So, game shows are all the rage now, with cross-pollenation of American and Japanese programs becoming increasingly prominent.

This, of course, produces terrifying results.

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the proliferation of “I bet you can’t eat that and live” style of game shows, the premise is simple enough to understand. Contestants are challenged to do something that would otherwise never be required in a universe ruled by a loving God. They then have to do something even crazier, like pole vault across a lake or try not to get punched in the face. Of course, with so many of these shows in existence the bar is constantly being raised (or lowered, depending on your interpretation), and this results in some fairly wacky hinjinks.

But enough of that. The internationally syndicated Spanish show Pants on Fire finally reaches American shores! “Pants on Fire” is a program that combines the lightning fast reflexes of Jeopardy with the lightning strikes of Kaminari no Kamigami, or “Lightning Gods”, a Japanese game show. Victor won an opportunity to be on the latter show, but opted out because, and I quote, he “doesn’t speak Chinese.”

 - Chris

Editor’s note: The literal translation of the show is “The Pants of Fire,” but this title was rejected when producers discovered there was already a soap opera with that name.

Tags: game show, Japanese game show, Jeopardy, Spanish, wacky hinjinks, Wipeout

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