@@simonbackwash you unlocked something in my brain homie: Around 1:45 that chiptune bit sounds like something from the LPS Virtual Keychain Pet's loops, there is another beat overlayed by the time they shrink. Can't find much on here for sound clips from the gadget... It looks like a fischer price tomagotchi
I searched for this Portlandia video because I've always loved it and just heard the tune out in the world somewhere. I was hoping I could find the song, and now because of @basketball9167 's comment I found it! Thank you!!
its taken me so long to realise, but this is actually like "what if japanese people came to the west and fetishized parts of our culture as much as we do theirs".
Are you serious? You realize that the "cultural appropriation" stuff that makes you clutch at your pearls.. treating a little kid in a mulan costume for halloween or some white dude with dreadlocks as if they were just taking a dump on peoples' graves... ...you realize that in many non-anglophone regions of the world, that's still considered amusing and benign, right? And that Japan is like the world HQ for what you would call "cultural appropriation"? If you get professionally offended, then Japan is not for you, because the concepts you're talking about don't carry any weight over there. On the other hand, if you like exploring silly and outrageous ideas without other adults scolding you like a kindergartner for it, then it might just be a good match.
The taxi shown when they are supposedly leaving the airport is a Buick LaSabre. But when they are being dropped off at the coffee shop, their taxi turns into a Ford Crown Victoria.
The reason for that is a Buick LaSabre is synonymastic with Freudian sub-cultures and undercurrents of newness from the birth from the vaginal waters that cascade over the sub conscious trivialities of life but the Ford Crown Victoria is all about arriving and stiff upper lipmanship upon with or to which bequeath upon the savage beast of what not what we knoweth.
Dammit, if they just hadn’t messed up that one detail, I’d have thought it was a documentary. You’re like one of those guys who warns the world that the moon landing was fake.
I love the way how at the end he kinda acknowledges that this is weird when he says "do the dog thing", I nearly died laughing. Also the seriousness and look in his eyes when he says, "THAT IS MY FRIEND"... lmfao
I feel like the vibe to a lot of these videos is some weird inside joke that may or may not actually exist, but its so funny in execution that it really doesn't matter.. this is great! and im SO glad that this is a thing
I agree, I think that's why I like it. I wasn't sure about Portlandia at first, but the more I watched it the more it reminded me of Tim and Eric...to an extent. I think it's just a less bizarre/more controlled version of that humor so a wider audience can appreciate it.
@shartkeythe2nd Oh no you di-int!!!!! You did not just double YOU me!!?? Don't you know who you're talking to? I'm the master of Youing. Got my degree in Youology. From Youale.
The fashion is like 15-20 years out of date though... The whole Harajuku/Gyaru thing died ages ago. Nowdays they should be dressed in baggy, shapeless layers of brown/beige/black.
My 1st waitress job, I was living in a small Northern California town, north of San Francisco. A big tour bus of Japanese tourists stopped at our restaurant & loaded into our banquet room & I was taking orders from everyone, and they all giggled and said “Orange Juice, tee hee”, I was extremely confused and the restaurant owner, George said that we were the land of orange juice bc it was California, lol. This was 1976 and truly bizarre to very young me.
His grandfather wasn't Japanese but Korean. He was born Park Yeong-in in Ulsan, Korea but adopted a Japanese name (Ehara Masumi) and persona after the massacre of Koreans in 1923.
Thank you for having a sense of humor, Kari. People who are getting upset by this are overreacting. Japanese culture, whether modern harajuku stuff or traditional, is amazing and unique. Sometimes silly people just like doing impressions of zany Japanese pop idols (or their fans). It's not racist or mean-spirited.
I actually assumed this was a parody of japanophiles rather than Japanese people themselves. but I guess we can all get a little star struck if we go somewhere we've been wanting to go.
Man I like how they roast the beans here, it’s like the only place in town that does it right, (girl giggles) LMAO 😂 best part ever, this show is better than Family Guy
it's not racist, it's not making fun of Asians *for being/existing as Asian*. I assume there are (or were around this time) a number of Asians (Japanese?) who tour Portland for the coffee and act like this, there is a reason they chose to film this and not because of "racism". I think it's poking fun at a subset of "fish out of water" (maybe there's a better phrase) tourists to Portland, that could be any race visiting any country that is not their home country.
