POUNDING some huge muscly dudes!! | American Gladiators

[@karelfinn2343]

I LOVED American Gladiators as a kid. Any competition where the rules are "try to hit a target with a nerf rocket launcher while a guy called Thunder shoots tennis balls at you" is quality television, I don't care what anyone says.

[@rmdcade1717]

Truly a blessed time in American television.

[@DrErikNefarious]

I still remember a couple of times where the contestants won because the muscle dude ran out of tennis balls and was all "whelp, I guess you win"

[@Becca23Bear]

I have never thumb's up'ed a comment so quickly in my entire life.

[@tamagonbagel6569]

I'm too young for the original series but I loved the reboot as a kid.

[@frozenaorta]

"You gotta really pay attention to each hand. Cuz each hand corresponds to each hand." That's some crystal clear 'splainin, Arin!

[@gargoyles9999]

I mean he’s not wrong

[@Quantaur]

The scream of the character being pushed off the platform in joust is one of the greatest NES sound effects ever!

[@Melissascafe]

On par with Dan's "NO!!" from Mario Maker

[@gargoyles9999]

@Chuan Cresi🌹 heck

[@Captain_Subpar]

"I'm gonna do assault because I'm good at it." - Arin Hanson, 2021

[@kieran1a2]

🤣😭

[@matthewelliott7294]

Famous last words before failing.

[@notsure1969]

"Two hundred and twenty pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal." - Nitro, 1991

[@robintst]

Which is still funny because Nitro was probably the worst gladiator on the show.

[@snukastyle]

@@robintst I always thought Bronco was worst. He appeared on Human Cannonball, once, got knocked off his platform and never appeared again.

[@eanp.8901]

@@snukastyle I always love that clip of Malibu getting nailed hard on human cannon ball.

[@ronjones-6977]

@@snukastyle Maybe that's where that scream came from. The guy broke his fucking neck.

[@Dorian_Scott]

Dan: *_"I'm POUNDING this guy! Take THAT out of context!"_* Me: We take everything you say out of context, Dan!

[@ToxirosBardiros1423]

So true.

[@Pyrodragon3993]

Take this! Take this!

[@alexquan1744]

@@Pyrodragon3993 WHY DON'T YOU TAKE THIS!

[@Nekomania]

Yes but he gave his blessing this time

[@apullcan]

when you think about, the entire gg animated format is built on taking these guys out of context

[@WillKazeOh]

I love that Arin can still love his past embarassing sentences, like "Did you point!?".

[@ryano2883]

This was my jam when I was a kid! BTW, the stick that comes out of nowhere in Joust is a power up. If you get it, you take out the next guy with one hit.

[@Virjunior01]

Yup! It had JUST come back to me through a damned time machine!

[@herogear_art]

Me, An Old: "oh neat, American Gladiators! I watched that as a kid" Dan: *begins to give a history lesson, because plenty of Lovelies were born way after* Me: Oh yeah... *turns to dust*

[@antonlowe5370]

Same.

[@steventonche1037]

Same.

[@frozenaorta]

It's rough being an 80's kid here. We're definitely grandpas.

[@danlev6927]

You comment like a zoomer though.

[@elfiefromangelcity6142]

Same club.

[@omnitoad2187]

If memory serves, that thing that flies at them during joust that they try so hard to avoid... is a powerup

[@goosebump8917]

If thats true, thats amazing

[@RockHarding]

It is. Gives you a one hit kill on the next opponent. 😂

That's Game Grumps for you 😅

[@just-joshing]

Exactly. It's a power up. Really helpful.

[@hunam1464]

But you have to get the first shot, because you lose it if you get hit once or heaven forbid, drop into the pit.

[@tbthegr81]

In Sweden "The gladiators" where big during the early 2000's, based on this show but recorded in Sweden. Got a rebirth in 2012 and lasted again until 2017. In that show ya had gladiators named stuff like Elektra, Atlas and Plexus, with randoms going up to battle them in courses.

[@elarialialesleimmanis2350]

Exactly the same in Australia, at least for the reboot one.

