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Why People Don’t Get Japanese Comedy 

That Japanese Man Yuta
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I sometimes come across comments that claim that Japanese comedy is mostly slapstick, which is far from the truth.
The most popular form of Japanese comedy is called "manzai" which is similar to stand up comedy except that you have two people on stage.
In this video, I'll explain some examples of Japanese comedy and why people might not get it.
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@ThatJapaneseManYuta
@ThatJapaneseManYuta 4 года назад
In my video, I emphasised that you might need to have a good understanding of the culture to get comedy from other countries. But come to think about it, there are a lot of things you might get without understanding the culture deeply. It depends on the material. A lot of people watch Hollywood movies and get some of the jokes, even though they might not be familiar with American culture. I believe Japanese comedy is the same. Even though you might not get some of the references, there's a lot of things you can understand as long as you understand Japanese. But what if you don't understand Japanese? Then I can teach you the kind of Japanese that we actually speak, which is quite different from the kind of Japanese textbooks teach you. Click here and subscribe -> bit.ly/3bt8X1c
@Daniel.Emmanuel10
@Daniel.Emmanuel10 4 года назад
That Japanese Man Yuta The thing never even works how many people do you need to share it with to get one lesson?
@kartheeshk5519
@kartheeshk5519 4 года назад
@@Daniel.Emmanuel10 haha true
@geraldshields9035
@geraldshields9035 4 года назад
ぼけ is Japanese for a fool (and you can use that term if you're getting tired of using 馬鹿/バカ). 突込み is the straight guy. Manzai reminds me of the old-style comedy that guys like Abbott & Costello (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-kTcRRaXV-fg.html ) and Martin & Lewis (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XXW_xitPAIk.html) did in the 50s - 60s. Before now, the only manzi group I've knew about were "The Two Beats"[One "beat" is famous for doing other more serious work] ( ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-C9sdmaES6Zs.html ). I was curious about Rakugo. Is that style too dated?
@mindsinging
@mindsinging 4 года назад
@@Daniel.Emmanuel10 I didn't have to share it with anyone, it works just fine for me. Still receiving lessons for free o_0 I don't know, maybe try again, mate?
@Daniel.Emmanuel10
@Daniel.Emmanuel10 4 года назад
mindsinging Tried several times don’t really get anything sent to me
@wolfancap6897
@wolfancap6897 4 года назад
"they dont understand that they dont understand" Humanity in a nutshell.
@sirsa000
@sirsa000 4 года назад
"I know that I know nothing" Socrates
@riflemanm16a2
@riflemanm16a2 4 года назад
At work, we call these "unknown unknowns". We know that in the course of doing something problems will come up but we can't possibly know what they are until we get to them no matter how much planning we do.
@JohnDoe-si4eg
@JohnDoe-si4eg 4 года назад
Riflemanm16a2 engineer?
@riflemanm16a2
@riflemanm16a2 4 года назад
@@JohnDoe-si4eg I am a tester who works with software engineers.
@JohnDoe-si4eg
@JohnDoe-si4eg 4 года назад
Riflemanm16a2 i see “unknown unknowns” is just such an engineer thing to say
@sunshineslowking5025
@sunshineslowking5025 4 года назад
Americans: Japanese comedy is just stupid slapstick humor Also Americans: E
@bonnieenn3623
@bonnieenn3623 4 года назад
I M U R D E R E D T H E F A M I L Y D O G
@sunshineslowking5025
@sunshineslowking5025 4 года назад
Bonnie Enn Cleveland Show?
@swagingexo_osh8487
@swagingexo_osh8487 4 года назад
*EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
@DY142
@DY142 4 года назад
Twitter for Android
@sunshineslowking5025
@sunshineslowking5025 4 года назад
padronsk okay twitter for Android was a slam dunk you can’t tell me otherwise
@PSICadetZen
@PSICadetZen 4 года назад
When the person explaining the joke doesn’t even get it so you have to learn it from the comments...
@MuttFitness
@MuttFitness 4 года назад
I think that chin-chin thing was only one facet of the joke. There was also the over reaction and such.
@philippdrescher6012
@philippdrescher6012 4 года назад
@@MuttFitness The overreaction was only to make the pun obvious imo.
@foljs5858
@foljs5858 4 года назад
@@MuttFitness An important facet. Without it, the overreaction and double-innuendos don't make sense at all
@VVayVVard
@VVayVVard 4 года назад
6:00 "First, it's a very common thing to have a bike in a Japan..." This is such an overanalysis lmao. The joke is really just Tokui saying 'bell' (chirin-chirin) fast enough to make it sound like 'penis' (chin-chin)
@ast8113
@ast8113 4 года назад
Finally someone who get it i'm from mexico and this kin of stuff never are dismissed in a conversation when you can make a joke with double meaning, search for "albur" in mexico xD if you kinda like spanish
@jcespinoza
@jcespinoza 4 года назад
Ah, so that's why the other guy says " someone stole it and you're okay?". Now that makes more sense.
@chilael6892
@chilael6892 4 года назад
*filthy frank screaming*
@nuhaomar9542
@nuhaomar9542 4 года назад
IM-
@stormtrooperelite1453
@stormtrooperelite1453 4 года назад
@Studio Spider so what you're saying is, dick jokes are a universal form of humor
@asmylia9880
@asmylia9880 4 года назад
As a german, I don't know what humor is in first place
@KurtMcGurk
@KurtMcGurk 4 года назад
as an austrian, i agree with you.
@lolmanboss
@lolmanboss 4 года назад
witzig? Was ist das?
@Centigonos
@Centigonos 4 года назад
As a German myself I know that there is a thing such as German humour: You will either laugh about our jokes - or we will invade your country!
@Vlora.
@Vlora. 4 года назад
@@Centigonos true
@grendo45
@grendo45 4 года назад
Germans are funny *takes out gun* funnybot, tell them a joke
@boulderbash19700209
@boulderbash19700209 4 года назад
Conclusion: Only slapstick can cross cultural difference.
@pantoleonantonio9653
@pantoleonantonio9653 4 года назад
nice.
@ary2766
@ary2766 4 года назад
Mr bean , Charlie Chaplin, heck even Jim Carrey
@HaganeNoGijutsushi
@HaganeNoGijutsushi 4 года назад
Well, not _only_ that, probably, it's more that here we're talking about the kind of comedy that instead doesn't cross that difference well at all, and that's either puns/language based comedy (needs understanding of the language), or social satire that is heavily reliant on cultural details. I mean, very trivially, there's lots of comedic manga/anime that are funny even if you don't get Japanese as long as the translation is good and don't use slapstick for that, but they base themselves off other types of comedy or shared cultural knowledge. One Punch Man for example is funny because it's about a superhero who's at the same time way too powerful and an absolutely mediocre guy with a pretty lame life, and that much we can get all across the world - though it's still cultural, since someone who's never read a superhero comic or watched a superhero movie would not get it. It also has some Japanese-specific cultural humour, like, his whole obsession with sales probably works better if you have a sense of how people tend to live and shop in big cities in Japan, but it's not like we can't understand it at all either - he's broke, so he's obsessed with buying stuff cheap, that much is easy enough to get.
