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	<title>Comments on: Famous English Teacher/Gaijin Celebrity Thane Camus Teaches English To Morning Musume</title>
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	<description>This is what TV is like. In Japan.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Raven</title>
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		<dc:creator>Raven</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"Thane Camus (born November 27, 1970 -) is an American-born TV personality and actor in Japan. Camus arrived in Japan in 1980 and graduated from a board school in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was the first male graduate of St. Maur International School (est.1872 in Yokohama as a girls' school) once it became coeducational. He entered Hofstra University, Long Island, but dropped out because of homesickness. Camus was a regular on the Sanma Akashiya show, Karakuri TV, in which he quizzed Japanese passers-by in English and foreigners in Japanese on the streets of Tokyo, and has appeared as a special guest on multiple variety shows. Camus is of French descent, born to an American father and a British mother. He is the grand-nephew of Nobel Prize laureate novelist/philosopher Albert Camus.

In 2005, Camus left his talent agency due to financial disputes. He also engaged in a court battle over the breaking of his contract.[1] He has since started his own talent agency, "Eclipse Productions", for foreign professionals looking for work in the broadcasting business."


"Since he spent his formative years in Japan, Thane Camus is about as close to Japanese as white guys get. His Japanese is top notch(some say it is even native level)and his mannerisms are somewhat Japanese. If he were asian, some Japanese would probably mistake him for one of their own. Internet rumors have speculated that Thane’s English is nowhere near as good as his Japanese, some citing an e-mail he apparently wrote in broken English(it was a complaint to a webmaster who was hosting some anti-Thane pages/forum posts).
Thane rose to fame as an English conversation guy on NHK. He also wrote several popular books in Japanese about how to speak English. His English learning CDs are available at stores. His break into mainstream talento status came after he started appearing on Sanma’s comedy show, Karakuri TV.

Some say that it was Thane who introduced the Japanese to Bobby, a Nigerian whose comedy acts featuring stupid behavior and incomprehensible Japanese helped reinforce the image of blacks as moronic clowns. Thane may not have created Bobby’s act, but he did host many of Bobby’s ‘LOL stupid monkey clown’ comedy segments. Thane would have to be stupid not to see the racism in such segments, but that didn’t stop him. He was just another gaijin talento doing what the Japanese audiences wanted to see.

Last year Thane went on TV frequently to talk about how great it was to have a baby with his Japanese wife. With his friendly smile and his shiny earring, he was the image of the ideal foreign husband/father."

Anyway this morning musume "english lesson" thing was about having fun. Those girls seemed to enjoy it and also Thane himself. Everyone was laughing and having fun.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Thane Camus (born November 27, 1970 -) is an American-born TV personality and actor in Japan. Camus arrived in Japan in 1980 and graduated from a board school in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture. He was the first male graduate of St. Maur International School (est.1872 in Yokohama as a girls&#8217; school) once it became coeducational. He entered Hofstra University, Long Island, but dropped out because of homesickness. Camus was a regular on the Sanma Akashiya show, Karakuri TV, in which he quizzed Japanese passers-by in English and foreigners in Japanese on the streets of Tokyo, and has appeared as a special guest on multiple variety shows. Camus is of French descent, born to an American father and a British mother. He is the grand-nephew of Nobel Prize laureate novelist/philosopher Albert Camus.</p>
<p>In 2005, Camus left his talent agency due to financial disputes. He also engaged in a court battle over the breaking of his contract.[1] He has since started his own talent agency, &#8220;Eclipse Productions&#8221;, for foreign professionals looking for work in the broadcasting business.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Since he spent his formative years in Japan, Thane Camus is about as close to Japanese as white guys get. His Japanese is top notch(some say it is even native level)and his mannerisms are somewhat Japanese. If he were asian, some Japanese would probably mistake him for one of their own. Internet rumors have speculated that Thane’s English is nowhere near as good as his Japanese, some citing an e-mail he apparently wrote in broken English(it was a complaint to a webmaster who was hosting some anti-Thane pages/forum posts).<br />
Thane rose to fame as an English conversation guy on NHK. He also wrote several popular books in Japanese about how to speak English. His English learning CDs are available at stores. His break into mainstream talento status came after he started appearing on Sanma’s comedy show, Karakuri TV.</p>
<p>Some say that it was Thane who introduced the Japanese to Bobby, a Nigerian whose comedy acts featuring stupid behavior and incomprehensible Japanese helped reinforce the image of blacks as moronic clowns. Thane may not have created Bobby’s act, but he did host many of Bobby’s ‘LOL stupid monkey clown’ comedy segments. Thane would have to be stupid not to see the racism in such segments, but that didn’t stop him. He was just another gaijin talento doing what the Japanese audiences wanted to see.</p>
<p>Last year Thane went on TV frequently to talk about how great it was to have a baby with his Japanese wife. With his friendly smile and his shiny earring, he was the image of the ideal foreign husband/father.&#8221;</p>
<p>Anyway this morning musume &#8220;english lesson&#8221; thing was about having fun. Those girls seemed to enjoy it and also Thane himself. Everyone was laughing and having fun.</p>
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		<title>By: Karsten Hubar</title>
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		<dc:creator>Karsten Hubar</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Applicant,

