OT: WTF Kikkoman?!?!?!!

Remember the Mr. Sparkle commercial from The Simpsons.

Reality is far, far weirder.

Check out Kikkoman's Japanese commercial for their soy sauce. I use it myself, but...

... at least the fictional Mr. Sparkle commercial didn't have a fishheaded superhero with a flapping loin cloth just covering his naughty bits....

... or a cat committing suicide....

... or a fishheaded superhero in bed with a naked girl.

Sorry, but anyone who thinks MST3K has somehow been offensively racist in their Japan bashing (they bash all nationalities, including American most of all, and white people even more) should watch this commercial:

http://yoga.tripod.co.jp/flash/kikkomaso.swf

Let me know if anyone has seen a WEIRDER commercial.

I dare you.

I triple dare you.

Jonah Falcon And yes, in spite of the commercial, I will continue to buy Kikkoman products. :)

Jonah Falcon came to alt.tv.futurama with a simple dream, a dream of killing all humans:

And what's wrong with that? At least the Japanese are being inventive with their commercials - the majority of commercials here in the UK are as dull as dishwater as are the myriad of American infomercials they pump out in the murkiest depths of satellite/cable TV, maybe Japanese advertisers want people to watch their commercial breaks rather than wanting folks to use them to see what's on the other channels, or as a break to go and switch on the kettle...

On 6 Jan 2003 18:58:47 GMT, rich a spewed forth:

No shit.

http://www.thismodernworld.com/weblog/archive/2002_03_31_bloggera.html#11456335

Inventive is one thing.

Moronic and disturbing is another!

Jonah Falcon

"Rev. Bleech_" wrote in message news:[email]...

http://www.thismodernworld.com/weblog/archive/2002_03_31_bloggera.html#11456 335

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 15:59:12 -0500, "Jonah Falcon" wrote:

I don't have a problem with moronic. After all, that is subjective. Also, the super hero in bed with a young girl doesn't bother me that much. Cultural differences and all that stuff.

But, what does a suicidal cat have to do with soy sauce? And did the cat commit suicide or was it pushed? Are they saying that their soy sauce tasted better on cat than other brands? Did the cat become despondent because it's owner bought a different brand? Oh, my brain hurts!!

--Larry

"Larry" wrote in message news:[email]...

Probably "We've run out of Soy Sauce" so he tops himself.

I like the Australian beer adverts- usually the best.

rich a wrote:

They are actually subtle tricks by the producers of the commercials to convince people that they are going insane so that they will buy more medicine pills advertised on television.

My Monkey Level: Guybrush Threepwood. I wonder if this means anything?

* Pocketwatch wrote: |

It does to me. :)

It's a fanmade movie. I think it's supposed to be a parody of something... perhaps Kinnikuman (M.U.S.C.L.E.)

The "SHOW YOU" thing is a play on "shoyu" (soy sauce).

Is there a way to pause these Flash movies? If so, I could probably figure out what the deal is with the girl and the cat.

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:21:25 -0500, "Jonah Falcon" wrote:

You can't even make fun of stereotypes or put down racism without someone calling you a racist.

Of all ethnic groups, MST3K made fun of white people the most.

I watched the commercial and it was truly bizarre. Is it a real commercial or some kind of fan animation?

--Larry

"All you base are belong to us!!"

Jonah Falcon wrote:

You know, This is why I stopped excepting links from strangers.

Pocketwatch wrote:

not quite a commercial... but japanese...

Normally you would have heard of this before...

hehe yatta rules :D

this fanmade yatta flashmovie is fun too :) http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/yatta.html

"Zeverken" wrote in message news:avcudt$1a04v$[email]...

or this should do quite nice too

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:21:25 -0500, "Jonah Falcon" wrote:

As far as I know, this is a fan site, not an official Kikkoman ad.

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 13:21:25 -0500, "Jonah Falcon" went upon the mount and spoke thus:

That is, by far, the weirdest thing I've seen this year.

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