MXC
(Rated TV-PG, Game shows, Starring Victor Wilson, Christopher Darga, John Cervenka, Where to watch: Spike, DVD)
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Madcap game show spoof can be fall-down funny.
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 11–13
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What Parents Need to Know
This review of MXC was written by Lucy Maher
Parents need to know that although at first glance this show might appear to be a typical (if goofy) reality competition series, it's really an elaborate spoof of over-the-top Japanese game shows. All of the dialogue has been newly dubbed for the English series, and all of the characters (including the hosts) are fictional. Each episode has a "plot" of sorts in which two diametrically opposed teams duke it out for the championship, but, really, the series' main attraction is watching people compete in strange physical challenges and obstacle courses that usually result in them getting beaten up like human pinatas. It's exactly the kind of humor teen boys love, though parents may not get the appeal.
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What’s the Story?
In MXC (aka Most Extreme Elimination Challenge), two teams go head-to-head in a series of screwball physical challenges. Based on over-the-top, elaborate Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle, the American version has actors supplying the voices of hosts Kenny Blankenship (Christopher Darga) and Vic Romano (Victor Wilson), as well as all of the contestants. Kenny and Vic's off-the-wall chatter fills the segments between the competition scenes -- which are the true heart of the series. In each episode, two comically juxtaposed teams (Religious Right vs. Gay Rights, for example, or Stoners vs. Health Nuts) carry out crazy challenges that have them stumbling their way through an obstacle course-like setting. Some of the many bizarre feats include dodging giant foam balls while attempting to walk a narrow plank over a body of water ("Dash to Death"), balancing on a greased log ("Runaway Stump"), and running across a series of stepping stones that may or may not be moored to the bottom of a pond ("Sinkers and Floaters"). Very often, contestants participating in the challenges end up face-planting in muck, smacking into a hard object, or otherwise flailing about in painful situations; they all wear safety gear, so no one is seriously injured, but some of the hits look like they really hurt.
Is It Any Good?
Vic and Kenny's sarcastic narration can wander into iffy territory (for example, when one said to the other, "How many records does Lil Trim have?" and the other replied, "I dunno, but have you seen her Golden Globes?), and Asian stereotypes are sometimes played for laughs. But overall, MXC is basically just inane humor for the easily amused. Your inner 12-year-old will love it.
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Pretty funny
But there were episodes that received a TV-14 rating.
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NOT FOR KIDS
not for t3h kiddies.
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HILARIOUS!!!
I love MXC. It's really funny at times because of the fact that it's a Japanese game show, and those r crazy enough. Add the knee-slapping voiceovers and you've got yourself a show that's freaking hilarious. There's some innuendo, and extreme comic violence in the competitions. Also, the reporter's name is Guy LeDouche, so you'd expect him to be a gay stereotype, right? Yes, though it's in good clean fun.
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