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[Thee AP]

I am not much of a TV viewer but SOMB, lemme tell you.... This show is a flippin crrrack up!

I have seen some of the wackiest people & best crashes since being 11yrs old, watching NFL football follies.


Anybody else watch this summertime sleeper?
Tuesdays at 8pm

http://abc.go.com/pr.../index?pn=index




please don't tell me this show has been on in England for 3 years and is better, it'll crush me.

[Slackmo]

is this really what people want the SOMB to be?

[case quarter]

You've never watched MXC? I'll check it out, but without Kenny Blankenship it won't be the same.

[theremin]

please don't tell me this show has been on in England for 3 years and is better, it'll crush me.

This is basically just like the Japanese Game Show "Takeshi's Castle". It's pretty good, but not nearly as strange.

[richard]

As much as I do love MXC, this Wipeout show is surprisingly pretty funny. But Asian voice-overs mixed with extreme 'sports' is too killer of a combo.

[pong]

is this really what people want the SOMB to be?

The king of this type of post is Slackmo.

[richard]

I absolutely refuse to believe that show isn't 100% scripted.

[theremin]

I absolutely refuse to believe that show isn't 100% scripted.

Why would you think that? Do you think it's that difficult to let the people play the game and write jokes later?

[richard]

I absolutely refuse to believe that show isn't 100% scripted.

Why would you think that? Do you think it's that difficult to let the people play the game and write jokes later?

Not at all. It's definitely simple enough for the writers to write jokes after filming. But I just finished the first episode and not one single contestant even seemed to be 'real.' Compared to every other physical/sports game show, the contestants on this show just seemed (acted) as ridiculously foolish as possible. Even though a good deal of contestants on other shows make a fool of themselves (whether its purposely or not), the people on Wipeout really make it horribly obvious. However, scripted or not, this show is pretty funny.

[ParticleHustler]

I liked the Asian voiceovers better, but this is a good family-style show we and our kids enjoy watching together. And it beats listening to Tom Bergeron or (especially) Bob Saget.

[undo]

Do they also try to include talking head/interview segments ("I was really nervous before I stepped up to the platform, but my team has been sooo supportive, and I knew I had to give it my best!") and candid behind-the-scenes footage like they do on the potentially good but ultimately creepy and predictable I Survived a Japanese Game Show?

I'm surprised the prime time Price is Right hasn't started doing that, doesn't every show now?

[Thee AP]

.... the people on Wipeout really make it horribly obvious. However, scripted or not, this show is pretty funny.

one of the funny points about the show. The "cute as a bug Alaskan girl who had never been kissed before" was an absolute riot. The tele-script text when she shouts "Where's the pole!?!?!" made me tinkle in my boxers... so funny.
Also, the cool black dude with dreads who does the splits on "the big balls"....OMG!

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you're really weird AP

[Thee AP]

you're really weird AP

bout time. shit mang... why do you think i hang around this place?

this was one of my favorites:
"Hey ap, you're kindo a fuckhead at times on the board. your avatars...wth? but, after reading your posts a little more (sadly than usual) i realized that you are one of the funnier boarders, grt sense of humor. you seriously have ADD. i can actually see prolly liking you in person but sometimes you're too unpredictable and mean."