You owe it to yourself to watch “Most Extreme Elimination Challenge” on TNN. It’s a reproduction of some Japanese show called Takeshi’s Castle. It’s on Saturday and Sunday nights. Check your local listings.
Anyway, Takeshi’s Castle is one of those Japanese extreme game shows where people do really stupid things for no prize other than humiliation and personal injury. I’ve been watching this show for three weeks now, and I’ve come to realize a fundamental truth of humankind. People getting hurt is really funny. We all know we’re not supposed to laugh when people get hurt. But there is something undeniably hilarious about a guy in tight shorts and a bicycle helmet being knocked over by a huge polystyrene boulder.
I know I’m supposed to feel guilty about that. So I apologize to the hundreds of Japanese people I saw falling down, running into things, being tackled by costumed ruffians, and sliding face first into the mud; because I laughed at all of them. I also apologize to the anonymous student I saw fall on the ice back in college when I was at Iowa State. Watching that poor guy flap his arms like a chicken on his way down was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen.
No doubt about it, this show rocks, and the commentary is often brilliant. That said, doesn’t anyone on here find some of it just a bit infantile? Like all the balls and shaft jokes, they tend to get a bit tedious, no? I’d prefer to see more of the “she teaches scrapbooking to the homeless” humour, and less of the “tee hee, I just implied that guy is a homosexual!”
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not a prude and don’t mind toilet humour, but comedy is based on surprise and those “balls and shaft” jokes get really predictable after a while.
I’m only saying this because I think it’s the funniest show on tv and I think could be that much more perfect if they quit trying to appeal to the lowest common denominator.
I have watched this show from the very beginning…I have them all on tape ! The Captain rulez !
Favorite quote:
“Kenny, I’m going to have to ask to scooch over to the other side of the booth please!”
this is the best show in the history of television kenny and vic are my idols LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!
omg!!!!!the first time i saw this show me and my boyfriend alomst pee’s our pants its so funny. they say the the most weirdest shit i’ve ever herd, but its funnyer then hell.LOL ever person on there cracks me up, and the little comments kenny and vic say are so funny.man this is the greatest show ever invented!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is the best show ever. Last week, I made my cousin watch it. At first, he was like ‘what is this crap, its just supid Japanese people’ by the end he was telling us how he would tape it evry week.
Favorite Quotes
Kenny”I think Ill donate my butt”
Vic”Then where will you put your brain”
Kenny”Hey it doesnt say id this guy is and addict or a doner”
Vic”Thats because hes not. Thats Papino, the guy who drives the sandwich truck”
Kenny”Oh yeah, hey Papino!”
When the guy is crawling on the rolling things of death and Vicis like ‘Oh man this is the catepillar, I havent seen this move in a while’
Whats up with those fans, lol — it adds to the fun I think.
we play a drinking game while we watch. every time Vic says, “Right you are Ken” we take a shot. he says it enough in one show to get you wasted.
God Dam, that one called —- Turtle Gut Check is one of the funnier ones: along with Rusty & Crusty, those guys are funny!
The episode with The Steamy Pile has got to be the greatest. Anytime anyone would fall off the mechanical bug or fail to shoot down the pink bat, this dude dressed like a heap o’ crap would come trotting out and blast the poor bastard with a chemical extinguisher out of his pissed-off looking mouth. The suit was all foam and cumbersome. One time the pile came out to do his dirty work and fell onto the mat…he was all kicking with his stupid little feet trying to stand up and the Captain ran over and started bashing the pile with his sword. I though I was going to pee my pants!
I’m dressing up as Herbie the Steamy Pile for Halloween. How can you not laugh your arse off at Herbie? Log Drop has to be the most violent and some of the moves that Vic and Kenny call…”here he is in a full San Quentin…now into an extended camel toe…on all fours into a scary Uncle…I think he’s going to make it, Kenny!”. When MXC comes on, everything stops in our house and we wake up the kids to watch too.