@pantoleonantonio9653
@pantoleonantonio9653 4 года назад
Hagane no Gijutsushi Interesting, but needs a TL;DR
@marcusatiusvirilis7723
@marcusatiusvirilis7723 4 года назад
This was true during an acting troupe my school did in China
@KP0p1437
@KP0p1437 4 года назад
"People don't understand what they don't understand, and many people think what they don't understand is not important" -- you put it really nicely 👍 Anw, i notice comedy in anime relies heavily on manzai. If someone does something stupid (boke) there must be someone screaming back (tsukkomi). My top fav, Gintama is basically full on manzai comedy
@rammus960
@rammus960 4 года назад
I hear Shinpachi's voice. "Dondakeee!" 🤣🤣
@shamiyanahlogia4135
@shamiyanahlogia4135 4 года назад
@@rammus960 I see Shinpachi's face "Pandemonium-san!"
@amandao2193
@amandao2193 3 года назад
yeahh, thanks to Gintama I understand japanese comedy more and I gotta admit that it's pretty hilarious most of the times too!
@glauberbispo8922
@glauberbispo8922 2 года назад
gintama is one of the unfunniest anime that I've see so far
@twitter.comelomhycy
@twitter.comelomhycy Год назад
Exactly, I couldn't second this enough, more people need to hear it!
@alextaylor3850
@alextaylor3850 4 года назад
As a British person, the Japanese humour is very funny to me! It's quite subtle and based on exaggerating real-life situations. Like chatting with a friend, interspersed with clever word-play. Really funny!
@acethemain7776
@acethemain7776 2 года назад
oh yeah, subtle, like bumping into a girl around the corner and ending up with your face in her tits.
@grenate2255
@grenate2255 2 года назад
@@acethemain7776 the classic
@Billy_McBigballs
@Billy_McBigballs 2 года назад
Ew, British
@sakisaur5091
@sakisaur5091 2 года назад
L
@ThitutUhthalye
@ThitutUhthalye 2 года назад
Maybe because it’s quite similar to Fry’s comedy?
@Moon-eh6dv
@Moon-eh6dv 4 года назад
People don't understand what they don't understand - yuta 2019
@ThinkBeforeYouSleepYT
@ThinkBeforeYouSleepYT 4 года назад
"Those who know nothing can understand nothing."
@Rokudaimedono
@Rokudaimedono 4 года назад
@Fahad is desu fahad not me You got the quote slightly wrong. It's the other way around. "People die when they're killed". :-P
@praisemidir
@praisemidir 4 года назад
@@Rokudaimedono fixed it thanks
@pomelo9262
@pomelo9262 4 года назад
@@ThinkBeforeYouSleepYT Ok, I believe you
@jerotoro2021
@jerotoro2021 4 года назад
People who don't understand, and don't know that they don't understand, are innocent kids. People who don't understand, and know they don't understand can be taught. People who don't understand, but think they understand are idiots. People who understand, but think they don't understand need to be pushed into action. Basically the stages of growth. Child -> Youth -> Teen -> Young Adult
@duchi882
@duchi882 4 года назад
*I was about to tell a joke about Unemployment* but it needs some work
@nobuna2114
@nobuna2114 4 года назад
XD ok I like that one
@Mimeh53
@Mimeh53 4 года назад
🧐 🤔 😕 😮 😃😄😆👍
@SugmaNatsu
@SugmaNatsu 4 года назад
Good one😂
@aliatorres775
@aliatorres775 4 года назад
Hahahahaa
@ThePayola123
@ThePayola123 4 года назад
Oh Boy, Here we go...!!!
@canadmexi
@canadmexi 4 года назад
Something I need to point out is that most Western stand-up is very personal and it feels real, most of it tends to be the comedian talking about their actual lives in a funny way. While with manzai, you're basically watching two characters knowing that the actors playing them do not act that way in real life.
@Megalcristo2
@Megalcristo2 3 года назад
"And the police is here to protect you" yep that was a very cultural joke.
@ruskasielu6261
@ruskasielu6261 4 года назад
I swear one of the reasons I enjoy Yuta's videos is to see how he's going to sneak in an ad for his private lessons no matter the topic
@sjsbmksps
@sjsbmksps 4 года назад
Master of unexpected marketing
@rakesh-yv3sg
@rakesh-yv3sg 4 года назад
😜
@brandonolson8820
@brandonolson8820 4 года назад
Kyuubey's been coaching him in persistence. "Do you want to become a magical gir... I mean... learn Japanese?"
@jvccr7533
@jvccr7533 4 года назад
@@brandonolson8820 the answer to both is yes
@brandonolson8820
@brandonolson8820 4 года назад
@@jvccr7533 Then you have found the right place. :)
@TheKaiTetley
@TheKaiTetley 4 года назад
Physical comedy is universal. Word play is culture specific.
@MrDmoney156
@MrDmoney156 4 года назад
Yep!
@MzuMzu-nx1em
@MzuMzu-nx1em 4 года назад
The first and greatest comedian of that kind is buster Keaton, even one of the greatest stuntman , Jackie chan level . That kind of comedy has been replaced for a long time with looney tunes
@Hwyadylaw
@Hwyadylaw 4 года назад
Physical comedy is not universal. Really it's just as cultural as verbal comedy. However, since humans groups are almost entirely the same physically, and we live in the same physical reality, it's something more anchored outside of culture.
@jerotoro2021
@jerotoro2021 4 года назад
@@Hwyadylaw Show me a culture that doesn't understand the humor of Mr. Bean.
@mimo93maminon
@mimo93maminon 4 года назад
@Fahim Hussain There's no such thing as a universal response to social behaviour. Someone making a funny face or being outright stupid might make you laugh but it might make others worry, uneasy, or even mad. Something stupid or funny in one culture can be incredibly offensive in other cultures. The definition of a funny face or stupid behaviour differs between cultures
@PoutineProductions
@PoutineProductions 4 года назад
As a little kid growing up in Mexico, I used to watch late night Japanese game shows and they were super comedic. I didn't understand a single word but their gestures, facial expressions, and exaggerated verbal expressions always had me laughing. It was very entertaining to me.
@ryansperry2693
@ryansperry2693 4 года назад
I did standup for years. Even here in the US, there would be even regional differences, some bits that worked in the south didn't work in the north. Also, one of the origins of US comedy came from Vaudeville where the comedy duo or double acts were common. Similar to manzai, you would have a "straight-man" and "funny-man." The straight-man would set up the joke and premise while the funny-man would deliver the punchlines. The most famous example would be Abbot and Costello.
@whosaidthat84
@whosaidthat84 4 года назад
I totally thought of Abbot and Castello! But you're also right that here in USA there was major regional differences. West Coast, the South, Deep South etc. Each region is almost like a different country.
@Aiko2-26-9
@Aiko2-26-9 4 года назад
George Burns and Gracie Allen is another good example.
@hektor6766
@hektor6766 3 года назад
Laurel & Hardy, Abbot & Costello, Martin & Lewis, Rowan & Martin...Lots of manzai equivalents.
@Zerbey
@Zerbey 3 года назад
Very popular in England too, my first thought when he said double acts were of Morecambe and Wise, or Little and Large, or Fry and Laurie.
@sduffman7015
@sduffman7015 3 года назад
Who's on first, I don't know, he's on third. Have to understand context. Only now do I understand how little I understand Japanese culture.
@15gladuis22
@15gladuis22 4 года назад
I saw a meme that said “would you step on Stuart Little for 18 billion” and I laughed harder than I ever have.
@lawrencewei3583
@lawrencewei3583 4 года назад
Stop.
@vulpix5342
@vulpix5342 4 года назад
I laughed reading this and I don’t even know why
@kiwi-mf2do
@kiwi-mf2do 4 года назад
why 18?!
