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Takeshi's Castle (風雲！たけし城, Fūun! Takeshi-jō?, literally Operation! Takeshi Castle) was a Japanese game show that aired from 1986 to 1989 on the Tokyo Broadcasting System. It featured the esteemed Japanese actor Takeshi Kitano (also known as Beat Takeshi) as a count who owns a castle and sets up impossible challenges for players (or a volunteer army) to get to him. The show has become a cult television hit around the world. A special live "revival" was broadcast on April 2, 2005, for TBS's 50th anniversary celebrations. Quiz show redirects here. ...
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Original Takeshi's Castle The original show involved between 100 and 142 contestants whom General Tani (Hayato Tani) "forced" into a series of silly physical challenges, eliminating many of the contestants. Each show finished with a "Final Showdown" in which Count Takeshi (Kitano) was faced by the remaining contestants. If the contestants hit the paper ring on Takeshi's cart with their water guns and broke it (in later episodes replaced with lasers and a light-sensitive target), Takeshi's cart was deactivated, the castle was "taken" and the game "won". The player who stopped Takeshi won one million yen (which, at the time, was roughly equivalent to $8,000). The First Episode was aired on May 2nd, 1986 with all 100 contestants being male. It fared best for the remaining 3 contestant; Sato Tatsuo (Student), Kurita Eikiro (Construction Worker), and Tsuwa Makato (Bartender). These were the first 3 contestants to attack Takeshi's Troops. However, all of them were immediately defeated while crawling up to Beat Takeshi's Area, up on the Castle. Despite this, Kaneko Minoru has also been revealed as the most aggressive contestant to be involved in attacking Takeshi frequently (his debut was on the second Episode where he earned his Bonus Mark despite being defeated). The first 3 Female Contestants joined in on the third Episode. Reiko Tani (University Student) was the first Female Contestant to win the First Extra Bonus on her effort, despite vanishing at the Labyrinth Maze while facing Umanosuke Ueda and Strong Kanegou. On the sixth Episode, The Great Wall was replaced by Slippery Wall, a Triangle-shaped version of The Great Wall. By the end of the show, there was the first Female Contestant to finally reach the Final Stage. Miyuki Stephenson was the only Female Contestant to make it through, whereas Mike Stephenson was the first expatriate Contestant to reach the Final Stage. Takeshi's Troops were supposedly defeated on the ninth Episode by Shiba, one of the contestants. Along with his four teammates, he drove toward Takeshi's Cart and stabbed Takeshi's Paper Ring. Knowing that Shiba shocked the audience, General Tani examined how Shiba and his friends could have defeated Takeshi's Troop. Shiba answered by saying that he actually stabbed out the Paper Ring rather than shooting it. General Tani was very disappointed and said that Shiba was not supposed to do that. As a result, all of the remaining contestants were immediately disqualified and the victory went to Takeshi's side. Hayato Tani (谷 隼人 Tani Hayato) (born on September 9, 1946 as Hajime Iwatani) is a Japanese television actor. ...
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Takeshi originally wanted the show to be a 'live-action Super Mario game'. Early in the series the games and production values were low budget, but later series featured extensive landscaping of a fixed campus that included large man-made lakes and extensive permanent obstacles in Yokohama, Japan at a TBS-owned property. Takeshi decided the show should end while still at the height of popularity, which in Japanese television is common. October 18th, 1990 was the Final Episode of Takeshi's Castle. For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. ...
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Each episode was filmed over the entire length of the day, with some challenges going well into the night.
Challenges - Further information: List of challenges in Takeshi's Castle
Characters - Count "Beat" Takeshi (ビートたけし; Kitano, born 18 January 1947) — The lord of the castle and eventual target of the competition. He also made commentary on the contestants. Known as Vic Romano on the American version, MXC. See below for all references to that program.
- Takeshi Doll — During a prolonged period when Takeshi was forbidden to appear on television (his "punishment" for an act of violence against reporters and photos from a scandal magazine), one of the Emerald Guards filled in by wearing his robe and a giant papier-mâché Takeshi head similar to the ones sports team mascots use over their heads. Known as Mini-takeshi in Spain and Mashiro Tamiji the Big-Head in Italy. On MXC he was the uncool, not-so-hip Vic Romano and Zeppo the Waterhead.
