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Ramenz – ラーメンズ

Posted on 24. May, 2006 @ 10:10 pm by harvey in Humor Views: 872

Remember the post a while back about the sushi culture introduction video from the comedy duo RAMENZ 「ラーメンズ」?

One of my friends from “the office” is a big RAMENZ fan, and has introduced me to even more RAMENZ clips! Look! His blog post even has my name in it! Some of these are flash animations overlaying the original RAMENZ routine. Be sure your PC volume is on when watching.
I like to call this one “SHINBASHI”, it is a language course for foreigners covering useful Japanese phrases. It starts off with “これは山手線ですか？” (is this yamanoto line?), and gets less useful from there.

『日本で役立つとっさの一言』 Nihon de yakudatsu tossa no hitogoto

I like to call this one “Mr. Suzuki”, though it is actually the French version of the above “useful Japanese phrases”. Key points include, 「そんなもの飲んでも、何も自慢になりませんよ、鈴木さん。」 (even if you drink something like that, it won’t give you anything to brag about, Suzuki-san…) At one point, an ascii image of a thing with unko on his head prances by to chants of “unko!”
『とっさの一言 フランス編』 tossa no hitogoto France-hen

And here is one, which 93% of my Japanese friends say is the funniest of all three, introducing the prefectures and cities of Japan. Education point… Kyoto. Nara. KYONARA. Sounds like, 巨大 (kyodai = large), おなら (onara = fart), large fart. So it’s funny. Also, CHIBA SHIGA SAGA just sounds funny when repeated in rapid succession. Names like Hokkaido! And GUNMA! Sound powerful when screamed, so those are funny too. Watch it, you’ll see.
『日本の素敵な都道府県』Nihon no suteki na todoufuken

Had enough? No? Good.

Here is another video in the series of the past sushi video, a video introducing DOGEZA. The traditional Japanese head to the floor incredibly humble bow!

This stuff is pretty deep Japanese comedy. If you watch it and laugh, pat yourself on the back. You’re a Japanese comedy maniac. If you watch them 5 times in one day, we should hang out! If there are any questions about why any of this is supposed to be funny, let me know and I’ll find the answer and get back to ya.
- Harvey