Thursday, 15 October 2009

Britain's Telegraph discovers it's best to turn the TV off in Japan

Britain's Daily Telegraph (renowned for Royalty good, Youths of today bad, Cricket worthy of more coverage stories) has just discovered here that Japanese telly - here "Panic Face King" is a bit off. Here, we see a chap fooled into thinking his colleagues have been gunned down. Tee hee.



You can see why Japan gets a bad name when this is the face they present - to themselves. Is it funny? Our Man admits he was morbidly fascinated by the reactions of the poor chap. If he had known who the chap was, it might have been amusing, but over all it confirms his belief that you are best off switching the telly off. Especially in Japan.

Still, a little Little England Outrage can't hurt the hits counter, eh Telegraph subs? (Come to think of it, might be good for Our Man - Lord knows he could do with a hit or two).

Secret handshake to Dr Datsun Kildare, rapidly becoming something of a Japan handyman.

6 comments:

dr kildare said...

that really made me laugh.are there genuinely people that do not find it funny.

any chance someone could interpret the subtitles for me please?

dr kildare said...

at about 1-05 the guy is scared witless

then when jeremy beadle comes in he seems to wet himself

Our Man in Abiko said...

Funny what is funny, huh Doc. Donate to the running man cause, and Our Man will get the girls in the typing pool to figure out what is being said.

Anonymous said...

Stolen from here:

http://www.japanprobe.com/2009/10/13/hidden-camera-comedy-your-buddies-just-got-murdered/

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apeescape said...

Over-the-topness in Japanese variety shows used to be even more, well, over the top. Anyways, with the current situation in AfPak, does anyone think 電波少年 should be revived?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJoqx86dyQw

Our Man in Abiko said...

More comments on this here -

http://www.japansoc.com/TV-and-Radio/britains-telegraph-discovers-its-best-to-turn-the-tv-off-in-japan/

Basically, it's a comedian who was set up, not a member of the public, so Our Man says, feel free to laugh your tits off (and at the Telegraph).