- Saburo Ishikura (石倉三郎, born 16 December 1946) — First advisor (or councillor) of Takeshi. Discussed the competition with Takeshi and provided comedy skits as well. He was shown on MXC as a teacher showing Vic (Takeshi) how to be a lumberjack. Known as 'el primo Mario' (Mario, Takeshi's cousin) in Spain.
- Sonomanma Higashi (real name Hideo Higashikokubaru, born 16 September 1957) — Originally leader of the Emerald Guards, he replaced Ishikura as Takeshi’s advisor in the middle of the series run. Known as Kenny Blankenship on MXC. Known as Junior in Spain.
- Takeshi's Gundan (Defense Troops) (たけし軍団) — The Count's guards who wore white or emerald green, seen in "Final Showdown" and other challenges, and are more popularly known as "The Emerald Guards". When Higashi became Takeshi's new advisor, Omori Utaeman took over as the leader. Other members included Matsuo Bannai, Tsunami Edamame, Yurei Yanagi (known as Joker in the UK version), Rakkyo Ide, Great Gidayu (known as Purple Ronnie or Putrid Porker in the UK version), Danken, Third Nagasima, "Rusher" Itamae, Taka Gadarukanaru, Hakase Suidobashi, Sintaru Mizushima and "Loyal" Tadajij Kikuchi. Rakkyo Ide was the bald guy in the "Monsters Special" who wore a shark outfit and suffered some serious bleeding when he fell in during Skipping Stones. These troops were also usually seen in the background behind Takeshi and his advisor during the show. In MXC, they are known as teamsters, game testers, Department of Education playground monitors, and flunkies, among others. They are known as Los esbirros de Takeshi (Takeshi's henchmen) in Spain.
- General Tani (Hayato Tani) (谷隼人, born 9 September 1946) — Led the contestants through the challenges set by Count Takeshi. Known as General Lee (due to confusion between Japanese and Chinese names or, more likely, a play on the word 'generally') in the UK (Was known to speak English on occasion), Captain Tenneal in the US (a play on the 1970s husband/wife soft rock duo Captain and Tennille), Napoleon in the Spanish and Generale Putzerstofen in the Italian. In the India version, Javed Jaffrey in his U.P. accent calls him sometimes Gajodar Pandey. His real-life wife, Kikko Matsuoka (born 11 February 1947), appeared in an episode resulting in a comedic conflict between the couple.
- Tani's Assistant - On international specials (involving non-Japanese players), General Tani was assisted by a lady who served as Tani's translator whose name is unknown. On the UK version, she is referred to as Corporal "Psycho" Kirsty. On MXC she was called Pey'oncé (name taken from pop-star, Beyoncé Knowles).
- Junji Inagawa (also known as Jyunji Inagawa) (稲川淳二, born 9 September 1946), Akira Sakamoto (born 31 July 1949) and Shingo Yanagisawa (柳沢慎吾, born 6 March 1962) — Three of the Battlefield Reporters, however there were many more, they usually wore safari zone outfits. Known as Guy LeDouche and his assorted cousins on MXC and as Pepe Livingstone in the new Spanish version. (Note: Whilst they were seen in the UK version of the series, they were not actually acknowledged, except once when Craig commented on the size of the reporter's microphone by telling him to "Put the toffee-apple away and help him!")
- Kibaji Tankobo (丹古母鬼馬二, born 4 January 1950) and Shozo "Strong" Kobayashi (ストロング金剛, born 25 December 1940) — A pair of guards who would probably scare you off just by looking at them, which they normally did to contestants in the Honey Comb Maze and other games. Kibaji usually wore a long red wig, while Strong was bald, and they painted their faces to further intimidate contestants. Tankobo and Kobayashi were considered to be two of the finest henchmen Takeshi had. They're known as Paco Peluca/Franky Wig/Kibaji and Juanito Calvicie/Johnny Baldness/Strong in the Spanish version.
