![]() ![]() ![]() He said “sure come on down to the vault and see if there’s something you like”. I have a friend, Paul Gilbert, who works in international syndication so he had a vault of Tapes from all over the world. But I thought what can I do, because I was really looking for ideas. Also Iron Chef was big at the time and I was a fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000. Something just hit me maybe it was based on a throw-back to “What’s Up Tiger Lilly”. And Comedy was something I really, really enjoyed. Paul: At the time my partner Peter Kaikko and I were bouncing around ideas because we were always trying to develop new shows. Joshua: When did the idea first come up to make a Japanese show? If anyone has any questions for him please write them on the website and if I get enough I will try to interview him again. He said he would love to do another interview with me in the future. This interview may not be posted anywhere outside of KeshiHeads and KeshiKingdom without expressed permission from myself. It has been modified to make it more readable and to have liable material removed. It was transcribed by myself from an audio recording dated 2/26/15. This is a transcription of the interview I did with MXC co-Creator and Executive producer: Paul Abeyta. Register for a free global Runboard account ( help) | Log in with: (), Runboard globally ( lost password?) ![]() Yet the Japanese commentary during the challenges has been left intact (with subtitles).Interview with MXC Co-Creator Paul Abeyta And the on-screen appearances of the original hosts have been stripped out and replaced with segments featuring a commentator who wears a maroon sport coat that could be from the wardrobe of Keith Jackson from around 1985. In G4’s makeover, segments of “Kinniku Banzuke” have been mixed and matched to create episodes of “Unbeatable Banzuke,” resulting in mysterious references to challenges that we haven’t seen. But even the losers who go down in flames at the first obstacle are treated affectionately. The contestants vary significantly in skill, which is another entertaining aspect a typical field might include professional athletes, a celebrity or two, aging martial-arts masters, working-class dreamers, teenage jocks and the inevitable fireman. The G4 programs are game shows at heart, rather than comedies, and both “Ninja Warrior” and “Unbeatable Banzuke” are characterized by an appealing earnestness and esprit de corps among contestants and audience. “Banzuke” presents a variety of challenges: fiendishly difficult obstacle courses that must be navigated by bicycle or on stilts, say, or a timed rice-barrel relay conducted on a huge seesaw that mustn’t touch the ground.įailure can be just as spectacular and telegenic as it is on “MXC” or “Jackass,” but it inspires sympathetic groans rather than sardonic frat-house laughter. There’s nothing quite like them currently being made for American TV, where skill is defined as knowing whether to listen to your brother-in-law when he tells you that the next briefcase is sure to be worth a million dollars. “Banzuke,” which ran in Japan from 1995 to 2002, and “Sasuke,” which has been broadcast annually there since 1997, are genuine tests of skill and athleticism. Now G4 has reached even further back into the Japanese television archives for “Kinniku Banzuke,” the show that inspired “Sasuke,” and is presenting it to American audiences as “Unbeatable Banzuke,” airing at 9:30 p.m. More recently the G4 channel has generated some buzz with “Ninja Warrior,” a repurposing of “Sasuke,” a long-running Japanese obstacle-course competition.
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