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Anyone remember watching this? It was the inspiration for total wipeout which i also remember watching a lot of

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

Never saw the real thing just the redubbed recut version Most eXtreme Challenge.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Right you are, Ken

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (2 children)

between this, robot wars, and reruns of red dwarf, craig charles is a huge part of my childhood

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Worth listening to his BBC6 shows, he has great taste in funk and punk.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

We rewatched all of robot wars during lockdown. It was so good. Until the Dara O'Brien reboot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

i remember being such a big fan of razer and thermidor 2 growing up. and also wanting díotóir to win, like, anything

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Diotoir eventually got a spinner if I remember correctly and did really well in one season.

I remember when panic attack won. The most outclassed robot ever. My Welsh dad fucking loved it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In Spain it was called "Humol Amarillo" ("Yellow Humor", only misspelled to imply a 'Japanese' accent) 💀💀💀💀

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

Least racist spaniard.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Just used to watch the US dubs.

Japanese game shows really are something else. Takeshi’s castle, the game where they bite things to see if they’re food or real… shits wild.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

To be fair the game where they bite stuff to see if its food is really good fun. We should have shows like that under socialism

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Gaki no tsukai is the funniest show I've ever seen even without eng subs.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

The funniest part of those paper door ones is you can see all the scuff marks from the people who slammed into the wooden doors beforehand, the paper door is immaculate because nobody went through it yet. It's so easy to see which is the correct one and yet they still slam themselves into the solid doors over and over.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Good news! It didn’t just exist in the past tense, it’s actually got a new season! It is on Amazon, so hoist that flag if you need, but it’s actually great. Getting to watch the eps in order cuts down on some of the insanity, but there’s still plenty of off the wall wackiness to be had :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Takeshi's Castle walked so Sasuke/Ninja Warrior could run.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There was a time period where Takeshi's Castle and the original Japanese Ninja Warrior were a constant fixture on Finnish TV. They also started showing women's Ninja Warrior and all I remember is the same lady winning the contest like 5 times in a row

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

IIRC it was called ”Kahjot ninjat” (Wacky Ninjas) too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

OG Ninja Warrior/Sasuke was so good! Always liked the early rounds as a kid, where you'd get all the kinda silly competitors like Mr. Octopus

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

I’d have it playing in the background 24/7 if I could find more than two subbed episodes of the original

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Used to watch this in Pogo. Javed Jaffrey was really good with his Hindi jokes and puns.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

I liked the show, but I seem to remember Craig Charles commonly calling contestants on the show "Happy Slappy Jappy Chappy"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Fall Guys was a pretty good game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Hell yeah. I would watch this in hindi dubbing done by javed jaffrey on tv. Damn.