@Jinx-iw6zb
@Jinx-iw6zb 4 года назад
Why would anyone not do that?
@wanchiz
@wanchiz 4 года назад
can someone please explain this one to me? searched through the whole WWW and couldn't find the meaning.
@Idanuboy
@Idanuboy 4 года назад
"NANDEYANEN?" *entire audience bursts into uncontrollable laughing fit*
@letsdjent1416
@letsdjent1416 4 года назад
Its a Kansai dialect from kyoto region
@defunctchannel942
@defunctchannel942 4 года назад
Kansaiben is always hilarious
@clarencemerritt5003
@clarencemerritt5003 4 года назад
@@letsdjent1416 kansai region.
@hardlybreathe93
@hardlybreathe93 4 года назад
Its basically *_WHAT THE HELL!!?_* reaction so kinda funny still
@anonymoususer775
@anonymoususer775 4 года назад
Its used where I lived in Osaka as well
@SeveralGhost
@SeveralGhost 4 года назад
Idk the guy who got his bell stolen made me laugh. "I got up this morning-" "You? YOU got up?" Sounds like my mother lol
@NoeTheReborn
@NoeTheReborn 4 года назад
at first, I thought the boke had misheard "bell" as "chin chin" just as I did, which I did find hilarious that he though he have had his "little soldier" stolen and still came to work :-D
@michaelheliotis5279
@michaelheliotis5279 4 года назад
That is in fact what happened, though I suspect it was left out of the analysis to avoid demonetisation. Either that or he missed it because something something naive Japanese stereotype something.
@NoeTheReborn
@NoeTheReborn 4 года назад
@@michaelheliotis5279 thanks, i thougt for moment i was being a complet idiot
@michaelheliotis5279
@michaelheliotis5279 4 года назад
@@NoeTheReborn Nah yeah, I ended up in a coughing fit from inhaling my drink when I heard it. Then again, I'm immature and the same thing happened when I first heard the word '喉ちんこ', meaning 'uvula' but literally traslating as 'throat-dick'. It's supposedly a slang word but, from what I've seen, it's about as slang as the word 'arse' is for 'buttocks'. I haven't yet had the courage to ask a Japanese person if it's occured to them what the word literally means, because I'm not sure if I believe they all do given the manner and circumstances in which it has come up (it might seem patronising, but it's not really, as even in English we use words all the time without necessarily realising what they literally mean). It's entirely possible, however, that as 'chin chin' is considered to be more of a juvenile term in Japanese, not unlike 'willy' in English, the word 喉ちんこ might to Japanese ears carry no more obscenity than the term 'front bum' does in English. Yet I will still let out a chuckle whenever I hear someone saying 'front bum', whereas Japanese people will keep a rigidly straight face when someone says 喉ちんこin the middle of the Japanese embassy. On the other hand, perhaps I'm just a stoopid gaijin who needs to grow up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@DJScrib3
@DJScrib3 4 года назад
So, cleverly translated to English so that the double entendre gets preserved: 'his ding-a-ling got stolen'?
@michaelheliotis5279
@michaelheliotis5279 4 года назад
@@DJScrib3 OMG YES! I never even thought of that! That's genius!
@yoshikochikuni1247
@yoshikochikuni1247 4 года назад
No one: Japanese news commenter: *”E H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H H”*
@yoshikochikuni1247
@yoshikochikuni1247 4 года назад
_Also news commenters:_ *HONTONIIIIII???* *MAJIDESUKAAAAAAU?*
@dragon-kun199
@dragon-kun199 4 года назад
Yoshiko Chikuni Nobody: Japanese conversationalist: SO DESUNE DAYONE AH
@Apudurangdinya
@Apudurangdinya 4 года назад
@@yoshikochikuni1247 you forget UWAAAA
@massvt3821
@massvt3821 4 года назад
Japan and Canada have something in common...eh? So desu ne...
@baumkuchens
@baumkuchens 4 года назад
I CAN HEAR THIS COMMENT
@mezomoza7
@mezomoza7 4 года назад
The ultimate proof of your language skills is to tell a joke in that language and make the natives laugh at it.
@Darth_Insidious
@Darth_Insidious 4 года назад
I can't even tell a joke in my native language...
@thegoodkidboy7726
@thegoodkidboy7726 4 года назад
sugoi ochinchin desu onichan
@jakenz88
@jakenz88 4 года назад
@@thegoodkidboy7726 Chinchin ookii?
@thegoodkidboy7726
@thegoodkidboy7726 4 года назад
@@jakenz88 hai
@dezkightz
@dezkightz 4 года назад
Underrated thread
@neroarchangel
@neroarchangel 4 года назад
People need to watch Gintama, if they don't get Gintama they'll never understand the beauty of Japanese comedy.
@jaycee330
@jaycee330 3 года назад
I'm a massive fan of Gintama, even the word "Gintama" is a play on "Kintama" (balls)
@losersGuide
@losersGuide 4 года назад
my mom says I procrastinate so I said lets talk about that later
@jalynchan3946
@jalynchan3946 3 года назад
I found this way too funny 😂
@Kaiselof
@Kaiselof 3 года назад
Badum tsk
@NomukoAMV
@NomukoAMV 3 года назад
I caught me off guard
@nekozombie
@nekozombie Год назад
JSKDJ why is this so funny
@Ithuriel
@Ithuriel 4 года назад
As a dutch person, I could relate really easily to the japanese comedian and his joke with bikes.
@MKsomething_
@MKsomething_ 4 года назад
As a fellow Dutch person I’m sorry to tell you that the joke was that chirin-chirin can be heard as chin-chin what means dick. Still thought it was a decent joke, even if you interpreted it wrong
@user-kx1ck2kp7j
@user-kx1ck2kp7j 4 года назад
69 likes
@1Mandacaru
@1Mandacaru 4 года назад
I'm so sorry for your bike's bell. I hope you meet her again. 😭
@Eat_Win
@Eat_Win 4 года назад
Yes! And I didn't know bikes were that normal in Japan, interesting!
@isakittentje
@isakittentje 4 года назад
Frikandelbroodje
@erikaserika
@erikaserika 4 года назад
I'm Japanese but I live in the Netherlands, so that bike bit was a multi-faceted experience for me.
@XRioteerXBoyX
@XRioteerXBoyX 4 года назад
By living in another country and experiencing the culture there, how do you think your experience of the joke compares to people that live in Japan?
@mhelvens
@mhelvens 4 года назад
@@XRioteerXBoyX She means that bikes (and bike theft) are very common in the Netherlands too, so I'd say most of that bit translates well. I laughed out loud during that first clip. 😄
@JJSnel-uh3by
@JJSnel-uh3by 4 года назад
Yeah i live in The Netherlands too but i still didn't find it funny, but i'm dead inside so that's ok.
@Hunlover123601
@Hunlover123601 4 года назад
bike theft in the netherlands is so crazy, and yet more and more bikes appear XD
@thedead073
@thedead073 4 года назад
@@JJSnel-uh3by you okay there bud?
@joshduriden519
@joshduriden519 4 года назад
The pinnacle of Japanese comedy is puns. We all know this.
@andrewprahst2529
@andrewprahst2529 4 года назад
Wait, are Bob and Larry from VeggieTales a manzai duo?
@shanethefox
@shanethefox 4 года назад
As someone who's gotten bike parts stolen from him a lot of times, that bike bell bit was actually pretty relateable. No matter how crazy I'd lock my bike up, someone would find a way to steal the dumbest thing off of my bike, which one time included one of the lights. What the hell do you need that for!?
