September 12, 2008

Hole in the Wall

Last night while Joe and I were waiting for one of our favorite reality shows to come on, Kitchen Nightmares, we caught the end of a FOX game show, Hole in the Wall.

There's a good chance it could become the most cited example of why some people say nothing good is on TV anymore.

The contestants are dressed in skin-tight metallic jumpsuits and have to contort themselves to fit through holes in a foam wall which, once unveiled, quickly speeds toward them. If they don't fit (and I don't think any of them did), they fall backwards into a pool where studly guys and bikini babes who are cast as lifeguards glance around fearfully as they realized they're supposed to help this poor foil-wrapped person who has just been smacked. Also, the host is dressed in a tux and is more melodramatic than Amy Poehler on crack.

But on the bright side, I don't think it had a British judge so that's one positive distinction from every other show.

I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard. Well, maybe I do.

Please find this clip as funny as I do. I'm still laughing at it.

6 comments:

Jennifer said...

Oh. My. Gosh. Why is stupidity so funny? I'm laughing so hard at the clip :-)

mediocreperfectionist said...

Seriously!!!! I sat down, after an exhausting day of sick toddler, to find Hole in the Wall. And that is when I said to myself, "Argh!!! There is never anything on TV anymore." (I think you have the scary psychic thing going on!!!) Then I logged on to find out when regular tv comes back.

Ahh, my old friends--Pushing Daisies, Chuck, 30Rock--I have missed you more than you know. Soon we shall be together again. ;-)

Kirsten said...

I don't want to watch it, but I kind of really want to be a contender.

emily ann. said...

Can I be on your team Kirsten?!?!?

Megan said...

It's even funnier in an Asian culture! I think the Japanese started it or something like that. But seriously, not being able to understand the language and just listening to grunts and groaning -- hysterical.

Cindy Dashnaw said...

You have GOT to be kidding. People are making money off this? How can NBC cancel Scrubs while this kind of crap gets on the air? Geez.