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The challenges in ''MXC'' derive directly from the [[Takeshi%27s_Castle_Challenges|challenges in ''Takeshi's Castle'']], each renamed for humorous purpose, frequently using [[double entendre]] or other puns. While each game has its own goal, the general rule for most is to avoid falling into the surrounding mud or murky water, renamed "safety fluid" for the show, and identified as any number of repulsive substances, often provided by the fictional "Hot Carl". Games that do not involve muddy water similarly have their obstacles renamed, such as runoff from the food court of the Mall of Calcutta, by the writing staff of ''MXC''. ''('''NOTE:''' Some of the games have more than one title; all the titles are shown here as a reference.)'' |
The challenges in ''MXC'' derive directly from the [[Takeshi%27s_Castle_Challenges|challenges in ''Takeshi's Castle'']], each renamed for humorous purpose, frequently using [[double entendre]] or other puns. While each game has its own goal, the general rule for most is to avoid falling into the surrounding mud or murky water, renamed "safety fluid" for the show, and identified as any number of repulsive substances, often provided by the fictional "Hot Carl". Games that do not involve muddy water similarly have their obstacles renamed, such as runoff from the food court of the Mall of Calcutta, by the writing staff of ''MXC''. ''('''NOTE:''' Some of the games have more than one title; all the titles are shown here as a reference.)'' |
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* A |
* A Mazing Grace |
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* Athlete's Feet |
* Athlete's Feet |
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* Backyard Bocce Ball Bloodbath |
* Backyard Bocce Ball Bloodbath |
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* '''Ball Busters''' - ''The object of the game is to try to get down the first base line with out getting beaned by Donny 'Big Hands' Johnson.'' -- Vic Romano |
* '''Ball Busters''' - ''The object of the game is to try to get down the first base line with out getting beaned by Donny 'Big Hands' Johnson.'' -- Vic Romano |
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* Bird Droppings |
* Bird Droppings |
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* '''Boulder Dash''' - ''Now the object is to run up that long chute and pass several stones |
* '''Boulder Dash''' - ''Now the object is to run up that long chute and pass several stones without getting painfully eliminated.'' -- Vic Romano |
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* '''Brass Balls''' - ''Now the object of the game is for contestants to grab their balls and get across the bridge without getting shot off by our trained assassins.'' -- Vic Romano |
* '''Brass Balls''' - ''Now the object of the game is for contestants to grab their balls and get across the bridge without getting shot off by our trained assassins.'' -- Vic Romano |
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* Buck Off! |
* Buck Off! |
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* '''Bunk Buddies''' - ''Each contestant grabs a colored chip, if your color comes up you're on the bottom.'' -- Danny Glands |
* '''Bunk Buddies/Roulective Surgery/Cruelette''' - ''Each contestant grabs a colored chip, if your color comes up you're on the bottom.'' -- Danny Glands |
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* Bust-a-Nut |
* Bust-a-Nut |
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* Character Assassination |
* Character Assassination/Battlefeltch Earth |
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* Cheeze Squeezers/Cut the Cheese |
* Cheeze Squeezers/Cut the Cheese |
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* Chum in the Mouth |
* Chum in the Mouth |
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* Circle Jerkers |
* Circle Jerkers |
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* ''Clear Sphere of Fear'' - ''You must navigate your way through the maze while avoiding the Skulls of Doom.'' -- Vic Romano |
* '''Clear Sphere of Fear''' - ''You must navigate your way through the maze while avoiding the Skulls of Doom.'' -- Vic Romano |
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* Corn Holders |
* Corn Holders |
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* Crate Escape, The |
* Crate Escape, The |
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* Crossing the Poo-tomac/Crossing the Pee-O Grande |
* Crossing the Poo-tomac/Crossing the Pee-O Grande |