@lisacoffman4167
@lisacoffman4167 4 года назад
Someone stole the key I accidentally left in my bike lock (the type that's attached to the wheel) and I had to drag the bike down to the store and replace the whole lock, and the tyre too because it was destroyed from the drag :(
@jamescanjuggle
@jamescanjuggle 4 года назад
I've had two bikes stolen within the last year, so I got a unicycle instead, can't steal if there's only one wheel😉
@FoxDren
@FoxDren 4 года назад
Tea, had that happen to me. Having the light stolen off my bike was Infuriating. Like why would you steal the light?
@Fenrir-np9js
@Fenrir-np9js 4 года назад
Emeraldwing probably the thief would follow you and get that stuff just to piss you off and since he never got cought maybe told his or her friends to get a piece of the action. In other words kid, you got punk’d
@lightninjohn5651
@lightninjohn5651 4 года назад
Steal enough pieces and then you can make your own bike
@vaendryl
@vaendryl 4 года назад
if someone told me their "chin-chin" got stolen I'd ask them if they're daijoubu too.
@Hakajin
@Hakajin 4 года назад
Yeah, I was expecting that to be part of the joke, too. I mean, it's "chirin chirin," but...
@sidm0824
@sidm0824 4 года назад
If my dick (chin-chin) was stolen I wouldn’t be daijoubu
@Supersonic
@Supersonic 4 года назад
I was looking for this comment.
@Poodleinacan
@Poodleinacan 4 года назад
chin-chin? What are we drinking to? "In French, "chin-chin" is a cheer to initiate the touching of glasses."
@marcelotai1055
@marcelotai1055 4 года назад
@@Poodleinacan In Brazil too
@ThePhoenixProduction
@ThePhoenixProduction 4 года назад
I love how people say the Japanese don't understand sarcasm, then Yuta shows us a comedy routine that literally revolves around subtle sarcasm (a bike bell isn't actually a big deal, but they are very sarcastic about "oh that must have been awful!").
@emilyacevedo4746
@emilyacevedo4746 4 года назад
That Japanese comedy bit you showed reminded me of classic Abbot and Costello “Who’s on first”. It makes perfect sense that different cultures popular comedy would play heavily on the language and social nuances. But slapstick definitely crosses language and cultural barriers!
@Nierez
@Nierez 4 года назад
"They might even think that what they don't understand doesn't exist" Average human in a nutshell.
@csweezey18
@csweezey18 4 года назад
"They might even think that what they don't understand doesn't exist." -Flat Earthers and Anti-Vaxxers in a nutshell
@xtingwisher
@xtingwisher 4 года назад
It’s sad how true this is, just because of little sentences like those I have so much respect for Yuta.
@PhyreI3ird
@PhyreI3ird 4 года назад
So damn true, even for people who think they're exempt. it's the struggle of knowledge :/
@laumay7364
@laumay7364 4 года назад
RU-vid Account wait, what? Do I smell the aroma of baizuo 🍵?
@laumay7364
@laumay7364 4 года назад
RU-vid Account no, you don’t get it, but the rest of us do.
@dragondad7733
@dragondad7733 4 года назад
Skeleton walks into a bar, orders a beer and a mop.
@charlesesseltine7054
@charlesesseltine7054 4 года назад
A termite walks into a bar and taps on the top and asks: "Is the Bar tender here?"
@deraykrause4517
@deraykrause4517 4 года назад
@@charlesesseltine7054 A priest, a Rabbi and an Imam walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What is this, a joke?"
@DarkVileScream
@DarkVileScream 4 года назад
Allright mines a bit longer get ready but it’s hilarious Allright 3 guys go to the doctor because of alcoholism, being a cigarette addict, and being gay. The doctor says if the alcoholic drinks he dies, if the puffer smokes he dies, if the gay guy fucks a dude he dies. They leave the doctors office and walk into a bar. The alcohol doesn’t believe the doctor so he drinks and then dies. The gay guy says to the smoker wow that docs serious. The walk out the bar and the gay sees a cigarette lit on the ground. The gay guys says to the Smoker, if you bend over and pick the cigarette up we are both screwed Your welcome 🙏🏻
@nganvo3573
@nganvo3573 4 года назад
@@deraykrause4517 I need to get this! Does a joke rhyme with something religious?
@charlesesseltine7054
@charlesesseltine7054 4 года назад
@@deraykrause4517 Good one. Reminds me of: A priest, a Rabbi and an Imam walk into a bar. The guy walking behind them ducked.
@FalbereChan
@FalbereChan 4 года назад
as a Chinese person, Manzai is hilarious to me! And we are familiar with the concept of 2 guys on a stage too. In Mandarin, we call it Xiangsheng. There are 2 roles, Dougen and Penggen. Dougen is typically the MC while Penggen is a support role.
@BradyPostma
@BradyPostma 4 года назад
0:20 - "RU-vid comments: where people look for quality information based on solid research... "apparently." I don't care who you are, this is a quality joke!
@Sakanakanasakana
@Sakanakanasakana 4 года назад
This video is literally the “you wouldnt get it” meme
@crowmaster9652
@crowmaster9652 4 года назад
Japan had the first memers
@Schmuni
@Schmuni 4 года назад
It's a Jersey thing.
@obviouslykaleb7998
@obviouslykaleb7998 4 года назад
To be fair, you have to have a high IQ to understand Japanese comedy
@MistressKatari
@MistressKatari 4 года назад
@@obviouslykaleb7998 *tips fedora*
@Valnuss
@Valnuss 4 года назад
@@obviouslykaleb7998 I think the same high IQ to understand rick and morty
@tl1326
@tl1326 4 года назад
I thought the bike joke was a pun and misunderstanding of chirin chirin into chin chin
@VVayVVard
@VVayVVard 4 года назад
Yeah, it has nothing to do with bikes being common / uncommon in Japan. lmao
@TwitchCronos100
@TwitchCronos100 4 года назад
exactly, it was about someone stealing his dick
@red2theelectricboogaloo961
@red2theelectricboogaloo961 4 года назад
@@TwitchCronos100 i fucking hate when that happens. EVERY TIME. always getting my dick stolen. man, i wish they would stop stealing my dicks so much, maybe then i can worry about my *bike's bell.*
@LordSevla
@LordSevla 4 года назад
Japanese jokes the japanese don't get.
@bluesdealer
@bluesdealer 4 года назад
Yeah lol I also thought it was a pun until he explained differently
@nosebleedyuni
@nosebleedyuni 3 года назад
"It takes a lot to understand comedy in different culture " Couldn't be truer
@Oscario8
@Oscario8 3 года назад
Thank you so much for making such a comprehensive video about Manzai! It deserves some love!
@tiagox3275
@tiagox3275 4 года назад
I don't like how Kyubey is staring at my soul.
@capscaps04
@capscaps04 4 года назад
It may want to make a deal with you.
@tiagox3275
@tiagox3275 4 года назад
@@capscaps04 I mean, if I can be an undying Magical Girl... Seems like a win-win scenario xD
@taniaroman5857
@taniaroman5857 4 года назад
Well don't stare into their soul and maybe they won't consider wanting to take yours. DID YOU EVER CONSIDER KYUBEYS FEELINGS?! HUH?!
@konaplays1920
@konaplays1920 4 года назад
Do you wanna make a contract?
