#133 - a diamond in the rough

since i've been so into american idol this year, i've discovered fox reality channel. mainly it's just a ton of leftover reality shows like paradise hotel and foreign reality shows (there's one called "sexy cam" or something where something ridiculous happens, like some girl walks around with HUGE fake boobs and they have a hidden camera taping people's reactions). but among all that crap i've found an absolute gem.... MAN VS. BEAST!

hahaha! do you guys remember this show? i think it came out when we were in the dorms in college, it was the most awesome show, not only because it put hot dog eating man takeru kobayashi against a kodiak bear (the bear won), but because it did so with absolutely no hint of sarcasm... they did it totally straight-faced, complete with action commentary, stat reports, and post-match interviews. just in case you missed it the first time, here's what went down:

- takeru kobayashi lost a hot dog eating contest to a kodiak bear
- a US navy seal won an obstacle course race to a chimpanzee
- 44 midgets lost a tug-of-war contest (they pulled a jet) to an asian elephant
- an olympic sprinter won a race with a giraffe but then lost to a zebra
- a sumo wrestler lost a tug-of-war contest with an orangutan
MAN 2, BEAST 4

and that's just man vs. beast 1... then there was man vs. beast 2! haha, good stuff, can't believe i forgot about that. i think my favorite part was the race between the sprinter and the zebra, first they did "keys to the match," the sprinter's keys was like "get a good start," and the zebra's keys was "realize it's a race." HA! awesome.

PS - as i was writing this post i was watching idol, by the way, i like the one-hour results show this season, so much better than the 30-min ones, those are always rushed at the end and i like having actual artists do live performances (even though i had absolutely no idea who tonight's person was, she wasn't that good either). anyway... WHAT THE HECK IS IT GONNA TAKE TO GET JASON OUTTA THERE?! poor carly, i liked carly, i even voted for carly, i guess my vote counts for squat. and even though i'm glad brooke and even syesha are still in there... poor carly! do you think no one's voting for her because she's irish and not actually "american?" right, that's dumb though because unless your american indian no one's american (and then even they came from somewhere else eh?). anyway, poor carly, i wanted to keep seeing her on the show, she was so happy everytime she was safe and everything, i could do without seeing syesha and i DEFINATELY could do without seeing jason castro... seriously, not that he's a sanjaya or anything, but c'mon, the other people are so much more deserving to stay on. grr. oh well, what am i complaining about, it's america voting (or it's a select group of americans with computerized dialing programs voting). either way, that's the name of the game/show, so really i can't complain unless the producers start fixing the results, otherwise fair's fair right?

still... poor carly...