Series / I Survived a Japanese Gameshow

ABC reality show that pitched two teams of American contestants against each other in dwindling numbers on a simulated Show Within a Show called Hai! Majide. In the first season the teams were called the Yellow Penguins and Green Monkeys, the second season the Green Tigers and the Red Robots. Then it wasn't renewed.

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This show provides examples of:

• Commercial Break Cliffhanger: The revelation of which team won a challenge are drawn out over a commercial break.
• Curb-Stomp Battle: Several. Special mention goes to Big Foot Bang Bang, where the losing team got 2 points. As for the winning team, when their score hit double digits the scorekeeper graphic actually exploded.

• My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels: One contestant's attempt at pronouncing "fuitte mo ii desu ka?" ("May I wipe it?") was subtitled "But, the well is it Switzerland?"^note The subtitler appears to have interpreted it as "demo ido suissu ka?" but his pronunciation was closer to "te mo idu suissu ka" which would at best translate to "Are hands also (gibberish) Switzerland?" — nothing in the entire Japanese language sounds anything remotely like "idu."

• Show Within a Show: Majide, a simulated Japanese game show that forms the crux of the series' premise.

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