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50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Muscles and Mayhem – Unauthorized American Gladiators documentary series : A 50% Facts review

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Jim McDonald

Fitness, Entrepreneurship, Tv & Film, Business, Health & Fitness, Film Reviews

4.92.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we review Netflix's new docu-series Muscles and Mayhem, which tells the story of the rise and fall of the iconic American Gladiators. We discuss the show's meteoric success, its behind-the-scenes drama, and its eventual downfall. ·


  • What was the appeal of American Gladiators?
  • How did the show become so popular?
  • What was it like to be an American Gladiator?
  • What were some of the behind-the-scenes dramas?
  • Why did the show eventually end?
Dean Saddoris joined us for this one. You can find Dean on IG @deansaddoris.ck and at caffeineandkilos.com

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Before we get entirely started, does anybody have a...

0:12.4

It's early days in this week, it's only Monday, but any roses or thorns in your life this

0:18.8

week?

0:20.8

Man, yes, a little early.

0:25.4

Early in the morning and early in the week.

0:27.2

I would say, I don't know, I was having a little bit of a hard time not eating like an

0:31.4

asshole this past weekend.

0:34.1

Yeah.

0:35.1

Holiday.

0:36.1

So good and then this weekend it kind of just like takes one bad meal to start fucking

0:39.4

off.

0:40.4

Yeah.

0:41.4

Holiday's will get your ass.

0:42.4

And also my patience has been a little off and I think that's correlated to the bad, bad

0:45.0

eating habits.

0:46.0

So I got to turn that around.

0:48.6

That's hard because it's fourth this month.

0:50.4

Yeah.

0:51.4

You got little ones.

0:52.4

I couldn't do it with little ones, I don't think.

0:54.2

I don't know how I'll do that.

0:55.2

It's tough.

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