Banzai-- the lowest of the low?
06-27-03, 06:54 AM
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Banzai-- the lowest of the low?
Can't believe how utterly bad those commercials look. Plus, even before the first show airs, it is already claiming victims:
http://www.examiner.com/news/default....chicken.0624w
http://www.examiner.com/news/default....chicken.0624w
06-27-03, 07:51 AM
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Actually, the show claims to be spoofing Japanese game shows...
It's not..
It almost immitates Japanese game shows dead on perfectly. (Players placing bets over the dumbest possible ****.) (and.. at least the few Japanese game shows I've actually seen.. which isn't many I'll admit, I tend to gravitate toward the dumbest possible ones too. (a few various shows and the occasional super happy family hour.)
That said, anybody who does something they hear on a commercial is just stupid. Let's see somebody get a rabbi, a priest, and lou ferrigno and get that segment immitated.
It's not..
It almost immitates Japanese game shows dead on perfectly. (Players placing bets over the dumbest possible ****.) (and.. at least the few Japanese game shows I've actually seen.. which isn't many I'll admit, I tend to gravitate toward the dumbest possible ones too. (a few various shows and the occasional super happy family hour.)
That said, anybody who does something they hear on a commercial is just stupid. Let's see somebody get a rabbi, a priest, and lou ferrigno and get that segment immitated.
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06-27-03, 09:00 AM
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Banzai TV used to be shown on USA network on Fri or Sat nights during different movies. You could go online to their website and compete against other viewers in various contests. So um, the first show aired a year or two ago.
06-27-03, 10:53 AM
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Banzai has been around for a while (at least here in Canada) and it is the funniest/craziest show you are bound to see.... it is absolutely hilarious and makes for a great drinking game... WELL worth watching...honestly...
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06-27-03, 11:11 AM
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Interesting. I'd never heard of it before. Maybe next, we can paint some white guys in blackface, give them big red lips, and have a tap-dancing show-- as a "spoof" of old minstrel shows.
06-30-03, 07:16 AM
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Originally posted by Darren Garrison
Interesting. I'd never heard of it before. Maybe next, we can paint some white guys in blackface, give them big red lips, and have a tap-dancing show-- as a "spoof" of old minstrel shows.
Interesting. I'd never heard of it before. Maybe next, we can paint some white guys in blackface, give them big red lips, and have a tap-dancing show-- as a "spoof" of old minstrel shows.
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06-30-03, 08:59 AM
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Originally posted by FlashStash
Hehee, how do you know, without ever seeing an episode, that the show will be making fun of any nationality?
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Hehee, how do you know, without ever seeing an episode, that the show will be making fun of any nationality?
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07-13-03, 08:14 PM
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Anyone watch this? As it seemed in the commercials, it is pretty horrible. Some of the "bets" were silly enough, but I thought that the one legged soccer player against the one armed goalie was in bad taste.
I can honestly say that I would never watch it again.
I can honestly say that I would never watch it again.
07-13-03, 08:25 PM
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I laughed a good bit, but thought the old-lady chicken was kind of wrong.
That said, here's a bet.
PLACE YOUR BETS!!
HOW LONG WILL BANZAI! LAST ON FOX?
A. 2 to 7 EPISODES
B. 8 to 13 EPISODES
C. 14 to 26 EPISODES
D. MORE THAN 26 EPISODES.
I'll probably keep watching, reminds me of SUPER HAPPY FAMILY HOUR that I used to watch. And well, TV sucks 8:30 Sunday.
That said, here's a bet.
PLACE YOUR BETS!!
HOW LONG WILL BANZAI! LAST ON FOX?
A. 2 to 7 EPISODES
B. 8 to 13 EPISODES
C. 14 to 26 EPISODES
D. MORE THAN 26 EPISODES.
I'll probably keep watching, reminds me of SUPER HAPPY FAMILY HOUR that I used to watch. And well, TV sucks 8:30 Sunday.
07-13-03, 10:08 PM
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I laughed, I cried.. I had a moment. One of the best shows on tv for guilty pleasures. I'll watch again and again. 
07-13-03, 10:27 PM
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Originally posted by TheMadMonk
I kinda liked it.
I kinda liked it.
It wasn't nearly as bad as I expected from the commercials and some of the segments were pretty entertaining.
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Originally posted by Darren Garrison
Interesting. I'd never heard of it before. Maybe next, we can paint some white guys in blackface, give them big red lips, and have a tap-dancing show-- as a "spoof" of old minstrel shows.
Interesting. I'd never heard of it before. Maybe next, we can paint some white guys in blackface, give them big red lips, and have a tap-dancing show-- as a "spoof" of old minstrel shows.
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I also have to beg to differ about this being the lowest of the low.. fox can go much lower.. recall the glutten bowl? 
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i gotta say i laughed my ass off. good stuff. btw, an r2 uk dvd is available (it's been on in the uk for some time as well as canada.) i'll go out on a limb and say it's quality entertainment