[@williamknight7]

It was massive in the UK during the 90s. The fan favourite was always "Wolf" who became a minor celebrity for a while - he was brilliant. I think it had attempts at reboots but it will always be a big nostalgia thing.

[@maintaint3003]

They were in Finland, I don't know if it was huge or anything, but Laser was a woman and later she killed somebody.

[@maddogkilla1]

I wonder why this show was so good growing up and the reboot failed so hard (at least in the US). I remember as a kid watching this and thinking the gladiators= super heroes

[@Lopez341989]

Man, my two friends were obsessed with this and marble madness a few years ago. I never thought I'd have such a nostalgia of watching people play this.

[@Virjunior01]

Marble Madness was always a great game. The Crazy Maze was like my school's metric for "badass." If you could beat gravity and backwards controls, you were king of recess.

[@RockHarding]

@Hisesi Haruma🌹 Are you replying this to every comment???

[@hunam1464]

Those two games were my childhood.

[@durulvarol]

"They are throwing things at me" Umm you gotta catch it Dan. That's the one hit kill q-tip.

[@jordanthompson1462]

"this is your game, this is the first one you mastered! oooh my God" as Dan sails completely past the rope was fantastic

[@whitefang5973]

The moment you realize Danny was pretty much done with this game

[@dinothestar]

I might be wrong but I think Dan and Arin could make just about any game look fun

[@greylithwolf]

You must be new here

[@user-gn5bu7tx1b]

It's the grump paradox: they can make shit look like gold and make great games the devil

[@Odima16]

Whoa, the music in this game is dynamic! Notice how the song changes when someone shows up in Wall. And the sound effect for them falling works really well with the song. Very impressive for an NES game

[@inconspicuousboi3251]

Once again, Danny reminds us at how good he is at hitting people with his stick and balls.

[@courtneysmith9807]

Nice

[@junethea8283]

I looove that Grumps are back to playing random NES games. They're always my favourite episodes

[@gwarriorfromhell]

I loved American -Gladiators as a kid. I even remember watching an episode of Family Matters where Carl and Steve went on AG to settle a dispute. Good times.

[@SonicLamb]

4:58 You hear that Jon? Arin told Dan how to do it, because he's a good person!

[@johnriff85]

I still own this game. It's so brutal, especially the wall climb. If your hand touches a black spot you fall as soon as you press another button so you have to be super deliberate. Now if they would just play Conquest of the Crystal Palace I'd be thrilled

[@dustinkerman8158]

I know dude, I still have it too. Never beat the 2nd wall to this day

[@A2Z83]

the wall climb could be its entire own game

[@hunam1464]

The Wall is easily the hardest event in all 4 levels. I specifically got good at Powerball just so I could have more chances at the Wall.

[@elfiefromangelcity6142]

Can I just say that Danny's description of American Gladiators is on point? My husband and are were both early 80's children and grew up across the country from each other and we both laughed cuz as much of nerds we were who hated popular kids and jocks, and sporty kind of stuff, we both totally watched American Gladiators. Everybody did. We were definitely captivated.

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Watching it now, the interviews are the strangest part of a very strange show. They are like weirdly very sweet, like "My kids are watching in the audience, if I win we are gonna take them to disney land." Today they would hype it all up like "My life's dream is to win at everything and beat a dude to death with a giant q-tip"

[@jennrichards7339]

😅😊

[@jennrichards7339]

😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

[@Zaphu]

I love how every time they gotta reassure us that Mario RPG is coming back lol.

[@_NoDrinkTheBleach]

8:56 I was honestly wondering how long it was going to take them to notice the Sonic Unleashed style screams on the Joust.

[@dominolexington9435]

Best part of the game! It legit sounds like they're being flayed or something. 🤣

[@Humanshield11]

Arin skips past “Two hundred and twenty pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal” at 30:39. That’s such a good one too!

[@proteincannon]

Well this isn't the Mario RPG I was hoping for, but I do like retro games lol

[@That_Lady_Charlie]

This was a secret section of Mario RPG you could only access without Geno in your party. Most people don't know about it!