@sinom
@sinom 4 года назад
@@tiagox3275 undying... Yeah that might be the problematic part about that
@benw-l7k
@benw-l7k 4 года назад
I love the fact that young Japanese kids enjoyed Mr. Bean the same way i did
@houghwhite411
@houghwhite411 4 года назад
Mr bean is just too low level, it's amazing how they bring comedy that low level and universal
@Jokervision744
@Jokervision744 4 года назад
@@houghwhite411 its on the level of good night song for kids being sung in a strippers club.
@wtfronsson
@wtfronsson 4 года назад
I think Mr. Bean is well known in practically every part of the planet. And somewhat timeless as well. It doesn't matter if you were born in 1900 or 2010, you will find him hilarious no matter what. Of course the ever decreasing attention span is probably already making kids get bored of full episodes of Mr. Bean. Some tightly edited highlights would work nonetheless.
@skeetsmcgrew3282
@skeetsmcgrew3282 4 года назад
That was also my biggest take-away here. I never thought of Japanese kids watching him. Mr. Bean is essentially the spiritual successor to Charlie Chaplin, who incidentally, is really fun to watch from a cultural perspective. He basically invented American slapstick humor and some of it is still pretty funny 100 years later
@crimsonmask3819
@crimsonmask3819 4 года назад
@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Chaplin's overrated. Harold Lloyd was leagues beyond Chaplin and it's a tragedy we can't see all his earlier stuff that got burned up. Rowan Atkison doing Mr. Bean was at a high level, too, but it took quite a while to produce what little Bean there is.
@Warlock1515
@Warlock1515 4 года назад
Very very good video. Thankyou for explaining this!!
@marcochimio
@marcochimio 4 года назад
Excellent explanation. Thank you very much for this. It definitely puts comedy cultures in perspective.
@Psychol-Snooper
@Psychol-Snooper 4 года назад
Manzai in the English speaking west is known as a "double act." It consists of a "comedian" and a "straight man." It developed in the 1930s with the straight man's role initially existing to repeat the jokes to make sure the noisy audience heard them. His role later developed into it's much more modern format recognizable in acts like Laurel and Hardy, Abbot and Costello, Martin and Lewis, The Blues Brothers, Cheech and Chong, Fry and Laurie, and the female pairing of French and Saunders. I looked it up, seems manzai appeared in the 1930's as well and I wonder if this was a Japanese cultural import?
@ThatJapaneseManYuta
@ThatJapaneseManYuta 4 года назад
Interesting. Didn't know all that history.
@Psychol-Snooper
@Psychol-Snooper 4 года назад
@@ThatJapaneseManYuta I'm a bit of a history nerd. The double act developed in vaudeville, which was a type of variety theater in the west that consisted of music, dance, comedy, magic and various novelty acts... which makes me curious at to whether mazai is associated with variety shows in Japan. Thx so much for your channel. Your videos are always though provoking.
@anaglyphx
@anaglyphx 4 года назад
Everything is a cultural import in Japan
@Psychol-Snooper
@Psychol-Snooper 4 года назад
@@anaglyphx I see why you say that. Japan has always been very quick to adapt technology from outside sources, but I'd put to you that in many senses it is superficial. From a historical perspective I feel Japan has stayed uniquely Japanese, and where it really has changed has been internally driven.
@anaglyphx
@anaglyphx 4 года назад
Angry Applesauce There is nothing uniquely Japanese. The language, food, fashion, rice cultivation, government, schooling etc all comes from external sources. They are good at taking things, restructuring them and making them look uniquely Japanese. Whatever that means.
@CurrentlyHannah
@CurrentlyHannah 4 года назад
Hey! Thanks so much for explaining this so clearly and for correcting me whilst remaining strictly factual. You’re absolutely correct in saying that we don’t know what we don’t know, and I’m a prime example of that (I think I even expressed a similar sentiment in that video haha) A lot of care, research and second opinions from Japanese people went into the making of that video but no one pulled me up on that slap-stick definition so I honestly never thought twice about it until now, so thank you for educating me. It’s never my intention to act as an all seeing eye to Japan and you’ll never catch me claiming to know everything about any culture because shit, there’s a lot I don’t even understand about Australia (and I said this in my video). My videos usually serve as an expression of the reality of some places but in doing that style of video I’m bound to make a few mistakes now, and in the future. The best I can do is remain well researched, ask for second opinions and remain open to criticism, so feel free to roast me in the future ;)
@ThatJapaneseManYuta
@ThatJapaneseManYuta 4 года назад
Hi Hannah, thank you for your mature response! I've wanted to talk about this for a very long time and when I watched your video, it gave me the final push. None of us are immune to making those mistakes. I enjoy watching your videos and I know it takes a lot of effort to make them. It's not possible to get everything right every time (I just said something incorrect about Marian Franklin in this very video...she's NOT on Netflix lol) so let's stay open-minded.
@CurrentlyHannah
@CurrentlyHannah 4 года назад
That Japanese Man Yuta Exactly. Staying open minded and learning from past mistakes is the best way to move forward. I really enjoy your videos also. You offer a super unique perspective on Japanese life that I really appreciate! Keep it going :)
@89CrazyAl
@89CrazyAl 4 года назад
Beautiful communication! Both your examples are heartwarming and educational. Arigato!
@user-ek4ic2ip9e
@user-ek4ic2ip9e 4 года назад
No you didn’t haha He actually refuted your argument haha You’re passive-aggressively trying to backdoor an argument you didn’t make to cover yourself haha Despite using sporty SJW jargon like the of-course-bc-it’s-2019-you-say “problematic” “systematic” and “normalize”, you still don’t understand the cultural you pretend to speak for
@theR0NIN
@theR0NIN 4 года назад
Hannah, your comment is so refreshing! It's especially hard to find this kind of humility, honesty and openness to growth in RU-vid comments. Thanks for making my day. I appreciate you and Yuta both for the way you interacted over this. I'll check out your channel and almost certainly subscribe.
@ParanormalShortStory
@ParanormalShortStory 3 года назад
This is fascinating! You are wonderfully articulate with a deep understanding of human psychology in general. Great work.
@Kataang101
@Kataang101 4 года назад
Great video! It has given me a deeper insight into Japanese culture as it relates to comedy. I love stand-up comedy in the US. I'm also trying to get my Japanese language skills to as close to native level as I can so it's cool to see the mixing of these two things that I'm interested in. this is a great way to knock down more stereotypes about Japanese langauge culture and comedy!
@i0am0superBlast
@i0am0superBlast 4 года назад
"Kyubei do you understand?" "dO yOu WaNt To MaKe A cOnTrAcT?"
@RandomAllen
@RandomAllen 4 года назад
DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!!!
@NicOz42
@NicOz42 4 года назад
Male magical girl
@shoeberrypie
@shoeberrypie 4 года назад
Would you like to develop an app?
@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435
@GuyWhoLikesTheSnarkies1435 4 года назад
*"DO YOU UNDASTAAN~?"*
@karotto594
@karotto594 4 года назад
This makes so much sense, Gintama and other comedy anime are known for their manzai comedy
@diemilch555
@diemilch555 4 года назад
Ohhh Gintama.. Good times, guess I gotta re-watch it now
@Jokervision744
@Jokervision744 4 года назад
Gintama is golden. Question is how it works for us? What it is that makes it tick? Where is the show's strength coming from? The setting of the show is still in Japan, but in alternative history? Still I don't think the show discarded any of these. I think the show goes in some of these cases and cakes it up, goes over the top, but still I can't think of anything I missed. Hard boiled detectives, member of shinsengumi gobbling up mayonese. I guess the thing that goes over my head is the drama and history this show is trying to tell and tell it in the context of the show's setting. It's a comedy show,and the moment it wants to be a drama it has too big moves for me to follow.
