Wipeout Reviews

I know it is soooo wrong, but I love to see people fall, tumble, or otherwise make total idiots out of themselves.  That is why I am enjoying the new show WIPEOUT.  It's an hour long show, which is supposedly a fitness competition, but is more like a live version of America's Funniest Home Videos. — Twenty four contestants (men & women) compete in a first event by climbing over slippery walls, try to avoid being punched in the face by automated punching fists, trying to avoid a mud pit, and bouncing off these ENORMOUS big red balls.  The first eight (I think… read full review »

Meet this summer's newest guilty pleasure, the new TV series, Wipeout. This show seems to be banking on how much people like to laugh at others falling and making fools of themselves, and even if you don't want to laugh at them, you just can't help it! — — Unlike reality shows that seem to invite only the best looking and/or most athletic to be on their show, Wipeout invites everyone that is willing to not take themselves seriously. They start out with an obstacle course designed to make people fall, and fall in funny ways. Twenty-four people try the course, and some are just so… read full review »

Wipeout premiered on ABC last Tuesday.  My husband and I have been watching a Japanese show very similar to this for over a year.  Never did I think a show like this would come to the US. — The show consists of contestants just like you and me; normal everyday people.  Not the kind of people you would see in magazines. — The task is to complete an obstacle course; sounds easy right.  No way...one of the obstacles is a rock climbing wall.  As you are attempting to climb this wall, boxing gloves are mechanically punching out at you.  No way can you hold… read full review »

This show, though it looks and IS in fact ridiculous; it is absolutely hilarious!  And the thing that I love most about it, is that it is one of VERY FEW things left on TV that you can watch without wondering if you're going to hear a bad word, see nudity or something you shouldn't see, etc. … read full review »

I absolutely love this hilarious show, Wipeout! I laugh so hard my stomach hurts. The "Big Balls" just crack me up! Who ever came up with this has my vote hands… read full review »