The Japanese are having a big laugh over our TSA antics.

[madfloridian]

Run time: 03:44 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kMDMGGiaX0   Posted on YouTube: November 23, 2010 By YouTube Member: StapleNews Views on YouTube: 218   Posted on DU: November 24, 2010 By DU Member: madfloridian Views on DU: 28304

 

[trumad]

1. LOL---funny stuff.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. One more instance in which the world is laughing at the insanity that prevails here.

I hope the rest of the world does not become complacent and fall victim to the same in sanity. We need someplace to flee to.

[kowalski1]

3. OMG

I laughed so hard that I have a few tears roll off my eyes

[Lost-in-FL]

4. I am sending this to my family. lol

:spray:

[immoderate]

5. Those Americans are so stupid!

Oh...wait...

--imm

[ZombieHorde]

20. Yes, we are so stupid. nt

[yurbud]

6. great one

[yurbud]

7. the correct ending would be if the new guy let the cute girls through and switched to groping cute

guys.

[grahamhgreen]

46. That would have been a great topper!

[HopeHoops]

8. Hell, you don't even NEED subtitles to laugh your ass off at that.

:rofl:

[madfloridian]

9. You don't even need sound. lol

It truly speaks for itself.

:hi:

[titaniumsalute]

12. The buzzing wand needs to be heard though.

[DFW]

50. Here's something with sound for you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LNxvG1qQM

[valerief]

10. Very funny!!!!!

:rofl:

[rug]

11. "World's Opinion Of U.S. Has 'Improved Sharply' Under Obama, Says BBC Poll"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/19/worlds-opinion-of-us-has_n_542598.html

That was then.

[DFW]

14. If that means that after Bush we went from 0% to 75% and we're now at 12%

Yes, that's "up sharply."

There's still room for improvement, though.

[SkyDaddy7]

18. Funny how times have changed...

The top two countries are the two countries that started WW2! LOL!!

[goforit]

55. Not any more.

Hilarious clip

[chervilant]

13. As well

they should.

[DFW]

15. The whole world is laughing at us.

Even Atlanta (video should be done in an hour or two).

[tavalon]

45. It's our cross to bear

We happen to be alive at the end of empire, our empire and we are an angry, foolish nation who will not go quietly into that 2nd world country status because we are just too arrogant.

[BlueJac]

16. As the world watches, we give in easily......

now they know nothing can stop the corporations! If this wasn't so disgusting it would be funny.

[vanbean]

17. I about died when he put the skirt on his head!

[WhoIsNumberNone]

19. K&R

[ZombieHorde]

21. Good one. nt

[TheeHazelnut]

22. If it's making fun of the TSA, why is it set in a Japanese airport?

Doesn't seem like they're commenting on our airline security given that this is set in Japan, just making a generic Benny Hill-esque sex comedy joke.

[madfloridian]

25. Uh....I don't have a clue how to answer that.

[TheeHazelnut]

29. I'm just saying...

If they were going to satirize our security, one would think that it would be a Japanese tourist or businessman being harassed by American security in an American airport, if they were really upset about how our airports treat people. There are plenty of American actors over in Japan who appear on TV when needed. I'm thinking someone posted this generic skit from Japanese TV and gave it the topical label "Japan making fun of the US" even though that wasn't what the skit was really about, simply because most of us don't know Japanese well enough to know what's being said in the skit.

[ShamelessHussy]

39. this is a skit about over the top airport security, which we are the biggest promoters of

so i think it is reasonable to assume that we are the inspiration, if not the target, of the skit.

[TheeHazelnut]

41. look below in the thread to Art_from_Ark -- this skit is from 2008. nt

[ShamelessHussy]

48. we had over the top airport security then, too

and since the U.S. has a huge influence on Japan, it isn't a stretch to think this skit was influenced by our airport security policies.

either way, it definitely resonates here, considering our policy.

[MindPilot]

26. It's Japanese TV, Many of the viewers don't read English.

I don't read Japanese so I can do no more than guess, but the sign may very well say "American Airport Security".

TV has to bend reality a little so the audience can get the larger story. Just like on American tv, all it takes to get through the enemy's checkpoint is to steal a uniform and speak English in the enemy's accent.

[TheeHazelnut]

30. in Japan, there are countless English signs on businesses

It's a commonplace sight in Japan to see businesses and t-shirts with English writing on them.

