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So I found this list of Japanese variety shows, many of which I'd never heard of. Some sound pretty hilarious, especially "Explosion of Laughs," (Akan Keisatsu) featuring some more Downtown. Has anyone ever seen any of these shows, and are they worth seeking out? There's a J-Drama list on that website as well. I feel like in terms of translations out there, the Korean shows have a huge leg-up on the Japanese ones currently. Especially when it comes to variety. futurememory fucked around with this message at 22:01 on Jun 20, 2012 |
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If it wasn't for Downtown this thread would be like 2 pages max. Those batsu games are the intro to Japanese comedy for practically every foreigner. Either that or the chinko game video.
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Jun 21, 2012 01:48
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Well here's an interesting video from about a week and a half ago, in case anyone who reads this thread doesn't follow the blogs. An episode of lincoln about a comedian spending a week trying to be a rapper http://jburogu-godzillaradio.blogspot.ca/2012/06/video-subbing-nakagawakes-tsuyoshi.html
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Jun 21, 2012 02:48
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Also my mom only lets me spend five bucks a month to get my cool gaga avatars back so I guess I'm stuck with this one for a while.
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Crotch Bat posted:If it wasn't for Downtown this thread would be like 2 pages max. Those batsu games are the intro to Japanese comedy for practically every foreigner. Either that or the chinko game video. Idunno man, Hard Gay ranks up there pretty high for "weird Japanese tv thing I saw on youtube once" for most foreigners.
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Jun 21, 2012 16:46
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Crotch Bat posted:Yugawara is insanely underrated due in part to having gone so long without full, correct subs. I love that one, it always cracks me up. Yugawara is probably my favorite, but there's one part of it I've never been able to figure out. It's the part in the temple when Suga comes out dressed like Neo with one of those "Caucasian" noses and screams "HELLOOOOOOOOO TOKYO! HELLOOOOOOO YU. GA. WA. RA!" I think his character's name was listed as Thomas MacGregor, but I've never found who that's supposed to be. Maybe I'm just ignorant!
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Jun 21, 2012 17:45
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Paper Lion posted:Idunno man, Hard Gay ranks up there pretty high for "weird Japanese tv thing I saw on youtube once" for most foreigners. Yea but Hard Gay doesn't have the "man, I gotta see if there's more" appeal to it like the batsu do, which is what I meant. toomanyninjas posted:Yugawara is probably my favorite, but there's one part of it I've never been able to figure out. It's the part in the temple when Suga comes out dressed like Neo with one of those "Caucasian" noses and screams "HELLOOOOOOOOO TOKYO! HELLOOOOOOO YU. GA. WA. RA!" I think his character's name was listed as Thomas MacGregor, but I've never found who that's supposed to be. Maybe I'm just ignorant! I thought it was Ewan MacGregor but he's dressed like Keanu Reeves in The Matrix so I don't know. If it is Ewan then I'm guessing it stems from either an appearance or a well known commercial(Japan loves to use overseas celebs to promote various random products).
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Jun 21, 2012 18:00
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Crotch Bat posted:(Japan loves to use overseas celebs to promote various random products). Oh god, Japanese commercials featuring American celebs are the greatest. This one is probably the most notable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui_6jBMSU9s And I just found this next one, which is amazing for the clearly dubbed Japanese voiceover. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bW_cHfnOXM
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Jun 21, 2012 18:41
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This Tommy Lee Jones "Bark at the Sun" commercial has long been my favorite. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08foUOtIVyg
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Jun 21, 2012 19:18
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toomanyninjas posted:This Tommy Lee Jones "Bark at the Sun" commercial has long been my favorite. Holy poo poo that's amazing. Tommy Lee Jones and "Bark at the Sun"? Yes, please.