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* Dead End Zone |
* Dead End Zone |
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* Dead Letter Zone |
* Dead Letter Zone |
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* Dead Men Walking |
* Dead Men Walking |
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* Door Jam (a/k/a "Legal Maze" - ''Find a loophole in the system and get out on a technicality, but make a wrong turn and your're sent up the river.'' -- Vic Romano -- S1E04) |
* '''Door Jam''' (a/k/a "Legal Maze" - ''Find a loophole in the system and get out on a technicality, but make a wrong turn and your're sent up the river.'' -- Vic Romano -- S1E04) |
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* Door Slammers/Great Holes of Glory - ''The goal is to get through a row of nine doors to the powder pit at the end, where you grab a key to move on.'' -- Vic Romano; ''Wrong door and you may get a mouthful of mud!'' -- Kenny Blankenship |
* '''Door Slammers/Great Holes of Glory''' - ''The goal is to get through a row of nine doors to the powder pit at the end, where you grab a key to move on.'' -- Vic Romano; ''Wrong door and you may get a mouthful of mud!'' -- Kenny Blankenship |
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* Dope on a Rope - ''The object is to grab the rope and swing from point A to point B without landing in mystery sludge C.'' -- Vic Romano |
* '''Dope on a Rope''' - ''The object is to grab the rope and swing from point A to point B without landing in mystery sludge C.'' -- Vic Romano |
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* Dirty Muddy Balls/Mudballs/Dry Balls/Highballers/Catch Hell |
* Dirty Muddy Balls/Mudballs/Dry Balls/Highballers/Catch Hell |
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* '''Eat Shiitake''' - ''This game combines the light-hearted frivolity of flying with the horror of drowning.'' -- Vic Romano |
* '''Eat Shiitake''' - ''This game combines the light-hearted frivolity of flying with the horror of drowning.'' -- Vic Romano |
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* '''Swish Bucklers''' - ''The game is taken from an old pirate drinking game popular among alternate lifestyle pirates.'' -- Vic Romano -- S1E03 A/K/A The Giant G-String of Death/Hook Line and Swingers. |
* '''Swish Bucklers''' - ''The game is taken from an old pirate drinking game popular among alternate lifestyle pirates.'' -- Vic Romano -- S1E03 A/K/A The Giant G-String of Death/Hook Line and Swingers. |
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* Take a Leek |
* Take a Leek |
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* Teetering Temple of Crippling Doom/Tumbling Dominoes of Doom |
* Teetering Temple of Crippling Doom/Tumbling Dominoes of Doom/Nerve Racketeering Slabs of Death |
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* Turtle Gut Check/Turtle Hurdlers |
* Turtle Gut Check/Turtle Hurdlers |
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* '''Wall Bangers''' - ''Choose the right door and you're on the road to victory, but choose the wrong one, and you belong to Skanky!'' -- Vic Romano |
* '''Wall Bangers/Frozen Wallbangers''' - ''Choose the right door and you're on the road to victory, but choose the wrong one, and you belong to Skanky!'' -- Vic Romano |
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* Wall Buggers/The Sticky Stuff Of Love/Window Pain/The Flailing Wall |
* '''Wall Buggers/The Sticky Stuff Of Love/Window Pain/The Flailing Wall''' - ''One wall, one insect, they bugger it!'' -- Vic Romano (Wall Buggers); ''Contestants swing across the moat and press themselves firmly against the glass.'' -- Vic Romano. ''Like a bug on a windshield!'' -- Kenny Blankenship (Window Pain) |
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* Yank My Dinghy |
* Yank My Dinghy |
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* Yankin' It/Yank 'Em |
* Yankin' It/Yank 'Em |
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| File:MXC Logo.JPG MXC logo | |
| Starring | Victor Wilson Christopher Darga John Cervenka Mary Scheer |
| Opening theme | Puke by Bumblefoot |
| Country of origin | USA |
| No. of episodes | 81 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Running time | approx. 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Spike TV |
| Release | April 13th, 2003 – present |
MXC is an American comedy television program that airs on Spike TV. It is a redubbing of the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, which aired from 1986 to 1989.