@PinkPortraitDesu
@PinkPortraitDesu 4 года назад
True
@dangalfthedruid
@dangalfthedruid 4 года назад
This is so well explained! Your examples were perfect. Well done!
@MrKyltpzyxm
@MrKyltpzyxm 3 года назад
This is such a great video. I love learning about different types of comedy.
@LynSain
@LynSain 4 года назад
Gintama is literally my indirect teacher of Japanese comedy 😂
@LK-vb1xc
@LK-vb1xc 4 года назад
Lol
@MrHusseinhijazi
@MrHusseinhijazi 4 года назад
Hehehehe true that xD
@minniestine3668
@minniestine3668 4 года назад
Yeah, it's best
@gianniskappa7241
@gianniskappa7241 4 года назад
Is gintama good?
@luckingk2537
@luckingk2537 4 года назад
Oshiete, ginpachi sensei~
@originaluddite
@originaluddite 4 года назад
The duo stand-up format sounds like the concept of the 'straight man and funny man' in the US - see Abbott and Costello.
@Nekufan1000000
@Nekufan1000000 4 года назад
It was very similar, and to be honest with the translation I laughed at everything up to the getting drunk part, which is where he explained it's more of a sound pun than anything and I didn't catch that. A guy overreacting to a small inconvenience is quite universal, I think. CalebCity put up a video that's literally that concept just a while ago, where he pretends his friend is willing to murder a man for taking his friend's parking spot. Small inconvenience turned into massive overreaction. The nuances of the act I think is what puts this apart. Parts where the Japanese audience laughed hardest were the parts where I was quietest.
@thapoint09saltaccount20
@thapoint09saltaccount20 4 года назад
I think an example a lot of adults today would understand in Cosmo and Wanda from The Fairly Oddparents.
@cmck1777
@cmck1777 4 года назад
But manzai is much, much older
@emjayay
@emjayay 4 года назад
Although a lot more complicated, Seinfeld depended on the wackos (his friends) combined with Jerry, the straight man (even though like the real Seinfeld, he was an actual comedian). An extension of his real standup, which was normal guy looking at weird things about life and other people. Otherwise, in regular standup even the various more sophisticated duos are gone. Al Franken started as a duo with another guy, maybe one of the last.
@robertdullnig3625
@robertdullnig3625 4 года назад
It reminds me a lot of the Smothers Brothers in particular.
@gwillis01
@gwillis01 Месяц назад
Thank you for a detailed, informative video
@SamuraiMaxwell
@SamuraiMaxwell 3 года назад
Brilliant video; great insights👍
@ehrenyu
@ehrenyu 4 года назад
So manzai is like American vaudeville, a comedy duo with a "straight man" and a "banana man".
@FrothingFanboy
@FrothingFanboy 4 года назад
Yes, and this is what I don't get about Japanese stand-up comedy. The jokes are really simple, like basic insults, plays on words, making fun of mispronunciation, etc., and the format is old-fashioned and formulaic. Because it's so simple, I do actually understand why it's 'technically' funny - the only jokes that go over my head are Japanese pop culture references. What's hard to fathom is how such tired material can be so popular.
@133774c05
@133774c05 4 года назад
@@FrothingFanboy i don't live in japan nor i've ever lives there so all i am about to say is to be taken with a grain of salt. Japan is quite a monoethnic place so comedy about race would most likely go over the majority of people, criticism of customs, society and/or leaders and their problems is quite taboo so it wouldn't fly either. So what is left is mostly "low brow" humor
@007MrYang
@007MrYang 4 года назад
@@FrothingFanboy What I personally find funny in Japanese comedy is the delivery. If a comedian nails the delivery, even simple jokes can be hilarious. Sometimes, having a comedian just freaking out over something unimportant does the trick for me.
@mikicerise6250
@mikicerise6250 4 года назад
American comedy is just blunt sarcasm without a shred of nuance, and making fun of an endless and tiresome array of stifling racial stereotypes that you should have grown out of already. I had a good laugh at the Japanese sketch but I didn't laugh once at the American sketch, even though I do understand the cultural context. Why does the comedian have to smile at her own joke to signal the audience to laugh more?
@brianrichmond70
@brianrichmond70 4 года назад
@@mikicerise6250 American vaudeville is like Abbott and Costello what he showed was modern standup. If you want American humor like what he showed you should check out "who's on first" I roll every time I hear it
@mlggodzilla1567
@mlggodzilla1567 4 года назад
"But i used to watch Takeshi's Castle as a kid!"
@KimchiYeo
@KimchiYeo 4 года назад
that show is funny as heck
@BoltonBolt
@BoltonBolt 4 года назад
It's Thai, if i am not wrong. Edit: I checked, it is Japanese
@Rice--0
@Rice--0 4 года назад
@@BoltonBolt how??
@BoltonBolt
@BoltonBolt 4 года назад
@@Rice--0 nvm, I checked and it turns out to be Japanese
@TommyGuy1111
@TommyGuy1111 4 года назад
@@BoltonBolt There is a newer Thai version iirc
@roystonmariadas1329
@roystonmariadas1329 4 года назад
I love how you framed your thoughts in the entire video. ❤️
@juliocjacobo
@juliocjacobo 3 года назад
Very, very good video!! Excellent examples and excellent analysis!!
@adamp6118
@adamp6118 4 года назад
Here's a joke: What are this channel's favorite states? Ohio Utah
@Badman903
@Badman903 4 года назад
Nice one lol
@GarethXL
@GarethXL 4 года назад
...... no
@Anvilshock
@Anvilshock 4 года назад
Best type of jokes in English. Requires zero brains, only an epic trainwreck of a language.
@drdeadbeat1604
@drdeadbeat1604 4 года назад
That brought me closer to laughter than the manzai
@littlefishbigmountain
@littlefishbigmountain 4 года назад
Anvilshock If that’s sou (ba dum, tss), then why don’t you try making a joke? If it’s as easy as you say, you should be able to spout off dozens of them in no time. Plus, you’ll make more friends that way
@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl
@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl 4 года назад
*Knife breaks during dinner* "Sore nashide wa tabe rarenai fu" (I can't eat without it) (pun on knife/naifu)
@alexanderougai4899
@alexanderougai4899 4 года назад
I always burst out laughing like a complete idiot whenever I come across a pun, regardless of the language it is in. And you just made my day :)
@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl
@AHHHHHHHHHHHHl 4 года назад
@@alexanderougai4899 Even though it may be complicated, here's a pun from my native language, Greenlandic: "Juuli sumiippa? Juuli Maaliannguakkunniippoq" (Where's Jules? Jules is at Little Maria's residence) (Maaliannguaq/Little Maria) (Juulimaaq/Santa Claus) (Juulimaaliannguaq/Little artificial Santa Claus) (Juulimaaliannguakkunniippoq/He's at the little artificial Santa Claus' residence)
@ADeeSHUPA
@ADeeSHUPA 4 года назад
AH96 GreetinGs to GreenLand
@aronchai
@aronchai 4 года назад
Yuta's super power is to segue from any topic to his Japanese lessons in 2 sentences or less. "While Epstein didn't kill himself, suicide remains a major issue in the world at large, and especially in Japan. And if you have a friend in Japan who is suicidal, you'll want to be able to communicate with them effectively..."
