Ernest Schaal wrote:
> in article dl9t011ad286ot6vahj1abvc2bgg9r1gbo@4ax.com, Michael Cash at
> mikecash@buggerallspammers.com wrote on 2/13/05 10:03 AM:
> 
> 
>>On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 20:26:40 +0900, "Ed" <gwbush@whitehouse.com>
>>brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:
>>
>>
>>>or is Japanese television becoming even more brain-dead than usual? My wife
>>>just loves watching this show which features a fat guy who wanders around
>>>Tokyo eating food. And not even crazy disgusting food, but just... regular
>>>food like spaghetti or ramen or rice! And then there's the show which has
>>>these two black tarentos who appear to do nothing more than act like
>>>complete retards. Not just regular gaijin tarento retards, but true morons.
>>>
>>>And I previously thought Dave Specter's hair was a low point of Japanese
>>>TV!!!!
>>
>>It's not just you. It's so atrocious that I can no longer even stand
>>to be in the room with it.
>>
>>The takkyubin guy should be showing up with a package of salvation for
>>you pretty soon. Hang on.
> 
> 
> One of the beauties of Japanese television is that it does not tempt one too
> much away from other activities, such as reading books or posting messages
> to newsgroups. I watch far less television now in Japan than I did in the
> States.

Understanding what the folks in the programs are saying probably is a 
factor.

- Kevin