This show was just recently introduced to the
US on
Spike TV (previously it was on
TNN, if memory serves). Right this minute I am watching a
marathon of said show.
Having watched about 20 or 30
episodes of it, I can say that the only other
gameshow to match the
laughs would be Drew Carrey's "
Whose Line Is It Anyways?" Seeing the potential, the
licensors re-dubbed it in English, making it something even my
straight and narrow grandmother laughs at. To say it is
crude would be a little far, but
subtley perverse sounds like a good rating.
The hosts,
Kenny Blankenship and
Vic, constantly rag on each other. Unlike in other countries, they did leave in talking bits in for the US. However, I have never once seen the
boss fight in all the episodes I have seen.
The other hosts,
Guy Le Douche,
Goon Le Douch and any other
Le Douche Brothers that appear, all make an attempt at perversion or just plain harassment.
In the
translation, I highly doubt anything is left
intact. Kenny, Guy, Vic, none of those sound quite Japanese to me. The names of the people doing the contests are quite
blatantly wrong and often just
puns or silly names. Also, I am pretty sure they don't leave the actual group titles intact. Instead of having
gaijin day or
girls day, we get
Airline Workers Versus
Circus Freaks or different groups like that. And lord do they make the best of them. During the opening chat with his crew,
The General makes the
quotable quotes.
Overall, one of the funnier shows on the airwaves in
America today. I guess Americans refuse to admit
we like watching people humiliate themselves.