06/24/07 10:34 - 76ºF - ID#39798

hey guess what

hey guess what just listen to my usersound

ESPN Classic has been playing American Gladiator lately.
HOLYSHIT this is the best show. Why did I not understand this 17 years ago?
The goddamn amazingness of it all flips my lid.
The concept of the show is that people, wearing spandex and teeth guards, are pitted against a stable of professional Gladiators.
The professional Gladiators' job is to lift weights and shoot nerf guns and water hoses and run around in giant steel cages.

If I had a Tivo it would be set to record Jeopardy and American Gladiators and thats the only TV I would watch.

In closing, this this is a partial list of American Gladiator names

Zap
Nitro
Blaze
Laser
Diamond
Ice
Thunder
Turbo
Storm

jenks writes at 10:17:49 06/26/07 - Comment #20134: oh kook... i've missed you.
We need more of your random hystericalness.

metalpeter writes at 05:54:29 06/25/07 - Comment #20117: I used to watch It all the time. I admit I don't remember all the games or all the Gladiators since some of them changed over the years and I didn't see every show.

zobar writes at 02:53:55 06/25/07 - Comment #20114: I actually just watched an episode over some dude's shoulder on my flight from Buffalo to Portland. I remember it being totally awesome [and it still is] but I this time I ended up dissecting it as an actual _sport_.

It's really weird, because it's an individual-achievement sport [as opposed to a team sport] where the contestants never play against each other, but rather against this neutral, unaffiliated team of American Gladiators. Even though they always play defense and never score points, the Gladiators still managed to amass this crazy crowd following. It's interesting, because I'm a total dork.

- Z

fellyconnelly writes at 11:11:34 06/25/07 - Comment #20109: wasn't there a lame ass cartoon too?

james writes at 09:20:24 06/25/07 - Comment #20096

Holy McCrap!

At the end of saturday morning cartoons it was always such a letdown when American Bandstand would come on. But years later when it was followed, no, crowned by American Gladiator. That was some might good accompaniment to a giant bowl of Alphabets cereal.

Check out this page on American Gladiator :::link:::

and be sure to take a lookg at Malibu, he is so trashy 80's looking
:::link:::

note: that was from a google search I just did, I haven't through about this show since it was on TV.

mike writes at 10:51:47 06/24/07 - Comment #20082: AMERICAN GLADIATORS IS THE BEST SHOW EVER!! ICE was awesome yet so scary and I liked Nitrogen too I think.