Tamori Foreigner Impressions

[Mulboyne]

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Tamori does his impression of a Hato Bus tour guide as a Japanese, "German", "Russian", "Spanish", "Chinese", "South Korean" and "North Korean".

[ttjereth]

Tamori does his impression of a Hato Bus tour guide as a Japanese, "German", "Russian", "Spanish", "Chinese", "South Korean" and "North Korean".

You know, I've always hated Tamori. Why is he famous? He's not particularly talented or funny and he just irritates the hell out of me for some reason. This video doesn't help matters any, and I can't stand the zombie woman with him either

He has always reminded me of some of the more irritating old farts at the city hall I used to work at.

My wife (Japanese) can't stand him either, so she can't explain to me what his appeal is, and I end up wondering why he is on tv so much and so often everytime I have the misfortune of seeing those big doofy sunglasses

Just me? All the comments at boobtube seem to be praising him

[dimwit]

It seems to me that to get on any of the Tamori shows as a gaijin you have to be willing to embarrass yourself and be a disgrace to your culture. Actually, I think it is written in the contracts.

[ttjereth]

It seems to me that to get on any of the Tamori shows as a gaijin you have to be willing to embarrass yourself and be a disgrace to your culture. Actually, I think it is written in the contracts.

You mean like the really effeminate guys dancing in the background and doing important tasks like taping up posters?

[baka tono]

Maybe Ive been here too long but I can actually stand Tamori. I hate Mino Monta though.

[Greji]

[jingai]

I liked the N. Korean imrpession above the best. Tamori's a lot of fun and I enjoyed Camus and the Megadeath guy on Soramimi.

[omae mona]

Then he formed "Omoshiro Group" and made his debut in show business as a comedian in 1975.

In the following year, he was selected as the disc jockey of the radio program "All Night Nippon" and appeared on the TV program "Monty Python."

Does anybody know more about this Monty Python reference? The BBC series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" finished its last season in 1974. What Monty Python are they talking about? A post-1975 Japanese program of the same name?

[ttjereth]

Does anybody know more about this Monty Python reference? The BBC series "Monty Python's Flying Circus" finished its last season in 1974. What Monty Python are they talking about? A post-1975 Japanese program of the same name?

Japanese Wikipedia hold the answer page as well.

From the Tamori Article[INDENT]30才]東京12チャンネル（現:テレビ東京）[/URL]の深夜番組『空飛ぶモンティ・パイソン』でデビュー。
[/INDENT]And from the Monty Python Article[INDENT]チャンネル泥棒！ 快感ギャグ番組！ 空飛ぶモンティ・パイソン1976年4月9日～9月24日 東京12チャンネル（現：テレビ東京）（全25回）、毎週金曜日 22時～22時54分吹き替えはモンティ・パイソンの項にある声優陣が担当し、この吹き替え版は伝説として語り継がれている。イッツマンも吹き替えられており、息絶えるようなかすれ声でペイリンを演じる青野武が 「見せて……！」とセリフを発している。BBCとの契約上の問題で、すでに東京12チャンネル時代の吹き替え版のマスターテープは廃棄されている。BBC でのオリジナル版の合間に、スーツやドレスで正装した日本独自の出演者（今野雄二、前田美波里、二瓶正也、立木リサ = 現: 秋川リサ、天地総子）がグラスを傾けながらトークをする「モンティパイソン・パーティ」というスタジオ収録部分が組み込まれたり、まだサングラスではなく 片目にアイパッチをつけていた若き頃のタモリが「四カ国マージャン」などの芸を披露するミニコーナーも挿入されたりと、まさに伝説の番組であり「SOAP」、「世界の料理ショー」、「ゴング・ショー」、「ハリウッドスターこきおろし大会」などと並んで当時の東京12チャンネルの裏看板番組でもあった。オリジナルの空飛ぶモンティ・パイソンは30分番組であったため、実質上約半分弱の時間が日本での水増し分である。
[/INDENT]To sum up for the Japanese impaired (just the tamori pertinent bits) essentially bits of Monty Python were shown dubbed into Japanese on late night tv with bits of Japanese entertainers doing various skits and talks (amongst which a young Tamori sporting an eyepatch instead of his sunglasses did some stuff including some sort of magician act).

According to the article, as a result of problems with the agreement with the BBC the original tapes of this Japanese dubbed version were destroyed and no longer exist.

But I still hate Tamori

[omae mona]

Thanks for the info ttjereth! But was Tamori doing a magician act or a mah jongg act?

[ttjereth]

Thanks for the info ttjereth! But was Tamori doing a magician act or a mah jongg act?

Whoops, looks like you're write. Sorry, hasty reading and lack of sleep

Although, it being mahjong leads to a whole bunch of new questions for me...