# OK, this is very weird...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-very-weird/58078>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 15, 2001, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-very-weird/58078 "2001-03-15T10:13:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-very-weird/58078/1 "2001-03-15T10:13:01Z")

</div>

It’s supposedly a pilot for a Japanese TV show, but I seriously doubt it - any idea who made it?

[http://www.hypnotic.com/media/windows/tokyo\_breakfast\_dsl.asx](http://www.hypnotic.com/media/windows/tokyo_breakfast_dsl.asx)

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![tubagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b77776/32.png) [@tubagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tubagirl)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-very-weird/58078/2 "2001-03-15T14:36:08Z")

</div>

HAve you heard the word “satire.” That was definitly one. There is no way that is a real TV show pilot. It was damn funny though.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2001, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-very-weird/58078/3 "2001-03-15T14:39:15Z")

</div>

I like the theme music. It will probably be running through my head for a few days.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-very-weird/58078/4 "2001-03-16T00:16:39Z")

</div>

Besides, aren’t pilots usually, I don’t know, _longer_ than the real show would be? My guess is sketch comedy. Funny stuff, I thought.  
From an ICQ I had with a coworker about this clip:

> [@](#):
>
> \<imitation lit crit\>  
> My second knee jerk reaction is that on a PC level, it’s no worse than other shows making fun of cross-culturalism as a source of humor (e.g., Carlton on Fresh Prince trying to be white, various shows/skits where white people try to be black).
> 
> On another level, it also looks as if it’s a self-reflexive parody of the way Japanese adopt American phrases/trends for the sake of being cool. On this level, and considering the fact that it does appear to be a Japanese television show, it is pretty funny.  
> \</imitation lit crit\>

I’m just wondering what influence, if any, the Budwiser “Wazzup” commercials had on it.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-very-weird/58078/5 "2001-03-16T00:27:51Z")

</div>

And darn you **Badtz** for posting this. I thought for sure that I’d be the first to post one of these “damn, this is a strange web site/movie clip/flash movie” for a change. 😛

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5daacb/32.png) [@RocknRoll\_Killing\_Machine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RocknRoll_Killing_Machine)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ok-this-is-very-weird/58078/6 "2001-03-16T01:11:18Z")

</div>

ahaha, SA is my guide for internet trends.