Northern California's KTSF web site

ap wrote:
it was called the adventures of the laughing dog and it replaced ironchef when it ended its run on sat nites

That's right. I remember that show now.

For Wakaba fans who are experiencing their mid-week Wakaba withdrawal:

http://www.g-platform.jp/meta/expo54_biolun_e_031005.asx

http://www.tsuchiyagumi.co.jp/en/koho05/tv.wmv

Yes, thanks for the list, Dochira!

As for other shows, I miss ... I can't remember its full name, something or other Dead Or Alive. It was entertaining and strangely educational. Unlike a lot of the shows (including ones I enjoy) I think a similar show really could catch on here.

Anyway, I missed last week's shows again. No, I'm not going to ask for tapes this time. We were in Las Vegas for a wedding and our VCR finally died its final death. The good news is tha the new roommate has a VCR that works and it's hooked up now. But I'm sad about missing the groundlaying eps of "Atarashii Kaze." :shamefulcry:

Well, if we can turn off Animal Crossing before 7 today, we'll try to catch up ...

Wintersweet -- be sad no more: tonight's episode of Atarashii Kaza should begin with a summary of the previous episode and leave you with no feeling of having missed anything. (By the way, this "one-hour" show is really half and hour preceded with a lengthy summary.) The first episode introduced us to a confusing number of characters that left me scratching my head as to who is who to whom and when is the story going to begin. It's only half way through the second episode that the story finally takes off, which should be summarized (at great length) in tonight's episode.

Strangely, this show plays out with the music of Michel Polnareff who sings (in French) his 1970's hits. The producer's (or director's) lack of knowledge of French can be amusing. In one scene, when Mr. and Mrs. Niimi are having breakfast with their ever-pouting daughter Moe, we hear Polnareff singing his lust for a prostitute: "Pour un peu d'argent je me paye son corps" (For a bit of money I can get her body).

Say, isn't the actress in the Natto Ichi commercials (the one where the housewife meets a guy pushing Natto Yon (4) in the supermarket and passes on it in favor of Natto Ichi) Amami Yuki?

Old-Ant wrote:Say, isn't the actress in the Natto Ichi commercials (the one where the housewife meets a guy pushing Natto Yon (4) in the supermarket and passes on it in favor of Natto Ichi) Amami Yuki?

I'm back! And not a moment too soon. I've missed way too many posts on these boards. :grumble:

I was at a friend's house watching KTSF last weekend (and getting her up to speed on "Kaza," since she missed the first few eps), and that commercial came on. I turned to her and said "Rikon Bengoshi, ne?" She fell on the floor laughing, amazed that I actually knew about that dorama. Got my otaku reputation at stake here!

Anyway. It is Yuki-san. She looks really good with her hair short like that. And if someone offered me natto, I'd keep on walking. An acquired taste that I never acquired. :bleh:

CK

CherKell wrote:Anyway. It is Yuki-san. She looks really good with her hair short like that. And if someone offered me natto, I'd keep on walking. An acquired taste that I never acquired. :bleh:

Thanks for checking on that. Judging from her hair, it was probably quite a few years back that she did the commercial. I hear she's Takarazuka trained (which may explain the out-of-character dance routine during the closing credits of Jouou no Kyoushitsu).

I've had to eat natto a few times when in Japan (it was a very nice family, and I couldn't refuse). I just had to choke it down and tell them how wonderful it tasted. For me, it was never the taste, it was the texture... Urrg! I don't want to think about it.

Old-Ant wrote:Thanks for checking on that. Judging from her hair, it was probably quite a few years back that she did the commercial. I hear she's Takarazuka trained (which may explain the out-of-character dance routine during the closing credits of Jouou no Kyoushitsu).

Oooh. "The Queen's Classroom." I should pull that off of d-addicts. Looks interesting!

BTW, safe travels to Dochira! Hope you can make it over to Iron Chef Sakai's restaurant... if only to stand in front of it to say "you've been there." :hehe:

CK

CherKell wrote:

Oooh. "The Queen's Classroom." I should pull that off of d-addicts. Looks interesting!

BTW, safe travels to Dochira! Hope you can make it over to Iron Chef Sakai's restaurant... if only to stand in front of it to say "you've been there." :hehe:

CK

There's a restaurant in Hawaii? I'll have to check this one out. Thanks. :D

CherKell wrote:

Oooh. "The Queen's Classroom." I should pull that off of d-addicts. Looks interesting!

It's my favorite of the Summer Season. (And that's saying something for me since I'm an absolute sucker for Slow Dance-type romantic comedies, and Slow Dance is a good'un.) It's a new take on the Kimpachi-sensei-style drama where the teacher saves the students, but this time the students are only 6th graders and they basically have to save themselves.