@ProjectEnglishII
@ProjectEnglishII 3 года назад
Very educational! Thank you!
@ProjectEnglishII
@ProjectEnglishII 3 года назад
Itte Q is the only program I can understand.
@Doomcharger
@Doomcharger 4 года назад
I can imagine that "Whose Line is it Anyway" (an improvised comedy show for those that don't know) would work very well in Japan. Some of the games they had have sent me into a laughing fit over something extremely simple.
@Derna1804
@Derna1804 4 года назад
I think most people don't even understand their own culture.
@Derna1804
@Derna1804 3 года назад
@@Madhattersinjeans Such a thorough RU-vid comment deserves a reply: This is why I say a good joke isn't supposed to be original. If you try to be too groundbreaking, you're not going to be relatable, and therefore not funny. The best comedians tend to point out things that are obvious, but that people are unwilling or too complacent to observe.
@coolguyx14
@coolguyx14 3 года назад
Facts I don't get stand up comedy at all
@KyleTheMurderer
@KyleTheMurderer 3 года назад
@@Derna1804 as an actual stand up comedian I want to make the point that if anybody reading this ever tries doing comedy of their own it absolutely MUST be original otherwise you’ll be considered an unoriginal hack and a thief and will struggle to progress unless you’re an insanely good performer of the stolen stuff, but even then everyone gets caught in the end and it’s been known to destroy careers. Premises are fair game though, nobody can really claim a premise unless it’s literally 100% unique to their life like doing a bit about a disease that is so rare they named it after you. But if you’re a regular person and plan on staying that way (recommended tbh) then originality is kinda whatever. Do what makes the people around you enjoy your company, it’s not like it matters.
@Derna1804
@Derna1804 3 года назад
@@KyleTheMurderer Nobody said anything about stealing jokes. A joke can be new, that doesn't make it at all original. A joke can be original, that doesn't make it very original. Here's an example of a completely new joke: "I won't call your mama ugly because she's a national hero. SEAL Team Six sent bin Laden her picture in the mail." Is that original? No. People know the format, they've heard a million of the same type of joke before, they know the characters involved, they are very likely to agree on the premise that killing Osama was generally a good thing. Now if you're really serious about giving people advice as "an actual stand up comedian," maybe advise them not to go into stand up.
@umniyahirfan5026
@umniyahirfan5026 3 года назад
Dude I love your content, glad you exist
@erickricelly4439
@erickricelly4439 4 года назад
The type of video that I was hoping for
@welovfree
@welovfree 4 года назад
Yuta's smooth Japanese course commercials though!
@AjieA
@AjieA 4 года назад
welovfree • محمد Ikr!
@FindecanorNotGmail
@FindecanorNotGmail 4 года назад
I've been told that Monty Python was popular among the older generation of Japanese.
@cintivla
@cintivla 4 года назад
Findecanor that’s surprising since british humour isn’t everyone’s cup of tea
@carlosvelasquez331
@carlosvelasquez331 4 года назад
@@cintivla woah 😂 tea
@thelegendaryklobb2879
@thelegendaryklobb2879 4 года назад
@@cintivla If it's green it could be for the japanese
@charlesesseltine7054
@charlesesseltine7054 4 года назад
@@thelegendaryklobb2879 No, only black, or 50 shades of Earl Grey.
@FMcrow020
@FMcrow020 3 года назад
This is such a great video and very informative.
@GoogleUser-wp6sg
@GoogleUser-wp6sg 4 года назад
excellent explanation Yuta, see ya next year in Japan
@drazydark1736
@drazydark1736 4 года назад
Comedian: Make a reference to One More Chance Audience: *laugh* Me: *crying in the corner*
@talifishman618
@talifishman618 4 года назад
There's an awesome Japanese netflix show about *manzai* comedians called *Hibana* *Spark* , it may not be a comedy but it really helps you understand the manzi world. Highly recommend!
@fricketyfracktraintrack
@fricketyfracktraintrack 4 года назад
I second this! It was very interesting. M ight watch it again
@zachy888
@zachy888 4 года назад
thank you for the info.
@giovannifranzetti6214
@giovannifranzetti6214 3 года назад
You are an excellent cultural mediator, so thank you! Your content is interesting and well presented... bravo!
@aries2242
@aries2242 4 года назад
The smoothness with which Yuta-san segues to his language lessons is a life skill I be needing to learn, damn.
@twitter.comelomhycy
@twitter.comelomhycy Год назад
Yes indeed!
@Chino-Kafu
@Chino-Kafu 4 года назад
Hey dad i'm pregnant. Hey pregnant, I'm a grandpa?!
@Robotech85
@Robotech85 4 года назад
LOL
@aliatorres775
@aliatorres775 4 года назад
Haha
@ThreadBomb
@ThreadBomb 4 года назад
boo
@JoeXTheXJuggalo1
@JoeXTheXJuggalo1 4 года назад
And you're the father uncle-dad-grandpa.....
@hmmm3210
@hmmm3210 4 года назад
@Probably Buddha Stfu
@dijek5511
@dijek5511 4 года назад
"The police are here to protect you!" in white girl voice omg
@marcoalessandro2034
@marcoalessandro2034 4 года назад
i would say it must be her real voice as the 'Gangster' talk can be copied easy
@dijek5511
@dijek5511 4 года назад
@@marcoalessandro2034 It's just as easy to copy that California accent.
@Mm-vr9mt
@Mm-vr9mt 4 года назад
But either way the joke stands the police are here to protect the interests of their employer.
@marcoalessandro2034
@marcoalessandro2034 4 года назад
@@dijek5511 i really don't think so .. it is too pretentious ( and i am basically an animation voice actor...very versatile )
@daniel4647
@daniel4647 4 года назад
@@marcoalessandro2034 Not that versatile apparently. And you're not very good at hiding it either as you can't be "basically an animation voice actor", you either are or you aren't. See, pretentious is not that hard.
@InconsistentContent
@InconsistentContent 4 года назад
Love your videos! Very well structured and informative 😄
@neosmith166
@neosmith166 4 года назад
Excellent video!
@live4him4eva
@live4him4eva 4 года назад
I'm sure I have my fair share of misconceptions about Japanese culture, we had a pretty funny moment when a Japanese exchange student stayed with us here in America. I asked him how he could handle eating rice at every meal and he shrugged and genuinely said "well, it's not that weird. You should understand, you guys eat cheeseburgers at every meal." It's funny how your own culture colors your perception of other cultures as well. He knew America was known for its cheeseburgers and so he assumed it meant we ate them at every meal just like they do with rice.
@glowfly5314
@glowfly5314 4 года назад
Perhaps he was accidentally being a genius of sarcasm.
@live4him4eva
@live4him4eva 4 года назад
@@glowfly5314 He was surprised to learn we don't eat cheeseburgers every day so that wasn't the case.
@glowfly5314
@glowfly5314 4 года назад
Ah, I see.
@jewii3824
@jewii3824 4 года назад
in China we have something very similar to manzai, called 'Xiang Sheng' (pronounced Shang-Sheng). There's one person telling the story and the joke, and the other one reacts to it. The major difference however, is that Shang-sheng as of now, is considered to be a traditional art and not something you see on TV everyday anymore. There have been young comedians who tried to revive Xiang-Sheng in the recent decade, but the genre is no where as popular as 20 years ago.
