New American Gladiators, Now With More Injuries!

By Chris Mottram
January 6 is shaping up to be the best day of 2008 (granted the year with be but six days old at that point). Not only is it the first weekend of the NFL playoffs, but the premiere of the new “American Gladiators” is going down at 9PM on NBC.
The original “Gladiators” is quite possibly the greatest (and only) sports-related show ever recorded in a studio, and My Brain Says Rage has some insider info on the new version:
[quote="MBSR"]“On the first day of shooting (I think it was either the gauntlet or powerball) one contestant tore his ACL and another broke his femur. Assault is supposedly amazing. When the contestant hits the target above the gladiator’s head, the platform the gladiator is standing on launches the gladiator into a giant pool behind him/her. ... They brought in strippers from Las Vegas (is there a shortage in LA?) to be ‘Gladiator Girls’.”[/quote]
Man, I love me some Assault. My brothers and I used to play that in the basement with various Nerf products. We did not, however, wear spandex while doing so.
Please, won’t you join me aboard the Wayback Machine as we catch up with Malibu circa 1989:

Now, rejoining the year 2007, is Dog the Bounty Hunter the bad actor formally known as Malibu?
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Chris Mottram is the Community Manager for SportingNews.com and is the co-author of his personal blog Mr. Irrelevant.↵