Scott Weinberg
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First commercial break here; I'm kinda gape-jawed as I watch it.
What was with the panties??
What was with the panties??
if you lose the parody angle, which makes no sense because it's a genre that most of the audience isn't familiar with. Wouldn't it make more sense to find a Japanese insane show that's popular, then hire the producers to make an American version?Jason, it's one of those 3 times a year we agree TBS has been trying to sell the rip-roarus Takeshi's Castle to the US for years. It's "reality" enough to fit in, with a truely sadistic edge you only find in Japanese programming
I'd like to also see a US version of Tokyo Big Site 2, which is like "Celebrity Double Dare". They do things like put boy bands on treadmills and speed them up every time they get hard trivia questions wrong, and come up with other inventive ways, to quote the Simpsons, to "punish ignorance"
There's an entertaining show hiding in here, if you lose the parody angle, which makes no sense because it's a genre that most of the audience isn't familiar with. Wouldn't it make more sense to find a Japanese insane show that's popular, then hire the producers to make an American version?They tried this with "Iron Chef USA", which failed miserably. Something just gets lost in the translation.
The original "Iron Chef" is still going strong on Food Network.
They tried this with "Iron Chef USA", which failed miserably. Something just gets lost in the translation.That's because they ran it through the McMahon-o-meter and tried to turn it into WWF. In Japan people tend to be revered for their skill and not as much for their showmanship. This is why Hulk Hogan is still a huge draw 20 years later even though he's been doing the same 3 moves since 1983, but someone like Chris Benoit is stuck forever at the high midcard because he doesn't have the showmanship.
Signs, screaming and catchphrases are wonderful in wrestling. They do not belong in Iron Chef, and by failing to realize it they killed any chance the show had.
Takeshi's Castle has been resurrected on TNT as MOST XTREME ELIMINATION CHALLENGEIt's not on TNT. It's on The Nashvill Network, I mean The New TNN, wait... Spike TV. Actually, I mean America's First Network For Men.
I found Banzai to be mix of Jackass, Most Xtreme Elimination Challenge, and Jaime Kennedy Xperiment. All those shows are far better.
Huh? Since when did Hulk Hogan have skill?Kevin, I think Jeff meant that's why Hogan's been so popular in the US for so long (his showmanship over skill argument).
I cant believe stuff like this is on instead of Andy Richter, Family Guy, Fastlane, and Firefly.Good point. Don't forget about the brilliant Futurama and the underrated Greg the Bunny.