For the first two seasons, MXC was an acroynm for the show's former title: Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. Early commercials in 2003 promoted the show as just Most Extreme Elimination with the initials MXE.
Show format
MXC is a "game show" in which two or three teams of contestants compete in several turn-based and head-to-head challenges. While some matchups, such as Democrats vs. Republicans vs. Third Party, have a real life meaning, most of them, such as Inventors vs. Ex-Child Actors, do not. The hosts are Vic Romano and Kenny Blankenship.
The contestants compete in a variety of challenges, usually four, but occasionally as many as six. The challenges are extremely hard (MXC's tagline is "the World's Most Toughest Competition in Town."), and a majority of the contestants fail them. Failed attempts which look especially painful or ridiculous are highlighted via the "MXC Impact Replay". Occasionally the Impact Replay will have a sponsor, such as Snickers or Slim Jim, and the replay will be renamed accordingly (for example, the "Snickers Satisfies Replay" or the "Slim Jim Snap of the Day"). Such sponsorships are not preserved in reruns, although new sponsorships may be inserted into later reruns. Contestants who do complete a challenge get one or two points for their team. The team with the most points win. At the end of each show, Kenny counts down the ten most "Painful Eliminations of the Day," which are not always based on the contestants.
While the basic premise of MXC is that of a legit game show, it is actually more of a comedy program. Most of the dialogue is based on pop culture, mocking various celebrities, athletes, and politicans. Contestants are given names and occupations based on their team and physical appearance. MXC completely replaces all of the original audio from Takeshi's Castle, including adding a background of cheering audiences, voicing any incidental characters, and adding any sound effects required for the scene. The footage for a single episode of MXC can come from more than one episode of Takeshi's Castle, and occasionally the same footage, including challenges, will be used in multiple episodes with different dialogue. Unlike international editions of Takeshi's Castle, the original text that appeared on screen is left as is mostly uncovered, and sometimes the characters will play off of it.
Special US episode
On April 22, 2004, Spike TV aired a special edition of the show to start the third season, featuring skateboarder Tony Hawk and snowboarder Tara Dakides. The special was taped at the Universal Orlando Resort in Orlando, Florida using students from nearby colleges and appropriately dubbed MXC Almost Live. The special edition is not based on the original Takeshi's Castle footage but only has some added in for Vic, Ken, the Captain and Guy LeDouche. Actors were hired to play those who would replace the roles of the latter two, named "Major Babe" (Michelle Sorrell) and "Gip LeDouche" (Eric Esteban). While everyone in the episode is American, everything said by any contestants besides Hawk and Dakides is still dubbed into English. This episode also featured an appearance by Japanese punk band Peelander-Z, who performed the song "S.T.E.A.K."
Characters
Most of the characters and contestants on MXC are voiced by the producers and series' writers: Victor Wilson, Christopher Darga, John Cervenka, and Mary Scheer.
Main Characters
Vic Romano (who was named after a character from the Miami Vice episode "Streetwise" who was played by Bill Paxton) is the co-host and play-by-play commentator. He is level-headed, has a dark past of alcohol abuse and failed marriages, and generally treats MXC as a serious competition. Notable catch phrases include "Right you are Ken", "Indeed!", and "Good to know" Voiced by Victor Wilson.
Kenny Blankenship is the other co-host and color commentator. Blankenship is a light-hearted high-school dropout whose father owns the network. He thinks mostly about "chicks and beer." Voiced by Christopher Darga.
Captain Tenneal, whose name comes from the 1970s musical act The Captain and Tennille, is the field marshall. His views are overly conservative and self-absorbed. Voiced by John Cervenka.
Guy LeDouche is the field reporter. He is portrayed as a creepy French journalist who hits on every contestant he interviews. He has other family member interviewers, who show the same behavior, such as "Lyndon" (which plays off wacko political figure Lyndon Larouche), "Geek", "Giddy", "Gip," "Goon", and "Gawp", along with females named "Gay", "Grandma", "Gab", "Gin" and "Gidget". Voiced by John Cervenka (male) and Mary Scheer (female).
