Japanese TV at its finest

[rdawson808]

Originally Posted by Tokyo Slim

I have, on VHS, a few episodes of the japanese game show of sorts called Za Gaman (Endurance). Some of you may be familiar with it, some may not. But its highly entertaining.

FIVE FREAKY THINGS ENDURANCE CONTESTANTS HAD TO DO
2. Enter an ape enclosure covered in bananas.

Wow....that's messed up. I mean, couldn't that get you killed? An ape could rip you apart if you somehow pissed it off. Or are we talking about little monkeys?

bob

 

[esquire.]

D'oh...

I thought I was finally going to get to watch some of that crazy, kinky japanese Appreciation I've heard about.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by rdawson808

Wow....that's messed up. I mean, couldn't that get you killed? An ape could rip you apart if you somehow pissed it off. Or are we talking about little monkeys? bob
They were orangutans. And yes, if they got pissed off, they would be able to rip a Japanese person limb from limb. I also saw people who cracked eggs over their heads and then stuck their heads in a cage with a 5 foot monitor lizard. The person who kept their head in the cage longest "won"... Remember, we are crazy and don't care. Don't try to apply your "American logic" to our television shows.

 

[Nantucket Red]

Japan is a gambaru culture; society places a major emphasis on "toughing it out." You've all heard about the Japanese soldiers stranded in remote areas of the Philipines who either didn't realize the war had ended or refused to surrender for thirty or forty years. This is a similar value system applied to reality television.

 

[Alter]

It also makes for particularly enjoyable TV viewing when the "endurance test" is to drop bikini-clad women into pools of ice-water!

 

[Matt]

edit - deleted - just got emailed another japanese tv thing but saw that Andrew had posted it above a few days back

 

[Tokyo Slim]

http://www.japander.com/japander/connelly.htm

Jennifer Connelly is hot in Japan too!

"old is new" is a personal favorite of mine.