Banzai…Place Your Bets Now!!!
by Hanly on Jun.24, 2009, under Television
Tonight I was surfing through the channels and I started watching Wipeout on ABC. It was a lot like MXC, which was a Spike adaptation of the Japanese Takeshi’s Castle. Wipeout however was not the same. While it is funny watching people beat themselves silly trying to get through an obstacle course, they do take it to an extreme trying to be overly funny when it is not natural to them. There’s just this inconsistency on how people manage to make it to the next level despite their falling and failing to complete a course intact. They just get out of the water and continue…wtf is that? After Wipeout came I Survived a Japanese Game Show the crazy Japanese host reminded me of Banzai.
The First time I watched Banzai was on USA during the commercial breaks between movies. The hosts would propose a challenge like Lady One Question who would ask a celebrity a question and see how long they would continue to talk. The hosts would give 4 options and ask viewers to call in for prizes. The stunts were really funny. A few years later Fox picked up the show (2003) in a 30 minute segment. Viewers would log into the Fox website and start an online version of the game which was synced with the show. Needless to say, I had many problems with this. Like many online things which have massive amounts of users log in at the same time to do something, there was huge lag. But the show was fun, and I was very disappointed when it was scrapped.
Needing to quench my Banzai craving I hit up youtube and found the Banzai Online Channel with over 100 Banzai skits. I have to admit, I kind of want to try one of them out. Squirrel Fishing.
This is definitely something to try out on Liz Waters hill once I get back to Madison. There should be a lot of squirrels and chipmunks around to have some fun.
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