Category: Japan

Comedy Show Penalty

Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (ダウンタウンのガキの使いやあらへんで!!, Downtown’s “This Ain’t No Job for Kids!”?) is a Japanese variety show hosted by the popular Japanese owarai duo, Downtown. This TV program began broadcasting in October of 1989, and is widely acknowledged to be one of the most influential comedy shows in Japan.

罰ゲーム (batsu geemu). Meaning “punishment game”, a batsu game is usually a punishment for losing some sort of competition or quiz (the punishment isn’t necessarily a game itself). A typical batsu game is to drink some sort of strong-tasting or foul liquid, such as pure vinegar. Batsu also signifies the symbol “×” in Japanese, which literally means “wrong”, as in a wrong answer.

The buttocks (anatomical nates, clunium, gluteus, regio glutealis) are rounded portions of the anatomy located on the posterior of the pelvic region of the apes, humans and many other bipeds or quadrupeds.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Super Hops

Suntory Limited (サントリー株式会社, Santorī Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese brewing and distilling company. Established in 1899, it is one of the oldest companies in the distribution of alcoholic beverages. Its business has expanded to other fields, and the company now offers everything from soft drinks to vintage wines. Suntory is headquartered in Dojimahama, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka prefecture.

Happoshu (発泡酒 happōshu lit. “sparkling spirits”), or low-malt beer, is a Japanese beer-like beverage with less than 67% malt content. The alcoholic beverage is popular among consumers for having a lower tax than beverages that the nation’s law classifies as “beer.”

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born on July 30, 1947, in Graz, Austria) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor and an American politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California.

Female Tomato McGrand

Ronald McDonald is a clown spokesman for McDonald’s fast-food restaurant chain. According to the book Fast Food Nation (2001), 96% of school children in the United States can identify Ronald McDonald, making him the United States’ most recognized fast food advertising icon. Only Santa Claus was more commonly recognized.

In Japan, Ronald McDonald is known as Donald McDonald.