American Sitcom / Japanese Commercial

A commercial for Meiji’s Galpo Chips parodies American sitcoms:

The style of filming, the super-lame canned laughter, and the bad Japanese dubbing remind viewers of imported American TV shows. There is also a wacky fight between a couple over their preference for different flavors of Galpo Chips. It finishes with an American-style happy ending.

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8 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - September 9, 2010 at 10:33 am

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Pat

Uwa… Ryoko Hirosue. She is so cute.
Hamachiman

Ryoko, looks more tasty than the chips.

InJM

Tasty but comes with a kid.

http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/ Japan Australia

Great add and very much like the classic American sitcoms. Ryoko ia not too bad, either!!
T-rock

Appreciate the fine Japanese ladies
Sandy

How racist! Here in the West, we would never think of spoofing stereotypical Japanese entertainment with poor lip-synching and voice acting!

Kevin not kevin

Takeshi’s Castle begs to differ.
LOD

How racist!

I’m assuming you are just being cynical, but just in case you were serious:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddw5psq2lTk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgjwjaBJ5Do

I wouldn’t consider these shows to be racist, though.

American Sitcom / Japanese Commercial

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