TV meme: day 15
Jul. 3rd, 2010 02:49 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wouldbedorothyDay 15 - Your guilty pleasure show
American Gladiators
Ahhhh, I love this show! Mostly the classic version, although the reboot a few years ago was fun, too. It was an athletic competition show where people faced off against "Gladiators" in different events. I remember it coming on Saturdays. Must have been around noon, 'cause I watched it after cartoons. I was never an athletic kid, but I was addicted to AG, so I must have lived vicariously through the people on it, lol. It had the fun cheesiness of professional wrestling, but there was something totally genuine about it :)
My favorite Gladiators were Gemini ("THE MASTER BLASTER!!!" lol), Zap, and Siren (who was deaf!). My favorite event was probably the Joust, which involved contender and Gladiator standing on these high platforms and battling each other with what looked like giant Q-tips lol. Although, I've been watching the show again lately on ESPN Classic, and now my favorite might be Hang Tough. Well, Men's Hang Tough. In that, a contender has to swing from ring to ring to get to the platform on the other side, with a Gladiator swinging towards them trying to pull them down. And when the Gladiators catch up to the contenders, they wrap their legs around their waists and thrust all their weight onto them until they pull them down, lol. It's highly enjoyable.
American Gladiators
Ahhhh, I love this show! Mostly the classic version, although the reboot a few years ago was fun, too. It was an athletic competition show where people faced off against "Gladiators" in different events. I remember it coming on Saturdays. Must have been around noon, 'cause I watched it after cartoons. I was never an athletic kid, but I was addicted to AG, so I must have lived vicariously through the people on it, lol. It had the fun cheesiness of professional wrestling, but there was something totally genuine about it :)
My favorite Gladiators were Gemini ("THE MASTER BLASTER!!!" lol), Zap, and Siren (who was deaf!). My favorite event was probably the Joust, which involved contender and Gladiator standing on these high platforms and battling each other with what looked like giant Q-tips lol. Although, I've been watching the show again lately on ESPN Classic, and now my favorite might be Hang Tough. Well, Men's Hang Tough. In that, a contender has to swing from ring to ring to get to the platform on the other side, with a Gladiator swinging towards them trying to pull them down. And when the Gladiators catch up to the contenders, they wrap their legs around their waists and thrust all their weight onto them until they pull them down, lol. It's highly enjoyable.