Man I like how they roast the beans here
Lol!!
It’s like the only place in town that does it right
Great impression
this sketch always fucks me up bc one of the background tracks is literally from a littlest pet shop ds game i had as a kid
spongebob squarepants Please can you name this game ? i try to find this music for a while now
@@simonbackwash
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@@simonbackwash you unlocked something in my brain homie:
Around 1:45 that chiptune bit sounds like something from the LPS Virtual Keychain Pet's loops, there is another beat overlayed by the time they shrink. Can't find much on here for sound clips from the gadget... It looks like a fischer price tomagotchi
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I searched for this Portlandia video because I've always loved it and just heard the tune out in the world somewhere. I was hoping I could find the song, and now because of @basketball9167 's comment I found it! Thank you!!
I was laughing so hard the first time I watched this, that it was painful. It's so hilarious when he starts talking English in an American accent.
*speaking
YOU'RE so hilarious when he starts talking English in an American accent
can confirm that this skit made me fall off my chair laughing that I couldn't breathe...when they fucking shrink and jump on the table it was over.
What a trip this skit was
It "sparks joy!" I'm keeping it forever! lol
I saw that dude this morning in Portland. He's real.
Paul hahaha i you like wtf!
he's a real Jerk, too!
Quiet guy?
Paul everyone’s real, man
@@Salty-cracker68 but do they all live in Portland?
"Man, I like it how they roasted beans here, it's like the only place in town that does it right"
LOL XD
That kid cracks me up, he never says 'anything'
So they don't have to pay him SAG rates.
I love that dude
He's the best
its taken me so long to realise, but this is actually like "what if japanese people came to the west and fetishized parts of our culture as much as we do theirs".
idc No it's just what if Japanese people came to portland
Are you serious?
You realize that the "cultural appropriation" stuff that makes you clutch at your pearls.. treating a little kid in a mulan costume for halloween or some white dude with dreadlocks as if they were just taking a dump on peoples' graves...
...you realize that in many non-anglophone regions of the world, that's still considered amusing and benign, right?
And that Japan is like the world HQ for what you would call "cultural appropriation"?
If you get professionally offended, then Japan is not for you, because the concepts you're talking about don't carry any weight over there. On the other hand, if you like exploring silly and outrageous ideas without other adults scolding you like a kindergartner for it, then it might just be a good match.
Uh do westerners fetishize Japanese culture? Apart from our consumption of anime, I don't think we do at all.
They definitely do
well aren't you slow considering that's the giant OBVIOUS premise of the entire skit
I am so glad this sketch exists.
The taxi shown when they are supposedly leaving the airport is a Buick LaSabre. But when they are being dropped off at the coffee shop, their taxi turns into a Ford Crown Victoria.
Deplorably Candid hahahahaa
The reason for that is a Buick LaSabre is synonymastic with Freudian sub-cultures and undercurrents of newness from the birth from the vaginal waters that cascade over the sub conscious trivialities of life but the Ford Crown Victoria is all about arriving and stiff upper lipmanship upon with or to which bequeath upon the savage beast of what not what we knoweth.
Dammit, if they just hadn’t messed up that one detail, I’d have thought it was a documentary.
You’re like one of those guys who warns the world that the moon landing was fake.
tiarnan ...you need a decaffeinated coffee, maybe? But I think yours is a brilliant analysis! ‘Stiff upper lipmanship’ got me giggly.
Ross H why aren't you working in CSI or something? You are like a detective or something. You have a keen eye for observation.
THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE SKETCH
I TOO AM ALSO SHOUTING
I love the way how at the end he kinda acknowledges that this is weird when he says "do the dog thing", I nearly died laughing. Also the seriousness and look in his eyes when he says, "THAT IS MY FRIEND"... lmfao
Is there an app for "the dog thing?" Plus, kudos to your awesome username.
As a Japanese person, this is SO ACCURATE. I laughed so hard when they got the smallest coffee. Japanese ppl are obsessed with small cute things
Except this is supposed to be Americans misrepresenting Japanese culture.
