So, for most of yesterday when I wasn't working in the garden or over at the radio station (we are in ur stacks tapin ur CDs) I was hyp-mo-tized by Ninja Warrior. G4 was running an all-day marathon -- actually, it might be an all-weekend marathon since it was still on when we got up this morning. The show's been running in Japan for about 10 years, where it's called Sasuke (apparently the name of a legendary ninja). One of the things I find fascinating about the show (apart from the fact that is is Completely Insane) is the degree to which it could never work on mainstream American television. One of the key things about the show is that it's ridiculously hard -- bordering on impossible -- to win. So you go through the series, however many hours that is, and probably only 4 or 5 contestants out of the original 100 even make it to stage three. And they all fail to complete that stage. No one even gets to stage four, which only a handful of people have even won anyway in the 18 seasons the show has had. Oh well, that's the way it goes. See you next time! I cannot imagine that structure getting through even a preliminary network planning meeting.