TV show/KING OF THE MOUNTAIN

[Marie_Suzuki at jpf.go.jp]

Hello listmembers:

I hope someone on the list could help me with a question regarding Japanese
TV "variety show".  Does anyone know what the program described below was
and which network showed it?  It might have been "Fu-un Takeshi-jo", but I
am not sure.  Any tip will be most appreciated!

> About 10 years ago on Japanese Television there was a show called
(English
> translation), 'KING OF THE MOUNTAIN."
>  Ido not know what it was called in Japanese. I am hoping you remember
it, or
> someone you know remembers it. I have seen the show in Japanese and it
was
> very funny. People played games, like they were dressed up as bowling
pins,
> and a big stryrofoam ball was rolled into them to knock them down. They
ran
> obstacle courses. And there were several contests over water where they
> usually fell in. It was harmless and fun. Later, an American network
tried to
> copy the show, at least made a pilot called, KING OF THE HILL, or, KING
OF THE
> MOUNTAIN. It was not funny.

Marie Suzuki