New show tests pop culture from 'Mario Kart' to 'Star Wars'

Can a go-kart really gain enough "power ups" to function like Super Mario Kart? Is it possible to fashion a real-life quidditch match out of flying brooms and balls to replicate Harry Potter's favorite sport?

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  In the 'Star Wars' episode, the cast of experiments to see if "the force" can be reproduced in real life.

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In the 'Star Wars' episode, the cast of experiments to see if "the force" can be reproduced in real life.

Ryan Dunn (Jackass) and Jessica Chobot (Attack of the Show) set their sights on finding out in G4's Proving Ground, a new 9-episode series due on the G4 cable network June 14 (Tuesdays at 8 ET/PT).

The show, aimed squarely at the network's audience of young male gamers, explores whether "iconic moments" from film, TV and videogames really work, identifying strategies, planning assembly and then building a contraption that's tested. Other quests include Star Trek teleportation, spinning a Spider-Man web and wielding the "force" from Star Wars. Some work?such as the living Mario Kart in the series premiere?while others fall flat.

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