I'm probably late on this, BUT HOLY CRAP!

Post by **Mozgus** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:32 am

American Gladiators is coming back!

http://www.nbc.com/American_Gladiators/index.shtml

Yaaaaaay!

For those who don't know the level awesome this show was, prepare for hilarity.

http://youtube.com/results?search_query ... rch=Search

Post by **DCAllAmerican** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:37 am

Yea man I just hope it will be on the same level as it was before.

Now that I think about it; shouldn't we NOT like it since it is "modernized" and we are Retro dudes?

Post by **spiritplx** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 11:37 am

They show reruns on ESPN Classic every day at 6 or so (CST). What a great show.

Post by **ott0bot** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:24 pm

maybe with the rising popularity of Ninja Warrior and Takeshi's Castle good ol' USA thought it better get back in the mix.

When i was young i saw a guy's femur bust out of his skin on this show, and i though it was fake. However, after 20 or so replays i was convinced otherwise. ouch.

There cosutumes are pretty lame and they have terrible names like Ice and Laser, but it still seems enjoyable enough to see a School teacher from Cedar Lake, IA to get his clock cleaned by some guy named Turbo in a leotard. ha!

Post by **gradualmeltdown** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 4:19 pm

They'll probably try and make it cool. What they should do is bring back all the old competitors and gladiators and have a geriatric version. Same exact challenges, way more painful moments. Now that would be entertaining.

Post by **Jubal** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 7:37 pm

I loved this show as a kid, its probably part of the reason I swing foam swords on saturdays while LARPing. =)

Post by **Gamerforlife** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 10:36 pm

Interesting, it's hard for me to watch that show as I keep hearing the voice of Bill Hicks in my head, one of my favorite comediens. He was always bashing that show.

Post by **RadarScope1** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 12:26 am

Thank the writers strike!