- Brad Lesley, aka "Animal" (亜仁丸レスリー, born 11 September 1958) — Famous Japanese/American baseball player. His main job was to humiliate and frighten the contestants in any possible way, usually dressed as a samurai complete with a sword. Animal has also been seen in a green sumo suit, spider costume, Fred Flintstone–style outfit, a baseball uniform and a Las Vegas–era Elvis Presley jumpsuit costume. In MXC during the Circle Jerkers game he is known as the Green Tea Bagger, because he picks up contestants, flips them over his back and sits on their heads. He's been known as El malvado occidental or "The Evil Westerner" in the old Spanish version; in the current one, he's known as Animal too. In the German version, his name is misromanized as "Animal Resry".
- Michiru Jo (城みちる, born 18 November 1957) — One of the few guards to have been involved from the very first episode and be involved until the show finished, he normally wore a distinctive pink outfit. Jo was a famous Japanese pop singer in the 1970s. Known as Danny Glands (a play on words of long-time Las Vegas entertainer Danny Gans), Jimmy Junk, Golden Shower Boy or Barry Sosa (a play on baseball players Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa) on MXC, and as Pinky Winky (a pun in his pink coloured clothes, and Tinky Winky the Teletubbie) in the newest Spanish version.In the indian version aired on pogo, he is commonly called as Chooslee by Javed Jaffery.
- Yoroi/Ritter Chuu — He stood almost sixteen feet tall and tried to keep players from reaching the goals in several games. Known as the Boxing Beast in the UK version. On MXC, his name is Skanky. Known as El Pequeño Samurai (The Little Samurai) in Spain.
- Makoto Dainenji (大念寺誠) and Katsuo Tokashiki (渡嘉敷勝男, born 27 July 1960) — Makoto, a karate master, and Katsuo, a boxing champion in Japan, were the Final Fall guards. They were called The Pink Panzers in the UK version of the show. Katsuo also served as the referee in the Sumo Rings game. In MXC they have only been seen in small sketches, once as the New Jersian Kenny and Vic. A Dainenji head costume appeared in one episode during the Sumo game; on an episode of MXC it was called "The Engorged Head".
- Masanori Okada (岡田正典, born 19 October 1953) — Usually seen in the game “Slip Way”, he would jump out of the water to push the contestants into the drink if they failed to reach the target. Okada has also played in the Honey Comb Maze and other games as well. Also known as the "Sea Goblin" in Japan and was a boxer in the 1970s. On MXC he is known as Mr. G-Spot, Dr. Bill (a spoof on Dr. Phil), Bill Veto (a play on ESPN hockey commentator Bill Pidto), or The Diddler. Known as El Monstruo de la Laguna Sucia (The Monster of the Dirty Lagoon) in Spain.In Indian version,he is known as Shaitan Mamu.
- Umanosuke Ueda, (上田馬之助, born 20 June 1940) — This aggressive guard, a former wrestler in real life, has been seen in Honey Comb Maze, Square Maze, Sumo Rings, Grid Iron and Bridge Ball. Known as Blondie in the UK version and El Rubio de bote (Dyed Blonde) in Spain.
- Yousichi Shimada (島田洋七, born 10 February 1950) — A guard that was usually seen in the games Blueberry Hill in overalls akin to those worn by Dennis the Menace, and in Wipe Out dressed up as a female Native American nicknamed "Pocahontas" who would push people into the water if they missed the surfboard. The latter is known as Chief Otto Parts on MXC (a parody of the Chief Auto Parts auto supply store chain). Known as La India (the Indian Girl) in Spain.
- Shoji Kinoshita and Shoichi Kinoshita — Better known as "Popcorn" (ポップコーン, born 1 January 1959), these well-known identical twin actors in Japan were commonly seen wearing rainbow ponchos and bowler hats. They have also worn baseball uniforms and other humorous costumes, appearing in the game Rice Bowl Down Hill where they would try and put the contestants off by singing a very annoying chant, as well as Bridge Ball and other games. Called Bud and Pud or Em on Em (a spoof of rapper Eminem), among others, on MXC. They're known in Spain as Duo pirata (Pirate duet). Craig Charles calls them "the Japanese Thompson Twins" or "Rainbow Warriors".In India, they are known as Changu-Mangu.