@@wildkeithlol no
@@vash47 Yes, if you think this isn’t sarcasm you are the butt of the joke.
You would love my parrot. She may not be as small as a budgie but she is as cute as can be.
To avert your sadness..Hichiro ..Hichiro
hahahahaahahahhahhaahaha
I feel like the vibe to a lot of these videos is some weird inside joke that may or may not actually exist, but its so funny in execution that it really doesn't matter.. this is great! and im SO glad that this is a thing
Yes. It's like they see the humor in sub cultures and personality archetypes
The inside joke is if you’ve been to Portland or the northwest but it also makes me miss it 😂
One of my favorite sketches of theirs lmao
I'm changing my dog's name to Hichiro!
This show is bat-shit crazy and I'm here for all of it. 🤣😂😅
the impression and the way they treat "johnny depp" akdfjksdjf this is so spot on
This has the scent of Tim and Eric all over it. Still great!
I agree, I think that's why I like it. I wasn't sure about Portlandia at first, but the more I watched it the more it reminded me of Tim and Eric...to an extent. I think it's just a less bizarre/more controlled version of that humor so a wider audience can appreciate it.
The show is edited by the same guy who edits tim and eric Dj Dougpound
That's what I was about to say, it's like Tim and Eric for people that live up north west coast
Dj douggpound is the best.
I lived in Tokyo for three years and saw people like this in cafés...
Wish I could laugh harder at this...
That would get obnoxious after a while.
I teach english to Japanese girls and this is very accurate
+Selma Faria TRIGGERED
+Selma Faria Holy shit shut up
+Selma Faria lol...are you pc bro?
+Antonio G i really hope you aren't a teacher you ignorant bitch.
+Yesina O in what context does making a casual observation infer a lack of intelligence on my part?
I love satire done right bc it just illuminates how ppl that try on cultures actually look lol
i really can't with carrie lmao
What happens when you let the creators get drunk.
Kawaii!
Lived n Japan for 12 years this totally works.
YOU totally works.
@shartkeythe2nd How dare you!
@shartkeythe2nd Oh no you di-int!!!!! You did not just double YOU me!!??
Don't you know who you're talking to? I'm the master of Youing. Got my degree in Youology. From Youale.
@shartkeythe2nd YOU did.
That's what I heard.
@shartkeythe2nd YOU'RE You.
I'm not.
You're the president of the You.SA. And you ride a younicycle and eat styou for lunch.
After living in Japan I can confirm this is completely accurate.
The fashion is like 15-20 years out of date though... The whole Harajuku/Gyaru thing died ages ago. Nowdays they should be dressed in baggy, shapeless layers of brown/beige/black.
@@calebfuller4713 to be fair this is from 2012
So like, the background music is WWE superstar Yoshi Tatsu's theme song.
I think you'll find Yoshi Tatsu is the background music's WWE superstar.
My 1st waitress job, I was living in a small Northern California town, north of San Francisco. A big tour bus of Japanese tourists stopped at our restaurant & loaded into our banquet room & I was taking orders from everyone, and they all giggled and said “Orange Juice, tee hee”, I was extremely confused and the restaurant owner, George said that we were the land of orange juice bc it was California, lol. This was 1976 and truly bizarre to very young me.
Classic
Everytime I’m feelin down I just play this video 😂
As a media thief, you had one job, to spell the name of the sketch correctly.
Just about to get a coffee and this popped in my head! Coffee land!!
crazy how time flies. i remember seeing this years ago
Fun fact: Fred Armisen's grand father is Japanese.
That's crazy awesome.
His grandfather wasn't Japanese but Korean. He was born Park Yeong-in in Ulsan, Korea but adopted a Japanese name (Ehara Masumi) and persona after the massacre of Koreans in 1923.
I have been living in Japan the last 3 years and this is so painfully accurate
Weirdly. Japan is actually like this
I love Portlandia so much. 👏👏👏
The editing and sound effects is the funniest part
I love how much better this show is when you live in portland
I wonder why they never revisited these characters.
Prolly because no one got the joke and thought it was just a really cringe-y stereotype skit.
effects probably cost too much.
