Posts Tagged ‘crazy’

Japanese moonwalking champions

TV Tokyo’s “Champions” recently held a competition to see which Michael Jackson mega fan could perform the fastest 30-meter moonwalk (English captions have been added to explain what’s going on):

The first contestant is wearing an afro wig with black face paint, probably out of a desire to mimic the appearance of a young Michael Jackson. Kind of odd, considering the fact that he didn’t moonwalk back in the Jackson 5 era…

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Calf runs wild in Utsunomiya

A video from ANN of a calf that ran wild in Utsunomiya a few months ago (clip subtitled in English):

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Happiness Realization Party’s fear mongering promotional video

The Happiness Realization Party, the political wing of the Happy Science religious movement, has produced this scary promotional video and uploaded it to YouTube:

A summary:

• Salarymen sit in an office watching news bulletins about North Korea launching missiles.
• Large explosions are being reported in Osaka and Nagoya.
• Missiles are headed for the Kanto region. Patriot missile batteries have failed to shoot them down.
• Panic grips the office, but it is too late. The flash of a nuclear explosion covers the screen and Tokyo is reduced to a radioactive wasteland.
• Viewers are then urged to consider the facts. North Korea has a lot of missiles with the range to hit Japan, and its only a matter of time before they can mount nukes on them. Don’t fool yourself into thinking that Kim Jong-il isn’t preparing to launch them at Japan!
• And don’t forget China! They’ve got a huge military and they are supporting North Korea, and they’ve got missiles too!
• By 2020, China could possess more military power than the United States. (As the shot zooms in on the deck of an aircraft carrier, we discover that it is Chinese!) If this happens, it is possible that China could advance on Taiwan and Okinawa.
• After the seizure of Taiwan, it is likely the Chinese fleets could block the vital sea lanes that supply Japan with its food and fuel. The current Japanese government has no concrete plan in place to deal with such a situation.
• If nothing is done to stop this, Japan will become a colony of China/North Korea!
• What can you do to prevent the utter and complete destruction of the Japanese nation? Vote for the Happiness Realization Party. They want to drop the pacifist clause from the Japanese constitution, build up Japan’s defenses, and strengthen Japan’s alliance with the United States.

Some screen shots of the most sensational parts of the video, for those who don’t have 6 minutes to watch it:

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Kickboard scooter challenge

The crazy crew from “Haneru no Tobira” put on bug suits and try to ride a kickboard scooter through a 45-centimeter wide corridor:

Those who knock down walls or can’t make it all the way through the corridor are punished by having stinky spider breath blown into their faces.

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A Twisted Daikon

The above daikon radish was found recently in Saga Prefecture’s Tosu City. Farmers believe that its “twisted rope” appearance is a sign of good luck.

The Walrus Trainer

AndyH requested that I post about the “terrifying seal / man in a sack performance” he saw on Japanese TV, so here it is:

[The man inside the sack has done similar performances before [included "Metabolic Japan"], and it was through the TV show that he met his wife, who was the trainer in this peformance!]