For those of you who enjoy television game shows but are ready for a change from Wheel-of-Fortune, here’s a game show that’s been aired in Japan since 2006, called 脳カベ Nōkabe, which means “Brain Wall”. The part of the show that became famous is what’s known to people in English-speaking countries as “Human Tetris.” Once you watch the video below, the goal of the game is pretty obvious…
I have nothing against American telly in most aspects, but I do disagree with a couple of shows American networks have tried to replicate from a foreign country, such as taking the show Iron Chef (originally Japanese,) and making an American Version out of it (with the original name of Iron Chef America) and most recently (to my knowledge,) Hole in the Wall, which was an American version of Human Tetris. Fortunately FOX, as of 4 days ago (Oct 24) decided to scrap the show because of declining ratings and more likely because they finally realized that the contestants weren’t Japanese and couldn’t pull the show off like they easily can in Japan.
(source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole_in_the_Wall_(US_game_show))
Here’s (in my opinion) the much less hilarious American version of Human Tetris.
