Has anyone else seen this totally helarious show on TNN?? I personally think its the best show on television,(next to "The Simpsons" and "ER")
Oh no....I knew someone would bring up this horrid show again.
UGH!!
Great show. All my 30-40 year old firends love it also,
It almost killed me last week. I was lying on the ground have problems breathing due to laughing so hard.
I love this show but TNN/Spike shows it a little to often. It is a watch once a week type show for best effect.
to quote Vic: "Indeed"
I don't know how off-topic the show is, but yes, it rules.
Brother R
I get a kick out of this show as well. Although, I'd be interested in seeing the original show dubbed straight into English. Most of the laughs, for me, come from the action itself - the outrageous competitions and the hilarious crashes and falls - and not from the gags they dub in. Seems to me, this show would have been funny enough on its own.
I actually used to hate this show, but I watched a marathon of it one day and liked it from then on. Only in Japan can something this insane happen. lol
Indeed.
The willingness of folks to do this stuff...do they have to sign a waver first?
I like the gag names for the bad moves the contestants make "Dangling wallflower..forced entry", and i can see the need for diologue dureing the "hosts segments". Still....i'd like to see a subtitled version just once, to compare the dub with the sub, and see the real names of the characters.
I'm in danger of MXC overload I watch it so much. The 8am-6pm marathon Monday on my day off was fun, but I noticed after flipping away that they began to repeat episodes late in the afternoon that had run that morning.
I do love the running joke of one contestant being named Babaganoush in every episode I've seen. I wonder if they are supposed to be part of the same family, or is contiunity too much to expect from this show.
I would like to see a straight translation of "Takeshi's Castle" as well. It seems strange to see Takeshi Kitano not in character like from one of his yakuza films. I've read about what a hard working dynamo and media renaissance man he is in Japan between his various films, TV shows, artwork, comedy, etc. Yet what little we see of him overseas is from his yakuza films and now MXC. I wonder what he thinks of the show.
Indeed!
My favorite part is when the contestants run up, wave thier fist in the air, and say something funny! Eg: when a woman runs up, Kenny will say "she is a tour guide" and she will say "No flash photography" its alot funnier to see it.
"And out next contestant is Edger allan poo. He's a writer of disturbing childrens storys."
"Yeah, he wrote the tell tale diaper. I still have night mares with that one."
'Indeed."
I noticed the someone was selling all 26 eps on dvd at EBAY. check it out
I seem to be the only one here who hates this show.
I have watched it several times but it just isn't my cup of tea.
I couldn't stand it.
Ash are you gettin old on us now? *jabs at Ash with walking cane*
yea i think it's funny 2 but it's kinda so stupid that it's funny lol :)
What makes it so funny is that these contestants do this willingly!
does anyone know what the prize they're competing for is?
Great Japanese show. There was a website a few years ago that gave a synopsys of all the wacky Japanese shows. It took awhile for the U.S. to get on board with a variety of "Reality TV Shows".
I think Europe also has a few that sound interesting.
I think they compete for a measley $5000
That's not a whole lot of money.
I got a kick out of the episode I caught where most of the contestants were in costume. Then some of them had to try to run across the rocks wearing giant foam costumes. Hilarious to watch. I don't know how they thought they had a chance.
there was joke like "It's fine that he inseminates cows, but he shouldn't use his own semen" or something.
"He's just spontaneously donated his pancreas, and has in fact scored for both teams! We're all tied up!"
"Let me use your cell phone, Linda's Caller ID won't recognize it."
And any show that can get away with saying, "The Flaming Nards of Doom" is art in my book.
This is a completely insane hilarious ass show!! Definatley a good show to tune into when you're trying to improve your mood. If I got a nickel for everytime I say"Oh s**t, that looked like it hurt!" while watching this show......
dija see the one where kenny gets totally nailed in the head by that boulder? OUCH! Indeed!