I’ve put up some more excerpts from the Shimajiro videos our daughter Karisa gets from Japan. You may remember the one I put up a few months ago featuring the toilet training song, complete with dancing poo. I hadn’t checked up on it in a few months, and it turns out some group has made a parody dub of it. It’s not too bad for ad-lib, at least it made me laugh.
So the new videos are 1) A new toilet-training video, this one dealing with the infamous Japanese style washiki toilet, aka ‘squatter’. 2) Traffic safety with the lion police. Great song on this one. 3) Correct manners in public as demonstrated by your friendly neighborhood ninja monkey. This one has a catchy song too.
I’ve often contemplated whether I should put up a translation of the songs on these videos, but I decided it’s funnier for most people when they can’t understand most of the words. Afterall kikkoman is still hilarious without even understanding Japanese.
Also, for those that understand Japanese, ペリーã®ãŠé¡˜ã„ is an old favorite of mine. Also his piano lesson is hilarious. A quick google searched turned up Perry’s trip to Yoshinoya, which I hadn’t heard before.
I actually thought the dub of the original video was pretty funny. The part where they act like the toilet paper roll was an intercom for a nurse made me crack up for some reason.
Too bad some of vids don’t work now, as Benesse got to them now.
Those dorks. When are these companies going to realize that short clips like these bring them revenue, not take it away? I’ll have to see if I still have them saved somewhere so I can re-upload them.
here’s the Shimajiro christmas tree song
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/shimajiro-likes-christmas-trees-and-christmas-cakes/
I think Pantsu Pankurou is better for slightly older kids than Shimajiro
http://japansugoi.com/wordpress/pantsu-pankurou-fun-toilet-training-videos/