Takeshi's Castle
After retiring from baseball, he became a television personality in Japan, where he is probably best known for his role as Animaru Resuri "Animal Leslie" in the Japanese gameshow "Takeshi's Castle". He participated in games such as "Devil's Domain", "Stuck Up", and his own game, "Animal Bang". "Takeshi's Castle" would later be shown in the US on the cable network Spike TV as "Most Extreme Elimination Challenge", later shortened to "MXC".