Beat Takeshi speaks English
It seems like Takeshi Kitano has been starring in ECC English learning commercials for a long time now, but in every commercial I’ve seen, he has avoided actually speaking English. Here’s the latest one, in which Takeshi makes an announcement in English
Rate his English:
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Categories: Teaching English
McDonald’s Texas Burger
The movie Footloose is apparently set in Utah/Oklahoma, which I suppose is close enough to Texas to make its song appropriate for this McDonald’s “Big America” burger commercial:
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Categories: Japanese Food
Animals vs. Dominoes
A Japanese TV show sees if certain animals can navigate their way to a bowl of food without knocking down some dominoes (first part of the clip is missing, but you still get to see which animal is victorious):
A note to those coming to this page from external links: This is not from a “game show.” Almost every wacky clip you see on the internet that comes from Japanese TV isn’t from a “game show” either. Please get that through your head.
This is just a variety TV show that performed a few experiments with animals.
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Categories: Animal Videos
Commercial: kissed by many girls
This company’s skin care products are so good, they make girls of many different ages and nationalities want to kiss your cheeks:
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Categories: Odd / Strange
More Google suggestions about Japan
After seeing the searches Google suggested for “Why is Japan so”, I decided to check what popular searches Google would suggest for other Japan-related questions. Here are the results, which I suppose could be taken as an indication of how a lot of people in the English-speaking world view Japan:
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Categories: Technology
Cycling over water: 2010
Japanese celebrities attempt to cycle across a flimsy 300-meter floating bridge:
[note: This was actually from a 2009 show re-broadcasted in 2010.]
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Categories: Odd / Strange