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[KhirasHY]

Also Gaki no Tsukai's title isn't even standard Japanese, its based off of Kansai dialect (The dialect of Japanese I speak)
The title, if in standard Japanese, would be Gaki no tsukai janai yo!

Forgot to mention, since Hamada is from Osaka, he speaks in a Kansai dialect...but when he speaks to his children, he only speaks standard Japanese (as Kansai is generally regarded as "improper")

[darkroxas45]

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On the Sentai front, has anyone ever wondered why a number of the female Sentai costumes have miniskirts on them? (This is avoiding a few of the earlier series where the women wore basically leotards) Well, it happens to cover up that the people IN said suits are often male. I think Dekaranger is one of the first series (post Zyuranger) to avoid the miniskirts. (This isn't counting Gokaiger where there are non-skirted versions of a number of the outfits)

Or that the pink one has a skirt because the character was fem in both series but the yellow doesn't due to the Japanese actor being Male (R.I.P. Thuy Trang)

[Fudgethatkay]

How about some Japanese Comedian Trivia? Let's talk about the guys on my favorite comedy show in Japan, Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! [/URL]

Now we're in my territory >:3 Let me add random bits

Also, Hamada is the Japanese voice of Shrek

A running gag on the batsu games and the show is to have Endo's now ex-wife Chiaki show up (New Year's 2012/2013 show was a bad time for him )
She's always been mentioned or brought in as wild card during batsu games


Now, Downtown and Cocorico are manzai comedy duo groups. What is manzai one may ask? To quote wikipedia; Manzai usually involves two performers (manzaishi)—a straight man (tsukkomi) and a funny man (boke)—trading jokes at great speed. Most of the jokes revolve around mutual misunderstandings, double-talk, puns and other verbal gags.

Hamada is tsukkomi, Matsumoto is boke

Also Gaki no Tsukai's title isn't even standard Japanese, its based off of Kansai dialect (The dialect of Japanese I speak)
The title, if in standard Japanese, would be Gaki no tsukai janai yo!

Despite working together for so long, Hamada and Matsumoto rarely deal with each other's personal lives, to the point one said it would be awkward.

[KhirasHY]

How about some Japanese Comedian Trivia? Let's talk about the guys on my favorite comedy show in Japan, Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (This is no job for errand boys)

-The main comedy group for Gaki no Tsukai is "Downtown" (Hamada Masatoshi, Matsumoto Hitoshi), "Cocorico" (Endou Shozo, Tanaka Naoki), and Yamasaki Hosei. The latter three are younger than the Downtown members, and tend to act subservient in most episodes...until not doing so brings about a better punchline.

-Hamada is often referred to as the Super Sadist, often smacking cast members (with slaps, fans, etc), and playing vicious pranks on various cast members. During one episode, he was put on mock trial, where Matsumoto jokingly demanded the death penalty. Tanaka mentioned during the trial that a prank in which Hamada pretended to become furious with him for fumbling a line during recording caused him to "cry on someone's chest for the first time of my life."

-Tsunku, of the rock group Sharan Q, claims he got his first big break when Hamada slapped him in public, and says any musician that Hamada slaps will make it big.

-Hamada is often ridiculed for his appearance, most often by Matsumoto, because of his large lips. His nicknames include "monkey child," "chimpanzee,""baby gorilla," and "lip monster."

See the Super Sadist here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZBkJmatmeQ

-Matsumoto is a skilled artist, but Hamada is not - an occasional bit on the show is to give cast members an idea and have them describe what Hamada's drawings will look like, often with hilarious results.

-The biggest show of the year for Gaki no Tsukai is the annual Batsu Geme (Punishment Game), which airs every year on New Years Eve. The games have grown over the years, going from simple tasks as a result of losing a bet (ie, going to the Evion factory for a bottle of water), but in recent years have changed into 24 hour long games of tag, and the infamous "No Laughing" games. The No Laughing series involves renting a location, completely remodeling it, and hiring out dozens of comedians, actors, and musicians to make the victims laugh, wherein they are promptly punished by receiving a smack (and one year, a dart) to the ass. These shows are hilarious to watch, but in recent years have 5-7 hours of airtime.

-Yamasaki Hosei and Tanaka Naoki are traditionally the cast members who laugh the least during the games, so the staff devised special punishments specifically for them. Yamasaki is traditionally targeted by former professional wrestler, who slaps his viciously across the face (a bit which never fails to make the other four members laugh hysterically multiple times). Tanaka is punished by a professional kickboxer delivering a "thai kick" to his ass, which he also tends to play for laughs among the other members.

-Endo Shozo is generally considered the "good looking" one of the bunch, and is punished in other ways. While trying to make him laugh, he will often be groped by women, most notably by Matsuko Deluxe. He will often then be slapped or hit.

[fireheart]

Wow, he's 61? I thought he was 50, tops.

I can go one better, although it's non-Sentai related.

