[Nathan]

What Nyororin said combined with the general western viewpoint on Japanese style game shows. The Japanese sense of humor is lost on most Westerners (I myself don't fully understand it yet) so they tend to view most Japanese game shows as "wierd", especially the ones involving physical stunts. The average western game show involves sitting on ones arse and answering dull questions after all.

Yet another reason I've stopped watching most new television shows over here.