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American Gladiators by Tyler on 30 Dec, 2007 15:19
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Watch out WWE! In about a week the show that many of us in our 30's stayed up late to watch as a kid is returning to TV - American Gladiators! There's nothing like watching a bunch of weekend warriors taking on professional athletes in events that require head on, full body contact. For thoseof you that aren't familiar with American Gladiators, it's a show where two male and two female contestants compete against each other to earn the most points in events where they compete against the American Gladiators. There is 10 different events that they battle the American Gladiators in - Joust, Wall, Assaut, Pyramid, Gauntlet, Earthquake, Elimnator, Hang Tough, Powerball, and Hit and Run.
The best part about this show is that the contestants are often much smaller than the American Gladiators and can often take a real beating. For example, here's the bio of one of this years' contestants:
Molivann Duy
Age: 24 Height: 5'7" Weight: 155
His bio reads:
Molivann Duy is a 24-year-old daycare teacher by day and student by night. His biggest idols are his parents who fled Cambodia during the 1970s massacres and made a great life out of nothing. By example of his parents, Molivann feels like he can accomplish anything he puts his mind to. He currently lives in Lakewood, California.
Now, that's a heart warming story that Molivann has, but it's not going to do him any good when he faces someone like the sly Alex Castor, a Gladiator that goes by the name of Militia.
Here's Militia's stats:
The 6-foot, 3-inch, 220-pound Gladiator targets his opponents with tactical precision. With an impressive arsenal of skills at his disposal, he is well equipped for any operation and will do anything to complete his objective. Once Militia has you in his sights, you'd better have a plan, or the game is over.
There's also the added benefit of watching the women go at it. It's not every day that you get to see your typical girl next door take on some muscle enriched, beast of a woman. Here's one of the contestants Kim.
Kim Marciniak is a 28-year-old medical sales rep and former dancer for the New York Knicks. She is a bubbly "Jersey girl" who grew up dancing and spent years doing so for the New York Knicks. She wants to prove that she can handle anything, and "American Gladiators" is just the way she wants to do it. She currently lives in Avenel, New Jersey.
American Gladiators airs on Sunday, January 6th at 9/8c. To learn more about American Gladiators, go to http://www.nbc.com/American_Gladiators -
#1 by Razor X on 30 Dec, 2007 15:40
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I've been looking forward to this coming back to the airwaves.
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#2 by StogieStang on 30 Dec, 2007 16:35
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It wasn't just for you in your 30's. Those of us who are in their 20's got to watch the reruns.[img width=500 height=307]
Watch out WWE! In about a week the show that many of us in our 30's stayed up late to watch as a kid is returning to TV - American Gladiators!
My favorite competition is when they try to knock each other off the ledge using giant Q-Tips. At least that's what I called them when I was a kid.
I did hear Hulk Hogan is hosting the new Gladiator's show. Who needs writers when we have shows like these
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#3 by JDog on 30 Dec, 2007 17:27
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Bring back the Nostalgia. I always enjoyed the older series
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#4 by Tyler on 30 Dec, 2007 17:28
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Bring back the Nostalgia. I always enjoyed the older series
I was watching some reruns of the older series last week - boy were there A LOT of mullets on the TV screen. -
#5 by JDog on 30 Dec, 2007 17:43
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The Mullet WAS what the faux hawk and emo combover are today.
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#6 by PBurke on 30 Dec, 2007 17:56
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why do the two white dudes look like total frickin' schmucks and the other dudes look like badasses?
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#7 by Tyler on 30 Dec, 2007 19:14
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I don't know Paulie, but that dude in the back has some crazy fabio like hair.
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#8 by BALDANDRE on 30 Dec, 2007 23:42
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why do the two white dudes look like total frickin' schmucks and the other dudes look like badasses?
Aww, yea...
kinda creeped out by the new gladiators?!? -
#9 by ar3inc on 31 Dec, 2007 11:13
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That is
awesomeRadical, dude. I'm 29 and remember watcing that show all the time. I cant't wait. -
#10 by Scott on 31 Dec, 2007 21:52
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I'm 29 too and I remember watching AG back in the day
so I'm looking forward to watching the newest edition.
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#11 by frostillicus123 on 01 Jan, 2008 10:03
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i thought the all looked like girlies.the girles were oh so bad though
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#12 by dinosaur on 25 Jan, 2008 13:31
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"crush" is smokin...
and i think "wolf" is hilarious -
#13 by champ007 on 25 Jan, 2008 18:30
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why do the two white dudes look like total frickin' schmucks and the other dudes look like badasses?
Aww, yea...
kinda creeped out by the new gladiators?!?
Yea, the captain america wanna be really creeps me out also, makes me not want to watch the show.
(Captain America wanna be IE: weird blonde dude doing the madonna vogue pose in the front) -
#14 by BaldRob on 14 Feb, 2008 16:51
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So, what's everyone's thoughts on the new show?
I have to say that I'm somewhat disappointed... way to much talking and human interest stuff! But I do agree with dinosaur... Crush is smoking!!
The competitions and the eliminator are awesome though... I find that if I fast forward through the 40 billion commercials and the talking, it takes about 20 minutes to watch an hour long episode!