Not All Summer TV Sucks...

[Ardbeg... innit]

... some of it it just plain moronic. And I will take moronic any day (low expections yield 100% satisfaction).

I am speaking of Spike TV's MXC- Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. Thursdays on Spike at 9pm (ET).

www.spiketv.com/shows/series/index.jhtml?seriesID=10774&refID=mxc

One Takeshis Castle Web Site
www.count-takeshi.tk/

For anyone who has not seen it, it is 'based' on the globally successful "Takeshi's Castle", dubbed into English, with what might be called VERY loose translation quality standards. Lets just say that the original dialog has been completely lost and a script with scatological and sexual humor and double entendres read by the three producers substituted in its place. This is a Japanese game show where contestants are presented with a series of challenges designed to see who is capable to attack and overthrow the holders of the "Castle". Apparently over the years, only a couple of people have actually achieved the goal and won the game.

The Spike version takes this COMPLETELY out of context, edits that hell out of if and produces a sarcastic tome to all game and reality shows. The result is borderline profane, juvenile, and COMPLETELY without a single socially redeeming value... In other words, its the funniest damn show on TV.

Actually I have watched this show for a couple years, surrepticiously, when the household 'Seal of Quality TV Viewing' is lax in enforcement "YOU WATCHING THAT CRAP AGAIN!?!?" I must say that the older shows are better, and a few of the more recent copyright dates seem to be a lot more forced in attempts at humor, but still worth watching.

No other show on TV comes as close to the spirit and content of this board as MXC, which is why I would like to nominate MXC as the official TNMC TV program.

Give it a watch if you have not already, but be warned, confine drinking liquids to the commercials, unless you enjoy those liquids coming back up through your nose.

Gordon

PS... now that I think about it, Guy LeDouche just might be BB, and Captain Toneal is a prototype of Jake (or the other way around maybe)

[Merlot Joe]

Not All Summer TV Sucks...

YES IT DOES [/color] [/move]

[hardwork-DJ]

I agree that not all Summer TV Sucks!

We enjoy watching "Rescue Me". It is on Tuesday evenings at 9 and re-run at 10 on FX. It is also re-run a couple other times during the week. I think one time on Friday night and another on Sunday. So if you are busy there's no need to tape it.

~DJ~

[Cherbunny]

I'm enjoying Rockstar:INXS. They've got some great folks trying to be the new lead singer. It's American Idol with real music. Thank god no one is singing Barry Manilow tunes! Instead, the folks are doing The Doors, Jefferson Airplane, Counting Crows, etc.

I can't even tell ya who I think will win as most of the people are awesome.

Cher

[Merlot Joe]

We finally found something on Summer TV we like.

Family Plot, about the Mortuary company. It's a kick in the ass. Sunday's at 9:PM A&E. This along with Law & Order reruns on TNT and Law & Order SVU on USA and a few DVDs have made the summer somewhat bearable for TV watching.

But summer TV still sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


Joe.

[jojocanuck]

Come on, the last season of Six Feet Under is on right in the middle of summer..........summer tv's not a totally lost cause.............anyone else enjoying Ruth coming totally unglued week by week?

JO

[Hazelita]

I was unemployed for 18 months between March 2003 and August 2004. To save some money I downgraded my cable service from Standard with 2 Premium services to just Basic Cable. No more HBO ... no more Cinemax (or Skin-a-Max, as Jakey calls it). With no more Sex and the City, I didn't need that ol' HBO anyway.

I got used to not watching so much TV and discovered I didn't really miss it. So, I never upgraded my service again. I do admit, the only station I miss from the Standard tier of service is HGTV. I loved watching all those decorating and landscaping shows.

This summer, whenever I can, I catch up on all the episodes of CSI and CSI: Miami that I missed in the winter when I was working mega-overtime hours. I catch occasional episodes of Cold Case every now and then. I also get to see some of the Sex and the City episodes (now airing on TBS) that I missed when I had to give up my HBO. I never really got into Six Feet Under, although I watched a few episodes the first season. Oh, yes ... I really miss Queer Eye for the Straight Guy. <sigh>

[Chicago Jake]

Law & Order is a great show to watch in reruns. They are so jam-packed with plot twists and detials, and there are so many of them floating around out there, that you never have to go "awww, not THIS one again!".......Jake

[♥ COVID-19♥]

"Tour Girls" on the Playboy Channel is pretty damn funny. It's a reality TV show about a bunch of Australian strippers that tour New Zealand. They're constantly naked, drunk and fighting. Must See TV as far as I'm concerned, especially when the baseball game gets rained out.

[jojocanuck]

Hey Hazel, you are a brave woman, no more HBO! It's the HBO shows that make TV worth watching for me........Sopranos, Six Feet Under, Curb Your Enthusiam, Entourage. By the way, Entourage is another reason summer TV doesn't completely suck. Love all the guest cameos and last week's episode when Turtle and Drama accidently "crossed swords" during a 3-some was great! Anyone know when Curb is back on, I really miss Larry David and his twisted sense of humor (I'm sure he has many fans on this board, judging from many of your posts!)

Another great show, (on SHowtime in the States, I think ~ in Canada, we don't get the actual stations, they are on what's called the Movie Network) is Huff with Hank Azaria. Blythe Danner puts in a killer performance as his mom. Catch it sometime, it's worth it.

JO

[Ardbeg... innit]

Heads Up

Over There on Fx

THIS MIGHT be a summer series worth staying up past my bed time to watch.

www.fxnetworks.com/shows/originals/overthere/main.html

[jojocanuck]

Just read that the 5th season of Curb Your Enthusiam starts in September.......if it's before the 21st, that still qualifies it as summer TV.............last season's "The Producers" spoof was brilliant.............Larry David has a seriously twisted mind and seems to get away with murder (having a concentration camp survivor and Colby from "Survivor" get into a screaming match about who is the "true" survivor......I mean, come on, how can you not love it!!)

JO