- "Ordinary" Oki Bondo (大木凡人, born 1 July 1949), Takayuki Yokomizo, Nobuo Yana and Koji Sekiyama — They participated in the Karaoke game. Oki acted as the emcee, Takayuki was the bouncer who ejected contestants who did not sing well, and Koji was the owner of the karaoke bar, later replaced by Nobuo who appeared in the later episodes of the show. In the MXC spoof, titled Elimination Idol, Bondo plays Ryan Seachest, Takayuki is Andy Jackson and both Nobuo and Koji are called Simon Bowel, all of course playing off American Idol regulars Ryan Seacrest, Randy Jackson and Simon Cowell.
- Shinoburyo (忍竜) — Sumo wrestler in Japan who appeared in the game Sumo Rings during the series. On MXC he was one of the two Purple Packages. Called Porker in the UK version and La Señora (the Lady) in the Spanish version, because of his make-up face.
- Large Fuji (born 26 August 1958) — Replaced Shinoburyo in the later episodes as the purple sumo fighter in Sumo Rings. On MXC he was one of the two Purple Packages.
- Konishiki Doll — Only seen in Sumo Rings and on an odd occasion of Tug of War. The Konishiki Doll was one of the Defence Troops dressed in a large costume (often credited as a potato suit in the UK version) which is meant to resemble Konishiki Yasokichi, one of the largest sumo wrestlers to ever live. Known as Spud in the UK and as Mel Anoma on MXC. Known as El Grano de Café Gigante (Giant Coffee Grain) in Spain.
- Noboru "Shin" Suganuma (すがぬま伸, born 5 July 1952) — Loyal member of Takeshi's Gundan who was a pathetic sumo wrestler in Sumo Rings. He is known in Spain as el primo triste de Harry Potter (Harry Potter's sad cousin).
- Ritsuko Nakayama — Also known as Refreshing Ritsuko-Ritsuko, she is a professional bowler in Japan who has appeared in the Star Bowling game. She appeared on an MXC episode as "Viva Longoria".
- Yutaka Enatsu — This Japanese baseball player who was the pie thrower in Die or Pie in a single episode. In the MXC "Master Debaters" special, he was renamed Nader O'Reilly, a fusing of the last names of multiple-time United States Presidential candidate and consumer activist Ralph Nader and TV political commentator Bill O'Reilly and also a pun on M*A*S*H character Radar O'Reilly.
- Geisha Girls or Bunny Girls — Led by Miyuki Ono, they helped contestants in several games and also helped Takeshi and his advisor in comedy skits. The others were Harumi Tomikawa, Mika, Mina Morishima, Sawada, and Mitsumi Yokota. Sometimes, when Junji and Shingo were off the show for other commitments, one of them served in the Battlefield Reporter's role.
- Shizuo Miyauchi (宮内鎮雄, born 24 January 1945) — Commentator for the original series in Japan. Retired from TBS in 2005 after working as a commentator for several decades. His voice could sometimes be heard in the UK Series due to the fact that the original audio could be heard under Craig Charles' commentary, however in MXC he was not heard at all.
- Ultraman - Has appeared in the show on three occasions, the first was to help the kids through a number of the challenges in the "Kids Only" special, the second was as a replacement for General Tani, when he was "sick", according to UK Commentator Craig Charles. The third occasion was in the monster's special, along with other members of the "Ultra Brothers". (Due to an ongoing licensing dispute, "The Monster Special" was heavily edited upon its release on DVD, with all Ultraman characters removed.)
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(Takeshi's Castle) | | Count 'Beat' Takeshi Takeshi Doll | Vic Romano | Master Takeshi | Count Takeshi | | Sonomanma Higashi | Kenny Blankenship | Bisita I | | | General Tani | Capitan Tenneal | Master Kapitan | General Lee | | Junji Inagawa | Guy LeDouche | | The Man with the Toffee Apple | | Tani's Assistant | Pey'once | Bisita II | Corpral Kirsty | | Yoroi | Skanky/Fisty | Boy Kamao | Boxing Monster | | Shimada | Chief Otto Parts | Boy Tulak | Dennis The Menace | MXC is an American comedy television program that airs on Spike TV. It is a redubbing of the Japanese game show Takeshis Castle, which aired from 1986 to 1989. ...
