"You sing off key"
So, life goes along like normal in berkeley (for those of you who don't speak with me on a regular basis, 'normal' is of course relative).
Allison and I tuned in to some tv tonite. all they had in english was crappy DNC coverage (cmon, you guys know today was pretty lame all around, Edwards was sincere but uncovincing, and I tried to watch Sharpton and couldn't...). So instead, we flipped to the non english stations. In tulsa, this would be synonymous with the spanish (TELEMONDO!) channel. Not so here in good ol' berkeley. We have a spanish channel, it shows only major american films (dubbed, rocky was amazing...as was Raiders...). We also have 2 chinese (both are cantonese I believe), 1 japanese, 1 indian, and 1 korean.
The korean channel has one of the best game shows ever invented, thus the purpose of this post. "Happy Together". 5 koreans (tonite 4 guys and a girl) pile into a brightly painted cubicle, about 8x4 feet. they sit crossleg on the floor, and listen to an unfamilar american music that has been translated into their native tongue. They then try to repeat back the song, on key with the correct lyrics. Each gets a line, and then it passes to the person next to them. But here is the kicker. Every time they mess up, they are punished. A speeding brightly colored trash-can lid hanging on fishing line is released from 10 feet above, and clangs each would be pop star on the noggin.
"Home on the Range" has always had a special place for me; now that place includes bludgeoning asians with metallic disks. God bless diversity in TV.
That is all.
Allison and I tuned in to some tv tonite. all they had in english was crappy DNC coverage (cmon, you guys know today was pretty lame all around, Edwards was sincere but uncovincing, and I tried to watch Sharpton and couldn't...). So instead, we flipped to the non english stations. In tulsa, this would be synonymous with the spanish (TELEMONDO!) channel. Not so here in good ol' berkeley. We have a spanish channel, it shows only major american films (dubbed, rocky was amazing...as was Raiders...). We also have 2 chinese (both are cantonese I believe), 1 japanese, 1 indian, and 1 korean.
The korean channel has one of the best game shows ever invented, thus the purpose of this post. "Happy Together". 5 koreans (tonite 4 guys and a girl) pile into a brightly painted cubicle, about 8x4 feet. they sit crossleg on the floor, and listen to an unfamilar american music that has been translated into their native tongue. They then try to repeat back the song, on key with the correct lyrics. Each gets a line, and then it passes to the person next to them. But here is the kicker. Every time they mess up, they are punished. A speeding brightly colored trash-can lid hanging on fishing line is released from 10 feet above, and clangs each would be pop star on the noggin.
"Home on the Range" has always had a special place for me; now that place includes bludgeoning asians with metallic disks. God bless diversity in TV.
That is all.