Favorite quote
“ohhh, he took it hard in the butt”
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This show has to be the funniest show in TV history. It used to be aired on French TV years ago, and I couldn’t wait for it to come to America – and it finally did. They need to release DVDs of this show. I’d buy them in a heartbeat.
Favorite Quote:
Vic: “You know, Sherry is President of the Lesbian Chefs Club.”
Kenny: “Really? She cooks? I thought lesbians ate out.”
captain tenneal all the way!!!
GET IT ON!
I was looking at some background info on Herbie The Steamy Pile and the original Takeshi’s Castle bit. The original name was called The GM (General Motors?) Potato. Anyways, either way, that one episode with the Pile has got to be on of the best! Ken and Vic are awesome, along with the LeDouche guy too. WooHoo!
I love the one where they take a look at what the show looks like in New Jersey, then Kenny asks Vic what F***N’ A means, and he tells him it’s another way to say indeed. Then Kenny says F***N’ A! and Vic says Indeed. It just goes on from there.
This truly is the greatest show in the history of television. Guy LeDouche is the man.
Favorite Quote:
“I’m so excited, I’m bulging with anticipation!!!” -Guy LeDouche
The best thing about this show is that i’ve seen some episodes about 10 times and it never gets dry. My favorite contest is bird droppings…or maybe sperm wheelers.
Favorite contestants: Kent Worth or Hido Babaganoosh
Favorite quote: “I wear two thongs!”
I like the game Endangering Spieces, where the contestants had to use the 40mm Recoiless Rifle. (Kenny Blankenship said that) LOL
I loved that one game called Boulder Dash and this one MXC Staff member goes up the hill with fists punching, and then gets slammed by an oncoming boulder!!! Owned?
I was watching some and saw this one version where Capt. Tenneal was helping some small kid on Sinkers/Floaters and HE (tenneal) fell in himself. LOL. I wonder if anyone else saw that.
The guys from New Jersey Are so COOL!!!:)
MXC is the funnest show ever!!!:)
ACA ALLERTOR !!! Whats up with the name????? sorry im just curious
It’s a name I use for a gaming clan here. Online gaming and all that. ClanACA! I saw Vic Romano in a movie called Brother, man, he was not the comical person I saw in MXC!
Don’t forget Ryan Seachest, Andy Jackson & Simon Bowel on Elimination Idol!
THe season premeir of the new season sucked. Im soooo glad that they wen’t back to the oriental people. THE STEPPING STONES ROCKS! once again my favorite saying.. OH he got colastamized!
not only that, but you can buy a right you are ken t-shirt at http://www.rightyouareken.com. i bought one and i rock!
Hahahahah-I love this show!
my favorite game: Log Drop
Favorite episode: Finance vs Liquor
favorite occupation: “She runs a dude ranch for the criminally insane!”
I also laugh when the contestants say something like:
“Doggy style!”
“Dont hate me because im beautiful….just kidding, you can hate me!”
“When I laugh, I pee!”
“I’ve lost more than you’ll ever make!”
“My wife has the curse? How would you know that?”
a few weeks ago, they had a MXC marathon on spike tv and i watched 2 1/2 straight hours of it at work and i’ve been hooked ever since! this show is the funniest program ever created! and man would i love to be a contestant.. too bad im not asian!
Fave quote: “Of course I’m right! I’m the Captain!”
just got a kick ass “Right You are Ken” shirt. check them out!
Come join my MXC Yahoo Group!
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/epmxcms/
Group owner,
mxc_vic_romano
Submitted for your consideration: the “castle” game show premise is a cover story. In actual fact, 2 guys were out drinking after a long day working in tv programming, and the first guy said all he really wanted to see on tv was a bunch of japanese getting the crap beat out of them and dunked in water. The second guy bought the idea, rented a scout camp and hired a bunch of exchange students out of USC. And now you know the rest of the story…