People Are Calling For Roy & HG To Take Over Commentary On ‘Ninja Warrior’

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July 11, 2017

‘Australian Ninja Warrior‘ is a stone-cold hit in every sense of the word.

Not only did it bag a staggering 2.3million viewers for its debut episode on Sunday night (that’s around 10% of the entire country if you don’t mind), it backed that up last night by pulling in a similarly whopping 2.2million.

Those numbers make it the biggest TV debut of any show on Australian screens in over five freakin’ years. Huge.

The athletes running themselves through the course are all universally ripped units capable of unbelievable physical feats, and that’s got everyone practically glued to the screens.

There’s just one tiny little problem with the show thus far: the commentary.

Sure, Freddie Flintoff has a certain laddish charm to him that serves his role as a course-side shit-stirrer fairly well. But the play-by-play commentary from Ben Fordham and Rebecca Maddern is leaving something to be desired.

Not that either of them aren’t talented; far from it. But a pair of journos being suddenly thrust into the role of play-by-play commentary is a bit like asking a chimney sweep to suddenly start fixing air conditioners. Different worlds. Different skillsets.

Maybe they’ll learn the ropes by the time the first season winds to a close. Maybe they’ll find a knack for banter no one thought they had.

Or maybe, just maybe, the show needs something else. Something a little more tried and true. Something a little more dream-like in quality.

Maybe, the show needs Roy & H.G..

Practically since the first episode hit the airwaves, people on social media have been clamouring for the ‘This Sporting Life‘ legends to take over commentary duties, providing their quintessential touch and tongues to the outrageous proceedings.

#ninjawarriorau Hey @channel9, how many retweets is needed to get Roy and HG to commentate?

— Stanks (@ssvetec) July 9, 2017

+1 vote for Roy & HG commentary #NinjaWarriorAU

— Jazz Ocfemia (@jazzoctavian) July 9, 2017

HG and Roy would be better than unfit Freddy Flintoff surely

— Giuseppe Ripepi (@RipepiGiuseppe) July 9, 2017

this run alone has shown #NinjaWarriorAU need for better commentators… a post from last nights show is spot on. Where is Roy and HG?

— Luke Michael (@LukeAus) July 10, 2017

#NinjaWarriorAU Still no Roy and HG? Jesus Christ. Pass me the Advil and I’ll wash it down with some Berocca.

— Stanks (@ssvetec) July 10, 2017

With Roy & HG commentary! Maybe ….not https://t.co/soK9qnTCJ4

— Donna Huntriss (@DonnaHuntriss) July 10, 2017

I totally agree.. Bring Roy and HG on @Channel9 #NinjaWarriorAU https://t.co/KCxrGbKEXt

— Betty Kukoo (@miz_nats) July 10, 2017

#NinjaWarriorAU This show needs commentary from Roy and HG

— Leigh Morrisey (@LeighMorrisey) July 10, 2017

#NinjaWarriorAU Roy & HG for commentators next season!

— Pressed Tin Panels (@pressedtinpanel) July 10, 2017

They need Roy and HG as hosts

— Betty Kukoo (@miz_nats) July 10, 2017

The cries for @hg_nelson and rampaging Roy to commentate ninja warrior will be louder than for the Morris twins in origin 3 circa 2008

— Tom Williams (@TCBwill) July 11, 2017

Even available as a secondary audio stream. After the first episode you’ve seen it all anyway, so why not make it entertaining? #RoyHG https://t.co/aHPbA5sAY3

— Stephen Scott (@stephenaxlscott) July 11, 2017

Why aren’t Roy and H.G hosting Ninja Warrior?

— A$AP DAD (@BobLogIV) July 5, 2017

That’s not so much a trickle of a call for “Rampaging” Roy Slaven and H.G. Nelson to take over as it is more an avalanche.

Think of the possibilities! The sheer amount of jokes to be made! The bevy of technical moves and transitions that are thus far dangling nameless!

As much as Channel Nine likes to promote their own, and Maddern and Fordham are very much Nine people, why not extend the glorious ‘Festival of the Boot‘ out to a full season of ‘Ninja Warrior‘?

You know it makes sense, Australia. Get behind it.

Source: Twitter.

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