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sunaookami 2 days ago [-]
I only know the German version from RTL2 which had funny commentary dubbed over it with made-up names and stuff. Curious, did the dubs in other countries do the same? Were there languages with the original commentary translated?
In the uk it was Craig Charles of red dwarf fame, renowned funk and soul DJ and robot wars host. It was brilliant.
oakesm9 2 days ago [-]
I can hear his laugh just reading this
riffraff 2 days ago [-]
We had this in the 80s/90s in Italy within a show called "mai dire banzai", they mixed up clips of Takeshi's Castle and Za Gaman[0], and the commentary was three guys of which two acted as faux Japanese experts and the third acted surprised at the completely made up bits of Japanese culture.
The dubs for the Spanish version did it too. There were two dubs, one in 1990 and another one for a 2006 re-run. Both completely made up.
kaoD 2 days ago [-]
It was localized with the name Humor Amarillo ("Yellow Comedy").
I know...
jesuslop 2 days ago [-]
Probably unscripted improv, and hilarious. Go chino cudeiro!
maralom 13 hours ago [-]
The dubbed Hindi version in India had really funny and entertaining commentary too! My friends and I loved the show.
spacechild1 2 days ago [-]
I actually watched it as a kid on Eurosport. It also had the dubbed over commentary. The original has lots of comedy bits between the games, most of them were cut in the German version.
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altmanaltman 2 days ago [-]
Yes, it was a deliberate strategy to add localized commentary, as the original context would not apply in foreign markets. An example of Transcreation
Wouldn't have expected this on Hacker News. Used to love watching this as a kid!
prominent660 2 days ago [-]
IRL OG Fall Guys
jauntywundrkind 2 days ago [-]
Thanks! Someone once told me about this, told me MXC is actually Takeshi's Castle, but I forgot, long ago. Fun fact.
dfxm12 2 days ago [-]
Most of Beat Takeshi's work is amazing, from this, to his films, even his infamous Nintendo game.
racl101 2 days ago [-]
"Right in to the mud!"
Remember watching this as a kid after school eating my bag of chips I'd been given for lunch which I'd save up so I can eat it later while watching this. In Canada, it was aired as MXC.
hubbahubbahubba 2 days ago [-]
Sinkers and floaters. Lots of jokes about remedial dental work that would be required.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Boww2fJUEHc
strange Poland didn't have one...
It was incredibly popular back then.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za_Gaman
I know...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcreation
"DON'T. GET. ELIMINATED."
What team did you play for??
(From MXC, based on footage from Takeshi’s Castle)
Still remember that phrase from years ago.
https://archive.org/details/takeshis-castle-with-english-sub...
The other archive link shared here, it's to another set of rips that appear to lack subtitles.
Should do a rewatch again, it's been a while...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getting_Any%3F
You know the one.
Dies Irae plays softly in the distance
Remember watching this as a kid after school eating my bag of chips I'd been given for lunch which I'd save up so I can eat it later while watching this. In Canada, it was aired as MXC.