By April MacIntyre Jun 25, 2008, 16:03 GMT
The Japanese love their game shows, and they love humiliating people for laughs on them.
True Japanese game shows involve testicle smacking, bad breath punishments, boob jiggling, faking orgasms, strapping raw meat on their heads and inserting them into Komodo dragon cages and taping up or cording faces into unrecognizable grimaces.
There's more, but really, do I need to list them all?
Now ABC is testing American tolerance for stupid human tricks and has presented "I Survived a Japanese Game Show," which premiered Tuesday, June 24 from 9 PM to 10 PM ET on ABC, as the ten contestants traveled to Japan for their fun in the Land of the Rising Sun.
The Yanks compete for fame and $250,000 and the dubious honor of being a Japanese Game Show survivor.
The contestants:
Game show host is Rome Kanda. The ten players are Mary Greenawalt, Andrew Kelly-Hayes, Bilenda Madison, Cathy Nardone, Darcy Sletager, Donnell Pittman, Justin Wood, Meaghan Cooper, Olga Medvedev, and Ben Hughes.
The contestants learn they will be living in a suburb, and quickly learn how compact Japanese living is, their love for odd gadgetry and what unusual snackies they eat.
Enter casting central's Mama-san - the house mother - a traditional Japanese helper who rules the roost.
“I’m not your Mama!” she yells, over the gross infraction of wearing shoes inside a Japanese home.
The losers all face various "humiliations galore," quoting Princess Bride's Inigo.
Not sure how it will fly ratings-wise for US audiences, but for those unaware of real Japanese Game Shows, here is a popular one called "Bug Game."
Objective: To make a slider reach the end of the track. If you don't make it, a woman breathes rotten egg breath into your face.
Have a gander:
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ValeJun 25th, 2008 - 17:30:39
Epic fail.
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