TV in Japan

This is pure Japanese pop. Vocals. And visuals. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: Who can tell me the name of the song? I need to know.

Barack Obama has not only admitted knowledge of Obama City in Japan but has in fact called it a “nice town”.
NAISU TOWN DAby pocarisweater
Of course, he may not be aware of some of the other things going on there in his name.
Japan Probe has done a magnificent job of tracking this story for us [...]

This is how you sell youth. By featuring that eternal fountain of it, Brook Shields. At least back when she represented that. And was a whole lot younger. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you keep your career going. In foreign countries. By selling coffee. And long walks on beaches. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you entertain a ’starlet’. With a fancy restaurant set. And exploding fountains. And a transvestite. On TV. In Japan.

NOTE: This is part two of the video. Mostly boring part one is here if you’re a Paris completist.

This is how you continue to engage celebrities. In a way more interesting way that the casual sit-down. By bum rushing them with amazing weirdness. On TV. In Japan.

Via Japan Probe originally!

This is how you are able to overcome your entirely terrible reputation. By playing along with goofy Japanese TV hosts. Mostly. On TV. In Japan.
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Again, thanks to morizaemon. Who rules.

This is how you dance. With fifty or so half naked dudes. And a couple half Spider-Man masks. And one entirely awesome white SpiderSuit. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: This comes to you courtsey of the man who made naked boob suits appear on National TV on New Year’s Eve. So you know it’s got to [...]

Lots of good stuff in here I’ve never seen. Including Marty McFly attempting to fish. That Pretty Woman guy singing Bob Marley. A famous blind R&B singer declaring a Honda Civic a ‘miracle’. And lots of crazy Bruce Willis. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you kick some serious ass. In America. On TV. In Japan.

Via Patrick’s blog via Kung Fu Cinema (who has the review FTW!)

Welcome to Beat Takeshi’s Ultra Quiz, where you (as a comedian) are punished by mistakes from missiles from space.
Or yet another reason why being a Japanese Comedian may be one of the hardest jobs on the planet.
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The anime-based internet meme that is the “Hare Hare Yukai Dance” keeps on rolling now heading smack into an entirely different internet meme, the dancing prisoners of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center.
Not content with their new found fame and internet stardom, the Prisoners have taken on the holy of holies amongst anime fans, [...]

This is how you make a few extra bucks. By pretending that a hair product can solve a number of your pressing issues. By changing your identity. Kinda. On TV. In Japan.

I stumbled across this video on YouTube. The choreography of this dance is simply amazing.
This was performed on the 24 hour TV 2007 show which is held yearly to raise funds for charities to help the disabled the sick and with natural disasters. On TV. In Japan

George Clooney is currently working his way through Japan on a media tour for Oceans 13 and is charming the pants off the press by referencing Japanese actors like Ken Watanabe. Like the rest of the world, Japan loves them some Clooney.
However, there was an earlier time in the relationship where things weren’t always so [...]