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MXC

MXC
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Created by Paul Abeyta
Developed by Paul Abeyta, Peter Kaikko, Larry Strawther
Starring Victor Wilson
Christopher Darga
John Cervenka
Mary Scheer
Opening theme Firebrand by Bumblefoot
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 81 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producer(s) Paul Abeyta, Peter Kaikko, Larry Strawther (Season One)
Running time approx. 20 minutes
Release
Original network TNN/Spike
Picture format 480i
Original release April 13, 2003 (2003-04-13) – February 9, 2007 (2007-02-09)

MXC (an initialism of Most Extreme Elimination Challenge) is an American comedy television program that aired on Spike TV from 2003 to 2007. It is a re-edit of footage from the Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle which originally aired in Japan from 1986 to 1990. The re-edit created a new completely rewritten storyline and new characters, as a dub was added that centered on the game show hosts narrating the action as people tried to win points for their teams by surviving through different challenges. In the original program Takeshi's Castle, the characters Kenny Blankenship and Vic Romano are actually a count named Takeshi and his assistant creating challenges in order to fight off an opposing military leader and his troops.

MXC was created and produced by RC Entertainment, Inc. in Los Angeles, California, and is the property of both Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) and RC Entertainment. The 2004 special episode MXC Almost Live is the property of Viacom International, which was filmed in Orlando, Florida by the producers of MXC. In addition to this, MXC's distributor is Magnolia Home Entertainment.

The premise of MXC (as distinct from Takeshi's Castle) is a game show that is hosted by the eccentric characters Vic Romano (Vic Wilson) and Kenny Blankenship (Chris Darga), along with the field marshal Captain Tenneal (John Cervenka) and the field reporter Guy LeDouche (John Cervenka). The announcer (John Cervenka) would begin each episode with this standard introduction, however this would be dropped in later seasons:

"What are these people running from? They're not! They're running TO the World's Toughest Competition in Town!"

When the show was transitioning away from its full name, it briefly added "Most Extreme Elimination Challenge!" to the end of the opening.

Eventually the opening introduction was changed to:

"Get fired up for MXC! The world's most toughest competition in town!"


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