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 United States — It currently airs as MXC (subtitled Most Extreme Elimination Challenge, which became abbreviated in season 2 due to cable guides clipping off the title) on Spike TV, providing both dubbing and commentary in English that effectively spoofs the original show. A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ...
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Two attempts have been made to Americanize the format:
- In 1990, FOX aired a special half-hour version of the original show premise entitled King Of The Mountain. This version used the same games, but had only 10 competitors and no costumed characters to impede the players' progress. Only one episode of King Of The Mountain was produced.
- In 1993, CBS aired the second attempt, entitled Storm the Castle. This hour-long version, which was packaged by Vin Di Bona Productions and hosted by Michael Burger, pitted 30 families against each other and against well-known monsters in a quest to win $15,000. Unlike King Of The Mountain, Storm The Castle had a few exclusive games not seen anywhere else. Storm the Castle, like King of the Mountain, only lasted a single episode. The show was notable as future NFL player Christian Fauria appeared with his family. Fauria won two Super Bowls with the New England Patriots.
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 United Kingdom — This condensed version of the original series became an unexpected hit when it premiered on Challenge on 9 November 2002, regularly dominating the top ten programmes on the channel each week. A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ...
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The format does not follow the original Japanese format showing, General Tani's (named General Lee) troops trying to storm Takeshi's Castle. Each episode is commentated by Craig Charles and would have about seven games followed by the Final Showdown. Although it does follow the original format, Challenge decided to cut out the comedy sketches between Takeshi and Higashi to allow more games to be shown in the half hour block. Craig Charles as Dave Lister Craig Charles (born July 11, 1964 in Liverpool, England) is an English actor, stand up comedian, author, poet, and radio and television presenter, best known for playing Dave Lister in the British cult-favourite sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf. ...
The success of Series One was immediate with Challenge being told it was great from the first day it was shown onwards. More series were commissioned and shown over the next few months, culminating in a series of hour long specials in the Autumn of 2003, and a special highlights show, The A-Z of Takeshi's Castle, broadcast on January 1, 2004 which showed some of the best clips of the best games. Though no new episodes have been made since then (due to all the Japanese episodes having now been shown) repeats still air regularly on Challenge, including an eight-episode block feature broadcast on Sundays, with an average of 130,000 viewers an episode. is the 1st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Challenge have regularly been asked to consider showing unedited episodes, but as of September 2005, they decided to air MXC in the UK instead, retitled as Takeshi's Most Extreme Elimination Challenge. Recently there has been some activity at Challenge in trying to get some unedited Japanese episodes to see if it would be worth showing, but however there have been problems so far, and plans for both newly dubbed versions and unedited episodes are now on hold. Recently Challenge also attempted unsuccessfully to acquire the German DSF dub.
There are some recurring phrases that Craig Charles uses during the UK version. These include "This slurry is of course imported from a pig farm in Southern Japan" "Back to the happy clappy farm","In the Drink","What a Wazzock", "As my old Dad used to say...", "The Emerald Guards..highly trained, highly accurate" and if a confusing enigmatic situation arises - "Answers on a postcard please". He also refers to regular viewers as "Keshi Heads". General Lee is often described as "the ladies favourite" and "Des Lynam of the east" and he describes the guards in the Honeycomb (or Square) Maze as "the black handed, black hearted guards" in reference to the black stuff that the guards usually smear over the contestant's faces if they manage to catch them. In Sumo Rings, Charles often describes the guard in the purple mawashi (or nappy as it's often called) as the "purple porker", the guard wearing yellow is often called "blob of custard" and the guard for the blue ring is called "Spud". Contestants are also referred to as being "Happy Clappy Jappy Chappies in over-sized nappies", with the sumo in purple as "Porky" when playing Sumo Rings. A constant remark of the 'Stepping Stones' being "The Ultimate Shin Shredder." Charles also makes numerous innuendo's often saying that “the contestants have to protect their rings from being penetrated”, which is a reference to the end game where the guards have to spray water onto the contestants paper hoops (which up mounted on top of drivable buggys) in order to pierce it. He also refers to these buggys as “souped up shopping trolleys”. Craig Charles as Dave Lister Craig Charles (born July 11, 1964 in Liverpool, England) is an English actor, stand up comedian, author, poet, and radio and television presenter, best known for playing Dave Lister in the British cult-favourite sci-fi sitcom Red Dwarf. ...