Allow me to introduce myself. My name’s are Mr. Karsten Hubar and my wife Aalyshah hailing form Switzerland, just gain a Contract work with Hotel-de-plaza &#38; Suites Nigeria Inc.
I'm Very Nice Switzerland is looking for a private English male/female tutor (qualified, experienced &#38; English speaker) to come and teach my wife and my two Kids Cajetan and Pancracius how to speak and write English, you should teach us 12 months of upper intermediate &#38; advanced levels, We need a flexible, friendly, open and responsible person who is able to motivate my Wife and two Kids make the lessons interesting and enjoyable. The position is on Monday to Friday 8:00am to 3:00pm. The usual workload will be 26 hours a week and the lessons could be in the morning, in the afternoon (Monday to Friday).

Benefits:
1) Free accommodations, equipped with telephone, TV, computer, and internet connection Fridge. Heating machine, and kitchen utilities.
2) where a nice monthly salary $5500.Us dollars and medical allowances
3) We will pick you up at Murtala Mohamed. Airport and drop you off there where will leave. At Hotels Quarters Housing Estate.
You will be staying with us in our Hotel housing Estate Staff Quarters.

Requirements:
Male/Female between the ages of 18 and 70
English speaker from Anywhere
Teaching experience  from 1year up
Knowledge and the ability to teach writing skills, presentation skills, negotiation skills, grammar and vocabulary development and, communicative activities.

Note that I am currently working with Hotel-de-plaza &#38; Suites Nigeria Inc; their Address is Phase II Garki, Opposite Federal Estate Abuja Nigeria

Kindly send in your CV for my perusal stating,
Your Full name, country of residence now,
E-mail: karsthubar_family@hotel-de-plaza.com
Web site: www.hotel-de-plaza.com
Phone: +234 703-696-4723
Karsten Hubar
 
