"I was robbed by two men!"
June 22, 2006 2:04 PM Subscribe
"Spare me my life!" In the innocuous early '90's, Fuji TV came up with Zuiikin English, a television program which combined quirky language lessons with bradykinetic exercise. Was Zuiikin English ahead of its time? Or is it merely enjoyable bunk? (More here and here.)
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Catchy song. Strange phrases. Sounds like they expect something bad to happen anytime they might need to speak English.
posted by rollbiz at 3:06 PM on June 22, 2006
posted by rollbiz at 3:06 PM on June 22, 2006
Now cycling endlessly through my brain is the chant:
Take—Anything—You Want!
Take—Anything—You Want!
Take—Anything—You Want!
posted by Turtles all the way down at 3:35 PM on June 22, 2006
Take—Anything—You Want!
Take—Anything—You Want!
Take—Anything—You Want!
posted by Turtles all the way down at 3:35 PM on June 22, 2006
Youtube with extra context. I jest. As the broadband gets broader we all become smaller. Or whatever. Weirdly memorable.
posted by econous at 3:45 PM on June 22, 2006
posted by econous at 3:45 PM on June 22, 2006
saw this about a week ago. The whole "traveling abroad" segment wasn't uploaded by then... so, thanks!
posted by thanatogenous at 3:46 PM on June 22, 2006
posted by thanatogenous at 3:46 PM on June 22, 2006
The first time I saw this I thought it was some kind of weird art like the poodle aerobics girl.
posted by pg at 4:54 PM on June 22, 2006
posted by pg at 4:54 PM on June 22, 2006
Television in Japan is far, far more creative and amusing than back in North America. Hell, even the commercials are of better quality.
posted by nightchrome at 5:28 PM on June 22, 2006
posted by nightchrome at 5:28 PM on June 22, 2006
Is this a good time for that pic of the Japanese girl getting punched?
posted by emelenjr at 6:18 PM on June 22, 2006
posted by emelenjr at 6:18 PM on June 22, 2006
Now what I want, on terrestrial TV in the US, are shows like this to teach me foreign languages.
posted by Hal Mumkin at 7:16 PM on June 22, 2006
posted by Hal Mumkin at 7:16 PM on June 22, 2006
The shows on tv here in Japan for teaching foreigners Japanese are absolutely ridiculous. There's one that was on for awhile where they have a bunch of Japanese-fluent actors who pretend to not know Japanese and be students, and it is so obviously fake and scripted it's really silly to watch. They're just way over the top.
posted by nightchrome at 7:20 PM on June 22, 2006
posted by nightchrome at 7:20 PM on June 22, 2006
Are we sure this wasn't taken from Tom Goes to the Mayor?
posted by Citizen Premier at 12:37 AM on June 23, 2006
posted by Citizen Premier at 12:37 AM on June 23, 2006
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