Dotch Cooking Show

Yeah, I figured SMAP guy was there for ratings appeal... It would be a shame to see the show get cancelled... It's fun and unique.

cancelled? the dotch show? you do mean only on cable right? :fingerscrossed:

What is SMAP? I never watched it. Mr. Kusanagi comes on it?

lifunk wrote:What is SMAP? I never watched it. Mr. Kusanagi comes on it?

He's one of the members of SMAP, along with Kimura Takuya, that Shingo Mama guy, and the guy who never smiles...

So smap is like a music group or....? :headscratch:

lifunk wrote:So smap is like a music group or....? :headscratch:

Part music group, part comedy group, etc... Like The Monkees from a ways back... :)

I see.....so are they any good? :hehe:

lifunk wrote:I see.....so are they any good? :hehe:

You're asking the wrong person about that.

I guess the girls are all ga-ga about 'em, but they're just a boy group like N'Sync/Backstreet Boys/etc... Not my cup of tea. :bleh:

Oh.... i kinda figured you'd have some sort of opinion on them since you do know what SMAP is, you know? Are you watching the show this weekend? I love watching it but then I get so damn hungry and i don't like eating past 8:00 because I get nightmares. :mrgreen:

lifunk wrote:cancelled? the dotch show? you do mean only on cable right? :fingerscrossed:

yes. heard that it is going to be cancelled on cable. don't know about other channels or areas.

redsun wrote:

yes. heard that it is going to be cancelled on cable. don't know about other channels or areas.

Is this in Japan, or the local (SoCal) airing?

its going to be cancelled on cable but the people in So-cal who have it broadcast on ch 18 will still be able to watch it. :victory: i dunno about Japan though.

lifunk wrote:Oh.... i kinda figured you'd have some sort of opinion on them since you do know what SMAP is, you know?

Well, you did ask. :)

Are you watching the show this weekend? I love watching it but then I get so damn hungry and i don't like eating past 8:00 because I get nightmares. :mrgreen:

I try to never miss a show. :)

bmwracer wrote:
You're asking the wrong person about that.

I guess the girls are all ga-ga about 'em, but they're just a boy group like N'Sync/Backstreet Boys/etc... Not my cup of tea. :bleh:

bmwracer... it's good that you don't go ga-ga over SMAP and they are not your cup of tea -- which means that you are not gay :hehe:

lifunk wrote:I see.....so are they any good? :hehe:

SMAP came out in the very early 1990s, consists of 6 members: Nakai Masahiro, Kimura Takuya, Katsuyuki Mori, Inagaki Goro, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi, Katori Shingo. Around 1996, Katsuyuki Mori left the group to pursue a career in racecar driving, got married to a lady who is 3 years older than him, and had a baby boy.

SMAP's music is generally Pop. Their early songs are very bubble gum love songs. as they got older, the music got better and the lyrics basically still very lovey dovey. usually about love, romance, friendship. I like their song "Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana" which came out in 2003, is about being being the best individual you can be, no one in this world is the same, everyone is unique like a flower. I also like their latest song "Tomodachi e - Say What You Will" which is about love and friendship, helping each other, the song is composed by Eric Clapton, which is written for Expo 2005 Aichi Japan.

If you are serious about trying SMAP's music the best albums to get are SMAP Vest (released in 2001) which is their greatest hits, lots of pop and fast tracks and PAMS (released in 2001) which is their greatest love ballads, got quite a number of nice songs. Definitely the single "Sekai ni hitotsu dake no hana" is really good (released in 2003).

Oh man, completely forgot make a post about last night's show:

Yakitori vs. ???? (forgot the name... like yakitori but without chicken)... :sweat:


Anyways, Yakitori won, 4-3.

And SMAP guy goes hungry again. :hehe:

Hey redsun! thanks for the 411 on SMAP. glad someone could go into more depth about what it is. I ll try the music some time. Hey do u think the people in the show are all plotting against kusanagi so that he loses all the time and will starve to death? :lol: Dude this guy is gonna end up in a hospital getting treated for anorexia if someone doesn't feed him quick!! :hehe: :sweat:

No airing of Dotch in NorCal due to Higuchi Ichiyo Monogatari special.

does NoCal get the dotch cooking show on regular broadcast? :crazy:

Yes, on Sunday nights at 9pm, except it is unsubbed.