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Nov 2024

37m 8s

American Gladiators | 125

About this episode

For seven seasons in the 1990s a TV show that featured musclebound men and women doling out punishing hits while dressed in star spangled spandex outfits became a pop culture phenomenon.

In this episode of History of the 90s we look back at American Gladiators with help from Jim Starr better known as Laser, the only Gladiator to appear in every season of the show.

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