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Where the hell is Matt? On Japanese TV!

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Matt Harding of “Where the hell is Matt?” fame appears in his second Japanese VISA commercial:

Last time it looked like the Japanese actors may have been added to Matt’s generic dancing footage via blue screen, but this time they clearly filmed some scenes of this commercial for just for a Japanese audience.

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9 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - August 5, 2009 at 8:35 am

Categories: Foreigners in Japan Tags: dancing, Matt Harding, Where the Hell is Matt, youtube

Jerry

So, they actually went to the real places rather than on a creen screen?

http://www.japanprobe.com James

The blue screen line was speculation about Matt’s actual presence in the same studio as the Japanese actors. The previous commercial had no interaction between them, so it seemed likely that Matt was filmed first and the Japanese were added in later.

The Japanese boat ride was probably real, and maybe some of the others. The Thailand section looked pretty fake.

Jerry

I just noticed something…
Matt is HUGE compared to the rest
http://durf.org Durf

Wonder why they included Soseki instead of Higuchi Ichiyo.

AIB

It’s a guess but – Fukuzawa, Noguchi and Natume all spent time overseas, where as Higuchi didn’t.

http://l33tminion.livejournal.com/ L33tminion

Can tell by the pixels, etc.

(No, seriously, that’s some really bad green-screen work.)
nikl

Matt is legendary.
http://whatjapanthinks.com Ken Y-N

I saw on telly a few weeks ago that the person who plays Noguchi is actually a relative of the real Noguchi.
http://www.zdwonline.de Haf

Meh, not as funny anymore as it once was. That commercial is quite boring actually.

I prefer watching the real WTHIM video on Youtube.

Where the hell is Matt? On Japanese TV!

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