4) Downtown’s: Not an errand boy (Japan)

This game show simply appears to be a case of torturing the contestants, they will have tasks such as repeating a tongue twister or they have to pay the consequences – a swift kick to the groin. The worst thing about this show is that the contestants are constrained the majority of the time so they are helpless. There doesn’t actually appear to be any sort of valuable prize either which makes it even more insane

3) Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage Deshita (Japan)

This series has become famous for its human … (just replace … with any kind of event you would like to see – surfboard, Tetris, catapult, soccer, etc).

The insane thing about this show is that the contestants are all comedians hoping to get that little bit of fame, the sad part is that each episode is the same set of comedians! Something tells me that this show is the only fame they will get.

2) Distraction (UK version)

The reason we included the UK version instead of the US version of this show is quite simple, the US version will have contestants competing with each other while having their feet tickled, liquids thrown at them and other gross things to try and distract them.

The UK version takes thing to a new level, they would perform stunts such as stripping you completely naked and fire paintballs at you – try answer the question correctly now!

1) The Intercept (Russia)

The idea behind this show is insane (hence the number 1 spot), contestants get a brand new car – what do they have to do? Nothing, just drive it away. Oh did I forget to say that the car is equipped with a tracking device and you have to evade the cops for over 30 minutes? Whilst being dangerous in the fact you have to speed through the streets without anyone knowing what’s going on, it has been reported that only a select few actually managed to do it.

Posted: October 30th, 2008 under TV.
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5) The Karate Kid

While the Karate Kid is portrayed to being a super hero that makes one great handyman, not to mention he can take a good beating he has a very little understanding of Karate. Only knowing 4 moves severely limits his option when it comes to a fight.

Simply knowing the counter actions of these 4 moves will give you a huge advantage.

4) The whole A-Team

Looks can be deceiving because at first you wouldn’t fancy your chances against the whole A-Team, looking closer you will find out aside from their mass amounts of firepower they can’t actually use it properly. Their internal arguments, lack of focus and as mentioned their poor marksmanship will most likely lead them to their death – when they find an enemy that has half a brain cell.

3) Star Trek’s Worf

You have to admit that Worf wouldn’t be a preferred enemy as he is seen as having super strength, can use blades/swords and can make a scary sound. Remove all of that and you will find he really isn’t that strong – he cannot move very fast, seems to be really dense and not to mention wears comical uniforms (with no pockets) so you can be sure he is not hiding anything up his sleeves.

2) 3 Ninjas Tum Tum

So how can you beat a ninja? You probably can’t, they have superior strength, agility and abilities when it comes to fighting so you don’t want to get on the nasty side of one of these guys. However, with Tum Tum being only 5 years old it doesn’t leave much room for learning how to snap people’s bones with one punch – he’s only probably just been potty trained!

1) Batman’s sidekick Robin

Whilst is will be hard to look good next to Batman, Robin has proven himself to be little to no use in the crime fighting duo which places his at number 1. You can see this from the series because although he has the ability to throw punch after punch – none of them actually do any good in knocking the enemy out.

Posted: October 27th, 2008 under TV.
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Following the theme from yesterday’s post I was watching Borat last night and figured it would be a great post to talk about. In my opinion here are the 5 funniest skits he has done:

5) Animal ranch skit

Borat is used to intimidating the featured people but when he meets up with Gene Gordon who openly speaks his mind about his beliefs. I put this at number 5 because the shot where Borat is in his underwear shouting “Bhet, Bhet, Bhet…” at the deer as a mating call.

4) Acting studio skit

Finding it difficult to distinguish the difference between real life and acting you can only imagine some of the things the poor acting partner will go through auditioning with Borat. In this scene he attempts to bed the actress not knowing that they are just ‘acting’

3) 18th century skit

Visiting an 18th century historical re-actment Borat has got hundreds of questions to ask the educators, he basically is like a 5 year old asking questions about what they are doing and more importantly why they are doing it! At one point the person has to ask a supervisor about some of the answers Borat is throwing at him.

2) Campaign trail skit

With Borat being well known for his sexism I’m surprised the Republican allowed him to perform door to door campaign trails to help improve his image. Borat couldn’t get over the fact that women are just as equal to men and have the right to vote. This is the exact hierarchy in Kazakh he told people about ‘God, man, horse, dog, woman, rat, small bug that scuttles.’

1) Baccus skit

Learning the art of wine tasting is not as easy as it may seem, especially if you are Borat. As the older men attempt to teach him by sipping the wine, Borat quickly drinks the whole glass like it’s just a shot. This then adds an additional sense of humour as he clearly becomes drunk for the second half of the skit.