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Jun 21, 2012 20:27
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Crotch Bat posted:Yea but Hard Gay doesn't have the "man, I gotta see if there's more" appeal to it like the batsu do, which is what I meant. It's the opposite for me. I've never seen a full batsu show and that thing with Yoiko was the first time I'd ever seen Downtown. Seeing Hard Gay helping the community eventually led me to HUSTLE, the greatest pro wrestling company ever.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvn2fupHLPg
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Jun 21, 2012 20:38
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My intro to Japanese comedy was actually Hard Gay, a good 6-7 years ago. I just never went any further down the rabbit hole than that. This thread is actually what introduced me to Gaki, even though I had seen the tongue twister clip and the marshmallow chip in the past. I was kind of shocked to learn that the guys in those clips were my Gaki boys, and they became even more hilarious after learning what their comedic personas are like. Anyway, I adore it when our culture smashes up against theirs. It feels just surreal and otherworldly. I absolutely love this chip of Britney Spears on Hey! Hey! Hey! performing "Womanizer." It's so bizarre to see her standing in between Matsumoto and Hamada, and her reactions to their antics. Make sure to watch until 2:35 for a surprise American celebrity cameo.
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Bad Bromance posted:Well here's an interesting video from about a week and a half ago, in case anyone who reads this thread doesn't follow the blogs. An episode of lincoln about a comedian spending a week trying to be a rapper Nice! Was looking for more Suberanai Hanashi ever since I saw a clip of it on Daily Motion. Recently finished watching the Airport Batsu episode. It's amazing how crazier it gets as it goes on.
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Jun 21, 2012 23:40
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So, some pretty fantastic news. I've contacted GodzillaRadio and it seems like he might be up for subbing some Denpa Shonen, specifically, Nasubi's trials. He's currently on a break right now, but since the eps are shorter than what he usually translates, he might be able to give it a go!
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Jun 30, 2012 16:25
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Suberanai Hanashi 4 was subbed recently. Really enjoy these clips but didn't know they were as old as 2005, wow.
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Jul 1, 2012 03:40
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The big six hour No Laughing games, are those shown all at once, or are they broken up into episodes over several nights?
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Detective Thompson posted:The big six hour No Laughing games, are those shown all at once, or are they broken up into episodes over several nights? It's a New Year's Day special for them, they power through it all. A week or so later they'll air more episodes which are composed of cut footage from the batsu. On another note, I highly recommend http://jburogu-godzillaradio.blogspot.com/2012/06/video-subbing-gaki-no-tsukai-ya.html for your viewing needs. This features the 5 driving and listening to songs from their youth and telling stories. Included in the stories is the beginning of Cocorico, which I'd never heard before so it's a great watch. It's actually a pretty touching story with a happy ending. 
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I've never been really interested in Japan, despite even watching and liking an anime or two, but Gaki no Tsukai and a couple episodes of GameCenter CX prompted me to look up a bunch of Japanese culture stuff on wikipedia, and Google streetview. Japan's weird and cool.
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Jul 16, 2012 21:18
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The Batsu stuff is hilarious. I showed them to my wife and she loves them. Those kinds of games would never be popular in the US though which is a shame. I mean I think people would like them, but I bet the cost of getting all the work and celebrities and gags going would be astronomical compared to what they do. Plus, good luck finding someone willing to go through a No-Laughing or 24 hour tag. Japan has really nailed the entertaining game show though.
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Jul 17, 2012 00:25
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Personally I've been waiting to see a surge of "homebrew" batsu style games happening on youtube or something. People imitate Jackass and stuff often enough, I'm surprised I haven't seen it happen yet.
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Jul 17, 2012 00:36
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recently I saw some show that literally copied off of the No making sound in the library batsu game but it was with kids, and of course it had some pretty lame punishments which I can't remember. It reminded me that it can NEVER be perfect if it's nor with the gaki team. Or at least with the guys from jackass but it wouldn't be the same since they do things equal or worse.
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The thing is, I don't see a direct connection to Jackass on this. Jackass has funny moments but its "WHO CAN BE THE CRAZIEST!". Batsu games seem to have physical punishments to be sure, but they aren't generally involved in being super dangerous or painful for the sake of being dangerous or painful. Sure they get a Thai Kick but they aren't jousting in shopping carts. The punishments aren't generally the source of comedy, getting caught and "out" are the sources of comedy.
