5 Unbeatable Harlem Globetrotter Appearances on TV, in Honor of Our Favorite Amazing Race Team

3. The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine (1974)

Now, if anyone is worthy of a variety show, it's Seth MacFarlane Curly Neal and the boys. Popcorn Machine ran for one season but invigorated the variety format with uncondescending pizazz and -- not joking here -- spelling lessons.

4. The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981)

Crash-landing on Gilligan's Island seems unfeasible (to idiots). But there's a buffer of legitimacy between Bob Denver and Hubert "Geese" Ausbie that makes the package realistic even to skeptics -- and his name is Scatman Crothers. Tell me how this sun-'n-fun TV movie is any less believable than Zuma Beach.

5. The Amazing Race (2009)

The Amazing Race's vaudevillian team had everyone scared for awhile; now they have us scared we'll never see them again. What is there left to say? Do it for the suburbs, Sam and Dan.

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