Event Over In 7 Seconds? | American Gladiators | Full Episode | S02E09

[@Ethan-pd7nu]

Wish we could get all these older full episodes. Makes me so nostalgic watching. Absolutely love watching these Gladiators smash.

[@dugger0]

I think they're all on here now, if you don't know yet.

[@JoshBruin77]

They're all up now!! ✊ 👍

[@chrisbeard5794]

I so miss this show and Gladiators.

[@SapinskiMath]

C.J. Johnson was the only contender in Gladiators history to never compete in the preliminary rounds. Here's how it happened: Marla Smith was the #9 ranked contender in the 1st half women's tournament. She was therefore the first alternate. However, due to her dropping out of the competition due to injury (another unusual one, actually), C.J. became her alternate. She never got to participate in the prelims, though, because Marla dropped out right before the Eliminator, and alternates must compete in at least one event prior to that point. So, while C.J. never got to officially do anything in the prelims, she was still the new #9 seed because someone else had to be slotted in that spot. They did not simply default to the bottom-ranked contestant (Samantha Bryant). Thus in the end, when Kelley went down, C.J. got the call. A strange combination of events, but it happened.

[@c0mputer]

Good thing she made the most of it and got dominated.

[@Barf-Barfolomew]

Another great classic full episode! Thanks for uploading!

[@horrorbro]

John Score Big In The Wall Kelly Took Down Gold in Assault Margaret Took Down Blaze in Joust And Purple Took Down Thunder and Turbo in Breakthrough and Conquer at 10:53 21:10 25:07 27:20 and 27:42 😎

[@Will-h7h]

Mike Adamle was in love with Purple.

[@chuckech33se]

33:45 Ice wasn’t even trying and was throwing her out of the ring repeatedly

[@anthonywilson7268]

Just heard american gladiators question on a youtube trivia show. As soon as it ended i was watching clips and full c Videos. I second the thought to more season episodes! Great show

[@jnadle1]

That bombastic theme from Bill Conti felt like Cagney and Lacey with a pinch of Karate Kid in there someplace. He did them both, too. This could've made for a good score for both, too, if Cagney and Lacey had gone a few more seasons (and there was a foot chase pursuit/car chase) and it would've been perfect for The Karate Kid III (during a brawl). It's a good thing the points were converted into headstarts in subsequent seasons because it wasn't fair to the people who were leading to still lose in the eliminator. 24:31 She's going down in a "Blaze" of glory!

[@drummingdanny84]

Bill Conti did that theme, too. Cagney & Lacey was/is also owned by Disney-MGM.

[@bethtyree6346]

Bring American Gladators back was one of best shows on Saturday nights

[@MrMatthias]

The "head-start" format of the Eliminator is so much better than this format. Obviously, it's a bit of early-installment weirdness, but having the contenders go at the same time really makes it a bummer when someone crosses the finish line first and ends up losing anyway.

[@SapinskiMath]

Agreed, it also put pressure on the trailer to have to finish in x amount of time under the time limit to even have a chance. It's also not helped by the fact that in this season, penalties are not calculated consistently all the way through the season. (None of them impact the final results, it's just odd.) But I liked having the Eliminator count for points, too, it was fun keeping score all the way through. Wish there was a way to marry the two formats.

[@irishbear660]

I really wish they released the entire series on Blu Ray

[@Dman3827]

Or dvd

[@c0mputer]

@@Dman3827 or laser disc

[@firebirdude2]

20:18 Event over in 7 seconds.

[@vrdragon12]

21:09 It was rare to ever hit the target with the first shot. Gotta be very good to nail it. As for Gold, what goes around comes around

[@jorgeandrew]

A black contender did the same with Zap two seasons after 😊

[@jnadle1]

@@jorgeandrew Zap got zapped, and Gold turned to dust!

[@kevinjwhite334]

Diamond is so so strong 💎

[@chuckech33se]

34:06 Ice’s biceps look massive here

[@marcushamner5994]

@chuckech33se At 33:09 I have a huge crush on Ice😍🥰👊🏾💍🌹

[@BlackwoodCompany]

That has to be the closest battle for the men I believe that season.

[@SapinskiMath]

No, an even closer one is coming.

[@marcushamner5994]

It gets closer; trust me.

[@chuckech33se]

33:07 Ice reminding everyone she owns that conquer ring

[@Tubewings]

Okay, question concerning C.J. Johnson replacing Kelley Peacock in the competition. Did something happen to Samantha Bryant (who, by my calculations, was the highest scoring non-winner remaining after Marla Smith's dropout) where she was unable to compete as an alternate?

[@drewzuhosky6826]

This seems like something they’d have mentioned on the show. Unless something happened between taping episodes...

[@Tubewings]

@@drewzuhosky6826 A similar thing happened the previous season. Suzanne Rampe had the second-highest score amongst the five non-winners of the Preliminaries, but when it came time for the Quarterfinals, she was nowhere to be seen. At least an explanation was given as to why Zimbob Schwartze was unable to compete (she would have been the first alternate based on the preliminary scores).

[@GCBlues45]

I don't remember C.J.Johnson from prelims.

[@Tubewings]

@@GCBlues45 She wasn't in the Prelims. She was most likely the top alternate in case one of the contenders pulled out during the competition (Marla Smith doesn't count since she pulled out right before the Eliminator).

[@SapinskiMath]

@@Tubewings I have wondered about that forever. Suzanne's score would actually have bumped Zimbob down to the #9 seed, meaning she wouldn't have qualified anyway (and Lakatos definitely wouldn't have). There has to be some disqualification or something else we're not aware of that happened. Suzanne, wherefore art thou that you can solve this mystery for us?

