I was sitting and while plotting and scheming I decided to turn on the old TV and see if anything was on. Due to the writer's strike the networks have pulled out all the stops in terms of game shows and reality shows. Deal or No Deal is on almost every night, and is the worst game show imagineable. There was one interesting program on tonight however, the new American Gladiators. I am glad to say it is pretty much the same as the old one, with a few differences to make it more "prime time" viewing.
It used to be on Saturday mornings and I remember always watching while growing up, we even had the American Gladiators NES video game. This new version has all the same competitions, still has the Eliminator, and still has crazy nicknames for the gladiators. One thing that has changed for the worse is that Hulk Hogan is the host and he talks like he is a wrestler in the 80s, oh wait he was. The other thing is that they talk all the time to drag out the show. Before and after each event they talk to the contestants about how they feel and how they are going to win. Face it, all this show is normal people going head to head with underpaid man-giants so hopped up on roid-rage that there life span is about 3 more years. We don't care what these people have to say, just hop them up with steroids and throw them in a cage with each other.
In a related note I heard Barry Bonds is going to tryout as a Gladiator for next season if he doesn't return to Baseball.
Also, one of the gladiators, Wolf, looks a lot like Ben Stiller on Dodgeball.
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Just like the Roman gladiators but with nerf weapons. Do they still have the gerbil ball event?
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