Why did YOU come to Japan?

[Samurai_Jerk]

I haven't watched J TV in at least half a year since my TV broke but still works as a monitor for my DVD player so I don't care enough to buy a new one. This weekend I was drinking at my J friend’s place and got a chance to see a few episodes of YOUは何しに日本へ？. The basic premise is that they approach foreigners in international airports in Japan and ask them why they came. Then they follow some of them around during their trip. There's something about the way they keep referring to the people as "you" while speaking Japanese that I found especially grating and annoying. Being hosted by Banaman with narration by Bobby Ologun didn't help. This is not a Japan is racist rant. More of a Japanese TV sucks balls rant and I guess it hit me harder because I haven't seen any of it in so long.

My friends especially liked this fat Aussie fruit (starts at 10:28):

[wagyl]

I know exactly what you are talking about. I had a four month stretch without any access to TV, and it was very difficult to stomach Japanese TV when I got back to "civilization." In this case, absence does not make the heart grow fonder. I became even more critical of how the programs are put together.

[Coligny]

I.. More of a Japanese TV sucks balls rant and I guess it hit me harder because I haven't seen any of it in so long.

Is Aki Hoshino still in the spotlight ? That would make the sucking much more intredasting...

[Grumpy Gramps]

Apart from the occasional NHK's "International news hour" very early in the mornings, where they have news from all over the world, I do not watch any Japanese TV at all. It's not worth the time and electricity.

[Coligny]

Apart from the occasional NHK's "International news hour" very early in the mornings, where they have news from all over the world, I do not watch any Japanese TV at all. It's not worth the time and electricity.

plus they don't have Matlock's reruns at 2am...

[matsuki]

I know exactly what you are talking about. I had a four month stretch without any access to TV, and it was very difficult to stomach Japanese TV when I got back to "civilization." In this case, absence does not make the heart grow fonder. I became even more critical of how the programs are put together.

We even have free cable, almost never turn the TV on for anything other than news....the over the top (and falling flat on the other side) shit is funny for newbs but gets old fast. I wonder if they ever calculate how much airtime they waste bowing...

[yanpa]

Guys, what is there not to love about studios created by designers who gain their inspiration while on LSD in an exploding candy factory, gurning tarento in the corner of the screen, an endless litany of ehhh! and sugoiiiiiiiiii! and constant bells and beeps and dings to underline every inane point?

[wagyl]

This is a fascinating interview in English with Nasubi about the Susunu Denpa Shonen experience. He has some interesting things to say about television in that time, and what was going on.

http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-a ... acle?act=1

Press the →　below the picture of his naked body to play the audio.

[matsuki]

gurning tarento in the corner of the screen

I got my first dose of that just as I was learning how robotic and "must not deviate from the flowchart of rules" Japanese workers were...and immediately associated it with "This is the official and correct reaction to what you're watching."