@30803080308030803081
@30803080308030803081 4 года назад
Jewii Is there standup comedy in China?
@jewii3824
@jewii3824 4 года назад
@@30803080308030803081 yes there is, but as far as I know there aren't that many stand up comedians. One of the most famous stand up comedians in China, Zhou Libo (who became really famous about 10 years ago) faded away in recent years, I think because he offended the CCP (I'm not sure this IS the case, but it could very likely be).
@ywgmb35
@ywgmb35 4 года назад
Is that what they call "cross talk" in the west? If so, that's not funny for westerners, either. China and Japan have their own forms of humor that only their citizens find amusing.
@niello5944
@niello5944 4 года назад
So, are all forms of political jokes off the table totally in China?
@jewii3824
@jewii3824 4 года назад
@@niello5944 make a political joke and see yourself never allowed to speak publicly ever again.
@garydell2023
@garydell2023 4 года назад
I like solid research. That's why I like your presentation and offer. Thank you.
@Milkymalk
@Milkymalk 4 года назад
I love Tutorial :) There used to be a video of their "Barbeque"-skit, but it's gone now. I'd love to watch that again.
@sgthrawn
@sgthrawn 4 года назад
So basically it's a double act comedy with two people like Abbot and Costello back in the 40s.
@dreadogastusf3548
@dreadogastusf3548 4 года назад
Years ago I worked in an "Asian" restaurant. That was when Vietnamese fleeing the communists were coming to America. One slow night the word went around. "They are going to show Abbott & Costello doing Who's on First down in the bar." All the staff gathered. All of us?we? Americans were roaring with laughter. All the Vietnamese guys were looking at us as though we had lost are minds.
@nomblob5592
@nomblob5592 4 года назад
Dreadogastus F Of course they wouldnt understand. Do they even know English?
@nomblob5592
@nomblob5592 4 года назад
🅹🅰🆈🅵🅰 ✓ • 15 years ago⠀⠀⠀ Now? Yes. Back then? Highly doubt it unless with specific circumstances
@my2cents49
@my2cents49 3 года назад
This was really interesting. Thank you.
@mjf40087
@mjf40087 4 месяца назад
What a wonderful video, thank you! This type of comedy reminds me of old comedy acts like Abbott and Costello.
@oldhatAN
@oldhatAN 4 года назад
A lot of Japanese comedy seems to depend on wordplay that just goes right over my head. I can understand the joke if someone explains it to me but explaining a joke kills the comedy.
@ahmed38247
@ahmed38247 4 года назад
Well said.
@oldhatAN
@oldhatAN 4 года назад
@s__n_Ghs_w_J_g_r_v_ Do you have a point to make or did you just drop by to show everyone what an asshole you are?
@oldhatAN
@oldhatAN 4 года назад
@s__n_Ghs_w_J_g_r_v_ All you contributed was showing everyone what an asshole you are. What is that worth? Less than nothing. If you have nothing to contribute, why talk? Oh, yeah. It's to stroke your own ego. Are you done fellating yourself or are you going to waste our time with more of this?
@lightyagami1058
@lightyagami1058 4 года назад
I'm from the US and I didn't even know that that was the joke I thought I was missing out on something. I understood it just fine though.
@blossomandrews4963
@blossomandrews4963 4 года назад
Ma
@poweroffriendship2.0
@poweroffriendship2.0 4 года назад
_WHY PEOPLE DON'T GET JAPANESE COMEDY?_ *Arthur Fleck:* You wouldn't get it.
@RockEsper
@RockEsper 4 года назад
epic reference
@kokodayo5796
@kokodayo5796 4 года назад
How about another joke,Murray?
@Zulanderr
@Zulanderr 4 года назад
@@kokodayo5796 yes MuRAAAY. (i love it when he switches on the hate and from then on pronounces his name differently, really effective and chilling. The most important word to any person is their name, so to deliberately mispronounce it as sign of disrespek..... that movie was so goos but creepy)
@Chill1332
@Chill1332 3 года назад
I love how reasonable you are with this. You are explaining things logically and kindly without shaming people who might have had that inaccurate view. You understand WHY they might have that view and aren't judging them for it. But you ARE clearing things up in a friendly, reasonable way. You get points for being nice AND being a good teacher.
@rileyii9765
@rileyii9765 4 года назад
Listening to you talk about manzai and showing examples from Japan, reminded me of an old comedy duo in the US, Abbott and Costello ("Who's on first?" is their most well known sketch). It's always interesting to find connections between countries in places you'd never think of looking at.
@kelele
@kelele 4 года назад
I initially thought he was making dick jokes when I heard him saying "Chirin Chirin". I didn't even realize I misheard because the subtitles plays it out nicely.
@ZYR47
@ZYR47 4 года назад
Honestly I thought that was the joke that it sounded like he was, so the straightman (second guy) reacted as if the first guy got his dick stolen and still came to the show. The follow up jokes by the second guy sound a LOT like thats what he's talking about with the translation.
@hikaru421
@hikaru421 4 года назад
I'm Japanese but I thought that too
@AnarchyAnt89
@AnarchyAnt89 4 года назад
Yeah, that's what I got from it too.
@SeraYagami
@SeraYagami 4 года назад
Glad I'm not only the one who thought that way XD
@revangerang
@revangerang 4 года назад
I thought so too!
@DovidM
@DovidM 4 года назад
A non-native English speaker told me that he watched Rowan Atkinson in the Blackadder series for years without getting the humor. Then one day he finally got it, and has enjoyed it since.
@possumhead2812
@possumhead2812 4 года назад
I would love to see you break down manzai comedy more! I see that set up all the time in anime and always feel like I'm just not getting something
@mongtsingyeap2563
@mongtsingyeap2563 4 года назад
*Talking gently to Kyubei while patting it* "Do you understand ?" *My heart melting*
@user72629
@user72629 4 года назад
*Why people don't get Japanese comedy* Me: Watching some Japanese ads on TV again and again while I laugh
@tomhannah3825
@tomhannah3825 4 года назад
Japanese TV ads are ANOTHER whole world of entertainment! And that's reflected on RU-vid, where you find at least one large great series of examples! Over the top wildness, plus anime, Pokari Sweat, phones, banks, talking dogs, Tommy Lee Jones, and so much more!
@user72629
@user72629 4 года назад
@@tomhannah3825 Ikr, such a holy Bible
@jbgra2566
@jbgra2566 4 года назад
I mean, long long man, bro
@LetsPronounce
@LetsPronounce 4 года назад
This is perfectly explained. Thank you Yuta!
@sandeediaz-parker5557
@sandeediaz-parker5557 3 года назад
Amen, brother; that’s very insightful. ありがとうございまし!🙏🏻😌
@santiagoossa2301
@santiagoossa2301 4 года назад
As a Latin American who went to live to new york I can say it was just a lot of word games, like really a lot *Starts having flashbacks of people asking if Chile was a cold country because of chill*
@molotera8789
@molotera8789 4 года назад
31 minutos el pinaculo de la comedia chilena
@santiagoossa2301
@santiagoossa2301 4 года назад
Molotera Confirmo
@TahtahmesDiary
@TahtahmesDiary 4 года назад
We Americans LOVE wordplay lol half our casual language is metaphors and similes smh
@asphaltshingles8594
@asphaltshingles8594 3 года назад
@@TahtahmesDiary or just stupid crap, like shadow people and beans. Question, does any other culture have a lot of memes with shadow people and beans?
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