[@luke-li]

21:09: what a shot ! 🎯

[@arduinokatari8658]

I keep wondering who had more "nip slips"- Lace or Nitro? All edited out of course, this is a family program.

[@brentrogers4774]

Kelly gave it everything she had, but unfortunately injuries are part of the game. C.J. came with an unfair advantage coming in late, and didn't show much. That's what happens when you cone in at this late in the competition. I agree with C.J., she didn't have problems with the hand bike, but unfortunately the bad landing dug her grave even deeper. Margaret was awesome, and yes she was very educated in knowing what to do before each event. Purple and John a battle of the two who lost in their preliminary round matchups. John won but close, sadly Purple had to lose again. I agree with Mike that Purple had one of the best cheering sections ever. Great episode.

[@woody4077]

i wonder how many they hit the target from the first station during "the asssault"

[@chuckech33se]

30:39 Ice with too much power and finesse for the contender

[@solsticebaby]

Oh, that early 90s hair. Aaaaaall the hairspray

[@Marc_Masters]

ESPN just did a 30 for 30 on American gladiators!

[@DyrianLightbringer]

Anyone ever think about the fact that there are 7 events played, most of them have a time limit of 1 minute or less, a few have to be played twice because contenders take turns such as assault, joust, breakthrough/conquer, but some are played simultaneously like powerball, wall, and atlasphere. That equates to 14 total events, 7 for the men, 7 for the women, some end in only a few seconds, some last up to a minute, some are played simultaneously... when you add that all up, that means that in a 44 minute show, only about 14-20 minutes of that is actual competition. American Gladiators could have been aired in a half-hour time slot, and STILL would have allowed about 3 minutes of show time for interviews and replays, maybe more if events ended early.

[@ericpregosin511]

Commercial time has to be fit in. Plus we don't know what the players do in between events to cool off. It never would have made it as a 30 minute show. As I mentioned there are things you have not filtered in that we don't see on TV. I suggest you talk to a person who has seen the show in person to fill in your gaps.

[@DyrianLightbringer]

@@ericpregosin511they didn't televise any of that stuff anyway, and it's not like it was broadcast live. A typical half-hour time slot has about 22-23 minutes of actual show, and around 7 minutes for commercials. The actual amount of time that the events are played equates to 14-20 minutes, as I pointed out, which means that there's still time for them to fit in some replays and interviews. I was pointing out that half or less of the actual show that is broadcast is actual competition, and the rest of the show is filler. We get interviews with contenders, sometimes gladiators, after almost every event. In later seasons, we get "ask the gladiator" segments. We get background on the contenders, see the contenders in their home life, etc. Basically, if you're watching the show for the competition, more than half of the show isn't what you want. Imagine if you were watching a football game, and more than half of the broadcast consisted of interviews with the players, clips of the players home lives, segments devoted to the players answering letters from fans, etc.

[@PREGO1966]

@@DyrianLightbringer You make a good point here. But I think you would for a show like this, you would want more of these extras. Besides I don't think they could fit all 7 events into 23 minutes of broadcast time. The time used for interviews, comments, ask the gladiator, etc. is well spent. I really doubt that this would sell as a half hour show. But sauseech his own my friend

[@XJCherokeeBear]

Aired on 11/3/90

[@bethtyree6346]

What happen to Thunder

[@jasonryan1942]

They could have really been tougher

[@FabianPyka]

good lord cj got whooped in breakthrough and conquer

[@neaituppi7306]

In some ways it is interesting to see bad technique, as in not exposing yourself too much behind the barriers for the tennis balls.

[@arduinokatari8658]

This is a good one for big hair.

[@jorgeandrew]

7:00 I always asked myself the following question. ¿Why between 1989 and 1997, white women gladiators were exclusively "blondes"? 🤔 Weren't there brunette or white-skinned with dark hair women in the USA in those years?... 😁🤭 I found so false and ridiculous that situation 🤦🏻‍♂️👱‍♀️👱‍♀️👱‍♀️🤣 Only in 2008, with Gina Carano (Crush) and two or three brunette more, who are representative of the Usa women, that stupidity ended up 😂 In first seasons only Lace and Elektra (and maybe Diamond) were natural blonde. 😁🤭

[@JohnHartson20]

Well I love blonde women and Christina Aguilera is my alltime Fave but I also think that Melanin Queens are underrepresented on the American Gladiators. I love Blaze, her strength,elegance,class, coolness and overwhelming Beauty, but they should have appointed her much more. The gorgeous Blaze was always sooooo amazing in the Powerball, Joust, the Wall, the Assault and Breakthrough and Conquer, so she rocked every show, but Thompson only disqualified her without a reason most of the time....

[@jorgeandrew]

@@JohnHartson20 I'm not against blondes either, but I always found it very ridiculous to show only women with yellow hair (with the exception of Blaze, Storm and Jazz, who were african-american) to try to present a nordic stereotype that USA doesn't have. Only in 2008, with Crush, Steel, Fury and others, that stupidity was corrected. From 1989 until now, that false stereotype was never present among gladiator men.

[@jorgeandrew]

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[@JohnHartson20]

@@jorgeandrew : Well yellow hair is really harsh and unfair for beautiful blonde haired women but probably you are right they should have had more brown or darkhaired Female Gladiators to represent all the different Nationalities in the USA. Normally I love blonde Women and Melanin Queens, the prettiest Woman I have ever seen is Christina Aguilera followed by Paisley/Sharmell and Blaze. So personally I didn't have a problem with blonde haired female Gladiators but none of them was really attractive in my eyes so they should have released that boring Lace ( she was a bit ugly and had strange hair) so the gorgeous Blaze would have hade more screentime.

[@OzvenomDnD]

Because in the early 90's that was the epitome of beauty

[@briancurry6602]

be cool

[@arturomcneil5919]

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