Edward Mills wrote:

> On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 21:27:40 +0900, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
>
> > Back in 1987, it was TV and videos which first taught me conversational Japanese.
>
> You mean like the old guy that does the voiceovers for those TBS
> retardathons? You know the guy who talks like a mix between an old woman
> having a massive orgasm and a high school girl trying to sound like a five
> year old girl?

No, I watched dramas with otherwise standard Japanese from the quality stuff that used
to be trendy dramas and classics such as Abarenbo Shogun and Hagure Keiji, as well as
semi serious game shows such as Naruhodo! Za World. I picked up bad Japanese from
original animation videos.