(Hotel 17) EPIC

I have talked about Manzai which is a form of entertainment given by two people making funny jokes on stage. Downtown is a Manzai group consisting of Matsumoto and Hamada as we all know.

Recently, Yamasaki has joined the Tsukitei "Rakugo" group. Rakugo is a form of entertainment given by one person. You can look at it as a "Stand-up Comedian." Anyhow here's more about it;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakugo

My understanding is that there are different "Rakugo" groups. One that Yamasaki has chosen is the Tsukitei, thus when Yamasaki does his Rakugo on stage his name becomes "Tsukitei Hosei" It is like a family name.

Our favorite "Show-Hei" from "Show-Hei Hey!" is indeed a Rakugo artist. His group or family name is "Shoufukutei." Thus, he's known as Shofukutei Showhei.

Other than that, this clip is indeed an epic one.
Thank you, Alex for another awesome job.


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(Hotel 16) Sticky Reception

It is obvious that many of the celebrities making cameos has done this series in a past.

Such as the case for the Uehara Haruna whom I have wrote about previously. (for those haven't read about it yet) http://www.shibatabread.com/2009/08/perseverance-pt-9.html

Another celebrity making another cameo is Kazuo Umezu.
http://www.shibatabread.com/2009/04/scary-horror-manga-pt-10.html
　
Here's a Japanese word that many Japanese think is from an English, but is actually a Portuguese;
トランプ　or Trump or Playing Cards in English

Thank you, Alex
Enjoy,

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(Hotel 15) Half Way!

Finally I'm at half way.

Thank you all for your continuous support.

And of course, thank you, Alex.



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NotShibataBread

is my new account name.

I tried to create a username with some of the ones we all seem to like, and what do you know, they are all taken :)
I felt like I had reached a new level of faulty celebrity status.
Should I be flattered?

Please be patient as it'll take some time to upload these videos.


Thank you all

Spread the word to other Gaki fans.

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As I said this before...

I hate quitters.
And I try not to be one.

Thank you everyone for their comments and suggestions.

I'll be back uploading videos (hopefully) this Saturday.

I'm accepting suggestions on my next utube name.
Here are few;

ShibataBread3 (boring, I know)
ShibataBreadOut
ReturnOfTheShibataBread
ShibataBreadNotDead
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(Hotel 14) You probably know more Japanese than you think

OK, first, there's this neat soda you can buy in Japan called "Ramune." Its carbonation is sealed by a marble at the top. The mable can be pushed down into the soda to release the carbonation. I know I'm making no sense. Here's a better explanation;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramune

What I thought was neat in above Wiki article was that the word Ramune is phonetically derived from an English word "Lemonade." Another Japanese word that is phonetically derived from an English word is ワイシャツ or Y-shirt. It is believed that(I could be SO WRONG on this)when English told the Japanese it is a "White Shirt," to Japanese, it sounded like "Y-shirt." And the letter "Y" sort of resemble a shirt, so the word Y-shirt was stuck. And to this day, any dress shirt is Y-shirt in Japan.

As this blog is read by people from all over the globe. I thought I'd list some Japanese words that are derivatives of German, French, and Dutch.

From German(Lots of medical and scientific terms. Thanks Wiki)
Aspirin
Gaze
Kaffein
Karte
Energie
Natrium
Baumkuchen(personal favorite)
Arbeit
Kategorie
Rucksack

From French
Objet
dessin
pas de deux
jupon
piment
choux à la crème
parole
pensée
enquête
oh hisse
concierge

From Dutch
alcohol (!?)
orgel
dans
bier
hysterie
pomp
mes

OK, this is getting boring. Enjoy the clip.
Thank you, Alex.


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(Hotel 13) OK, so there are things that I don't know

Yamasaki is asked to impersonate SAKANA KUN (Fish Boy) in this clip. I had no idea who or what that was, so I looked it up. Evidently, SAKANA KUN is a man who possesses more knowledge about fish than anyone else(so he claims.) As you can see in this clip (where he appeared on one of BBC programmings,) he's pretty out there and very eccentric to say the least.


Another person Yamasaki impersonate is none other than Demon Kogure. His hard-rock band, Seikima-II has been around since the 80's. His ongoing shtick(I'm not sure if he's still like this but) back then was he was truly a "demon" and looked at the rest of us as being "inferior beings." Anyhow, here his bands' hit song from the 80's.　蝋人形の館　(House of Wax Figurines) Yeah! METAL \m/


Special thanks goes to Alex.
Enjoy,


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