LAist: American Gladiators: A Saturday in the Gladiator Arena

Tim Hammer

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:10:58 -0800

Hey DMagicKingdom, I had nothing good to say? I think I had some praise for Hogan, no? He really was a great selection as co-host and has tons of charisma. I am not sure what I would get out of influencing an audience, so I am not sure what you mean by that. I am just giving a recap of how things went down in case there were other people out there interested in attending a taping. I didn't have low expectations for the show going in, I had low expectations for the taping of the show. I was just hoping that because this was the first taping with athletic competition that I have ever attended that I would enjoy seeing that action but unfortunately I didn't get to see it. You're right I didn't pay to attend the taping, I gave up my Saturday morning to be apart of the action, as a fan. When I wasn't allowed to partake in that action, it was a little disappointing. If a sports team treated me as a fan the same way, I would think it was worthy of mentioning, no? I don't really care if NBC is sorry or not, just from one person to another it would have been nice to get some kind of response. When someone asks a question shouldn't you at least have that question acknowledged? Sure they aren't "obligated" but I wasn't obligated to respond to you either but I wanted to do so. Thanks for the feedback, Tim

dmagickingdom

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:43:10 -0800

wow....this guy "Tim" has really nothing good to say about this show...I watched it as a child as well but it seems Tim truly had, as he said, "low expectations" going in. It sounds like in his mind the 'good ole days' would certainly be better than the new one coming out. He did not need to go to the show to come up with these comments. He was going to say negative things either way. Tim says he has been to these type of tapings before so he would know that it takes 30-45 minutes sometimes to get 1-2 minutes of good footage...Why even put those comments in there then?? And BTW, if you have been to these things before, then shouldn't you know you will not be able to bring your cell phone or any other device that could be used for recording?? I am sure NBC is really sad that you wasted your time going (since you had to walk back out to ur car. I am sure they are sad they treated you with disrespect by putting you in a holding area while they got Gladiator Arena (better known as Studio 30) 'lol' ready for an audience. They must be sorry they didn't give Hulk lines to your acceptance. And finally they must be extremely sorry that they didn't give you an explanation (which they are not obligated to do and I don't see how I would owe you one when I could clear out the whole audience at any time without explanation). After all, it was free for you to attend so you surely didn't lose ur money on going. It was your free will and all you can do is find the bad things... BTW- I work for ABC/Disney (a competitor) but hate people that put their 2 cents (in ur case, much more) in to attempt to influence an audience to your liking.

Tim Hammer

Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:42:52 -0800

Yes, I had very good seats for Powerball right up front. Friends and family would make sense but nobody would answer when we asked for an explanation. So I am sticking to my story that it was either because of the girl with the Confederate doo-rag or I am just not attractive enough to be an audience member.

FrankPapageorgio

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 21:19:04 -0800

Did you have good seats for Powerball originally? It's very possible that you moved because Friends and Family of the contenders needed to be on camera to show their reaction to the events.

registrationisdumb

Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:18:36 -0800

What, no "Power Top" gladiator?

jamesey

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:54:57 -0800

I went to the taping on Sunday morning. It took 5 hours to get the Gauntlet done. boooooooring.

worriedman

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:39:25 -0800

No Malibu? Psht, not interested. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGDwScgb_Y0

fabooj

Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:36:40 -0800

Whoo-fucking-hoo! I'm terribly stoked about this. I actually have a blogpost from August still on draft regarding American Gladiators. I couldn't believe my husband had never heard of Nitro, Storm or Zeus. But man...how did you sit next someone wearing a doo-rag, let alone with the Racist Flag on it and not just laugh the whole time? That's some serious self-control.