One of the guiltiest of guilty pleasures on TV is probably MXC or Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, the American translation of the Japanese gameshow Takeshi's Castle. It's one of those "extreme" gameshows where contestants traverse ridiculous obstacle courses and usually fail by falling in muddy water. It's popularity on the Spike TV cable channel was probably not lost on the ABC network, so they created the show Wipeout. The shows are very similar, down to the choice of contestants who weren't picked for their ability for critical thinking. This is probably best illustrated by the following clip:
Saturday, November 8, 2008
11/8/2008 - Gameshow Fail
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