So I watched the first half hour of this show tonight. It would have been more entertaining if the “commentators” would have fucked off and died. I only saw the first 2 events.
Kobadishi or whatever the eaters name was never had a shot. They could have picked a different animal other than a GIANT F***ING BEAR to compete with. I mean, really. There was no chance and I knew that when I saw they were supposed to eat the same amount of hot dogs. The bear just sort of inhaled 3 or 4 at a time at his leisure while “eater” was sucking them down at a good rate. They should have had him face off against a german sheppard or something, although my dog will eat people food so fast that if I drop a piece of bacon on the floor I don’t even see where it landed and I don’t see him chewing either. And what was with the guys saying “Bear is staring down Eater. He is determined to win this event!” :rolleyes:
Then I saw the sumo vs chimp in tug if war. Gotta admit I was suprised at this one. The chimp didn’t even break a sweat. I think he won because he probably had a better grip with them big chimp hands and let the sumo tire himself out. It was funny actually
Anyway, did anyone else see the remaining events? If so can you recap them for me? Midgets vs Elephant looked good. Did I see Wee Man in that group of folks?
I didn’t stick around long enough to see the midgets vs. elephant. That event puzzled me. Let’s see…
Champion human eater (Kobayashi) vs. animal known for voracious appetite (bear). OK, that makes sense.
Strong human (sumo) vs. animal known for strength (orangutan). OK, I can buy that too.
Well-trained, agile human (marine) vs. animal known for agility (chimp). Seems perfectly logical.
Fast human (sprinter) vs. animals that are rather fast (giraffe, zebra). OK, it’s no cheetah, but I can live with it.
Lastly, animal known for strength (elephant) vs. …FORTY-FOUR MIDGETS!!! Now that’s just plain odd. Why in God’s name did they have to be midgets?
You have to love Fox. I loved the “keys to victory” for the zebra: stay focused and be aware that he is in a race.
If you didn’t see the remaining events: Marine beats chimp in obstacle course. Sprinter beats giraffe but then loses to zebra twice (once was a false start by Mr. Zebra). As for the age-old question, “Who can pull a plane faster, an elephant or 44 midgets?” (a question we’ve certainly all pondered), I don’t know who won.
I think I saw some of the little people sandbagging it, just not putting their complete effort into it. If they’d had 100% effort, I think they could have taken that elephant.
But if that giraffe had a cheetah chasing it, it’d have kicked that sprinter’s ass.
I only caught one event…just for the record, the sumo wrestler was tugging against an orangutan, not a chimp.
I just love the commercial for it though…“An elephant vs. Fifty Little People.” Something about that just didn’t seem right.
And I’m guessing the man won against the giraffe. Sure, it’s top speed may be faster than the average human’s, but humans have a much better take off speed, so in short distances, people can outrun most animals. It’s just that pesky thing of topping out really quick that makes running from police dogs no fun.
They aren’t midgets, they like to be called Little People.
And the elephant won.
That had to be one of the most stupid programs I have ever sat through. A real train wreck. I kept getting disgusted and flipping to other channels, then inexplicably found myself flipping back.
damn, when I first saw a thread about this show, I was imagining some sort of gladiatorial combat (it hasn’t made its way over to UK yet, so I was basing it on what people were saying) - midgets being squished into bloody pulp by a mighty mastodon while struggling to get one of them onto its back to deliver the fatal blow - man vs lion in a fight to the death… that would have been a show worth watching.
Now I discover that it’s just a crap version of ‘The Krypton Factor’ with animals… i’m sooooooooooo disappointed…
I was impressed ny how well the chimpanzee did on the obstacle course. How do you think they trained him for that? And the guy he went against was from “Combat Missions” on USA. I think he’s a professional former Navy Seal.
Jim Rome just said that this crap should have been under a big top with carnival music playing in the background. He also made a good point… is PETA ok with this since the Orangutan beat the Sumo wrestler? Because it seems highly likely they would have freaked if the Sumo pulled the monkey into the mud.
I don’t know whether to be sorry I missed this or not.
I admit I watched this show, giggling the whole time at how silly it was. Of course, any Terry Pratchett fan knew the outcome of the orangutan vs. sumo match. The poor fella never had a chance.
And wasn’t the interviewer for the SEAL vs. Chimp match from the show Boot Camp?
Ahhh, Fox. Proof that the lowest common denominator can keep getting lower and lower.
Did anyone else get the feeling they were watching the WWE? That maybe it was faked?
When the Sumo flew off his stand and belly-flopped, it sure looked like he jumped. a)He was holding his own, b)there was a shot of the orang (lying down) pulling hard but not close to a sharp jerk c) then cut to a flying sumo …
The Little folk were laughing and clearly some were not pulling hard at all (doesn’t mean fake, but if it was purposeful dogging iot …)
I meant to make a Man vs. Beast thread but forgot. Yeah, I watched. But really, I don’t see why it’s such a guilty pleasure. It really was pretty funny- although the elephant thing at the end was random. However, they did mention that midgets have a lower center of gravity than most, so perhaps that was why they used them, as opposed to tall folk.
It would have been a lot funnier to see the orangatan falling into the mud. I’m sadistic. I loved the chimp’s “I lost, but maybe I can shame the winner into humbling himself before me by showing people my genitals?”
I have a lot more respect for the animals now, though.