There were different games here like that where you had to touch a vehicle to win it. Not something I'd want to do.

Fear Factor.

There was this American game show that was Japanese themed. As in, it took place in Japan, with a Japanese audience, a Japanese host, a Japanese format and some colorful architecture, but with American contestants. The challenges were so weird! I remember that the contestants had to move across an oily floor, a soapy floor, and they had to stand/traverse on what looked like metal hockey pucks that actually moved! I don't remember what year this was, and I don't remember what the show is called, heck even the challenges may be off, but that's what I remember.

I loved the Weakest Link and Survivor

"Cram" (2003), a GSN original show, in which players are given a load of stuff to study for a full day, without sleeping. The contestants are then transported to the studio (where the actual game is filmed), where they are quizzed on all this info in various ways; a couple of rounds even involved the players performing a stunt of some sort while being asked questions. Each episode would consist of two pairs of contestants (usually a man and a woman) competing against each other.

So to recap... 24 hours before the taping, the contestants would be sequestered in a special room to do all their studying, and then be transported to the studio, and be quizzed on it.

This program was short-lived; it premiered on GSN during the first full week of 2003, and ceased production sometime in the summer of that year.

"Cram" (2003), a GSN original show, in which players are given a load of stuff to study for a full day, without sleeping. The contestants are then transported to the studio (where the actual game is filmed), where they are quizzed on all this info in various ways; a couple of rounds even involved the players performing a stunt of some sort while being asked questions. Each episode would consist of two pairs of contestants (usually a man and a woman) competing against each other.

So to recap... 24 hours before the taping, the contestants would be sequestered in a special room to do all their studying, and then be transported to the studio, and be quizzed on it.

This program was short-lived; it premiered on GSN during the first full week of 2003, and ceased production sometime in the summer of that year.
In 2004 there was a UK version of The Cram.

There was this American game show that was Japanese themed. As in, it took place in Japan, with a Japanese audience, a Japanese host, a Japanese format and some colorful architecture, but with American contestants. The challenges were so weird! I remember that the contestants had to move across an oily floor, a soapy floor, and they had to stand/traverse on what looked like metal hockey pucks that actually moved! I don't remember what year this was, and I don't remember what the show is called, heck even the challenges may be off, but that's what I remember.

Banzai!

Fear Factor.
And all those gross foods they had to eat! The worst part!  :o

Banzai!
And all those gross foods they had to eat! The worst part!  :o


I hated that show. :P

Double Dare

Double Dare

Double Dare was a 90's show on Nick, and I used to watch it!

Takeshi's Castle

Takeshi's Castle was a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him. The show has become a cult television hit around the world. A special live "revival" was broadcast on April 2, 2005, for TBS's 50th anniversary celebrations.

Takeshi's Castle

Takeshi's Castle was a Japanese game show that aired between 1986 and 1990 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up difficult challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him. The show has become a cult television hit around the world. A special live "revival" was broadcast on April 2, 2005, for TBS's 50th anniversary celebrations.

I haven't heard of it, but have you ever seen the Japanese show Ninja Warrior? It's not for everyone, just atheletes really, who have to complete a tough obstacle course in so much time, and there are different rounds to it. At the very end if you make it, you climb a rope and have to beat the time or the rope drops.

In 2004 there was a UK version of The Cram.

Sounds like the same format as the American version! (I wonder if UK was inspired by it?)

I loved the Weakest Link and Survivor


Loved Weakest Link and I still watch Survivor.


And all those gross foods they had to eat! The worst part!  :o


I really liked Fear Factor before it turned into "How many gross things can you eat".  When it started there were real challenges that made you face fears.  Heights, dogs, cars, etc.

Double Dare was a 90's show on Nick, and I used to watch it!


remember the slime being poured on them?

remember the slime being poured on them?

Yes! Do you know what that stuff was made from? Also remember Legends of the Hidden Temple? And the one they had to climb the mountain?

I think it was a US show.  There was a conveyor belt with a clear first part and then prizes on it.  You had to answer questions and get so many right before they stopped the conveyor belt.  So if you got some wrong or took too long to answer the prizes fell off the end of the conveyor belt out the 5th storey window

I think it was a US show.  There was a conveyor belt with a clear first part and then prizes on it.  You had to answer questions and get so many right before they stopped the conveyor belt.  So if you got some wrong or took too long to answer the prizes fell off the end of the conveyor belt out the 5th storey window

I know the one you're talking about and can't think of it's name!

Yes! Do you know what that stuff was made from? Also remember Legends of the Hidden Temple? And the one they had to climb the mountain?


water and green food coloring? ???

I know the one you're talking about and can't think of it's name!


Downfall

apparently it only lasted for 5 shows.  I think we watched every one of them, it was just before we moved back to the UK

I really liked Fear Factor before it turned into "How many gross things can you eat".  When it started there were real challenges that made you face fears.  Heights, dogs, cars, etc.

and being encased in a tube of spiders? :o

Worst game show in history (IMO)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6xWB2DY0f0


Then there is this one:  ;D ;D ;D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KezvwARhBIc


Cat

"Uh Oh!" was not only the weirdest game show I've seen on TV, but one of the weirdest things in general I've seen on TV.  :o The 'punisher' literally scared me as a kid. It started in the 90s and then went through the 2000s.

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Ody1h1MDgug/hqdefault.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dhOCv7bNnlY/0.jpg

"Uh Oh!" was not only the weirdest game show I've seen on TV, but one of the weirdest things in general I've seen on TV.  :o The 'punisher' literally scared me as a kid. It started in the 90s and then went through the 2000s.

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Ody1h1MDgug/hqdefault.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dhOCv7bNnlY/0.jpg

He looks crazy!

Worst game show in history (IMO)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6xWB2DY0f0


Then there is this one:  ;D ;D ;D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KezvwARhBIc


Cat


UHF was too corny.

"Uh Oh!" was not only the weirdest game show I've seen on TV, but one of the weirdest things in general I've seen on TV.  :o The 'punisher' literally scared me as a kid. It started in the 90s and then went through the 2000s.

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/Ody1h1MDgug/hqdefault.jpg
http://i.ytimg.com/vi/dhOCv7bNnlY/0.jpg



was this in the U.S.?  ???

I remember Uh-Oh.  It was quite weird, but it was a game show aimed towards kids