Says:

    STEPS ALL BLOGGERS SHOULD FOLLOW WHEN POSTING A VIDEO:

    1. Download and backup
    2. Wait for video to be removed
    3. Post to blog and see traffic increase

  13. Y admit Says:

    NO. It’s gone! I remember this guy from my info session.

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