Recurring Characters
Unlike Takeshi's Castle, where all of the minor characters had established names, a performer in MXC can have multiple names based on the game being played, the theme of the episode, and their attires. The following are characters who have established a semi-consistant name along with their other names.
Danny Glands (a play on words of long-time Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans) is an MXC Staffer who works in many of the games. His primary responsibilities include asking questions in Finger It, knocking down contestants in Brass Balls and launching the soccer balls in Dirty Balls. Also known as Jimmy Junk, Golden Shower Boy, and Barry Sosa.
Skanky is a sixteen-foot monster who punishes contestants that fail to complete the Wallbangers game.
Chief Otto Parts (a parody of the Chief Auto Parts auto supply store chain) is a Native American who taunts the contestants in Rotating Surfboard of Death.
Em on Em (a spoof of rapper Eminem) are siamese twins dressed in rainbow ponchos. Main games include Tumbling Dominos of Doom and Irritable Bowl Syndrome. Also known as Babe and Ruth and Bud and Pud.
The Babaganoosh Family is a family of contestants from the Middle East who appear in nearly every show.
Though uncredited, Jamie Alcroft was the announcer for the first four episodes of MXC before Cervenka took over that role.
Challenges
The challenges in MXC derive directly from the challenges in Takeshi's Castle, each renamed for humorous purpose, frequently using double entendre or other puns. While each game has its own goal, the general rule for most is to avoid falling into the surrounding mud or murky water, renamed "safety fluid" for the show, and identified as any number of repulsive substances, often provided by the fictional "Hot Carl". Games that do not involve muddy water similarly have their obstacles renamed, such as runoff from the food court of the Mall of Calcutta, by the writing staff of MXC. (NOTE: Some of the games have more than one title; all the titles are shown here as a reference.)
- A Mazing Grace
- Athlete's Feet
- Backyard Bocce Ball Bloodbath
- Ball Busters - The object of the game is to try to get down the first base line with out getting beaned by Donny 'Big Hands' Johnson. -- Vic Romano
- Bird Droppings
- Boulder Dash - Now the object is to run up that long chute and pass several stones without getting painfully eliminated. -- Vic Romano
- Brass Balls - Now the object of the game is for contestants to grab their balls and get across the bridge without getting shot off by our trained assassins. -- Vic Romano
- Buck Off!
- Bunk Buddies/Roulective Surgery/Cruelette - Each contestant grabs a colored chip, if your color comes up you're on the bottom. -- Danny Glands
- Bust-a-Nut
- Character Assassination/Battlefeltch Earth
- Cheeze Squeezers/Cut the Cheese
- Chum in the Mouth
- Circle Jerkers
- Clear Sphere of Fear - You must navigate your way through the maze while avoiding the Skulls of Doom. -- Vic Romano
- Corn Holders
- Crate Escape, The
- Crossing the Poo-tomac/Crossing the Pee-O Grande
- Dash to Death - The object of this challenge is to get across the obstacle course of challenges without getting dashed to death. -- Vic Romano
- Dead End Zone
- Dead Letter Zone
- Dead Men Walking
- Door Jam (a/k/a "Legal Maze" - Find a loophole in the system and get out on a technicality, but make a wrong turn and your're sent up the river. -- Vic Romano -- S1E04)
- Door Slammers/Great Holes of Glory - The goal is to get through a row of nine doors to the powder pit at the end, where you grab a key to move on. -- Vic Romano; Wrong door and you may get a mouthful of mud! -- Kenny Blankenship