Thanks for your time.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Applicant,</p>
<p>Allow me to introduce myself. My name’s are Mr. Karsten Hubar and my wife Aalyshah hailing form Switzerland, just gain a Contract work with Hotel-de-plaza &amp; Suites Nigeria Inc.<br />
I&#8217;m Very Nice Switzerland is looking for a private English male/female tutor (qualified, experienced &amp; English speaker) to come and teach my wife and my two Kids Cajetan and Pancracius how to speak and write English, you should teach us 12 months of upper intermediate &amp; advanced levels, We need a flexible, friendly, open and responsible person who is able to motivate my Wife and two Kids make the lessons interesting and enjoyable. The position is on Monday to Friday 8:00am to 3:00pm. The usual workload will be 26 hours a week and the lessons could be in the morning, in the afternoon (Monday to Friday).</p>
<p>Benefits:<br />
1) Free accommodations, equipped with telephone, TV, computer, and internet connection Fridge. Heating machine, and kitchen utilities.<br />
2) where a nice monthly salary $5500.Us dollars and medical allowances<br />
3) We will pick you up at Murtala Mohamed. Airport and drop you off there where will leave. At Hotels Quarters Housing Estate.<br />
You will be staying with us in our Hotel housing Estate Staff Quarters.</p>
<p>Requirements:<br />
Male/Female between the ages of 18 and 70<br />
English speaker from Anywhere<br />
Teaching experience  from 1year up<br />
Knowledge and the ability to teach writing skills, presentation skills, negotiation skills, grammar and vocabulary development and, communicative activities.</p>
<p>Note that I am currently working with Hotel-de-plaza &amp; Suites Nigeria Inc; their Address is Phase II Garki, Opposite Federal Estate Abuja Nigeria</p>
<p>Kindly send in your CV for my perusal stating,<br />
Your Full name, country of residence now,<br />
E-mail: <a href="mailto:karsthubar_family@hotel-de-plaza.com">karsthubar_family@hotel-de-plaza.com</a><br />
Web site: <a href="http://www.hotel-de-plaza.com" rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/comment/www.hotel-de-plaza.com');">http://www.hotel-de-plaza.com</a><br />
Phone: +234 703-696-4723<br />
Karsten Hubar</p>
<p>Thanks for your time.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>After a little bit of digging I found the whole clip at stage6.
http://www.stage6.com/Hello-Morning-Subtitle/video/1956229/H!M-#265-[2005-06-26]-Haromoni-Academy---English-Lesson</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a little bit of digging I found the whole clip at stage6.<br />
<a href="http://www.stage6.com/Hello-Morning-Subtitle/video/1956229/H" rel="nofollow" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker ('/outbound/comment/www.stage6.com');">http://www.stage6.com/Hello-Morning-Subtitle/video/1956229/H</a>!M-#265-[2005-06-26]-Haromoni-Academy&#8212;English-Lesson</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone managed to save these clips? Seems they've been taken down since a while back.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone managed to save these clips? Seems they&#8217;ve been taken down since a while back.</p>
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		<title>By: Dusty</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dusty</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2007 09:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There wasn't hardly any teaching done at all.  On top of that, he used broken English.  A professional teacher doesn't mock their student's lack of ability though it was entertaining.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There wasn&#8217;t hardly any teaching done at all.  On top of that, he used broken English.  A professional teacher doesn&#8217;t mock their student&#8217;s lack of ability though it was entertaining.</p>
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		<title>By: Jake Was Here</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jake Was Here</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2007 23:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>He doesn't come off as grating if you watch the entire episode... it becomes more obvious that he's just playing to the MM girls' strengths and weaknesses (and he's not above teasing them for their mistakes).</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He doesn&#8217;t come off as grating if you watch the entire episode&#8230; it becomes more obvious that he&#8217;s just playing to the MM girls&#8217; strengths and weaknesses (and he&#8217;s not above teasing them for their mistakes).</p>
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		<title>By: michael</title>
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		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 06:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cringe-inducing.  Thane is truly the Stepin Fetchit of Japan.  He is clearly intelligent so it is befuddling why he consistently takes on this grating role as a caricature of a foreigner.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cringe-inducing.  Thane is truly the Stepin Fetchit of Japan.  He is clearly intelligent so it is befuddling why he consistently takes on this grating role as a caricature of a foreigner.</p>
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		<title>By: michael</title>
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		<dc:creator>michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2007 06:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cringe-inducing.  Thane is truly the Stepin Fetchit of Japan.  He is clearly intelligent so it is befuddling why he consistently takes on this grating role as a caricature of a foreigner.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cringe-inducing.  Thane is truly the Stepin Fetchit of Japan.  He is clearly intelligent so it is befuddling why he consistently takes on this grating role as a caricature of a foreigner.</p>
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