This guy (linked because the image is huge) was pushing 60 when he retired from The Wiggles.

He did NOT look 40 when The Wiggles first debuted. (I remember this because I had one of the original videos when The Wiggles first debuted with the colour-coded shirts)

On the Sentai front, has anyone ever wondered why a number of the female Sentai costumes have miniskirts on them? (This is avoiding a few of the earlier series where the women wore basically leotards) Well, it happens to cover up that the people IN said suits are often male. I think Dekaranger is one of the first series (post Zyuranger) to avoid the miniskirts. (This isn't counting Gokaiger where there are non-skirted versions of a number of the outfits)

[Fudgethatkay]

This guy however, does NOT voice the puppet though. The guy who DOES voice the puppet? He is the Japanese VA for Usopp from One Piece.

Yamaguchi Kappei also voices Inuyasha, Ranma, and L in anime.

[firecat88]

While we're on the Sentai subject!

Singer and actor Kenta Satou has ties to two of the Super Sentai shows. His first appearance was in Kousoku Sentai Turboranger, where he played the red ranger. He also sang the opening and ending themes for the show, as well as several insert songs. At at least one of the Super Sentai Spirits concerts, he appears onstage wearing his costume from the show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_RPUPo6Mtc (Warning: Music may cause sudden urge to dance)

Satou also sang the opening theme for Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger (the show that would go on to become the basis for the first Power Rangers season in the US).

[Victory Sabre]

Wow, he's 61? I thought he was 50, tops.

Well, since you've mentioned Super Sentai, here's my addation to this thread.

Kazuo Niibori was the Red Suit actor for 13 years from Battle Fever J (Battle Japan) to Jetman (Red Hawk). He was also the suit actor for several of Kamen Rider series (1,2,X Amazon)

[fireheart]

I have an interesting one that I found out tonight. I've started watching the latest Sentai series to grace Japanese airwaves, specifically Ressha Sentai ToQger (pronounced "Tokkyuger") which is train-themed. Their "ally" in this series is this guy:



(yes, that's a puppet on his hand. Said puppet in the show is a hilarious jackass who has some autonomy...as in he manages to pull the "conductor" along with him at one point)

Not only does he look fairly good for 61 years old(I am not making this up), but this guy also had a cameo role WAAAAAY back in the very first Sentai Series to grace Japanese screens, aka Himitsu Sentai GoRanger. He was a truck driver. So he managed to get a regular role I guess (He also had a role in Erik the Viking as a slavemaster.)


This guy however, does NOT voice the puppet though. The guy who DOES voice the puppet? He is the Japanese VA for Usopp from One Piece.

[wolfie]

In the U.S., Vicks Vapor Inhaler, an over-the-counter (i.e. non-prescription) decongestant, contains methamphetamine. Not as crazy as it sounds - the molecule exists in 2 chiralities (it's asymmetric, and the 2 forms are mirror images of each other), and the levorotary form doesn't have the same addiction potential as its mirror-image twin.

This isn't the only drug whose different chiralities have different effects - only one chirality of thalidomide causes birth defects. Unfortunately, since it can change chiralities "in vivo", the "no defect" form isn't safe for pregnant women.

[KhirasHY]

How about a Jay 2K version? That's right...random pro wrestling/wrestler trivia!

-Mick Foley (AKA Cactus Jack, Mankind, Dude Love) has sustained one of the longer injury lists, such as a broken jaw, fractured left shoulder, broken right wrist, a broken toe, two broken noses, second degree burns and a total of over 300 stitches all over his body. 1998: In an intensely brutal Hell in a Cell match vs The Undertaker, Foley had, his shoulder and jaw dislocated and a tooth knocked into his nose. During a match against Vader (Leon White) in Munich, Germany, he lost 2/3 of his right ear when it was torn off by the ring ropes, which had been tightened without his knowledge before the match.

-The first (and only) time Mick Foley's two children saw him perform live at a show was an "I Quit" match against The Rock (Dwayne Johnson). The match was so brutal, both his children and his wife were visibly shaken and in tears, and had to leave the arena. Parts of the match, and more notably their reaction, is shown in the documentary "Beyond the Mat."

-If you're betting from home about who will win the yearly Royal Rumble match, the safest bet is on #27. More wrestlers have won the event from that position than any other (Big John Studd in 1989, Yokozuna in 1993, Bret Hart in 1994, and Steve Austin in 2001).

-Despite being one of the more legendary names in the industry, Jake "The Snake" Roberts never held any title in the WWF/WWE during his time there.

-"Rowdy" Roddy Piper, whose in-ring character is a boisterous Scottish man, is actually Canadian.

-Thus far, Wrestlemania XVI is the only Wrestlemania which did not feature a single 1v1 match between males.

-Speaking of Wrestlemania, there was never a main event for the WWF/WWE Championship that featured two wrestlers using their real names until Wrestlemania XIX, where Kurt Angle faced Brock Lesnar.

