Hole in the Wall

Krom · 09-07-2008, 09:03 PM

Admit it. You watched!

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Realitychick · 09-07-2008, 09:42 PM

DID I MISS IT? Dang... this was going to be my secret shame.

shoepie · 09-08-2008, 09:08 AM

I googled this but it is still not all that clear. Can you elaborate,Krom? Thanks.

Krom · 09-08-2008, 12:50 PM

I think the YouTube clips make it perfectly clear, even if they are in Japanese!

The show is virtually unchanged, except now instead of the "wacky but generic Japanese host" type, we get a really shrieky Brooke annoying us (can we trade for the OTHER Brooke, the non-shrieky one who's going to be on DWTS?)

Even the silly suits and sound effects are the same.

There's also the Italian take on the show. Girls in bikinis. YouTube search "Italian Babes in Bikinis play the Human Tetris Game".

There's even a Australian one out there. I just noticed a YT user named holeinthewalloz is posting those (edit - just checked, that's actually an "official" site/account--Freemantle is actually legally posting these themselves).

It's all terrible, and yet kind of addicting at the same time. Except for the Brooke-enhanced American version. Because she's taking it from terrible but oddly hypnotic to just plain agonizing.

Snowbird · 09-10-2008, 04:41 PM

I did watch this trainwreck. My husband & I just sat there, exchaging looks from the TV to each other. My daughter (20 months old) put it best when she just got up, grabbed her blanket & tiger, unceremoniously turned-off the tv (that we were watching) and went into her room.

Strangest show I've seen in a while. A long while. And yes, the yelling got very old, very quickly.

Krom · 09-11-2008, 09:13 PM

Sumo Wrasslers vs. Jockeys?

Bwah.

FOX really HAS managed to push this already silly premise even further "down".

Not sure I can last long watching this, but its okay a few minutes at a time. In a kind of self-torturing way.

agamergirl · 09-12-2008, 05:44 AM

Cheesy goodness. I have to admit it, but I'm a fan. *Ducks for things being thrown*

SR5Rfan · 09-12-2008, 09:17 PM

Haven't watched the show, but I have seen the game played on the Ellen Degeneres show. It was funny as a small part of her show, but I don't know if I could sit through half an hour of it. My son seems to like it, though.

Krom · 09-12-2008, 09:23 PM

On the second half on the last show (I flipped away but back later) they had RERUN'S daughter. She's the rather large lady in that commercial they aired before the show first aired who has that "oh #&*t" look on her face when she sees the wall speeding towards her.

It didn't help much.

pfeifferdcat · 09-15-2008, 05:04 PM

I only watched the 1st one because some of the guys from the radio show that I listen to were on. I TIVO'd it & got through it in about 8 minutes (editing out commercials & all the hosts talking). I probably won't watch again. It's no Wipeout!

09-07-2008, 09:03 PM	#1
Krom Fool... but no pity. Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 18,220	Hole in the Wall Admit it. You watched! __________________ "Not to denigrate the TV show, but nobody ever died," Cannell said recently. "We drove cars off cliffs and people got out and walked away. We're not going to do that [in the movie]. In this the tone is more dangerous - you can really die. It's very tense and exciting." Stephen J Cannell, on the new A-Team movie being produced

09-07-2008, 09:42 PM	#2
Realitychick I love carpet Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Charlotte NC Age: 29 Posts: 1,128	Re: Hole in the Wall DID I MISS IT? Dang... this was going to be my secret shame. __________________ The Buffalo Bills Will Win A Superbowl Someday!!!

09-08-2008, 09:08 AM	#3
shoepie FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 2,411	Re: Hole in the Wall I googled this but it is still not all that clear. Can you elaborate,Krom? Thanks.

09-08-2008, 12:50 PM	#4
Krom Fool... but no pity. Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 18,220	Re: Hole in the Wall I think the YouTube clips make it perfectly clear, even if they are in Japanese! The show is virtually unchanged, except now instead of the "wacky but generic Japanese host" type, we get a really shrieky Brooke annoying us (can we trade for the OTHER Brooke, the non-shrieky one who's going to be on DWTS?) Even the silly suits and sound effects are the same. There's also the Italian take on the show. Girls in bikinis. YouTube search "Italian Babes in Bikinis play the Human Tetris Game". There's even a Australian one out there. I just noticed a YT user named holeinthewalloz is posting those (edit - just checked, that's actually an "official" site/account--Freemantle is actually legally posting these themselves). It's all terrible, and yet kind of addicting at the same time. Except for the Brooke-enhanced American version. Because she's taking it from terrible but oddly hypnotic to just plain agonizing. __________________ "Not to denigrate the TV show, but nobody ever died," Cannell said recently. "We drove cars off cliffs and people got out and walked away. We're not going to do that [in the movie]. In this the tone is more dangerous - you can really die. It's very tense and exciting." Stephen J Cannell, on the new A-Team movie being produced Last edited by Krom; 09-08-2008 at 01:09 PM.

09-10-2008, 04:41 PM	#5
Snowbird FORT Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 38	Re: Hole in the Wall I did watch this trainwreck. My husband & I just sat there, exchaging looks from the TV to each other. My daughter (20 months old) put it best when she just got up, grabbed her blanket & tiger, unceremoniously turned-off the tv (that we were watching) and went into her room. Strangest show I've seen in a while. A long while. And yes, the yelling got very old, very quickly.

09-11-2008, 09:13 PM	#6
Krom Fool... but no pity. Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 18,220	Re: Hole in the Wall Sumo Wrasslers vs. Jockeys? Bwah. FOX really HAS managed to push this already silly premise even further "down". Not sure I can last long watching this, but its okay a few minutes at a time. In a kind of self-torturing way. __________________ "Not to denigrate the TV show, but nobody ever died," Cannell said recently. "We drove cars off cliffs and people got out and walked away. We're not going to do that [in the movie]. In this the tone is more dangerous - you can really die. It's very tense and exciting." Stephen J Cannell, on the new A-Team movie being produced

09-12-2008, 05:44 AM	#7
agamergirl Lab Eating Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hurricane Alley Posts: 1,032	Re: Hole in the Wall Cheesy goodness. I have to admit it, but I'm a fan. Ducks for things being thrown __________________ You know how alcohol makes people let down their prohibitions Ms Rap Supreme on VH1

09-12-2008, 09:17 PM	#8
SR5Rfan Buster and Little Thing Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: So Cal Posts: 230	Re: Hole in the Wall Haven't watched the show, but I have seen the game played on the Ellen Degeneres show. It was funny as a small part of her show, but I don't know if I could sit through half an hour of it. My son seems to like it, though. __________________ I never met a piece of chocolate I didn't like.

09-12-2008, 09:23 PM	#9
Krom Fool... but no pity. Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 18,220	Re: Hole in the Wall On the second half on the last show (I flipped away but back later) they had RERUN'S daughter. She's the rather large lady in that commercial they aired before the show first aired who has that "oh #&t" look on her face when she sees the wall speeding towards her. It didn't help much. __________________ "Not to denigrate the TV show, but nobody ever died," Cannell said recently. "We drove cars off cliffs and people got out and walked away. We're not going to do that [in the movie]. In this the tone is more dangerous - you can really die. It's very tense and exciting." Stephen J Cannell, on the new A-Team movie being produced*

09-15-2008, 05:04 PM	#10
pfeifferdcat FORT Fan Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: So California Age: 38 Posts: 165	Re: Hole in the Wall I only watched the 1st one because some of the guys from the radio show that I listen to were on. I TIVO'd it & got through it in about 8 minutes (editing out commercials & all the hosts talking). I probably won't watch again. It's no Wipeout!