ArchivesOn this week’s episode of The Gauntlet 2, there was no orgy-esque challenge—well, except for the oil-covered guys wrestling in the sand. Anyway, there was an alliance conflict on the rookie’s team, which was too pointless to even summarize, but the episode really stood out for being an example of outstanding reality TV challenge craftsmanship and planning.
During a strength-based challenge, the teams had to push large, quasi-geodesic spheres across a field. As the veterans pushed their giant ball, it broke into a dozen pieces of plywood and 2x4s, probably all with nails jutting out. Host/moron TJ called this “bad luck,” but really, it was just crap-ass construction on the part of the producers.
Next, the teams had to fill a flatbed truck with bricks, and then just two people had to push the truck—full of bricks, all of their teammates—to the other side of the field. Once full of people nad bricks, however, neither truck moved, because apparently no one thought about actually testing this to see if it was possible.
So, in the best tradition of the Challenge, producers pulled something out of their ass and had TJ change the rules before the four people pushing the trucks developed hernias. He told two more people to help push, and that worked—although not for the veterans, because Ace “I’ve been driving a stick shift my whole life” Amerson forgot to push down the clutch.
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