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January 3, 2006

Holy Japanese New Year Sith Madness BBQ!

Cam sends this:

Every year for the past 56 years, all eyes in Japan have turned to NHK's “Kouhaku” New Year's Eve TV program, in which the white team, comprised of the cream of the crop of male entertainers in Japan, compete against the red team, made up of Japan's female entertainers... (yeah, very high concept, I know...)

The performances are invariably so cheesy that they make the worst of the Academy Awards musical numbers look like solemn affairs... but every so often, they go so overboard that words cannot describe how bad the performances are; this happened to be such a year. Apparently even Japanese people stopped watching, as it had its second worst ratings ever. (I believe last year was the worst ever...)

For me, the “WTF????” moment of the night had to be this one featuring Darth Vader, and what can only be the result of a new “don't ask, don't tell” policy in the Imperial Army...

enjoy the video!

4 comment(s) so far (Post your own)

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On January 4, 2006 6:40 AM, Steven said:

WOW! That is really weird. I don't get Japanese culture.

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On January 4, 2006 8:55 AM, Warren Frey said:

Well, the thing you've got to remember is..they're nuts. :)

Nah, it's just that (and Cam can either back me up or tell me I'm full of it) they'll "put on a show!" with a lot more enthusiasm and less irony than we will. Plus this is sedate compared to some of the stuff I've seen on Japanese TV, and Cam's seen a whole lot more (and actually enjoys some of it, he's obviously a turncoat :) ) than I have.

Japanese baseball games, however, are about the same as here in terms of TV coverage, at least from the one game I watched when I was over there.

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On January 4, 2006 12:29 PM, Stefane said:

Can't access the link.

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On January 4, 2006 2:45 PM, Warren Frey said:

That's weird, it should just load onto a separate page on Freyburg. Have you installed the latest Flash plugin for your browser?

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