Japanese Terebi Game Shows
by Steve West on September 2, 2007
I'm convinced that Japanese game show producers are violently insane. Here's a sampling of what I mean.
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Lori Lancaster | September 5, 2007
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Web Junkie
Steve West scours the Web searching for interest or absurdity and then shakes his head ruefully when he finds it. Read more »
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One Christmas when Lauren was eight, like a lot of girls her age, wished for a pony. My backyard at the time was about the size of a Volkswagen Minibus. Despite her assurances that she would let it roam the neighborhood for sufficient exercise, I said, “Not this year,” as I pictured myself following the horse with a pooper scooper. Go »Vacation Week
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Amy Austin | September 4, 2007
Old Man Bites Tenderly -- I don't know which is funnier, the translation of the Japanese on that one or the actual "punishment" -- the best.