[@Dorian_Scott]

These retro games feel like a really old-school Game Grumps episode.

[@vgmusicdispenser]

At least they don't have to worry about equipping things in this game :D

[@zersch.]

Feel the need to say this every time - LOVE when you toss in random NES games like this.

[@joshdavis416]

I always felt like American Gladiators was inspired by the movie "the Running Man" lol

[@mediocreandworse59]

That's silly, everyone knows it was based on the actual gladiatorial events of Ancient America in which participants would try to best one another in deadly battles within the confines of the Costco-sseum

[@DeliMore]

He said 1986. Lol I'm old too.

[@maintaint3003]

@@mediocreandworse59 One fateful day, they should have just introduced 300 lions and a full-scale sea battle.

[@numbersix9468]

Arin: *hates sports Arin: "I want to see a bunch of in-shape people do a bunch of physical challenges"

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

Yeah but I think he just wants to watch muscley dudes

[@skeetsmcgrew3282]

@@Medahlian Idk man, you ever watch wrestling? Pretty hot-I mean, its pretty focused on their dudeness

[@piplup10203854]

8:56 That scream is amazing! Whoever voiced that I hope they got some well earned kudos lol

[@nix6940]

I've never seen this game, it looks unironically great. For a Nintendo game it's got some fun looking challenges!

[@tonyjackson4078]

I'm immediately having Nickelodeon Guts flashbacks with Jon.... "Oh, you have to push a button to drop it" "Oh, THANKS." "Hey I had to figure it out too" The Arin/Dan dynamic.

[@natashakennedy7516]

I love dans life stories. A lot of them helped me sleep when I couldn’t so thank u. Continue being awesome always

[@sadface6635]

Arin always makes me laugh and Dan’s voice always puts me at ease. Game Grumps always keeps getting better somehow

[@Ramen-4-Life]

"Program and Design by Incredible Technologies" The same Incredible Technologies that created the modern masterpiece known as *_Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game!?_* Neat. I learned something today!

[@BoomBoomBrucey]

This brings me back, UK Gladiators was so fun to watch when I was a kid

[@pepelaugh6404]

I was just wondering where today’s episode was and then the notification popped up! 🤣

[@VxJasonxV]

“Shoutout to all the American Gladiators wherever you are now.” Those still alive at least… (Annnnd I just made myself feel bad.)

[@dougonius]

Oh my god YES I was just watching old AG vids! This is amazing!

[@vanessazorro6297]

I hope there’s some Super Mario RPG tomorrow! I love that play through.

[@SirRevolver1]

"Each hand actually corresponds to each hand" - Egoraptor 2021

[@justinreid1037]

Between this and Marble Madness, this is a huge bucket-full of nostalgia. Thanks for this.

[@megamike44]

I used to be obsessed with the silly screams from this as a kid. My mom always gave me funny looks when I would get excited over hearing them.

[@Tatsumaki7]

That blinking q-tip is good You're supposed to jump up and catch it in mid-air

[@carn9507]

BBC just announced last week they're bringing back the UK version of Gladiators (it's third time) so maybe the American will happen again soon too? :P

[@just-joshing]

I adored this game as a kid! The 6 year old me was able to get to the third level wall. It gets freaking hard with skinny portions to navigate with precision. If they could catch the upgrade in joust that would help a lot.

[@Norweeg]

I’m loving the retro games. Keep it up!

[@baralinni79]

The Nitro line Dan was so upset Arin skipped (30:39) was "220 pounds of twisted steel and sex appeal" and honestly, I'm kinda upset about that too

[@apollolux]

The SNES version is better at least graphically, but Arin might get Nickelodeon GUTS war flashbacks playing it.

[@TheLivingBluejay]

Michelle! Denny and Arnold are trying to climb a wall...! Hilarious!

[@SympleSymon]

You need an Obama account for this to work best, lol

[@megaman7010]

I used to watch the hell out of this show.

