January 25, 2009

J-TV

There's a half-hour animal special on every Sunday night after NHK's news. It features a little mini-bio of one animal or another, with interjections from a character called Hige-ji, or "Uncle Beard." As you might imagine, this guy is a squat, talking beard with a little green feathered hat.

Anyway, like many Japanese TV programs, this show is fond of using random American songs as background to the narration / featured events.

And tonight the nest-building background music for Australia's Great Bowerbird was the orchestral background track of "That's How You Know" from Disney's "Enchanted." Of course. Naturally.

2 comments:

Ku said...

XD

Japanese television should be a basic cable channel in the US. They wouldn't even have to translate it: just put it on and watch the ratings soar as millions of Americans tune in to see what crazy sh*t is gonna happen next.

I think my absolute favorite J-TV moment was watching Ben Johnson chase a bunch of Japanese TV personalities around a soccer field for some challenge game. J-pwned. :D

PS: WTF IS THIS ADORABILITY IN MY MAILBOX?!?!?!11?!eleventy DOOD. Thank you so much~... is he really your first one? 'Cause he's perfect. I love this pattern. <3

I'm tracing it as we speak: I'll email you the pattern in PDF AND PNG forms as soon as I get her all cleaned up. Do you want your real name on the pattern, or any "do not copy/sell" warnings or anything of that ilk? Just let me know. XD

In the meantime, a haiku in honor of your lovely firstborn arikui son:

おありくい
かわいくて、くろ
としろのけ

Ku said...

PPS: Also, thanks immensely for the choco-munchies. I enjoyed them much more than this secondary response of gratefulness will imply. ^_^ *nomnom*