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Japanese artist Yoshimasa Ishibashi’s mid-noughties TV series Oh! Mikey has a winning cast of voice-dubbed mannequins and dialogue that is as silly as it is sharp. This is catnip for humans.
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David Lee Roth and Lionel Richie faces painted on the sumo-like bodies of two skirt chasing locals? Yes, only in Japan would you get a commercial as bizarre — and awesome — as this.
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Japanese game shows are famous for ridiculing their contestants in ways that are shameful and humiliating — generally at the same time. But this one just about steals the show: ‘Crazy Japanese television guy takes off with a Water Bottle Rocket’ attached? Indeed. Sadly, he doesn’t get too far.
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On this Japanese game show, contestants are forbidden from laughing while watching classmates learn English. Yes, yes, it has to be said: what the hell will they think of next. Damn, it’s funny though.
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Oh man, it’s a good thing I’m not living in Tokyo as I’d probably never leave the house. Japanese TV is the best. Want proof? Check out this clip from a prank show called Wake You Up where hapless victims are woken from their slumber in the most … ummm … ruthless of ways.
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