You may remember "Takeshi's castle", a popular Japanese tv export on German channel DSF. A sportsy game 
show with the goal to conquer "Takeshi's castle", a cardboard castle defended by Takeshi and his followers. On the way there the 100 starting participants had to overcome several strange obstacles. They were disguised as pinballs for example and an oversize was rolled down the hill towards them. Those who fell would be eliminated. Another popular obstacle was a pond full of mud crossed by a moving bridge from which most contestants would fall off. Takeshi, the show's father, by the way, is not some infantile unknown, but the acclaimed film director (e.g. Hana-Bi), actor and lecturer at Tokyo's University for Fine Arts, Takeshi Kitano.
show with the goal to conquer "Takeshi's castle", a cardboard castle defended by Takeshi and his followers. On the way there the 100 starting participants had to overcome several strange obstacles. They were disguised as pinballs for example and an oversize was rolled down the hill towards them. Those who fell would be eliminated. Another popular obstacle was a pond full of mud crossed by a moving bridge from which most contestants would fall off. Takeshi, the show's father, by the way, is not some infantile unknown, but the acclaimed film director (e.g. Hana-Bi), actor and lecturer at Tokyo's University for Fine Arts, Takeshi Kitano. One of the later successful Japanese tv export is "Human Tetris". The show has been bought by American, British and Swedish tv channels among others. The game is a life-size Tetris game with human game figures. A wall with cut out shapes is moving towards the candidate(s) and they have to slide through the provided holes. If they fail, they fall into a pool. Watch and enjoy some scenes from the show on YouTube:
I wonder why the Japanese have such a taste for funny tv shows. Is it the need to compensate for the not-so-funny work life they are confronted with?
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