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The Sad Story of Nasubi - Japanese “Living off Contests”

Daniel published this entry on Sunday 20 January, 2008 at 12:26 am. It's been filed in the art + japan + tv + wtfjapan category. {Share Your Thoughts}

A certain sad story about a wild japanese gameshow is popping up on few blogs and I thought I’d share. In January of 1998, a Japanese comedian named Nasubi participated in a reality TV show in Japan in which he was stripped of everything and sent into a room. The place was empty save a [...]

Max Headroom hijacked da tube

Daniel published this entry on Wednesday 10 January, 2007 at 7:32 pm. It's been filed in the tv + uncategorized + video category. {Share Your Thoughts}

On november 22, 1987 a mysterious signal pirate hijacked WTTW Chicago for a few brief moments during a Dr. Who Episode. This kind of thing fascinates me, as does everything from the folks at Damninteresting.com. For the full article, go here. Here’s the video:
Damninteresting routinely delivers articles that are damn interesting. Like the flying tank [...]