The last time we talked I think he said he'd decided on UCLA.
Oh well. I guess these are the start of Elt's wild years.
I'd be happy for him if it didn't cut off such a great source of dramas.
Na. I'm happy for him.
Haha. :hehe: That's great news to hear. I enjoyed my years in college. Hmm, I swear UCLA was a quarter system like the other UC schools except Berkeley. He must be doing some summer classes to get his GEs out of the way. :D
Geezer wrote:
Am I wrong, or is drinking a glass full of that stuff one of the punishments for getting a question wrong on Shiro Ito's "Food for the Brain" game show later in the evening?
I was thinking the same thing. The "Moyato Juice." :hehe:
But those people in the commercial seem to enjoy the taste of the green drink. They might be playing it up for TV, but those Sapuri contestants sure hate it when they realize they are going to have to drink it. :bleh:
What word are they saying there? I thought it was either "moyato" or "moyatto" but I don't see any obvious correct translation for that in Jim Breen's dictionary. Perhaps I'm mishearing, or maybe it's just beyond my infant-level Japanese. :bonk: It's been driving me nuts.[/quote]
What word are they saying there? I thought it was either "moyato" or "moyatto" but I don't see any obvious correct translation for that in Jim Breen's dictionary. Perhaps I'm mishearing, or maybe it's just beyond my infant-level Japanese. :bonk: It's been driving me nuts.
Actually I think you're right, it is "Moyatto". Now what that means?? :headscratch:
Either a question (or answer) is "Sukiri" or "Moyatto". Maybe this is something worth asking in the Learn Japanese forum.
I believe "Sukiri!" means "Clear!" as in "Level/stage clear!" on videogames, but I could be wrong.
Randomly, speaking of IQ Sapuri, it seems to be really popular in Japan. When I talk to Japanese people here or elsewhere about what Japanese shows I watch, IQ Sapuri is the one they like/know the best.
I'm usually talking to twenty-thirtysomething women, so maybe it's just really popular with that demographic.
Moyatto probably comes from the mimesis moya-moya which is what you use when you're feeling foggy headed.
wintersweet wrote:Randomly, speaking of IQ Sapuri, it seems to be really popular in Japan. When I talk to Japanese people here or elsewhere about what Japanese shows I watch, IQ Sapuri is the one they like/know the best.
I'm usually talking to twenty-thirtysomething women, so maybe it's just really popular with that demographic.
I'm sure it goes beyond that. Most of the Japanese I know love to play with the language, and that's mostly what the show is about. You'll get three quarters of the questions if you know your kanji inside and out.
I love the program. I figure that according to their statistics my IQ is...60 maybe? But one of the nice parts of the show is there is always one Japanese person who doesn't figure it out. So even if I'm a complete idiot, I've at least got company.
Yeah, I learn a lot from the show, even though my comprehension is pretty low. Every once in a while I get one of the kanji-based games, or at least learn a pronunciation for a kanji I previously only knew in Chinese. I count Saturday's TV block as language study. :mrgreen:
I can't imagine a wordplay-oriented show like this becoming popular on US TV, at least not currently.
Based on "Food for the Brain" there is clearly a brass plate with my name on it on the little yellow school bus.
I'll watch it for a few minutes if it's on at the end of a tape, or stored in my computer... but the bottom line is... puns, word games, and puzzles in a language I don't speak? Not happening at Chez Geezer. I have enough things to be insecure about in English.
Before it was IQ no Sapuri ("Food for the Brain"), does anyone remember what they aired after the Taiga drama? I can't recall the program for the life of me.
dochira wrote:Before it was IQ no Sapuri ("Food for the Brain"), does anyone remember what they aired after the Taiga drama? I can't recall the program for the life of me.
Wasn't it the game show, Nihon no Shitsumon? Or was that something in between the two?
I don't pay much attention to the game shows, but I do remember that for a while, before "Food for the Brain", they showed, "Hey, Spring of Trivia". That one didn't last long, and then it had a brief, dubbed run on Spike TV.
But before that, and seemingly for years, they showed the Japanese version of an old American game show called, "The Liars CLub".
Each of 4 "celebrities" was shown an object, and they had to make up a story about what it was. Then the contestants had to figure out who was telling the truth.
The memorable thing about that show (for me) was that the Original Ultraman's daughter was one of the celebs.
wintersweet wrote:I don't suppose anyone's obsessive enough to give us a rundown on who the regulars on IQ Supli are? I recognize only a couple of 'em.
She's the one "personality" that I notice every time I see the show.
I didn't know whether she was an actress, or a comic, or a TV host, but she's one of those people who's so at home, on stage, or in front of a camera, that you just assume she's very very well known.
Now that I have her name I can dig around and find out what her claim to fame is.
dochira wrote:Before it was IQ no Sapuri ("Food for the Brain"), does anyone remember what they aired after the Taiga drama? I can't recall the program for the life of me.
Wasn't there a comedy show called "Adventures of the Laughing Dog" or something? It usually included a short game show segment where the contestants were dressed up in bug costumes and paired together. For each round, the host would give them a hiragana character from which one of each of the pairs would have to come up with a word that started with that sound (or a hiragana variation of it, like HA, BA, PA) and then their partner had to quickly come up with a common repetitive sound/phrase associated with the word. Example: Hiragana "I" Word "Inu" Sound "Wan-Wan"
Then there was a judge who determined whether the sound/phrase was legitimate and disqualified the pair if it was not. So, once the round got going, each pair would take turns quickly, round and round, until one pair either ran out of time or was disqualified. The pair that lost would have something humilating done to them.
The Laughing Dog also had a segment that became quite popular, which I used to refer to as the "Yatta guys." They even appeared on Jimmy Kimmel one time. Imagine a group of nearly naked guys (with fig leaves) jumping around, chanting "Yatta! Yatta! Yatta!"
I remember the show, but I can't remember if it was on Saturday or Sunday.
I was also under the impression that it was called the laughing Cow, rather than Laughing Dog. But I could be wrong.
One of the bits they kept bringing back that I loved were "The Adventures of Handsome Sama." The one comic coming out in the sky blue kimono, the women swooning and all the bad guys dressed like drooling bums, and in almost every episode finding ways to be tossed, by Handsome Sama, into some pool of water.
The guys always looked like there were having more fun doing those sketches than any of the others.
Old-Ant wrote:Wasn't it the game show, Nihon no Shitsumon? Or was that something in between the two?
Yup, that be it. I have a few snippets of that after letting my tapes run long on Saturday nights.
And that IQ show... oh man. I usually just keep the TV running until "Kikaida" comes on, and that show gives me the giggles. But it also helps me recognize J-drama faces more and more -- like Ishizuka Hidehiko. He's in everything -- I just got through watching "Otousan," and he's in that too! Not to mention the Kikkoman commercials that pop up on Saturday and Sunday nights.
Thanks for the welcomes. Going into a busy period at work, but I'll try to check in again soon. :fingerscrossed: Ja ne!
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