diergray

Anyone else catch this show on TNN? It is an import from Japan that they dupe over with really cheezy American voices. I don't know how the contestants walk away from some of the stunts. It is definitely one of the funniest shows I have seen on TV.

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meanSpleen

Its a great show, I remember seeing and add for it a couple years ago on Japanese TV. I just wish they didn't edit out so much, because its even cooler than what they are showing us.

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anleja

I don't think I've seen that particular show, but I remember seeing years ago on videotape a Japanese gameshow where one of the challenges was to see how long the contestants could stand to have sunlight directed by a magnifying glass at their nipples.

GSRIDER

When is it going to be on again? I saw a commercial and couldn't tell if it was going to be a full blown series of just a one time showing.

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Kadath

Saturdays at nine eastern, I think.

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Cynthetiq

since it's on a sister network to MTV it should be on plenty.... here's a rundown...

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Loup

I saw this the first time two weeks ago. All I can tell you is that it is the best show to pre-drink to I've ever seen.
Stupid events, hillarious falls, and the dubbed commentary just insults all the contestants. Two thumbs up

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talespin

stupidest drinking game way to get yourself killed: Drink every time they fall over. I can't imagine how drunk you would be after that one.

Reese

Its a great show. Trying to swing out and land on that tiny platform in the water, or pole volting out to it.. Commentary is the best though.

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buclao

The show is great. The one gripe I have though is the commentators walk the fine line between anoying and witty.

wondash

Any show that allows contestants to run full speed into one of four panels, some of which are solid, get's my vote... F'n Funny!

quest1mark

if the iron chef married mystery science theater 3000....most extreme challenge would be the offspring.

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Shokan

It would be a great show if they left out the commentary. Some of the stupiest "jokes" ever.

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gonad

I think this show is hilarious. I actually came to the forum looking to start a thread about it. My girlfriend actually laughed so hard this last weekend she peed her pants. When the guy did the cartwheel, then tried to backflip and augered his head into the ground instead .... Oh jeebus that's funny stuff.

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wondash

I just watched another episode with the 'Log Roll' challenge. That has got to be the most painful of them all. One of the women face planted into the next log!

Jadey

I absolutley love this show. My brother called me a couple of weeks ago and all I could here was him laughing for about a minute and a half then he hung up. Then about five minutes later his gf called and told me to turn it to TNN. I love it!

gar1976

Anyone else watch this? TNN, 9 pm, saturdays. Heck, it's my favorite show....maybe ever.

Gman

Yup, I watch it semi-regularly. My favorite event is the one where they run across the pond on lilly pads, where some of them are able to support people and others aren't

numberfive

I like the one where they have to go through some kind of obstacle course and the guys in masks are trying to know them down. Great show.

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RedCometChar

One of my favorites was the guy being drawn and quartered by a set of guys in horse costumes, one tied to either leg. Commentary:

"This was a lot of fun, until the guy tore his sack and went home. What a baby."

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gar1976

That stone one is great. "Stepping stones?" Or some such thing?

Favorite overall episode is the "couples" one. Jokes get pretty blue in that one.

wackeyass

an excellent pre-drinking show

nullPointer

I agree...It's a funny show, I like some of the *very* blatant double entendres.

maximus

love this show, watch it drunk and it is all the better.

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marshall26

Does anyone else love the commentary in that show as much as I do? I find it quite entertaining..

BigGov

What's MXC?

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brandon11983

HA!! An instant classic. The contestants are fucking nuts though.

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Gman

I saw the best episode the other day. They shot this soccer ball up into the air (a good 60-70 feet I'd say) and the contestants were supposed to run through mud and catch it. Well this lady tried to catch it, arms open and everything, and it hit her in THE FACE! It was HILARIOUS!!!

jhericurl21

"Shes a lesbian taking a degree in Home Cooking"
"Home Cooking?, i thought lesbians always eat out"


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wondash

Does anyone know if the MXC dialog (dubbed) is the same or even close to the original Japanese dialog? For all we know, the script could be totally different, and probably is. Sometimes the Host's comments are funnier than the stunts. Not that it matters, just wondering.

Ryan

I saw this show a little bit ago, in which the contestants had to race up a hill with boulders coming down at them.. It was so funny watching them tip and tublme all teh way downthe hill.. It looked painful..

Fallon

The lily pad game is called Sinkers and Floaters. The log rolling one is Log Drop. As you can tell, I'm a watcher of this show. Last night it was on and they had the one with the boulders coming down the hill. It was funny as hell because this guy almost got to the top, then another boulder gets thrown down. So he turns around and starts running down the hill. Well as soon as he gets to the bottom, there are other boulders at the bottom so he gets stuck. The look on his face as he was running down was funny as hell. It had my mom( who doesn't really like the show), my moms boyfriend, my fiancee and myself laughing our asses off.
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this is the best freakin quote from this show...

meanSpleen

Its a complete rewrite of the script. Japanese culture, as strange as you may find it, is more reserved than American. The Japanese censors would never allow that kind of humor on the tube

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Kadath

God, my gf and I watched this show for the first time in a few weeks last night and we were literally incoherent with laughter. The log roll is just stunning. We also liked the boulder chute.

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Fremen

I spit Coke watching the swinging velcro bit.
The contestants stand on a platform wearing velcro jumpsuits a` la Dave Letterman, then swing on a rope over muddy water and try to stick to a wall on the other side.
Some of 'em hit the wall face first or did a header into the water.

Great show. Kicks Banzais' ass all to hell.

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ShtE Luck

This shows such an instant classic, me and my pallo lauged the whole way through then for like an hour afterwards. Then we played with a bouncy ball.

Guess we're easily amused.

Renegade

A friend of mine at work taped this for me the other day. I agree with the rest of you. This show is utterly hilarious. I will definately start watching this one.

Hrothgar

This show is a redubbing of Takeshi Kitano's show Takeshi's Castle.
http://www.count-takeshi.tk/

http://www.takeshiscastle.uk2k.com/
Kitano is a legend in Japan and its fun to see the contestants wipe out and act goofy.

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Jonsgirl

I Love this show. What's not to love? Pain. Humiliation. Tasteless humor. It has it all!

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