-When the "Smackdown" brand was originally created, it was envisioned to be a female-only brand of wrestling. Obviously, this changed.

-The longest WWE/WWF championship reign is held by Bruno Sammartino, which clocked in at 2803 days (more than 7 years). As of this moment, that's longer than the combined reigns of Randy Orton, John Cena, and Triple-H combined. It began before JFK's assassination, and ended two years after Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.

[wolfie]

-Chiana was originally meant to be a one-episode character. They wound up liking her so much that she wound up joining the show permanently.

Klinger from M*A*S*H was intended to be a single-scene gag character.

-The voice actor for the character Pilot is the same guy who plays Crais on the show.

Before he came on board as Col. Potter, Harry Morgan played a bigoted general in one episode.

-The show refrained from using CGI with Rygel as much as possible because they found it was too expensive. One of the few times its actually done is when Rygel is "walking" to meet with the Monster of the Week in one of the earlier episodes.

The transporter in Star Trek was created to avoid the cost of repeatedly filming a shuttle landing and taking off.

[fireheart]

Since we're on the subject of totally random TV trivia, here's some from Farscape (which I've started re-watching/actually watching: I haven't seen anything beyond Season 2)

-Nearly all of the cast and crew are Australian or New Zealander with the sole exception of Ben Browder (who is from the USA). (In particular, the actors for Zhaan, Aeryn, D'Argo, Chiana, Jool, Sikozu and Scorpius are all Australian, Crais is from New Zealand)

-Virginia Hey (who played the blue-skinned Zhaan on the show) wound up suffering from kidney problems caused by her blue makeup and had to leave the show (she also wanted to grow her hair back). The show were very understanding and gave her a graceful send-off as a result.

-The voice actor for the character Pilot is the same guy who plays Crais on the show.

-Rygel wound up nearly being "broken" at one stage. How? They used a new puppet for him in a filler episode and Anthony Simcoe (who played D'Argo) got a bit too OTT with force-feeding said puppet crackers.

-Chiana was originally meant to be a one-episode character. They wound up liking her so much that she wound up joining the show permanently. She also tended to cock her head a lot to compensate for the contact lenses she had to wear.

-Sikozu's crazy hair when she was first introduced is the actors actual hair

-Nearly all of the show was filmed in Australia and a good chunk of it was filmed out at Homebush, which is about 10-15kms from where I am located now.

-Among some of the "We were going to do this, but never did" moments, one of them was intended to wrap up Rygel's story. It never happened because they had more trouble with multiple Hynerian puppets!

-Aussies may recognise some of the guest stars that appear on the show, among them are Grant Bowler and Madga Szubanski. (the latter had a recurring role, the former was a one-shot character who looked quite handsome in bright red makeup )

-The show refrained from using CGI with Rygel as much as possible because they found it was too expensive. One of the few times its actually done is when Rygel is "walking" to meet with the Monster of the Week in one of the earlier episodes.

-During the filming of an episode in the second season, Claudia Black's phone went off while she was kissing the puppet Rygel. She had to buy a whole case of beer for the crew

[KhirasHY]

A BIG background mistake was carried intact from the original to the remake. The Galactica is basically an aircraft carrier in space, so it can be assumed that the ranks used are naval ranks (confirmed by some characters having navy-only ranks). No navy would have a father and son serving on the same ship, with the son outranking the father (Apollo is a Captain, Adama is a Commander - Captain outranks Commander).

Even if Lee had been a higher rank, it could've been explained away since he was only originally on Galactica for Cmdr. Adama's ceremony. It always bugged me that the ranks were out of order, but meh, it's a minor quibble all things considered

[wolfie]

-Characters present in both the original and remake series: Adama, Starbuck, Apollo, Boomer, Tigh, Baltar, Boxey (in only the miniseries and a brief appearance in one episode), Admiral Cain, President Adar, and Zak. In the original series, Adar and "Zac" appeared in the pilot episode only, and Starbuck was male instead of female.

Don't forget that in the original, Boomer was male.

Another difference between the series: in the original, Apollo, Starbuck, and Boomer were their real names, while in the remake they're callsigns.

A BIG background mistake was carried intact from the original to the remake. The Galactica is basically an aircraft carrier in space, so it can be assumed that the ranks used are naval ranks (confirmed by some characters having navy-only ranks). No navy would have a father and son serving on the same ship, with the son outranking the father (Apollo is a Captain, Adama is a Commander - Captain outranks Commander).

Could have been fixed quite easily by making Adama a Commodore. In the Napoleonic-era British navy, Captains were promoted to Admiral strictly on seniority. Commodore was a temporary rank - if it was necessary to put a Captain in charge of a fleet, but the Navy wasn't ready to promote him and all captains senior to him to Admiral, he would be appointed Commodore of the fleet (even if he weren't the most senior captain in the fleet). On the fleet accomplishing its goal and being split back into its constituent ships, the title would lapse, and he'd be back to Captain with his seniority unaffected.