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Jul 17, 2012 15:48
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Heipo Horror was posted on Godzilla Radio. It's pretty funny, I can't tell if Heipo is acting or just a huge man baby.
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I tend to think Heipo really is that sensitive to anticipation of fear. It's too good of a reaction to be faked. Did anyone ever do subtitles for Trivia no Izumi? I can't even find the Spike TV episodes. El Generico fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Jul 27, 2012 |
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El Generico posted:I tend to think Heipo really is that sensitive to anticipation of fear. It's too good of a reaction to be faked. My sister's ex-girlfriend was just like this - which we found out when we all went to see the Ring one day. It was most excruciatingly embarrassing / hilarious experiences I've ever had.
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So there was a tv show I wanted to check out. All I remember is the guy wore a yellow suit and yellow hat, kinda like dick tracy. Anyone know?
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Ineffiable posted:So there was a tv show I wanted to check out. All I remember is the guy wore a yellow suit and yellow hat, kinda like dick tracy. Curious George?
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Ragequit posted:Curious George? It was specifically a Japanese drama. Wait, did curious George get a tv show in Japan? I wouldnt be surprised.
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 Endo stops using Frisk mints, tries chocolate bats, and it's still awful.(Absolutely Tasty: Mixed Rice)
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Got a link for this one? (Second mixed rice episode they made, first one began with Endo's beer + edame combo) e: Oh, answered my own question after doing a ctrl-f on gakifiles a bit deeper, second rice game under absolutely tasty is the one, and not the rice+snacks video Ghosts n Gopniks fucked around with this message at 01:08 on Aug 2, 2012 |
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Just found a subbed episode of Million Kazoku, with Endo and Tanaka. A family tries to win a million yen by having their youngest daughter figure out which Ranger is her dad. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EXZqn9HtKc Haven't seen much of this show online, except for the unsubbed celebrity special hide and seek inside a huge mall E: Oh, what do you know, it is! V V V Bad Bromance fucked around with this message at 05:32 on Aug 4, 2012 |
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Bad Bromance posted:Just found a subbed episode of Million Kazoku, with Endo and Tanaka. A family tries to win a million yen by having their youngest daughter figure out which Ranger is her dad. I am like 99% sure that got subbed. e: I checked, I have it in my Gaki folder. It's out there! Crotch Bat fucked around with this message at 05:21 on Aug 4, 2012 |
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Bad Bromance posted:Haven't seen much of this show online, except for the Watched that the other day, it was brilliant. SCORPIONS  Here's part 1 for anyone else who wants it! Other parts are in the related videos.
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Bad Bromance posted:Just found a subbed episode of Million Kazoku, with Endo and Tanaka. A family tries to win a million yen by having their youngest daughter figure out which Ranger is her dad. This clip has music from Jet Set Radio in it :O
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eating only apples posted:Watched that the other day, it was brilliant. SCORPIONS Really sad Yamazaki lost  I've also been going through a batsu game binge recently. Someone linked me to 24 hour tag and it was love from first sight.
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Is there a torrent or somesuch containing the gakifiles videos? I've been trying to make the most of my free time and get through as much as I can, but for a lot of the smaller videos the download sites appear to be atrocious, so any alternative would be appreciated.
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I have noscript and adblock, and all I have to do is wait for the 5 seconds to get through the ad site for the videos.
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Last week I binged on all 22 episodes of World Downtown. I laughed so hard and often I was sore for several days.
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WonderfulWino posted:Last week I binged on all 22 episodes of World Downtown. I laughed so hard and often I was sore for several days. What's World Downtown about? I watched the first 5 minutes of the first episode but I was unsure if I was grasping what the core concept of the show was. Also, going through the Hospital Batsu right now for the first time and it's hilarious. When Nakamura busted out in the West Side Story parody I laughed so hard!
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futurememory posted:What's World Downtown about? I watched the first 5 minutes of the first episode but I was unsure if I was grasping what the core concept of the show was. Real Downtown on fake news show. Kinda. From my understanding they've made a fake news show, hired some white people and then dub over them in Japanese so it's Downtown doing a "news" show and interacting with foreigners. Crotch Bat fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Aug 8, 2012 |
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