# MXC - anyone else like this show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 9, 2005, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730 "2005-07-09T09:03:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Gene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@Soylent\_Gene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Gene)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/1 "2005-07-09T09:03:07Z")
Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (aka MXC)…Spike network Thursday nights I think this show is a riot. I’ve been watching it on and off for about two years and I still love it. **I cant beleive its not a Nation sensation.** I dont know anybody else that watches it though. Am I completely retarded and stuck in middle-aged adolescence? Favorite events: Rotating Surf Board of Death Log Drop Sinkers and Floaters Favorite Episode: Porn Industry vs. Construction Industry Favorite Character: who else…Kenny Blankenship ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_Stimulus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Digital\_Stimulus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_Stimulus)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/2 "2005-07-09T13:10:16Z")
One of my favorites. Every so often, I’ll respond to someone by saying, \“Indeed, Kenny”\. Most of the time they just look at me oddly while I chuckle to myself. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/3 "2005-07-09T14:52:13Z")
This show puts me in (figurative) stitches and (literal) tears every time I see it. ---
**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/4 "2005-07-09T15:02:56Z")
> [@Soylent Gene](#): > > Am I completely retarded and stuck in middle-aged adolescence? Right you are Ken. I kid. I love the show. Absolutely hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![audreyayn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@audreyayn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audreyayn)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/5 "2005-07-09T18:00:37Z")
One of two shows I watch on Spike TV. (The other being Hey! Spring of Trivia, oddly enough.) In addition to all the bad puns and juvenile humor, I’m kind of amused that the bad dubbing job is still so much better than the dubbing on a lot of anime. They have one woman doing all the female voices! Yet that (and the accents) only adds to its charm. I can’t help but feel I’m missing something, though. Why “Babbaganush”? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/6 "2005-07-09T18:52:34Z")
The whole Evil Captor family loves it. It has made the terms “He’s going into a Scary Uncle” and “Full Willing Participant” part of our houseold vocabulary. Also “Right you are, Ken.” “Babbaganush” I believe is a term used by Jewish humorists from time immemorial, or the 50s, whichever comes first. I’m bettin’ it’s Yiddish, or Yiddish-like in some way. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/7 "2005-07-09T19:32:04Z")
Baba ganoush is actually a middle eastern dish made from eggplant. Why they use it in every episode of MXC, I don’t know. Maybe they just think it sounds funny. ---
**Author:** ![ShepherdWong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b38774/32.png) [@ShepherdWong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShepherdWong)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/8 "2005-07-09T20:28:06Z")
Love it. Sinkers and Floaters, Rotating surfboard of death Dash to Death Log drop are my favorite events. ---
**Author:** ![Cockatiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cockatiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cockatiel)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/9 "2005-07-09T20:44:24Z")
That show has had me and my sister in hysterics quite a few times. I love that show. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/10 "2005-07-09T23:16:40Z")
Love it. 🙂 What surprises me is how often Guy LeDouche’s lines could ACTUALLY BE WHAT HE’S SAYING. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/11 "2005-07-09T23:26:48Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Baba ganoush is actually a middle eastern dish made from eggplant. Why they use it in every episode of MXC, I don’t know. Maybe they just think it sounds funny. I could swear I’ve heard it used before in a humorous context? Maybe … Rocky and Bullwinkle? ---
**Author:** ![Ex\_Machina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Ex\_Machina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ex_Machina)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/12 "2005-07-10T00:28:42Z")
The first time I saw this show was accidental. It was a marathon that I stumbled on while surfing channels. I literally rolled on the floor laughing through four episodes. I love the glee of the contestants, right to the final splat. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/13 "2005-07-10T02:40:57Z")
I love it. It is the ultimate in dumb entertainment, the show to watch when you have used your brain all day and don’t want to bother with rational thought anymore. Plus, I think the whole ‘running into doors’ event is _perfect_ physical comedy. It’s funny to watch humans act like june bugs. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/14 "2005-07-10T02:48:17Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I could swear I’ve heard it used before in a humorous context? Maybe … Rocky and Bullwinkle? From _22 Short Films About Springfield_ Lisa: I’ve [still] got gum in my hair. Marge: Oh, we’ve tried everything: olive oil, lemon juice, tartar sauce, chocolate syrup, gravy, bacon fat, hummus and baba ganoush… Lisa: My scalp hurts from horsefly bites. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/15 "2005-07-10T04:54:11Z")
More from me: one of my favorite games is what MXC calls the Clear Sphere of Fear. Contestants are put into a plastic ball and rolled down a pachinko-type course full of bumps and posts, and must maneuver themselves past a group of boxes to the finish. Why? WHY would someone agree to go through that??? ---
**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/16 "2005-07-10T05:05:45Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Plus, I think the whole ‘running into doors’ event is _perfect_ physical comedy. It’s funny to watch humans act like june bugs. Right you are, **Derleth**. MXC was totally a pre-party show. It was on at the perfect time (9 PM on Fridays) and although it was hilarous sober, 6 half-drunk college guys going MST3K on it made it classic. _JUST STICK IT IN!_ ---
**Author:** ![ISiddiqui](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/97f17d/32.png) [@ISiddiqui](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ISiddiqui)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/17 "2005-07-10T05:12:16Z")
I loved it when it started last year. But then it was so long until the next season that I kind of lost interest and haven’t really watched much since. ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/18 "2005-07-10T06:07:42Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > From _22 Short Films About Springfield_ > > Lisa: I’ve [still] got gum in my hair. > Marge: Oh, we’ve tried everything: olive oil, lemon juice, tartar sauce, chocolate syrup, gravy, bacon fat, hummus and baba ganoush… > Lisa: My scalp hurts from horsefly bites. I did a quick Google search and it shows up in a lot of comedy contexts. I suspect that it gets used a lot because the sound of the name itself is humorous … like “Albuquerque” or “Uvula” or “gorgonzola.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2005, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mxc-anyone-else-like-this-show/311730/19 "2005-07-10T15:32:07Z")
> [@Evil Captor](#): > > I did a quick Google search and it shows up in a lot of comedy contexts. I suspect that it gets used a lot because the sound of the name itself is humorous … like “Albuquerque” or “Uvula” or “gorgonzola.” Or “Mukluk”. You like that one, “Mukluk”? I’m giving you that one for free. “Mukluk.”