[@eckitronix]

6:42 "If it gets in your eyes, it'll bUrN!!!!" Now some who've noticed Arin's kinda phlegmy voice, I don't think that you should be grossed out. I for one think they could use this to their advantage sometimes for like, sticky goblin voices or something. I love it, I'm just imagining the humorous opportunities here

[@cheezemonkeyeater]

The Game Grumps are just pounding it. *slaps fist repeatedly Pounding it. Pounding it.

[@DirtsteveGAME]

I truly love these NES nostalgia episodes, I’m glad they’re pacing them out with the Mario RPG playthrough

[@Doktor_Vem]

Please play this again, this was so amazing, and the music was probably the best thing ever!

[@ThePickledAuthor]

Now...we need to get Arin and Danny on the REAL American Gladiators.

[@That_Lady_Charlie]

"Welcome to the 10 Minute Power Hour! What are we doing today, Arin?"

[@TheEFRoommates]

Are you ready to see American Gladiator take on 150 lbs of absolute Beefcake?

[@Mario583a]

@@TheEFRoommates Ooo yea, brother!! ~ Hulk Hogan

[@anti_MATT_er]

Danny's NSP costume would fit in pretty well.

[@karisenpaii]

@@That_Lady_Charlie omg yes please

[@Wildy333]

Danny describing how happy the game made him was so wholesome.

[@johnnynorrisjr.39]

25:30 I want a compilation of Dan saying "WOO" while doing extremely fatal things in Video Games. Somehow I just am sure that this is not an isolated incident

[@Manigeitora]

"This is definitely gonna be one of those-" "FUCK!" That might be the singular most Game Grumps moment ever.

[@DocDeeISC]

I REMEMBER THIS GAME, I'd rent it all the time even though I couldn't figure out how to play it.

[@Clover4799]

New favorite quote “ I’m pounding this man, do take that out of context”- Danny 4:00

[@Sn0wrip]

Dan: "Nah I think people who have made it this far are fairly invested!" Me who has this running as white noise: "Whuzzat now?"

[@randallcarroll2151]

I always think of Dodgeball when I think back on American Gladiators. "Allow me the pleasure of introducing you to Blade... Laser... Blazer..."

[@tabe8850]

I love these type of episodes. Old school and awesome.

[@shoken4421]

This game is notoriously hard . bless you guys for taking this on^^

[@Cyclonus5]

I watched "Did you point?" Earlier today and then it comes up. The day is blessed.

[@MD-ot3nl]

Oh my god, my cousin had this game and we played it every time i went over there. Haven't thought about this one in years! :)

[@Styx4473]

I never think about gladiators(uk version) these days, but this just brought to mind how much that show affected me as a 6-7 year old kid. My very first time experiencing an interest in music was from the gladiators mix tape. It had artists like Meatloaf, Bonnie Tyler, Green Jelly, Rainbow, Boston, Toto, Bachman Turner Overdrive and a few others I forget. I loved it and listened to it so much the cassette broke. I was so upset I remember crying myself to sleep that night, then coming home from school the next day to see that my dad had repaired it 😄... Also my first crush was Jet 😍 Edit- I actually found a track list. The artists I forgot: Ugly Kid Joe, Europe, Survivor, Free, Snap, Edwin Starr, The Troggs, Warren's World(Queen Medley). I am 100% recreating this compilation as a playlist on Spotify right now. It actually rocks 🤘

[@paulmcconnell7405]

15:21 Best human cannonball ever.

[@dogwarhawk9778]

Yes watch our for that power up that let's you one hit the next guy.

[@brandonw7506]

Yes. In Joust, that float-over pugil stick is a power-up that literally allows you to one hit defeat the next opponent. As long as they don't hit you first. If they hit you first, you lose the power-up advantage and go back to being a normal, shitty guy and will probably get dominated.

[@RandomNPC15]

I'd love to see the SNES version of this played!!!

[@LordPichuPal]

I loved the show back when I was a kid, it was so much fun to watch. The reboot just wasn't as good because of how many changes they made to the competition I think. I really loved Powerball the most of the games on the show, it looked like so much fun to do. Running from the basket to try and drop the balls in each goal while the Gladiators stand in the middle bashing you with foam shields to make you drop it or stop you from scoring, all while your opponent does the same on the opposite end. Those guys were no joke to go against.

