Trivia

The name "Babaganoosh" became a running gag when the staff had little time to come up with names before tapings and ended up recycling names, with this one becoming a fan favorite.

While watching MXC with the subtitles on you might notice that they replace the word "MXC" with "Taco Bell"

Often at least one contestant per show has something to do with the state of Michigan, as that's where Mary Scheer, who does all female voices, is from.

Takeshi's Castle (1986) involves not teams, but all 100 contestants trying to get past the challenges, thus the numbers sometimes listed in Japanese on the bottom of the screen. The golden tank "Kenny" and "Vic" are sometimes seen in during final segments is part of "Takeshi's Castle"'s extremely difficult endgame, in which contestants who survive all the challenges try to defeat Takeshi and his minions in a motorized tank battle.

This show is entirely comprised of footage from the popular and long running Japanese game show Takeshi's Castle (1986), except the original dialog has been dubbed over in English and altered in humorous ways.