Which original Gladiators event was better - Hang Tough or Powerball?
Because of this,Gladiatorsis the only exercise-themed show we ever watch.
Sometimes, as a treat, well call Jet/Hunter names while eating several wagon wheels.
Theres been an ongoing debate in our house over which are the bestGladiatorsevents.
However, we regularly fight about the best events.
These fights dont involve pugil sticks, but only because we havent bothered making them yet.
Some compromise was achieved, mostly by one party threatening to kick the other party in the balls.
How much do you drop your popcorn while watching it?
Fairness:Do the contender and the Gladiator have a reasonably equal chance of winning?
Originality:Is it just a knock-off of previous events?
Conflict:Do you get the sense that someone might actually get killed?
Involvement of Shadow:Self explanatory.
And weve only included events from the originalGladiators, because.
Awooga and all that.
The game:Who cares, Hunter always bloody wins.
The most unfair event weve ever seen.
The game:Rubbish Duel while tied to a balloon.
This gets a billion points for spectacle, but sadly fails in the other areas.
The game:Quidditch.
Everyone was flying but not really, and having to score goals or something.
Catapult was a good idea, but in practice took far too long to get going.
By the time the action had started, it was over.
(We will not insert any having sex with one of the Gladiators jokes in here.
We have nothing specific against Tightrope, but it was very bitty.
Plus, we already had Skytrak, which filled the criteria for upside down races.
The game:Rubbish Duel on a bucking bronco
Duel is already good.
Why do you better ruin it by making it Half Duel where youre on a hen night?
Could be improved by the other Gladiators standing round shouting WOOOOO!
Nowhere near enough fighting, although it is good when they trip on that net thing.
The game:Rubbish Duel on a bridge.
We love Duel, so this is acceptable.
Waste of an event though, when they could have donethe one where you waded through syrup.
The game:Shit on a stick.
Pole Axe mixed with some pole vaulting.
Push them in the ball.
Its fun, as a viewer, shouting that to the Gladiators and imagining theyre having a baby.
Also, none of them are really fat.
If they were, that would make us feel better.
The game:Pulling.
Pull the other one off.
This was on a Saturday teatime.
Good for Gladiator v contender conflict though, and there was always the chance someone would lose an arm.
The game:Remember the Green Cross Code.
This was a good game, but it loses points for the rule that You cant ever stand still.
Because of this rule, they normally get knocked off far too early.
Not a game to sacrifice for a toilet trip.
The game:Avoid getting blue balls.
Otherwise, its just people banging into each other, but in a fun way.
And they mostly just miss, so its pointless.
But the banging is fun.
The game:Nam flashbacks.
Get to the chopper!
This game could have been so much better by replacing the tennis balls with real bullets.
And all that happened to the Gladiator if their target got hit was they got lifted up a bit.
If they went on fire instead, they might have tried a bit harder.
The game:Hoping the Gladiator is too thick to realise youre on the other side of the ball.
This is exciting when John Anderson announces start swinging!
or something like that, and then the arena goes all berserk.
Also, Hunter sometimes loses, and then you get to laugh at him.
The game:Upside down Scalextric, without people pointing guns at you.
Not sure why the contender in this clip is getting booed.
Maybe shes a tax dodger.
The game:Stairmaster.
A family member of ours went to seeCelebrity Squaresbeing filmed, and she got Wolfs autograph.
The game:Tug o war.
One of them is higher up, I forget why.
Tilt is famous for Panther falling arse over tit and breaking her neck/spine/head bone.
In the interests of that was horrible, we havent included that clip.
The game:Climb up a wall while the Gladiators off ofGladiatorscan see up your bum.
Ranked high because it was such aGladiatorsstaple.
Plus, contenders had a more than decent chance of winning.
Seriously, she humped him for hours.
The game:Run like buggery.
Have you ever had a Saturday night out in Doncaster and youre trying to get served?
Thats what this is.
The game:Hamster balls.
Novelty exercise for pet humans.
The aim of the game is to get smoke blown up your rear.
The game:Super hang on.
We disagreed over this.
However, the male half decided that Hang Tough was an excellent game because Jet.
It does, however, get points for the fact that they sometimes made unsuitable Gladiators do it.
Seriously, they once made Warrior do it.
The game:Bra rugby.
Powerball is so much better than the dishwasher tablet its named after.
For 60 seconds, you rabidly cheer for both contenders, while going OOOOH!
and OH SHIT!, as the contenders dunk balls in baskets.
Mega points for conflict and general violence.
The game:Getting the stuffing beaten out of you by Shadow.
Shadow breaks all the bones in your body by staring at you.
