TV in Japan

This is how you approach the ladies in the spandex. With pick-up lines that only work in one situation. That is, when you’re approaching women in spandex and speaking broken English. On TV. In Japan.

Thanks to P-Low, the Skillfull Abbot who has made these embeddable now.

Zuiikin English is back! And better than ever thanks to the man who started the whole thing over a year ago. Okay he didn’t really start it (after all this is a TV show from Japan) but he did upload the clips to Youtube.
P-Low, The Skillful Abbot has returned with no less than nine new [...]

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Are you ready for serious Japanese lessons mixed with aerobics for German men? Then look below (purest hilarity starts at :56 seconds in):

Here, a star of Zuiiken English reads from a collection of J-Pop songs with soft focus and soothing sound [...]

This is Zuiiken English. In context and in full effect. With a bald Westerner playing a drunk salary man. On TV. In Japan.
Thanks go as always to the Skillful Abbot.

More Zuiiken! This time it’s Zuiiken Japanese instead of Zuiiken English but we get our first look at the incredibly dynamic American host. And Westerners in tight shorts reciting Japanese phrases. On TV. In Japan.

Thanks again to Skillful Abbot for posting these.

Okay, it’s official. I am now totally obsessed with Zuiikin’ English, the amazing Japanese show that helps you learn English through a variety of dance moves and (I think) badly reenacted scenes from Western movies.
For example, check this amazing Terminator scene:

Here’s the information that I have gleaned so far (mostly from this Google translation of [...]

This is how you learn foreign languages. Through repetition. And super-tight aerobics moves. On TV. In Japan.

BONUS FEATURE! Here’s the opening sequence for this amazing show: