Only on Japanese television does a chimpanzee TV host get to go to 2nd base with his guest. Sexual harassment chimps! Insert David Letterman joke here.

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1. Monkey Waiters: When Monkeys Have Jobs And You Don’t
2. Giant Monkey Butt Gets Fondled By Other Monkey [PIC]

CULTURE BUZZ: A Japanese show called “Panic Face King” played a prank on someone by luring him into a fake meeting where everyone proceeded to get shot by snipers.

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Leave it to the Japanese to mix sexual titillation with Tug of War. Two men tug against each other towards a model, trying to capture her nipple flag. From what I can tell, this program doesn't appear on the schedule for any of the broadcast or cable networks.

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Giving new meaning to the term “pocket rocket,” this …mime (?) shimmies and shakes a phallus from toe to head. How stupid would it be to move to Japan based solely on their game shows? That would be stupid, right? RIGHT?

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This video is a perfect storm of Japanese game show oddities, child abuse, and fake zombies. File that Tabasco trick away for later.

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A Japanese game show brings you the world's fastest undresser. It literally takes him less than a second. Here's an example of when ancient Chinese wisdom really comes in handy.

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1. Speed Dressing - A New Sport?

This is my favorite Japanese game show because I am a such huge fan of bowling. However, I think it is inappropriate that they feel they need to spice it up by featuring Japanese girls in skimpy French Maid's outfits. And what's with all the spinning?

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1. More Japanese Game Show Buzz

A guy impersonates Louis Armstrong, and Japanese game shows continue to be inexplicable. Aaand scene.

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1. Duh Aficionado Magazine: Holy Shit, Japanase Culture Is Insane!
2. Japanese girls in blackface

A Japanese game show lubes up dozens of young women in bikinis and challenges a middle aged guy to slide over their bodies. The more repressed the culture, the more perverted the television.

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On Japanese television, there is a game show where people eat marshmallows off string while giving themselves smushy-face. Vanna White: we dare you.

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TV BUZZ: A new reality show takes 10 contestants to Japan where they compete in some sort of wacky game show called Majide in front of a Japanese audience. Premieres on ABC tonight. Amazing reality television show may sound like a paradox, but this show has the potential to be totally outrageous in an awesome way.

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1. It’ll Either Be Totally Awful Or Really Funny
2. Even if It’s Awful, I’m Looking Forward to This Show, Based On Concept Alone
3. Watch Clips
4. Discussion: Japanese People Like Wack Television
5. Awesome Japanese Game Shows Finally Come to America
6. ABC is Counting On New Roster of Competitive Reality Television

TV BUZZ: G4’s latest weird Japanese game show is an obstacle course competition that’s like a martial arts version of Jackass . We haven’t been this into an obstacle course show since Double Dare . We just wish they’d incorporate green slime in there somehow.

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1. Even My Wife Chose Unbeatable Banzuke instead of Knight Rider
2. Japanese People Basically Took “American Gladiators” And Made It a Whole Lot More Awesome
3. Watch Some Clips: The Handwalk
4. YouTube - Japanese Mountain Biker Conquers Super Rider!
5. Everyone’s Into Japanese Game Shows These Days
6. Makes “American Gladiators” Look Like “Make Me a Supermodel”