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ELbowloh
The original American Gladiators was crazy . Two contestants would get a few seconds to say something cheesy about how hyped they were to be competing, next thing you saw them pulling themselves upside down along a velcro racetrack laid into the ceiling, while the over-caffeinated commentators went nuts as if it was the SuperBowl. Brief bit of testosterone-addled nonsense from the winner, then on to the next event.
ITV thought it would be more interesting if the interludes had Ulrika spend 5 minutes interviewing a contestant in his rainy back garden about voluntary work for a donkey sanctuary, then talk to his kids.