TV in Japan

The world has come full circle. Here I am, in Los Angeles, blogging about a Japanese TV clip about an event I’d never heard of that takes place in suburban Los Angeles. I don’t know whether to be shocked, surprised or saddened.
Either way, this is pretty awesome. Real life recreations of famous paintings. It’s performance [...]

This is how you take a phenomenon. And blow it up into a full fledged PHENOMENON! With live stage show! On TV. In Japan.

Info and background on the whole thing at Japan Probe.

I, for one, welcome our tablecloth pulling overlords. Wait, that was the last post.
Here we have more Japanese TV at its finest, thanks to the people at Japan Probe. A contest of skill wherein individuals must pull table cloths off a table. With a variety of more stuff on it. And a side serving of [...]

This is how you entertain an audience. As well as a cameraman. All while pounding the ground. With stuff in your pants. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you shame a nation into getting thin again. By showing a larger man. Who has painted his body. And twists, shakes and contorts it for the audience. On TV. In Japan.

Via Japan Probe with more details on the rising number of fat people in Japan.

This is how you send a message. On how to make great television. Using a man lacking both a sense of privacy and a decent haircut to do it. 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

This is how you make them remember you. By dancing. In skirts. With major crotch thursts. To Daft Punk. On TV. In Japan.

Two dance teams 1 from Korea and the other from Japan compete against each other on the Japanese tv show Super Chample.
Super Chample is show where they have dance battles. So pull up a chair and get ready to be entertained.

Thanks goes out to youtube user samikill for the video.

This is how you go after Al Roker’s job. With extreme gusto. And lots of skin. On TV. In Japan.
On a side note, Al Roker performing the following would be both amazing and horrific. It is what we call the fat naked dancing weatherman paradox. If that ever came to be, I would cease searching [...]

Just when you thought the Japanese where running out of ideals of what to put on tv they find something totally way out there. Pen spinning is where you take your average ordinary pen and spin with your fingers.
I tired this and cause of my clumsy fingers i almost lodged the pen into my [...]

Yup this is KAT-TUN first real TV show , they have been on other shows before doing skits but now they have there own show. On the first eps there guest star Jpop Diva AI.
Watch as they talk about various things and do some funny stuff too I don’t want to give away what [...]

This is how you make a video game into something special. By adding a lot of high quality production values. Like giant plasma screens. And beautiful women. Beautiful boxing women. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: The slow motion replay is awesome.

This is what happens when you get surprised. In a hot tub. With plate tectonics. On TV. In Japan.

Which came first the iPod, Apple’s music player, or the iPot, a magic noodle cooking dish?
I didn’t think I’d care either. But it’s got subtitles. And then that crazy old grandma started rocking out. On TV. In Japan.