…I think you’ll enjoy this. It’s three YouTube clips, totalling about 25-minutes in length. It’s from some kind of Japanese television show, and the premise seems to be that there’s one guy who has instructions to go about his day, like any other day. In the meantime, five or six other guys in black robes follow him around and pelt him with cream pies.
I realize that that doesn’t sound all that funny, and hey, you might not find it to be that amusing. Cream pie humor does have its limitations, but… the Japanese have taken it to a whole new level. The Japanese are so far ahead of us.
On a related note, if you’re going to make a similar post on your blog, and you’re looking for a picture to put with the post, and you do an image search for “cream pie”… the results might not be what you expected. I didn’t even know that “cream pie” had an alternate meaning. Good Lord… live and learn, and I suppose.
BoSox Siobhan
Really, MJD? You didn’t know about the “alternate” meaning of cream pie? I started giggling the minute I read “pelt him with cream pies”. Then I gagged.
July 11, 2006 at 9:29 am
the mighty mjd
I hope the gagging was unrelated to anything involving a cream pie, but… that’s your business, I suppose. I am currently doing more research on the subject.
July 11, 2006 at 11:39 am
tony
I didn’t start the giggling until he didn’t realize there was another meaning. But now it’s not stopping. Thanks Siobhan.
Usually, I’m all over giggling over things like that. I’ve worked in TV for 12 years, and still snicker everytime someone says “Hey, did you see (Reporter X)’s package last night?”
32 going on 12…I love it!
July 11, 2006 at 12:15 pm
eirishis
An excellent find. It doesn’t get old. Why didn’t I think of this?
July 11, 2006 at 3:35 pm
LostInUbe
Well, it’s not sports but it is sports related since Matsumoto (the guy getting pelted with pies) seems to have lost a Japan Series bet with Hamada (the guy he’s talking to in the opening). Matsumoto and Hamada are known collectively as Downtown, one of the biggest comedy duos in Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downtown_%28Owarai%29
Personally, I think Hamada is a dick.
July 12, 2006 at 8:06 am