TV in Japan

This is how you protect your teeth. By creating a robot that will withstand the pain caused by clumsy dentists. Who will soon become skilled dentists. On TV. In Japan.

Via Pink Tentacle!

This is how you take a harmless invention for exercise. And use it for evil. Well, evil fun where no one really gets hurt. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you cut a really awesomely sharp sword. By shooting it with lots of big bullets. But only after it cuts a lot of the bullets first. On TV. In Japan.
Magnum 140mm Vs Japanese Original Sword - More bloopers are a click away

This is how you create the ultimate sense of vertigo. With a head mounted cam. Inside a giant ball. That is also a giant mirror. With no edges. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: I’m pretty sure explaining this whole thing requires some sort of rule involving optics. As the deepest I ever got into the very [...]

This is how you examine the unusual properties of skin squishing together to make noise. That sometimes, just sometimes, includes the space between breasts. On TV. In Japan.

This is how you can drop an egg. From a four story building. And have it not break. Using the marvel of modern technology Beta Gel! On TV. In Japan.

Via Japan Probe who, as usual, makes me wish I had remote access to a PC & a capture card in Japan. Anyone want to hook [...]

This is how your determine exactly where the most ticklish parts of our bodies are. By making a guy strip at his office. And be subjected not only to tickling but to white paint on said parts. Including the crack of his behind. On TV. In Japan.
NOTE: Craziness doesn’t commence until 3:12 or so.

This is a pretty interesting look at how Japanese TV changes (some might say repurposes) Western TV.

Here’s some of the things that are interesting to me:
1. The laugh track. It very much changes my experience of watching this show. I’m pretty sure it doesn’t make it better but I’m not completely convinced it makes [...]

This is how you blow out the current ‘air’ paradigm. By crossing over into places you never expected. Like food. On TV. In Japan.

Via Japan Probe.

This is how you torture poor, quiet gentlemen. By forcing them to lie under Hitomi Aizawa, the gorgeous bikini model. And not look. On TV. In Japan.
Warning: Possible adult situation inside. Click at your own risk.

You may know Marty Friedman from his past in Megadeath. Or maybe you’re familiar with his Japanese rock-your-face-off show Hebimetasan where he totally rocks-off your face. But did you know that he cooks as well? In this case, fried prawns on the late night show Chubaw Desuyo!

This is how you make your bras work for you. And blessing them with the power to transform. On TV. In Japan.

There are two parts to this clips, each amazing in it’s own way.
1. There’s a driver who not only can parallel park like a sonofabitch but will amaze you with his balloon popping skills.
2. There’s a baseball player who not only can control baseball like nobody’s business, he can do so while being old.
I [...]

For those of you who enjoyed these before, here’s a couple more. They are awesome.
If you missed the BG info on them the first time, be sure to check out my previous post.
Water Balloon + Samurai Sword

Apple + Samurai Sword

TV Champion is one of those shows that you just know is going to work. Take two of the best people at one thing, make them compete and put it on TV. Simple. Elegant.
And then you make those people be experts in giant fry pan cooking. And then you’ve got a show. And luckily [...]