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jauntywundrkind
Thanks! Someone once told me about this, told me MXC is actually Takeshi's Castle, but I forgot, long ago. Fun fact.
klocksib
wait did you see that microsoft execution container (mxc) article and think "oh wow remember the best show that was on spiketv"? :D
jttnr
Back in the early 2000s, I always had a good laugh whenever I was flipping through TV channels and stumbled upon Takeshi's Castle.
Fervicus
Wouldn't have expected this on Hacker News. Used to love watching this as a kid!
rdtsc
“Right you are, Ken!”

(From MXC, based on footage from Takeshi’s Castle)

Still remember that phrase from years ago.

beej71
Kenny Blankenship and Vic Romano! The names so discordant with the visuals...
hubbahubbahubba
How could you leave out the reporter in the field, Guy La Douche?
sunaookami
I only know the German version from RTL2 which had funny commentary dubbed over it with made-up names and stuff. Curious, did the dubs in other countries do the same? Were there languages with the original commentary translated?
riffraff
We had this in the 80s/90s in Italy within a show called "mai dire banzai", they mixed up clips of Takeshi's Castle and Za Gaman[0], and the commentary was three guys of which two acted as faux Japanese experts and the third acted surprised at the completely made up bits of Japanese culture.

It was incredibly popular back then.

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za_Gaman

danirod
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jesuslop
Probably unscripted improv, and hilarious. Go chino cudeiro!
kaoD
It was localized with the name Humor Amarillo ("Yellow Comedy").

I know...

someone_old
always remember chino cudeiro and his nipones
rimeice
In the uk it was Craig Charles of red dwarf fame, renowned funk and soul DJ and robot wars host. It was brilliant.
oakesm9
I can hear his laugh just reading this
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spacechild1
I actually watched it as a kid on Eurosport. It also had the dubbed over commentary. The original has lots of comedy bits between the games, most of them were cut in the German version.
maralom
The dubbed Hindi version in India had really funny and entertaining commentary too! My friends and I loved the show.
pimeys
His movies are also worth a watch: Hana bi, Sonatine, Brother, Dolls, and Zatōichi are all amazing movies.

Should do a rewatch again, it's been a while...

grunchie
absolutely blowing my mind to realize vic romano and detective nishi are the same actor
serf
if you're into yakuza campyness try the outrage series. he's great in them.
mappu
I watched Hana bi and Sonatine recently. I thought "this sounds like Joe Hisaishi" - turns out it was, he scored basically all of Takeshi's films
59percentmore
You're forgetting the one.

You know the one.

Dies Irae plays softly in the distance

racl101
"Right in to the mud!"

Remember watching this as a kid after school eating my bag of chips I'd been given for lunch which I'd save up so I can eat it later while watching this. In Canada, it was aired as MXC.

hubbahubbahubba
Sinkers and floaters. Lots of jokes about remedial dental work that would be required.
dfxm12
Most of Beat Takeshi's work is amazing, from this, to his films, even his infamous Nintendo game.
alexpotato
I was involved in pro paintball for several years and at the start of every one of their matches, one of the pro teams would chant:

"DON'T. GET. ELIMINATED."

wildzzz
My ncpa team would just say "fuckem up!". They did not like that at nationals.
alexpotato
I was the co-ordination for the NCPA NEIC conference!

What team did you play for??