blvtzpk said...

blvtzpk at 07:34 AM JST - 1st August

Oh, never too young to learn! He'll be an admirable slaryman one day, riding the trains, and he'll look back at this little incident with fondness. ;)

Posted in Gunma high school baseball player arrested over obscene act at 07:34 AM JST - 1st August
blvtzpk at 11:08 AM JST - 31st July

The Japanese use of 'talent' harks back to old TV studio (and maybe movie?) lingo - 'the talent' is whoever is in front of the camera - perhaps the underlying suggestion is that anybody in front of a camera has 'talent', but the reductive meaning is that they're just warm…

Posted in What do you think of the quality of Japanese TV variety programs? at 11:08 AM JST - 31st July
blvtzpk at 08:08 AM JST - 31st July

Regulation footwear being worn, I see. No concerns about damage to the floor, I guess.

Posted in Pole dancing at 08:08 AM JST - 31st July
blvtzpk at 04:09 PM JST - 30th July

Weekly magazine Shukan Asahi reported that Watanabe, who is married, was physically involved with a woman.

The juxtaposition of this quote alongside the picture of him with his hand clenched in a fisting mode makes for interesting speculation.

Watanabe...didn’t directly refer to the story and declined to make…

Posted in Fuji announcer Kazuhiro Watanabe apologizes for scandal at 04:09 PM JST - 30th July
blvtzpk at 04:02 PM JST - 30th July

why exactly does anyone care what (or who) do the people reading the news do?

Because these people are just 'talentos' and talentos are newsfodder.

Posted in Fuji announcer Kazuhiro Watanabe apologizes for scandal at 04:02 PM JST - 30th July
blvtzpk at 11:44 PM JST - 29th July

Don't care which country you're in, if you don't like what's on the telly don't whine about it - use the OFF switch.

Not all can do that - for many of these posters there are other members of the family present in the TV room who seem to…

Posted in What do you think of the quality of Japanese TV variety programs? at 11:44 PM JST - 29th July
blvtzpk at 11:31 PM JST - 29th July

Things like that are very fun and way more entertaining than the garbage on American t.v. which I watch all the time

Come live in Japan and experience local 'variety' TV as a day-in, day-out experience as most of the other posters here have. Your rose-colored view of the…

Posted in What do you think of the quality of Japanese TV variety programs? at 11:31 PM JST - 29th July
blvtzpk at 11:20 PM JST - 29th July

There is a lesson here. Don't demean your students. Anger against teachers lasts a long time. Not that there is any excuse for what this kid did. The best revenge against creepy teachers is to make more money than they do, which isn't hard.

Is there any evidence the…

Posted in Teacher stabbed at Aichi school; sustains serious injuries at 11:20 PM JST - 29th July
blvtzpk at 11:08 PM JST - 29th July

Well, I'll just have to say 'very attractive and obviously talented, even without luggage.'

Posted in Kelly Chen arrives but her baggage doesn't at 11:08 PM JST - 29th July
blvtzpk at 11:05 PM JST - 29th July

Wottock's done this food/talent schtick before - about a year ago from memory - it was funny then, and is funny now. And true.

Chinpira's observations are also spot-on, especially his picture-in-picture comments:

If for any reason the program has to show a non geinoujin piece of footage the…

Posted in What do you think of the quality of Japanese TV variety programs? at 11:05 PM JST - 29th July