Man In Rabbit Suit Plays Giant Pinball Game With Bowling Balls
Every once in a while, it’s just nice to see the completely absurd still has a place on Japanese TV.
The point here has something to do with making a fruit smoothie and avoiding the asparagus which will be added if the ball slips by.
I imagine this is why the guy is dressed like a bunny. However, you never know.
The booby prize for this game is “Goya” or Okinawaian bitter gourd that has become more popular on the Japanese mainland as a traditional summer food. Obviously, the bitter taste of the gourd won’t be very good with the other fruits, like orange, apple, and kiwi that are the goal. However, I can’t explain why the fellow is in a bunny suit, either.
February 7th, 2007 at 1:25 pm
Pretty positive you’ve got a pink poodle playing pinball there, actually.
Forever lovin’ the site, btw.
February 7th, 2007 at 3:40 pm
This is from SMAPxSMAP.
The pink poodle is supposed to be “erotically sexy poo-chan” or something from one of the gag skits. That’s why there’s Inagaki’s “Dad” and Shingo’s “son” characters as well.
February 8th, 2007 at 7:47 am
[...] It’s starting to feel a bit weird, you know, being British even though my life is Japanese. I was reading TV in Japan’s post titled Man In Rabbit Suit Plays Giant Pinball Game with Bowling Balls, and even though Gavin described the show as completely absurd, I actually watched it when it aired on TV and thought it was… normal. So, perhaps Japan has become so familiar to me that what I now perceive as normal, my fellow foreigners think is absurd. Cripes! [...]
February 8th, 2007 at 10:05 am
Sometimes I’m a little glad that I don’t speak Japanese when I watch these clips, as I think if I really understood everything that was said it would be a lot less absurd. When you have no idea what’s going on your mind has a tendency to try to fill in the gaps.
Obviously it’s still a lot crazier than what happens on American TV, though. And a lot more fun.
February 8th, 2007 at 3:42 pm
I love the fact that the music in this is the theme to “Zorba the Greek”.
February 8th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
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September 29th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
That was absolutely crazy! Well, leave it to japanese TV. Somebody is going to have to explain the meaning behind it one day.
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