I had this idea a while back, and I think i showed it to nicklegends in an email, but I dunno if he ever got it.
Maybe someone here could make flash cartoons that depict the episodes as if it was an actual drama (or comedy, or whatever makes it work better) instead of a game show. An example for a scene could be if a player had run out of time in the quicksand bog, you could depict the player (or players if you have them together) as going to the room, and end up sinking into quicksand. Maybe even at some point of the episode (probably right before whatever would represent the steps of knowledge) a clip could be shown about the myth, and how it ended up in the temple. It could be done for either just the temple runs, or the entire episode, if a good way was figured out. If that sounded confusing to you, ask me about it, and I'll try to see if I can explain it better. It makes sense in my head anyways.