Blob Launch on 'Wipeout' (VIDEO)

Welcome back to 'Wipeout'! It's the reality series that provides you with all your loosely-Japanese-inspired painful game show needs. If you want to see contestants get punched in the face, or be knocked two stories in the air only to fall in a pool of water, then you've come to the right place.

The latest episode of the show (Tue., 8PM ET on ABC) introduces a new version of an obstacle course stunt. It's called the "Blob Launch" and it's ... a giant inflated pillow that sits in the water. People and weights are dropped onto it from several stories up, and the waiting contestant is then launched into the air by the force of the blow, to crash randomly somewhere upon impact.

The show is narrated by John Henson, a truly funny person who was once the host of 'The Soup.' Now, he makes jokes over a soundtrack of fake sound effects. ... Can we all pause to shed a tear for the career of Mr. Henson?