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Gladiators 2000 - actually available somewhere other than VHS Youtube rips

  DOWNSIDES: INCOMPLETE AND NEEDS $ Amazon has a select bunch of episodes of the often forgotten American Gladiators spinoff featuring a pre Wheel of Fortune (and pre Idol) Ryan Seacrest that also was bogged down with E/I stuff as it aired on Saturday mornings.  Now the way they have it listed on those pages over on Amazon Video, it would seem they have the full series, but not every episode is there, and like I said... it will cost money ($1.99+tax per episode in the states)   This spinoff, which is definitely not trying to ride the glowing coattails of GUTS, ran parallel to AG's 6th and 7th seasons (Gladiators 2000's first season had Nitro, who rejoined the Gladiator lineup in season 6) had some fan favorite events that would be kid safe, including: The Wall Snapback (as Bones, where you pass magnetic bone pieces to your teammate then that teammate places said piece on (hopefully) the right place AND orientation on a display of the human body The Pyramid (turned in...
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How to avoid spoilers in this day and age.

WITHOUT GOING FULL HERMIT MODE  These days, just going online is an even harder game of Minesweeper than the one in the "So.. why do I recommend the way I do on here?" article from before.  That's because news media talk about things as they happen, assuming everyone sees things day one.  In fact, social media make spoilers trend like clockwork and clicking on the wrong link or trend will blow up in your face.  Heck, even talking to your Discord friends could lead to a moment something gets said or shown that you haven't seen yet (and Discord has a LITERAL spoiler tag feature)  So... how do we navigate the minefield? Avoid trailers (they tend to OVERSHARE like they get paid by the second of footage used) Avoid official social media: they might reveal something you're not ready for Avoid certain fandoms, as they might treat "early info" as currency Don't click any videos talking about whatever movie or tv show you're wanting to watch spoiler-free,...
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Is it American or Japanese sourced?

  NOTHING CLEVER HERE So you never watched anime, subbed or dubbed... So you never watched toku, subbed, dubbed, or Americanized And you think you never touched anything that has any Japanese influence... (Ok, MAYBE except for Nintendo, Sega, or the PlayStation line) Well, you have!  For over 35 seasons. On a show with America IN THE TITLE! America's Funniest Home Videos: an American Sunday night tradition... was licensed from a Japanese variety show. Want proof? Don't skip the credits. Any episode, Any hosting era, they all have the same acknowledgment of this fact. In fact, a lot of early season 1 clips were from Japan (while the tapes were still being filtered from all the mail Americans have sent) Another thing: ever actually seen a extra messy Japanese game show? No? That's because it's a myth Best I can offer is Marc Summers with Super Sloppy Double Dare right here in the USA.  If not JD Roth's Fun House So the thing you thought was US born and bred?  Japanese...
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So you think you know your Japanese media history

  WELL, TO QUOTE A WEIRD GUY, EVERYTHING YOU KNOW IS WRONG  I get it, you think Super Sentai only started in 1992 or 1993 just to be a spring board for a toy market here in the states. Well, what if i told you it actually started the same year as Chuck Woolery's game show career and his Wheel of Fortune? Or that Kamen Rider as a franchise is older than the modern Price is Right on CBS daytime (WITH Bob Barker). Or how SASUKE (no, not the rival of a hyperactive knucklehead ninja) inherited the hard obstacle course gene from American Gladiators' Eliminator after the latter ended its original run. Heck, The same year volunteer armies tried their first attacks on Takeshi's Castle, American kids first attacked a giant nose to grab an orange flag. But most people don't know this because of what we got instead: Mighty Morphin' Nostalgia Loop .. I mean Power Rangers, modern Kamen Rider slowly making it to the US prior via fan dubs before TokuSHOUTsu got the license to offic...
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Spoiling....why?

  SERIOUSLY... WHY? Surprise.      It's not just a retired Wheel of Fortune space.     It's a real feeling that somehow, we lost the ability to feel.    But the culprits are known.   Leakers, spoilers, dataminers, those who CLAIM they known what's coming before the time for the reveal gets revealed, those who use the old "My uncle works at Nintendo" (which I bet nobody seriously buys as that line is older than Cranky Kong and deader than Wrinkly Kong post DKC3), and the ones with blurry screenshots that have the same quality as Bigfoot photos,  This goes for pretty much anything, including major movies (Hi Mario) to video gaming (Hi Mario, again) to game reveals, like the Nintendo Direct (Don't eat me, Kirby) When we let the rumor mill, the leakers (even if their leaks are as fake as a game staring Waluigi), or a spoiler-ologist whose uncle was NEVER under employment by Nintendo grab hold of our expectations, we either: Lose our sen...
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So.. why do I recommend the way I do on here?

THE GUIDE I USE (FOR THE MOST PART)   When it comes to digital media, especially in places like Youtube and beyond, it can be like playing Minesweeper on thee hardest settings: you'd get reuploads of reuploads that's so bad in quality that by the time you see it, it's un-watchable, or you'd get bait-and-switched (Can anyone say RickRolled?), or redirected to a shady torrent that may or may not contain a virus that'll destroy your computer or put your information at risk.  That is, unless you mainly look for official and official-ajacent channels and licensed content on free streaming sites (like PlutoTV or Tubi).  Now I COULD send you to the big boys (Peacock, Paramount+, Disney+, etc+), but that requires money. Money that not everyone has...in this economy...with gas prices going up the way they are right now as of the date this post is being made...and with the prices OF said services (even for the lower tier WITH ADS)....almost like they're trying to become t...
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Ode to Lost Media (aka a wishlist, get over it)

  THINGS I WANT TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHILE I'M ALIVE AND ABLE TO USE YOUTUBE AND THE LIKE   Chuck Woolery Wheel of Fortune from 1975 (I know other years are covered, but i mean the formative months, including January of 1975, where there's NO video.... just audio recordings) Second Chance (1976-1977) I want to see more of its evolution, including how the big money space operated before the show was canceled and got the 80s treatment as the Press Your Luck we know and love with the Whammies we grew to love to dislike. Drew Carey's Price is Right Audition Footage... .wait, that doesn't exist as he didn't audition Doug Davidson doing The Price is Right Live (way after his 1994-95 stint on The New Price is Right in syndication) The possibly boring Double Dare 1986 pilot, even if it didn't have physical challenges in the front game The Family Double Dare exclusive music cues that didn't get used in other versions of Double Dare (both Fox era and Nick Studios era) Th...
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