Any Japanese speakers out there care to fill me in on the meaning behind these head-scratchingly wonderful clips?
On second thought, don't -- it's probably more satisfying NOT knowing, rather than having that sense of child-like wonder shattered...much like a magician revealing his secrets (such as, how he gets laid even after telling women he's a professional magician.)
Robots Hate Pushups
While good for building upper body strength in humans, pushups actually just turn robots into the devil.
Super Mecha Politician
Political satire? Campaign ad? Children's show? Porn? You tell me!
Terry & Dolly
What do you get when two dudes mix wrestling championship belts, bad Karl Malden prosthetic noses, some plexiglas tubes, an egg and some mysterious spices? Yeah, I don't know, either.
Ladybugman and Martian Mosquito
I'm pretty sure that ladybug is a dude. And I'm pretty sure that other guy...well, I'm actually not sure what the fuck he's supposed to be, but he does have an exploding fart 1:54 into it.
Rocking Cookies
If this one is a music video of some kind, at least it can't be accused of having too much hyper-kinetic, MTV-style editing. This 3:47 video is comprised of just 6 static shots. And two of those are a photograph of a plate of cookies. Or something. The song does kinda grow on you, though.
When the Pippi Longstocking Santas Go Marching In
This guy jetdaisuke actually has a whole series of YouTube videos. I'm not sure if I would actually like them more or less if I knew what he was saying, but I like his hats.
Enema! The Game Show
Uhh...the woman seems to be holding the microphone in a pretty news-anchory fashion and doing a follow-up interview, so it's probably not porn...right?
Satan of the Universe
Space captain squares off against Evil Space Smurf, who apparently gets his powers by spinning in his chair. Strangely, the last 2 and a half minutes of this video is just a black screen -- deep rumination on the existential void of outer space, or were the YouTube censors just deleting more images of naked toddlers? The world may never know...
Since the video above has since been removed due to a violation of YouTube's terms of service (the seldom-invoked "Too Fucking Weird, Even for YouTube" Clause?) I've added a new tenth video to the end of the list -- enjoy!
Be Good, Kid...
...or your Mama may turn into a gorilla!
What, No Jazz Hands?
I'm pretty sure this one is going to give me nightmares tonight.
And to replace #8, above, perhaps my favorite video of all time, a semi-oldie-but-a-goodie...
How to Poop, Japanese Style
Um...I thought you weren't supposed to grunt and strain like that. Wonder what the Japanese word for "thrombosis" is. I must admit, I do like to throw confetti and give a "peace out" sign when I'm done, though. And this video gets extra bonus points for having the most adorable anthropomorphic feces since Mr. Hanky.
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If I would have been raised on this and not Morton Downey Jr. growing up then I probably wouldn't have desired LSD in my teens.
I think I'm having flashbacks.
WTF
that is all
You're right about not wanting the translation - My local cable has Japanese and Korean language channels, and I have seen both "Power Rangers" and "Iron Chef" in their original Japanese incarnations. Understanding what was going on greatly diminished my enjoyment of both.
you guys dont know what you are talking about
Oof. Some of the links are broken. Anyhoo, Japan entertainment is definitely creative....
Don't know if there is some vibe along these lines this week but I posted this nice olde YBNBY caption competition on the Cheap Drugs post:
http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2008/08/caption_competi_111.html
Good stuff!
Does anyone speak Japanese here?I really need to know what Ya Ya Koshiya means in the last video,ahh,tripping already.
Ha, I remember that caption competition, E. I also remember being so thoroughly flabbergasted that I could not even begin to come up with a decent caption.
Also, I added a new 10th video to replace that one that was broken, just for you!