Review(s): DVD MXC - Most Extreme Elimination Challenge Season One
Get the word out....
Not enough people know about this show...
NOTE TO DOCTORS: Stop passin' out the Prosac and start givin' out the MXC!!!!!
And Ken Babaganoosh, tire salesman from Talala, Oklahoma!
Sometimes the funniest shows are also the simplest in execution. And no show has "executed" so many jokes in such a short span as "MXC".
Take a popular game show in Japan from the 80's, sharpen up the editing, change the format of the show, cut out all the audio and replace it with hilarious commentary and you've got what must've been a real surprise to the then-new Spike TV. Once the rest of the line-up like "Gary the Rat" and "Stripperella" bombed, this show became a nightly staple.
The DVD is from the first season consisting of 13 episodes. Including the memorable "college girls" edition and the episode in which a guy nearly breaks his neck doing a bad backflip.
What holds the show together is the rapid fire commentary of "Vic Romano" and "Kenny Blankenship" who's chemestry is apparent right from the beginning. The voice-over guys portraying them are obviously having a ball along with the one playing "Guy Le Douche" and "Captain Tenneal". Mary Sheer is lucky enough to play "Everygirl" aka all the voices of the girls on the show.
This is one funny show and certainly deserving of a DVD presentation. The only quibble I have is with the somewhat high price, but it's only minor.
Extras:
- A complete episode of "Takashi's Castle" is included. What's immediately apparent is how slow-paced the program is.
- Kenny's 25 "Most Painful Eliminations of the Season" is surprisingly underproduced. There are no titles or even Kenny providing commentary.
- There is commentary on a few episodes. They contain some enlightening information on just how quickly the the first season had to be produced.
- A ten minute version used to sell the show to Spike. Not surprisingly, it closely resembles what we see the show had become. Minus a few snappy titles of course.
If you're a fan of the show, then buy all means get this DVD. For those who haven't seen it, I'd suggest catching a few reruns on Spike (though now it's only on late at night) before spending bucks required to get it.
And now it's time for Kenny Blankenship's Painful Eliminations of the Day!
Oh my god, they finally released this show on DVD! Now I know what I want for Christmas!
If you haven't seen this show yet, I envy you. You, dear reader, have yet to witness the brilliance of watching armies of un-athletic Japanese contestants mangle, bruise, and humiliate themselves in a devious series of bone-crunching physical stunts. You have yet to experience the inspired commentary provided by your hosts, Kenny Blankenship and Vic Romano. You have yet to be profoundly disturbed by the bizarre reportage of sexually deviant reporter-in-the-field Guy LeDouche, and other inexplicable side characaters like Captain Teneille and the Steaming Pile. If, like me, you have a taste for bizarre comedy, your first viewing of MXC will have you intermittantly clutching your sides with laughter, and wondering "where the hell did they come up with this material???"
For those of us already devoted to the show, we know that it stands up well to repeated viewings. Every episode is so packed with hilarious one-liners and double-entendres that they demand multiple viewings, and the carnage of stunts like Log Drop and Sinkers & Floaters never lose their appeal. To own this show on DVD is a godsend.
What do we always say? DON'T GET ELIMINATED!
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