- Dope on a Rope - The object is to grab the rope and swing from point A to point B without landing in mystery sludge C. -- Vic Romano
- Dirty Muddy Balls/Mudballs/Dry Balls/Highballers/Catch Hell
- Eat Shiitake - This game combines the light-hearted frivolity of flying with the horror of drowning. -- Vic Romano
- Elimination Idol
- Endangering Species
- Finger It
- Foul Balls/Spit Balls
- Frigid Slope of Icy Death
- Get a Piece
- Get Hard - And it's time to get hard. The competition is gonna get a lot stiffer, why? Because our automotive and dairy teamers must crawl through 18 million cubic feet of quick drying cement and get to the other side before they get hard. -- Vic Romano -- S1E03
- Great Escape from Foster Care
- Hand Job/Wet Spot - The first player to smack the right answer wins the round for their team. -- Vic Romano -- S1E04
- Impassible Stones of Mount McKidney
- Intestinal Fortitude
- Irratable Bowl Syndrome (a/k/a Hot Steaming Bowl of Love)
- Log Drop - Contestants must scamper across the spinning timbers without getting dumped.; The premise of Log Drop is simple: stay dry good, get wet bad. -- Vic Romano
- Jerk and Release (a/k/a Porking The Barrel)
- Le Tour de Grand Prix (or as Kenny Blankenship calls it "Le Tower de Grand Pricks")
- Little Man in the Boat
- Loogie Launch
- Mine Games
- Mud Butlers - In this event each player must tap an inflated goat bladder with a meat mallet, and then run down the steps of doom and attempt to catch the swollen orb before it lands in the bog of mystery mud. -- Vic Romano
- Muddy Runs
- Nut Baggers (or as many fans like to call it, Salty Nut Sackers)
- Pie in the Sky
- Plank Spankers
- Pole Riders - Now the object of the game is easy. Just firmly grip the head of the shaft and go from one end to the other without getting wet. -- Vic Romano
- Prison Break/Get Over It/Wall of Hidden Blistering Death/Hosin' The Ho's
- Rotating Surfboard of Death - Catch a wave, dodge the dolphin, or die. -- Vic Romano
- Rump Bumpers
- Runaway Stump
- Sack Lunch/Bagel Bumpers
- Saddle Sores
- Shaft Grabbers (renamed Mounting the Spike in the Spike TV premiere special)
- Sinkers & Floaters - Contestants must skip across the slippery stones without swallowing a mouthful of sludge. -- Vic Romano
- Skid Markers
- Slipped Disks of Doom
- Slippery Slope of Slanted Death
- Sno Man's Land
- Sorry, Wrong Number/One and One Add Up to Number Two
- Spare Me/Pinheads
- Sperm Wheelers
- Staff Infectors
- Survivor: Seaman Island
- Swish Bucklers - The game is taken from an old pirate drinking game popular among alternate lifestyle pirates. -- Vic Romano -- S1E03 A/K/A The Giant G-String of Death/Hook Line and Swingers.
- Take a Leek
- Teetering Temple of Crippling Doom/Tumbling Dominoes of Doom/Nerve Racketeering Slabs of Death
- Turtle Gut Check/Turtle Hurdlers
- Wall Bangers/Frozen Wallbangers - Choose the right door and you're on the road to victory, but choose the wrong one, and you belong to Skanky! -- Vic Romano
- Wall Buggers/The Sticky Stuff Of Love/Window Pain/The Flailing Wall - One wall, one insect, they bugger it! -- Vic Romano (Wall Buggers); Contestants swing across the moat and press themselves firmly against the glass. -- Vic Romano. Like a bug on a windshield! -- Kenny Blankenship (Window Pain)
- Yank My Dinghy
- Yankin' It/Yank 'Em
Episodes
DVD release
A two-disc DVD set, containing the first season episodes, was released on October 3rd, 2006. It includes several bonus materials, such as:
- an original Takeshi's Castle episode (viewable with English subtitles, or an English announcer)
- Kenny Blankenship's Most Painful Eliminations of the Season
- Original MXC sales presentation to the network
- Audio commentary by the producers and voice actors
The second season is due for release on April 17, 2007 [1].
