Tot TV Watch

Tonight the new GUTS spin-off, My Family Got GUTS premiered. I loved the original GUTS, so I made it a priority to watch the premiere of the spin-off. To start off the theme song has the same old tune, but it just is not as good with the

Free Run City was the first event. It is a relay race about getting through the course as fast as they can. The first part of the course is the construction site with high beams. The second part is a wedges area. The water tower part comes next, which is the cool sideways running thing, but this time it is a dizzy three laps around the water tower. The final part is a tower jump. While course seems exciting as expected from GUTS, the overall viewing experience was not as enjoyable as the commentator is not as exciting.

After this event there was a segment telling about the Green Team, Chastian Charge. It did not really tell much about them and mostly was just them saying they are going to win and are glad to have made the show. The Red Team, Sherry Strom, video was much better with saying some about them, however, it also is filled with them saying what they were going to do to prepare for GUTS.

The second event was Flying Football. This event reminds me of the basketball one they used to have in GUTS. In this event the players are on harnesses and they try to throw the balls through the field goal to their partner. They get a point when their partner catches the ball.

The final event is the Agrocrag. The Red Team got a head start because they were in the lead. The Agrocrag is as exciting as ever with the obstacles including the new vertical freeze. This made it worth watching to the end of the episode, as it was pretty interesting watching the teams really be challenged by the vertical freeze.

In the show the winning family gets a piece of the Agrocrag and a chance to compete in the season finale in which the winner gets a special trip prize. I may catch more of the season, but it certainly is not as good as the original, however the main reason is the blathering Ben Lyons. Basically, it just is not as exciting as the old host used to make it and the competitors also do not seem to have much excitement or spirit except in their intro videos. I will admit though that there are a few in the locker room segments that are a good addition. Just if only the host was better, then this would not be half bad.