Michael Cash wrote:

> 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.

Sometime last year, I even stopped watching news. I watch maybe one hour of
kid's shows a week now. I have, however, rented about 200 videos since the end
of October, when local shops resumed their 100 yen DVD campaigns.

> The takkyubin guy should be showing up with a package of salvation for
> you pretty soon. Hang on.