I only know the German version from RTL2 which had funny commentary dubbed over it with made-up names and stuff. Curious, did the dubs in other countries do the same? Were there languages with the original commentary translated?
rimeice 1 hours ago [-]
In the uk it was Craig Charles of red dwarf fame, renowned funk and soul DJ and robot wars host. It was brilliant.
oakesm9 28 minutes ago [-]
I can hear his laugh just reading this
riffraff 2 hours ago [-]
We had this in the 80s/90s in Italy within a show called "mai dire banzai", they mixed up clips of Takeshi's Castle and Za Gaman[0], and the commentary was three guys of which two acted as faux Japanese experts and the third acted surprised at the completely made up bits of Japanese culture.
absolutely blowing my mind to realize vic romano and detective nishi are the same actor
klocksib 2 hours ago [-]
wait did you see that microsoft execution container (mxc) article and think "oh wow remember the best show that was on spiketv"? :D
tosh 2 hours ago [-]
I don't know about spiketv but yes @ microsoft execution container post
Fervicus 2 hours ago [-]
Wouldn't have expected this on Hacker News. Used to love watching this as a kid!
dfxm12 47 minutes ago [-]
Most of Beat Takeshi's work is amazing, from this, to his films, even his infamous Nintendo game.
prominent660 1 hours ago [-]
IRL OG Fall Guys
racl101 1 hours ago [-]
"Right in to the mud!"
Remember watching this as a kid after school eating my bag of chips I'd been given for lunch which I'd save up so I can eat it later while watching this. In Canada, it was aired as MXC.
jauntywundrkind 3 hours ago [-]
Thanks! Someone once told me about this, told me MXC is actually Takeshi's Castle, but I forgot, long ago. Fun fact.
sudo_navendu 2 hours ago [-]
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It was incredibly popular back then.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za_Gaman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boww2fJUEHc
strange Poland didn't have one...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcreation
"DON'T. GET. ELIMINATED."
https://archive.org/details/takeshis-castle-with-english-sub...
The other archive link shared here, it's to another set of rips that appear to lack subtitles.
(From MXC, based on footage from Takeshi’s Castle)
Still remember that phrase from years ago.
Should do a rewatch again, it's been a while...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Any%3F
Remember watching this as a kid after school eating my bag of chips I'd been given for lunch which I'd save up so I can eat it later while watching this. In Canada, it was aired as MXC.