Talk:Za Gaman

User Danny Wild is at odds with Wikipedia (I don't know the exact details) and wants all his articles deleted under G7. This actually states that her has to explain reasonably that the article was created by mistake. This does not seem so. Therefore I object against this speedy deletion. JoJan 19:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

AMERICANS PLEASE NOTE
The wikipedia page states that "This article about a television game show is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it" and therefore it was being expanded as per the request with added info. As it's not a show that people in Japan cared about, but it is a show people in the UK of a certain age remember (as Clive James was broadcast on ITV in the Spitting Image slot) then maybe it should be rewrote from a British perspective, as it's obvious that Clive James' 80s show /Tarrant on TV wasn't made in order to be a big success in America (unlike the 2020 remake of Spitting Image) as a lots of episodes were spent making fun of Americans (especially the ones on the Jerry Springer Show). Maybe it would be better if the article was re-titled ENDURANCE (Game Show) as if you had gone to that reddit.com page than you could see that 'Clive James Endurance' seems to be the best way to search for the show on YouTube. In addition Wikipedia wants links to prove that things exist and that's why the "crappy_90s_game_show_endurance" link was provided and yes the Paul Ross version was quite bad....you just have to look at the images provided at the UKGameshows.com site to see how bad it was. Nevertheless if negativity is not allowed then why has The Crystal Maze been linked to a negative review from the Western Telegraph (a newspaper covering Pembrokeshire and bordering Carmarthenshire in Wales) elsewhere on Wiki...especially when it's got nothing to do with the actual TV programme but a 'popular indoor attraction at Canaston Bridge' (though one based on the Channel 4 programme). Maybe it would be beneficial if other people took time to look at the links to see their worth rather then just reverting to a sub-standard article...especially as what might take you seconds to destroy/revert might have taken others time to create/research...

'ENDURANCE'

Za Gaman (ザ・ガマン) "The Endurance" [sic] is a Japanese television program from the 1980s. It is not particularly well-known or remembered in Japan, but it became famous in other countries, particularly the United Kingdom due to its appearance in the British television show …on Television (known as Clive James on Television or Tarrant on TV'' depending on the host.) This ITV programme examined television shows from around the world in a humourous manner, with segments from the game show, referred to as Endurance , becoming a regular weekly feature, especially in the Clive James era.

The use of the clips on the Clive James show created some controversy, with some Japanese people feeling that the show was unrepresentative, and some former British prisoners of war also complained about the contents. James went on to write a novel called ''Brrm! Brrm!'' with a Japanese lead character, Akira Suzuki, who was made fun of by his British friends using the word "endurance".

The programme made the Guinness Book of World Records for "Most Extreme Game Show".

Format
Endurance was a version of an activity at Japanese universities, the gaman taikai or "endurance contest", where students try to outdo each other in withstanding unpleasant experiences. The TV programme featured teams from universities, such as Keio University, who were subjected to various unpleasant ordeals, such as being buried up to the neck in sand or licked by reptiles. The person who endured the longest was declared the winner.

Endurance UK
After short segments of the now-defunct show were used in Clive James on Television and Tarrant on TV, the format was picked up by British television company Flextech, who were in the process of re-branding The Family Channel (originally based at TVS Television Centre in Maidstone) into a game show network called Challenge TV.

The short-lived British version of the show ran for two series (airing from 1997 to 1998) and was hosted by Paul Ross from a 'Japanese'-styled studio with 'Japanese' assistants Hoki and Koki (actually actors Peter Cocks and Stephen Taylor Woodrow, from TVS children's show What's Up Doc?, in yellowface). In series two, Tara O'Connor replaced Olivia Stranger as the hostess (the 'Gong Banger'), whilst Chris Sievey (previously seen as Frank Sidebottom on TVS shows No. 73, Motormouth and What's Up Doc?) joined as a "Gimp man" character. The show did not feature the extreme conditions of the original programme, with the games being similar to ones shown on ITV's Love Island, and so the British version saw little success.