CULTURE BUZZ: Japanese baby and dog have a call and response whimperfest on a Japanese television show.

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Meet Francis, a poodle and Japanese culinary expert. There's no Gyoza episode yet, but it's been requested. (There is a video for Bukkake Udon? You'll have to click that one on your own.)

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The Best Links:

1. Via Serious Eats

Kure Kure Takora is a Japanese kids' show from the '70s, and it's insane. The title apparently translates to “Gimme Gimme Octopus,” which is the most logical aspect of the entire thing. In my mind I have entitled this episode, “Why Will the Robot Not Accept My Garlic?”

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The Best Links:

1. via Boing Boing
2. Episode 244, “Let’s Challenge the Racoon to an Archery Contest”
3. Episode 220, BANNED for extreme violence!
4. Episode 100: “Please Stop Beating That Doll That Looks Like Me”