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For more Takeshi's Castle quotes by Craig Charles, see Takeshi's Castle Quotes
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The UK TV series was up until recently shown on Ftn from 6–7pm. The series ended on the 7 May 2007 and was replaced with Stars In Their Eyes, but is now shown on Ftn's replacement, Virgin 1, from 2 October 2007 between 4-5am. For other uses, see FTN. Ftn (Flextech Television Network) was a television channel from Virgin Media Television (formerly known as Flextech) transmitting free-to-air on Freeview and Virgin Media, and as a subscription channel on Sky Digital. ...
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On the 9 May 2007 The Paul O'Grady Show had their own mini Takeshi's Castle challenge, including 'Knock Knock', 'Bite the Bun', a "Bridge Ball" adaptation called 'Balancing Act' and the 'Slippery Wall'. The Paul OGrady Show, for a while known as The New Paul OGrady Show, is a popular British comedy chat show on Channel 4, formerly aired on ITV. Paul OGrady, the comic from Birkenhead, previously more famous for his female alter-ego Lily Savage, hosts the weekday...
The Danish TV station TV 2 Zulu bought the rights to air this in Denmark thus making the Danish broadcast the exact same as in Britain. The logo of TV 2 Zulu. ...
India
 India — A shortened version of the show is aired on the Pogo TV channel, with Hindi voiceover by comedian and dancer Javed Jaffrey and by Indian comedians Raju Srivastava, Sunil Pal, Navin Prabakar and Ahsaan Qureshi. Jaffrey adds humour often by mocking the Japanese origins of the show. It has become very popular in India, being shown at least twice a day and having marathons for 2 hours on Sundays. The program is still running successfully as of December 2007 on pogo tv. Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ...
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Indonesia
 Indonesia — A version of the show had been aired on the TPI (Indonesia) channel, with the name Benteng Takeshi, (translated as Takeshi's Fortress) keeping much of the show's original elements (names were not changed and such). Image File history File links Flag_of_Indonesia. ...
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Germany
 Germany — A dubbed version of the show aired on DSF in 1999. This version is now available on a DVD box set with 12 selected episodes, and two more volumes will be released later in the year. A German dubbed version of the 2002 UK edit airs from July 3, 2007 on RTL II. It exists also an adaptation called Entern oder Kentern (engl.: Board or Capsize) with almost the same games but pirates as antagonists and celebrities as Team Captains. This version was aired on RTL in summer 2007. Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ...
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Finland
 Finland — In January 7, 2008, the television channel JIM started airing the UK version of the program. The comments are subtitled in Finnish. The show is titled Hullut japanilaiset, which translates as "The Crazy Japanese". The show airs from Monday to Thursday. Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ...
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France
 France — A shortened version given a comedic voiceover by comedians Vincent Desagnat and Benjamin Morgaine has been shown on the W9 TV channel since October 2006, in a program called "Menu W9" which also presents a shortened version of sushi TV. It has been also broadcasted on the channel M6 which shown 2 episodes per day at 6.50 p.m from Tuesday to Friday. The voices were those of the sport presenter Thierry Roland and Moon Dailly. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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Spain
 Spain — The program aired in the '90s as Humor Amarillo (when translated it means "Yellow Humour") on TV channel Telecinco. Comedians Juan Herrera and Miguel Ángel Coll (son of the popular José Luis Coll) commented on the images; this version of the show has achieved cult status and there are some fansites and web petitions for reruns. In fact, the Spanish version created some terms now familiar to either Takeshi's Castle or Humor Amarillo, like “El Laberinto del Chinotauro” (literally The Chinesetaur Labyrinth, name for any of the maze challenges), “Las Zamburguesas” (for Skipping Stones),"Gacela Thompson" ("Thompson Gazella"), a pathetic businessman character, and “Chino Cudeiro”, the name assigned to a random player that always "dies", one of the most popular characters in Spain. Since January 28, 2006, the show has been dubbed again by Fernando Costilla and Paco Bravo and can be seen on Spanish TV channel Cuatro TV. They showed every one of the original Japanese episodes, with the last one being shown in June 9th of 2007, ending with a special message by the Spanish commentators. Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ...
