MXC - Most Extreme Elimination Challenge

MXC - Kenny and Vic

We have a new favorite show, MXC (Most Extreme Elimination Challenge) and it's on Spike TV. This show is so weird, it is almost impossible to do it justice with a description, but I'm going to try. Succintly put, MXC is a Japanese game show (called Takeshi's Castle in Japan) involving really weird physical competitions. Describing the different types of competition and the presentation of the show succintly is much more difficult. There are numerous obstacle course type competitions and two teams of competitors, which are usually given odd names like The Cops vs. The Cons or Addicts vs. Donors. The announcers on the show have all been given strange names, also, like Guy LeDouche and Captain Tenneal. Most of the competitions involve the contestants falling into what commonly called on MXC, "the fluid." It consists of putrid water and/or mud.

MXC Ball

MXC Mushroom

I have no idea what the show is about in Japanese, but the dubbing of the play by play and the side commentary done in English is hilarious. The games are tougher to win than they seem, and translating names of the games has turned them all into sexual and scatalogical double entendres. If you liked Mystery Science Theater, you will love the voice over. MXC is one show that you just have to see to appreciate. Keep an open mind when you watch it (I'm not kidding about it being weird), and you won't be able to stop laughing.