Amami looks absolutely severe in the drama -- like Mary Poppins from hell. But in the closing credits she gets to let her hair down (literally) and do a broadway style dance number. She looks gorgeous doing it. :inlove:

(I did manage to mention Slow Dance, so I'm still on topic, right? Right?)

I know there is an active thread for KTSF, but it can go for a while without people looking at it. I wanted to make sure that people are able to set their recorders before Sunday evening comes around as a surprise.

I was watching the Japanese news this morning, and in place of the usual Sunday night lineup, they had an announcement.

Due to a conflict at KTSF, they've changed the time when the Japanese Sunday Night dramas are being shown for Sunday 9/25.

Slow Dance begins at 1:00AM, and Densha Otoko begins at a little after 2:00 AM on Sunday morning. So if you want to see your show, set your recorder from 1:00 AM to 3:00 AM on Sunday morning.

Without thinking I erased the news programs that I saw the announcement on, but I'll post the entire late-night Saturday/early Sunday schedule when I see the news tomorrow.

Here's the schedule they have listed:

Saturday 9/24 Tokyo TV
11:30 PM NHK News
11:45 PM Miemasuka Ai
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1:00 AM 3-Minute Cooking
1:10 AM Slow Dance
2:00 AM Kuishimbo! Banzai
2:05 AM Hello Restaurant
2:10 AM Densha Otoko
3:00 AM Popjapan TV

I suspect that the AM schedule is for Sunday Morning, but since they don't mention specifically whether it's Sunday morning or Saturday morning, I'm going to set my DVR for both just in case.

I'm such a sucker! I just started crying when Niimi was talking to the shopkeeper and she mentioned that she'd heard his speeches. :nut: Something must be wrong with me.

That was interesting.

During Brain Este IQ Sapuri, one of the women in the back row, Nozawa Naoko, said that she lives in San Francisco and talked about how IQ Sapuri comes on TV right after a Taiga Dorama with no regard to what station it originally showed.

If she's back by now, she can watch herself all over again.

That's awesome. I wish I'd underestood that.

I found this hysterical mini-bio of her:
She is also comedian and crazy punk rock musician! Her most famous song is "Splatter", of course, its theme is splatter movies. Now she lives in USA, and she is a singer of "The Ass Baboons of Venus".

Ooookay then.

This listing from last year (scroll down) doesn't really make me want to go catch a show:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/07/x_8days.html

wintersweet wrote:This listing from last year (scroll down) doesn't really make me want to go catch a show:
http://www.sfbg.com/39/07/x_8days.html

Yeah, it doesn't seem to be quite up my alley either. "Hanauta" (humming) is the only other oraface (aside from the mouth) that I want to hear a song come out of.

I found a small page on her on Wiki, but it wasn't nearly so entertaining as the one you found. There was no reference to "ass" that I could make out (but my Japanese isn't perfect by any standards). One thing it did say is that she returns to Japan about twice every year for guest appearances on TV programs, radio and such.

She didn't fare too well (just slightly better than the kid) on IQ Sapuri last night, so I doubt we'll be seeing her much on the show in the future... (But who knows? Japanese quiz shows aren't exactly tournament play.)

Old-Ant wrote:That was interesting.

During Brain Este IQ Sapuri, one of the women in the back row, Nozawa Naoko, said that she lives in San Francisco and talked about how IQ Sapuri comes on TV right after a Taiga Dorama with no regard to what station it originally showed.

If she's back by now, she can watch herself all over again.

That's what I thought she said. They were like "Taiga drama!" :hehe:

I didn't see IQ this weekend.

Dochira,

Did they seem shocked that we watch Taiga Dramas? Or shocked that they follow one?

Old Ant,

...said that she lives in San Francisco and talked about how IQ Sapuri comes on TV right after a Taiga Dorama with no regard to what station it originally showed.

Maybe I'm just being thick, but I'm not sure what you meant by that last phrase. "...no regard to what station it originally showed."

Geezer wrote:I didn't see IQ this weekend.
Old Ant,

...said that she lives in San Francisco and talked about how IQ Sapuri comes on TV right after a Taiga Dorama with no regard to what station it originally showed.

Maybe I'm just being thick, but I'm not sure what you meant by that last phrase. "...no regard to what station it originally showed."

Just that the Taiga Dorama is NHK and that IQ Sapuri is Fuji. They were all surprised that the American station would mix shows from different Japanese networks.

Ah, see? I was just being thick.

Thanks.