Comments on: Regretting recommending American Gladiators

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:25:38 +0000

T2A`: Yeah, I will admit to LOLing at that (and nearly ROFLing as well). His height kept on getting inflated as the events progressed, which itself was funny, then they said he was something feet and 13 inches, which really took me over the top.

And I agree that this show would be better if it was aimed at MXC’s demographic.

By: T2A`

T2A` — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:42:17 +0000

ABC’s MXC ripoff isn’t even a good one. The thing that makes MXC good is that its commentary is rather dirty and up to its armpits in puns. ABC’s version is extremely clean in comparison, and it’s obviously dumbed down for the general American audience, which makes it about three to five times less humorous.

During the one episode I watched, the funniest thing they did was to say some large dude was something like 9′ 13″ tall. I don’t know why but I LOL’d for a bit when I heard it.

This is the only mea culpa you need to concern yourself with. :]

By: Cyde Weys

Cyde Weys — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:14:01 +0000

drinian: I’m not ashamed of enjoying bad television for its novelty. It’s just that that aspect of American Gladiators wore off very quickly, leaving me to quickly realize that the series is completely not worth watching.

Speaking of novelty television, have you seen the new ABC game show series? Wipeout is a straight-out American rip-off of MXC (which, granted, was itself a rip-off of a not-nearly-as-perverted Japanese game show). Wipeout has all of the same kinds of humor right down to picking people with odd professions and then relentlessly ripping on them through the use of puns and put-downs, except that unlike MXC, these are the actual professions of the participants and not just wholly inaccurate voice-overs. Airing right after Wipeout is “I Survived A Japanese Game Show”, in which the actual gameplay is completely stupid and uninspiring. But so far I’ve found the show enjoyable because it shows a lot of Japanese culture (along with how the typical ignorant American reacts to it). Also, it’s hysterical that the Japanese game show audience is clearly laughing at the gaijin participants, not with them. Instead of the show being about “look at those silly foreigners!”, it’s about “look at those foreigners laughing at us being silly!” It’s a refreshing change of perspective.

By: drinian

drinian — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:48:52 +0000

Don’t be ashamed of enjoying bad television simply for its novelty. Where would Ninja Warrior and MxC be without that?

Will: why can’t you say mea culpa like a proper Roman?

By: Jeff V

Jeff V — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:21:31 +0000

Maybe this can make it better...

By: William (green)

William (green) — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:47:39 +0000

You can’t just say “My bad”, like the rest of the English-speaking world?