Full Metal Jousting – reality blurred

Men ramming each other with sticks in slow motion: awesome, but Full Metal Jousting needs more

Full Metal Jousting concluded its first season last night, and while it didn’t prove itself to be as strong as Top Shot–which also airs on History and is produced by the same producers–it’s another well-crafted reality show that actually makes sense on its network. The show gave us reality TV’s first horse punch elimination, and …

Punching a horse in the head gets a contestant removed from a show in a reality TV first

A contestant was removed from a reality TV competition for punching a horse in the head last night, and while many people have been removed from reality shows for fighting other cast members, this is the first time in reality TV history the recipient of a punch was a horse.

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