Filed under: Etc., Japan, Videos, Subaru, Toyota
Japanese TV show determines "Parking Champions"
While we're stuck with Knight Rider and a bunch of really crappy game and reality shows during the writers strike, in Japan, reality/game/variety programs manage to turn generally mundane tasks into TV gold. Maybe we should import their shows during this time of need -- stuff like TV Champions, which recently aired an episode dedicated to finding Japan's greatest car parker. In the video above, professional drivers were tasked with flooring an Impreza STi in reverse, guiding it into a marked spot, and popping a balloon mounted against a wall of cans without knocking them over. Bonus: it's all set to Kenny Loggins' Top Gun classic, "Danger Zone." After the jump, we have the second segment, in which the drivers needed to back a 170cm-wide Toyota bB into a 171cm-wide corral. This is not easy. The completely unhinged host of the show ices the cake with his over-the-top calls in both segments. Who cares if you can't understand a word. It's wildly entertaining. Watch for yourselves. Thanks for the tip, catgirlshyla!
[Source: Japan Probe]
[Source: Japan Probe]
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Jake 1:45PM (1/30/2008)
Man, that's just the definition of fine TV entertainment, isn't it?
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freckles 1:47PM (1/30/2008)
these type are shows are awesome!
John R 1:47PM (1/30/2008)
SUTA-TO!!
This and "Ninja Warrior" make my day. Can comcast add Sasuke to the channel line up? Was this on Sasuke?
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broosewee 2:04PM (1/30/2008)
I stumbled upon "Ninja Warrior" one day browsing TV and couldn't stop watching! It's such a crazy show with likewise people.
Alex Nunez 1:53PM (1/30/2008)
Justin Gardiner, our man in Japan, sent the following, which is his personal favorite: opening beer bottles with a bottle opener mounted to a helicopter skid.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUvmPj9zU64
Japan TV wins.
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Carlos 2:08PM (1/30/2008)
The commentator adds a lot to it, kind of how Andres Cantor got a lot of people into soccer.
I like the human tetris game: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll2kajMH2u0
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M 9:08PM (1/30/2008)
wow the human tetris was great! i haven't laughed like that in months!!
Kowell 2:42PM (1/30/2008)
Parking Cahmpion remains Elwood Blues to me.... :)
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Franz 2:47PM (1/30/2008)
Crazy Japanese. That was fun.
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elprogramer 10:13PM (1/30/2008)
There's a Lexus joke in there somewhere, but damned if I can find it.
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Galley 8:30AM (1/31/2008)
Reminds me of some of those tests in Gran Turismo 4.
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Becky 9:48PM (2/01/2008)
I would love to see the Japanese women try to do these lol...Japanese women are like blondes... uhh... u get the picture lol
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