[@OutOfTheGameLetsPlay]

If emulators are the way to go, i hope the boys start stepping out side their comfort zones and explore other consoles like Sega, PSP, NeoGeo. Its a safe bet Arin has access to all those things.

[@jazy921]

In case you guys are interested, the passwords are available online so you can skip past to level 2, 3, 4, or start the final level with 10 lives!

[@shaylynwilkinson1232]

I love your voices you do and jokes you do can you please Play more Mario RPG

[@Bluesit32]

I remember never wanting to watch American Gladiators as a kid. It came on after the Saturday morning cartoons and it bummed me out because it meant the good shows were over.

[@justinnelson5960]

I get ya

[@PyrozPlayground]

That scream when the guy falls off, reminds me of Sonic's werehog scream. 😆

[@Peverley]

Might be good to invest in some usb versions of controllers that Dan is more familiar with, seems like he always mixes up the buttons due to old muscle memory xD

[@Petrichorscreen]

The falling scream is a stock scream, it was also used in Doom 64 when you or another marine died. It was more appropriate there.

[@undeadgentalmen]

Dan realizing his costume and catchphrases were inspired by this show. Me who thought that was part of the joke of the comedy band. There is alot of surprises for everybody in this episode.

[@dustinkerman8158]

aaaand Danny has dodged the super jousting stick that you're supposed to catch lol

[@dustinkerman8158]

it lets you beat the final gladiator in one hit

[@jamesmyers7814]

Rented this game constantly with my older brother. So really awesome memories came back

[@razorbladecass]

"What is this feeling?! Is it HAPPINESS?!" Me too Dan

[@jesserivera5991]

American Gladiators is a glorious childhood memory

[@Virjunior01]

In "Assault," there were two ways to win. Hit the target on their turret, or make it past the finish. The badass finishers took the win with the nerf bazooka at the beginning, or with the last weapon: straight up throwing a nerf ball at the target. Larry Czonka thanks you.

[@MrSquaba]

Nothing says Game Grumps more than saying "watch out for that" to an obvious power up.

[@NSeaBear]

Loved this episode. I don’t remember the rock wall in the game but I know they had a tunnel where they had to pass 3 gladiators.

[@LonelyOcean]

Please play "before your eyes" it's a different experience altogether and I'd love to see it on the channel I could literally die happy.

[@aaronlawrence3274]

The show was brought back, and I used to LOVE the remake version as a kid

[@Ryusuta]

I love how Dan just straight gives up 2/3 of the way through the episode.

[@sarafactorial]

I really miss staying up all night watching American Gladiator and Iron Chef clips with my bestie. Stu if you ever come across this of course I miss living 20 min apart but I am so damn proud of everything you're doing!!!

[@ciderhype]

28:40 That moment when Dan thinks Romans are from Romania and somehow part of GREEK Olympic games. I just... Sometimes dude! Sometimes!

[@FrancosBabyGirl]

I love that Arin beat the wall! So Satisfying

[@brandonw7506]

The Video Game Boy would rage quit on Level 4 Wall. Probably Level 3 Wall. Check it out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pqObnHWFfrCEmKM

[@DniSorceress]

Ahhh, Saturday mornings: cartoons, WWF, American Gladiators, and…candlepin bowling ( for the New England 80s kids)

[@Sledg0matic]

I can never forget, season 1 of American Gladiators. If you were a contestant on that show, you hoped and prayed that you were going up against Malibu or Sunny.

[@jqweeaboo]

I still have a heart for grumps playing NES era games, its right up Dan's wheelhouse

[@wyrdweazel8513]

Oh hey I remember this game as a kid. IM NOT OLD SHUT UP

[@aleksthedead]

Hey buddy I think we need to take you back to the retirement home. The internet's a little wild for you age-advanced people

[@galaxygrumps]

Loved getting the post notification for this and then reading the title

[@GregKulevich]

I get grumpy when I don't have my daily dose of Grumps.

[@clayjanus6161]

I love how Arin and Dan simultaneously understood their respective goals clearly and synced to the game and straight up demolished the next round