I think I’m happier NOT knowing what’s being said in this Halls commercial. If a product advertises that it can make my chest crank out cross-species animals, that’s good enough for me.
Japanese game “Brain Wall” (nicknamed human tetris) started as a component of the TV show Tunnels’ Thanks to Everyone [Seriously?] and has since been adapted in 38 more countries. We need to replace every show on TLC with this.
You know what the maddening thing is? There was an American version of the game, Hole in the Wall, which was pulled from the Fox lineup after the first episode and replaced with episodes of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? [THR]. Last night, there were three hours of new episodes of America’s Funniest Home Videos on ABCFAM, but we only get one episode of American Brain Wall? Not cool, guys. Not cool.
More awesomeness inside:
Do dee do, nothin’ to see here. Just a flock of flying schoolgirl panties soaring airborne across the countryside during the ending credits of a Japanese anime called Sora no Otoshimono. Nothing out of the ordinary. Move along. [Topless Robot]
Your move, sideboob. Underboob wins this round, thanks to the Maxim photo shoot of “Battlestar Galactica” babes Tricia Helfer and Grace Park. Not exactly a timely photo shoot, but I’m not complaining. [Guyism]
Watch all the way through for the air-humping. I missed “Modern Family” this week (JetBlue’s DirecTV oddly doesn’t carry ABC), but Dylan music video for “In the Moonlight (Do Me)” was pretty outstanding. [PopWatch]
Oh, great. Now I want some drugs. The “Captain Kirk Has Taken Too Much LSD” video is delightfully trippy. It’s got kind of a sick beat, too. [BuzzCuts]
Hired/Fired: Fox has pulled the plug on the Fox Reality Channel (good riddance). In its place: Nat Geo Wild, a “joint venture from National Geographic Channel and Fox Cable Networks.” Look for “Meerkat Manor” to get a whole lot sexier! [The Live Feed]
Mother of the Year Has Indestructible Baby: CNN footage of a pram falling onto train tracks just as the train arrives. The baby miraculously only got a cut on the forehead. Pffft. Lady, it’s WAY easier to just leave ‘em in a Dumpster. [Best Week Ever]
If you think Fox or TLC are exploitative and cruel to the people they feature on some of their programs, keep this in mind: Fox wouldn’t last a month in Japan. In this clip from Japanese TV, a man is led to believe that a sniper is killing the people in the room with him. HA HA HA HA! Hoooo, that’s rich! Did you see the way he was paralyzed with the fear of imminent death? Oh, man, Japan. You are such a kidder.
I have no idea what this is supposed to be. But what it appears to be is a Japanese show called “Banana Street” that will rape your childhood memories. The hosts are dressed as Bert and Ernie, and as if it wasn’t creepy enough to see two Japanese guys in elaborate yellow and orange makeup, they proceed to teach fellow Japanese people some ins and outs of the English language. Specifically, sexually harassment and swearing. Thanks a lot, muppets on beloved children’s show turned perverted Japanese reality!
[BoingBoing via Videogum]