If they were making fun of America there would at least be an American flag or some sort of sign this was supposed to be taking place in America.

[Art_from_Ark]

34. The writing might be "English"

but often it doesn't make any sense, especially on T-shirts. Like

"Hysterical beauty cat"

or

"Rampaging flower lover"

Having lived in Japan for years, I should add that the Japanese sense of satire is not like it is in the West. Not having seen the rest of this program (and I have a feeling that it was probably shown in the Osaka/Kyoto area but not this Tokyo area), it could easily have been a satire on US airport security. For example, if the lead-in was "What would happen if Japan adopted American airport security measures?", then it would be understood to be a satire about US airports without needing visual aids.

[TheeHazelnut]

43. seems like you changed your mind later in the thread

since you looked it up and found this was from 2008

I've lived in Japan as well (in the '80s) and this did not strike me as being about America.

[StarryNite]

23. We are such a damn joke!

[WhoIsNumberNone]

36. You haven't even heard the real punchline yet...

-Right now right wingers are demonizing the Obama Administration for these airport procedures.
-The public backlash against them is overwhelming.
-Eventually (soon) the airlines will begin to feel the pinch from reduced travel and demand changes.
-The airport procedures will be changed, and at that time there will be right wingers screaming bloody murder over airline safety, and blaming the Obama Administration for the lack of body scanners and invasive searches.

[NJCher]

47. the sheep support it

The public backlash against them is overwhelming.


I hope you are right but I heard this on the radio and looked it up:



For the article, see:


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/22/AR2010112205514.html

Truth is, there are not enough people who understand the principles of the founding fathers. They have buckled like the sheep they are.

However, I don't think it matters. I think that the vocal "minority" (which is actually pretty sizable) can make a difference. The trick will be if a major organizer comes forth and provides the structure to beat back the TSA.


Cher

[MindPilot]

24. When he triggered the alarm buzzer BEFORE the second hot girl went through

That really put me on the floor :rofl:

[JAbuchan08]

27. Not that I'm defending TSA, but watching this

I couldn't help thinking, if TSA patdowns are an excuse for flagrant sexual groping than what are Japanese comedy shows? LOL

[McCamy Taylor]

28. ROFLMAO!

[industry_]

31. no, they are not making fun of the TSA with this sketch

there are no references to the US or the TSA anywhere in the dialogue. it's not political commentary, it's just benny hill.

[industry_]

33. also, that sketch is from february at the latest

though i have the feeling it could be even older than that. here's a different link (though this one still tries to make it about the TSA):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEeRD26hDDw

by the way, that sign in the background just says that you can't bring "dangerous items" through security.

[Art_from_Ark]

37. Your link to the Japanese You Tube

says that this program may not be fit for all ages, and that you have to acknowledge that you are 18 or older in order to view it. Looks like late-night Osaka TV to me-- they don't show anything as interesting as that in this Tokyo area at any time of the night.

[Art_from_Ark]

40. Reading about this skit on Japanese web sites

It seems that the main male actor is named Ken Shimura. The skit is called "Sukebe no Kensain" ("Lecherous Inspector") and it aired on Fuji TV as early as October 28, 2008.

[industry_]

51. ahhh, that dude

i didn't recognize him because he wasn't in that goofy "baka-dono" makeup.
it still amazes me that his show is on at like 7pm.

[TheeHazelnut]

42. that's what I've been saying above in the thread

people seem to think the rest of the world is obsessed with America to the point that if they do a sketch about an airport security officer it has to be about America (even when the details of the security shown in the clip don't match our TSA procedures at all)

[Hissyspit]

49. And yet it doesn't really matter. This might as well be about the new TSA

security procedures. Because despite the intentions of the original TV program writers, it IS about the new TSA security procedures.

[industry_]

52. oh please...

yes yes, the TSA is doing some bad shit.
but no, this sketch is about nothing but a creepy old dude who wants to feel up hot chicks.

[grahamhgreen]

32. This is what its all about.

[Shining Jack]

35. K&R

It's better to laugh than to cry, less painful: :rofl:

[proteus_lives]

38. That ass-poke looked like it hurt.

[Canuckistanian]

53. Kan-CHO!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kancho

[tavalon]

44. As well they should

It should be mocked the world over.

[puppetstonight]

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