Human vs Hamster

In the proud tradition of "Is it Cake?" and "Wipeout", this ridiculous, fun game show is supremely entertaining. The hamsters are cute, the events are challenging, but Kyle Brandt is what makes this really special.

He's an NFL personality, I love him on the Rewatchables podcast, and his quick witted one liners keep the silliness in perspective. The contestants are fun, and even if the stakes are ridiculously low (Time Warner is really hurting for money, huh?), everyone seems to be competitive enough that you still get caught up in the results. I didn't expect to binge 7 episodes of hamster content, but here we are.

Yeah. Go ahead. Try it for yourself. High concept premise in the same vein as the 1970s craptacular shows like "That's Incredible", "Real People", and "Celebrity Bowling". Yes, it will kill brain cells but what doesn't these days? Despite the best efforts of the familar reality show fixer upper producers, it grows tedious rather quickly. You'll be entertained right up to the point where you turn it off before the end of the first show. And in less than a year, almost nobody will remember having watched this at all. It is just that myopic in its lack of vision and execution. The three point score is purely awarded for the original concept, but still destined for obscurity amongst the annals of television flops.

Sorry, but humans and hamsters both have better ways to spend their time.

Just Finished The Penguin and it seems that Max is already putting out another hit!!!

I happened to be in the right mood at the right time to catch the first episode of Human vs Hamster on its release date. I did not even realize until I checked IMDB.

I am watching the show on my own now, but it is a fun enough concept with good enough execution that I am inclined to introduce it to my kids and my partner.

Human vs Hamster is so so silly and I cannot help but love it. I will be keeping an eye out for new episodes as they come out.

Sorry fellow humans, but I have to root for the hamsters!!!

Would be a 10/10 if they didn't put a hamster in a ball. Hamster balls have barely any ventilation, the holes can cut off their toes and they have poor vision and don't understand what is going on. Hamsters have poor vision in general and it gives them stress when they don't understand what is going on. They should've just had a hamster plush in the ball and have the hamster push it down. The obstacle course in the first episode are safer than the ones on youtube and do not put the hamster in danger or cause injury. The facts in the first episode are true, hamsters used to help farmers by limiting mice and insects from eating the fresh vegetables. They also ate the food that fell on the ground and fermented. Hamsters are great and more research should be done on them.

Once again Chip and Joanna Gaines show us why they should NEVER produce TV shows! I've seen some dumb games shows before, but this is ridiculous! What the heck are they thinking producing shows like this.

Our hostess stinks up the joint with her bad jokes. On top of that my eyes are melting looking at her loud suits. Looking at her I feel that I'm watching a circus clown. 🙄

The challenges are just as stupid and a complete waste of time. Who wrote this crap?

Seriously the Gaines need to stop producing shows and stick to shiplap!

The only good thing I can say about this is.

No hamsters were harmed in the making of this crappy game show!