If you watch POGO, Takeshi Castle is one programme that you cannot afford to miss. It is game based show that promises to give the best of fun, enjoyment and laughter.
In India, we get the dubbed version of the programme which was originally in the Japanese language. in the show, there are a large number of contestants (over 100) both girls and boys who have to win through many set of games to reach the final round. there are games like cross the river, stick yourself to the spider’s web, free the prisoner from the jail and many more. And the irony of the show is that all those participants who reach the final round never clear the final round. so after struggling through all the rounds , in the end no one gets anything.
The contestants are too funny and the way they try to cross all the hurdles of the game will make you cry with laughter. the games throw the contestants on muddy water, being shot at with balls, and makes them land on their heads. The games look impossible to win and the manner in which the contestants keep falling and tripping everywhere makes the programme a complete entertainment. and to top it all the contestants are dressed in such gooffy outfits that if you don’t laugh watching them fall, you will laugh plainly looking at them. one of the best outfits that contestants wore was a butterfly dress with wings at the back. Now how the hell can someone run fast and complete the game with two heavy wings flapping away in the back (the contestant probably thought that she had to fly.)
i was watching this programme, and it was so funny that I fell down from the bed laughing hysterically. My mother had to switch off the television so that I could stop laughing.
The show is dubbed by Javed Jaffery for the indian audiences and he indeed makes the show peppy with his witty remarks on the contestants. If you are feeling low, depressed, just watch this show and I guarantee you that you too will fall off the bed.