Posts Tagged ‘Japanese pranks’

Back in Action!

Posted 08 Nov 2009 — by Andy in Tokyo
Category Entertainment, Only in Japan, TV, Tokyo, Video

Three months is a long time between posts, especially when you’ve got no excuse for not writing anything. So, as I still don’t have much to write about at the moment, please direct your moist little eyeballs in the direction of the following video:

The 100-man tsunami

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Posted 08 Jul 2008 — by Andy in Tokyo
Category Only in Japan, TV, Video

Despite my moaning about the general rubbishness of Japanese TV, the internet still manages to provide the odd gem from its “prank” heyday. One of my all-time favourites is the “100 man troop”:

I can’t imagine this kind of thing would ever be able to happen in the UK: the very idea of sending 100 screaming nutters down a street towards a retirement-age salaryman (with a possible dodgy ticker) would have TV executives wetting themselves.

I’m not a fan of Japanese TV but…

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Posted 23 Aug 2006 — by Andy in Tokyo
Category Only in Japan, TV, Tokyo, Video

…there is the occasional gem. Thankfully you don’t have to wade through the hundreds of food-related programmes (like I did) to get to it.