Posted: October 10th, 2008 under Funny, TV.
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Let get straight to it…

5) Public Boner

It can be an awkward moment for everyone having a public boner, not to mention if it was being rubbed up against you by a complete stranger. Jonny Knoxville targets a mechanic who cries for him to “Take it easy my friend”

4) Paper cuts

If you have ever got a paper cut on your finger you can understand how painful it is, not to mention when these guys paper cut the webbing of their hands and feet! Steve-O once again proves he is insane when he gives himself a paper cut on the edge of his mouth.

3) Jonny Knoxville vs. A car

The title gives this one away, it’s a simple idea but you have got to credit Jonny for having the balls to stand in front of a car and let his smash into him at speed. Cleverly linking it into the intro caption “Hi, I’m Jonny Knoxville welcome to jackass and I’m going to get hit by a car real soon” makes it funny to watch.

2) Self defence with Jonny Knoxville

Knoxville tries out the latest self defence weapons that include pepper spray, a stun gun, a .38 Smith and Wesson and a taser. Not many people know but this stunt was actually filmed before the show went on live TV – it was just Knoxville and his friend doing stupid stuff.

1) Golf course air horn

One of the funniest pranks of all in my opinion, the Jackass crew hide out in the bushes armed with an air horn. They simply sound the horn when people are about to take their shot putting them off. One of the great things is that it suddenly takes a turn for the worse as a unhappy golfer starts to hit balls in their direction!

What are you favourite Jackass moments?

Posted: October 9th, 2008 under Funny, TV.
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Have you ever saw an episode of a series and then suddenly become addicted to it and could watch enough? Recently browsing around the internet I found this article describing how TV series make you come back to watch the next episode – you will notice it from now!

5) Ridiculous cliff-hangers

You will have no doubt seen this hundreds of times before and it’s starting to become annoying, you are watching a series and the last episode of the season something major happens. For example in the finale of 24 Jack ends up being in a Chinese prison, hundreds of ideas are running through your head about how he will escape but when you finally get to watch the next season – you see him walking off of a plane in the US.

4) The couple that keeps breaking up and getting back together

When writers are doing this they are playing on your emotions, when the characters in the series finds their true love you just have to see what happens in the hope you will find your true love (if you haven’t already). One of the main reasons they keep breaking up is to bring in new characters to fill up time until they reunite together again.

3) Keeping the villains in reality shows

If you are a watcher of things such as Big Brother, Hells Kitchen or any other reality show you may assume they are rigged to attract more ratings. One of the things people love to see on TV is conflict, these are prime scenarios where you can keep the audience entertained by keeping the people that are starting the conflicts.

2) Bringing main characters back from the dead

This method is similar to the cliff-hanger method, just a different twist. It basically allows writers to have a dramatic death scene one week so that you wonder what will happen next. The next episode you watch it will be resolved within minutes of the start and all forgotten about as the story moves on.

1) Incorrect trailer for the next episode

Frankly this is the most annoying, once you have finished watching the current episode they always have a “on next week’s show…” trailer that will give you a little teaser of what you can expect. Most of the times these are over exaggerated or falsely promoting the story line which you won’t find out until your already watching the next episode.

Posted: October 8th, 2008 under TV.
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If you are a fan of the Simpsons you will notice that the majority of episodes revolve around the same characters, here is a list of the 4 most underrated characters of Springfield.

4) Gil Gunderson

Gil is the guy that ‘just needs one more sale’ to save his life from going down the pan, he is on the verge of losing his job, wife and home unless his luck changes. The great thing about Gil is that he WILL make you feel better about yourself – no matter how depressing your life is at the moment you can bet that it’s not as bad as his right now.

3) Arnie Pye

Arnie is Springfield’s second rate news reporter (Kent being the first) who provides us with humour whilst he is trying his best to achieve Kent’s status. He has the typical closed-news news voice which was actually dropped in the episode where he took over Kent’s anchor desk for a short while.

One of the best things about Arnie is the fact you can see how much he hates being second and has much anger towards Kent – practically everyone envies someone at a time in their life.

2) Lou

With all of crime going off in Springfield it’s all kept under control by a three man police force, there is Chief Wiggum who is incompetent and well known for making on the spot puns, Eddie who hardly speaks about anything – perhaps he is there just to make the police force stronger than it is. Last of all there is Lou, the heart and soul of the crime solving trio, he keeps everything under control while Wiggum claims the credit.

1) Luigi Risotto

Luigi is one of those characters that we all should hate, due to him belittling everyone he meets and is evil – even outside of his restaurant. Because he sounds so happy and enthusiastic we seem to love him. He only comes around every once in a while and is portrayed as the classic Italian chef when he has so much more to offer.

Posted: October 7th, 2008 under Cartoons, TV.
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