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Australia
 Australia — A version of the show was produced by The Comedy Channel, it had hosts in The Comedy Channel studio, it was redubbed, but unlike the American version it still kept to the real plot of the episode and showed the final challenge, rather than taking random footage and making up "teams". This has since been cancelled and/or finished. The show was hosted by two housemates from series two of Australian Big Brother Shannon Cleary and Nathan Morris. It also featured a crossdressing Geisha girl named Beryl. Some episodes featured a special guest third host, including Greg Fleet. Highlights appeared in Australia on the television program World's Weirdest TV. Currently, the American version "MXC" airs on Channel [V] (an Australian cable music network). The Australian writer and critic Clive James was once a celebrity contestant on the original show. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
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Channel [V] Australia is arguably the most popular Australian subscription television music channel, and also the newest (and second largest) Channel [V] channel. ...
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Malaysia
 Malaysia — The Japanese version was aired over NTV7 in early 2000s, although edited to be shortened to half an hour. The broadcast was added with Malay overdub commentary (the original Japanese audio track is still audible in background). Sometimes in earlier versions, the unoverdubbed parts will be subtitled in Malay. Image File history File links Flag_of_Malaysia. ...
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Italy
 Italy — A shortened version, called Mai dire Banzai ("Never Say: Banzai!") and given a comedic voiceover by Gialappa's Band was shown on Italia 1, one of Silvio Berlusconi's channels. More and more it meshed parts of Takeshi's Castle with another Japanese game called Za Gaman. Nowadays the UK shortened version is being broadcast on GXT and the voiceover is currently done by Italian comedian Roberto Ciufoli and the dj Faber Cucchetti (previously the show was commentated on by Marco Marzocca with Stefano Sarcinelli and still before by duo Lillo & Greg). Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ...
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Taiwan
 Taiwan — A gameshow called 100 Wars, 100 Victories (traditional Chinese: 百戰百勝) was formed from the original show, similar to how MXC Almost Live was formed. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ...
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Thailand
 Thailand — Takeshi's Castle was dubbed and shown on Channel 5 in the late 1980s. The title was changed to "Hod, Mun, Ha" (โหด มัน ฮา), or "Cruel, Thrilling, Fun." Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ...
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Pan-Arab countries
 Arab countries — In Arab countries the show was called The Fort (Arabic: الحصن). It aired in the early nineties where it became a cult hit. Commentary was provided by Lebanese actor Ryadh Shararah (Arabic: رياض شرارة), then later on by Jemaal Reyaan (Arabic: جمال ريان), who is currently a well known news broadcaster in Al-Jazeera's Arabic TV news channel. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_League_of_Arab_States. ...
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Philippines
 Philippines — It was first shown on the Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation TV network in late 1990 as a Tagalog-dubbed show. Later episodes contained interludes shot on a studio with actors Anjo Yllana as Takeshi and Smokey Manoloto as "Iwakura" providing the commentary with a gravelly Japanese accent, which was later dropped in favour of their natural voices. The Filipino production crew also developed on their relationship, with Iwakura often trying to trick Takeshi on several occasions. One episode which resulted in the contestants' victory was even written as Takeshi's worst nightmare; when Iwakura finally wakes him up, Takeshi is so traumatized that he asks to call off a scheduled taping. While the show was not as popular as in other countries, it held a huge following among viewers there to the point that makers of the local chocolate drink brand Ovaltine created an in-show mini contest as part of a product endorsement deal in 1991. In this version, the names given to most of the challenges are rather generic such as "Devil's Maze" for the Honeycomb and Square Mazes, "Flying Mushroom" for Mushroom Trip, and "Sumo Wrestling" for Sumo Rings. A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ...
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