I love it!!!!!! Portlandia rocks!
I'm Japanese, but this is hilarious! I guess I was acting like that when I was a stupid teenager. lol
Thank you for having a sense of humor, Kari. People who are getting upset by this are overreacting. Japanese culture, whether modern harajuku stuff or traditional, is amazing and unique. Sometimes silly people just like doing impressions of zany Japanese pop idols (or their fans). It's not racist or mean-spirited.
And you weren't acting stupid if you were goofy as a teen. You were just having fun which is what life's about. :)
I actually assumed this was a parody of japanophiles rather than Japanese people themselves. but I guess we can all get a little star struck if we go somewhere we've been wanting to go.
I agree with Stranger to Myself. We all are charactetures at certain times of our life
1. The sketch is a parody of Japanophiles
2. Armisen's grandfather is Japanese/Korean
3. Comedy
hahaha the impression
The song that plays at the end, Splash Woman from Mega Ran. That's so Random.
Good ole season 1 , wish there were more lke this
i want some of whatever these two are smoking
The song is J-Pop Drop by Tom Haines and Christopher Branch
i like how they consulted an actual japanese so they can get the lingos right
So, would this be the equivalent of yellow face?
Such a tim and eric vibe
That is my FRIEND...WHAT ARE YOU??? Think about that 😂😂🤣🤣😂🤣 I die everytime
また乗ろう mata norou (another ride); メッチャ楽しかったね meccha tanoshikatta ne (it was very fun, right?)
hahahha the two impressions that he does
I'm getting 'Tim and Eric' vibes from this, especially at the end.
I've seen my share of J-TV... this is hilarious!
"Yoo look like a yohnny deppp"
they really got away with this, huh
Helps that Armisen is half Japanese.
@@hd-xc2lz half Korean, grew up thinking he was Japanese lol
@@AdamWild572 he's not even half korean. he's a quarter and he's white passing so that's kind of irrelevant.
Best portlandia sketch
Thank you!!! It's the best jam ever!!!
I want to be one of them. It looks like fun.
I love how the song they use was Yoshi Tatsu's from WWE.
This is very Tim & Eric.
I am not nearly high enough for this.
Do you... need to be? lmao
I really like the super happy song that plays. Like every time someone drinks coffee this song has to play right?! Cheers!
This is the BEST one. Haha
Again...Again uuuhhh Hutchiro do the dog thing! My favorite these people are hilarious!!
Not that anyone cares but the Japanese text they keep flashing doesn't say "ride complete," it says "Let's ride again! That was so fun!"
Out of the whole show this one makes me wonder what the fuck the most!
I love that her left thumb nail broke off haha
2021????? 🤣
No ones talking about how the dog makes chicken noises
Not a single "kawaaaiiii!!" So disappoint.
De Amerikanen hebben Ushi van Dijk ontdekt!
LOOOOL WTF HOW DID I MISS THIS ONE HAHAHAH
Man I like how they roast the beans here, it’s like the only place in town that does it right, (girl giggles)
LMAO 😂 best part ever, this show is better than Family Guy
Would this get cancelled in 2021
undoubtedly. sucks, huh?
This feels very Tim and Eric-y
the ending is hilarious
where's the coffelandoooo? damn it!
Hahahaha what he said at the first impression?
"man I like how they roast their beans here it's like the only place in town that does it right"
KidErkwon hahahahah LMAO thanks!!
There's way more people like this now then when this came out holy s***
Fuckin Hitchiro got me dying
The giggling is 100% accurate (and annoying). I know coz I live in Japan.
it's not racist, it's not making fun of Asians *for being/existing as Asian*. I assume there are (or were around this time) a number of Asians (Japanese?) who tour Portland for the coffee and act like this, there is a reason they chose to film this and not because of "racism". I think it's poking fun at a subset of "fish out of water" (maybe there's a better phrase) tourists to Portland, that could be any race visiting any country that is not their home country.
ADORABLE.
strong Tim and Eric vibes with this one
This is better than Family Guy because this will make you laugh alot
dang they are born to be Kawaii
また乗ろう
!
メッチャ楽しかったね!
This how I want to take an international trip
Nice seeing you here Mega! Congrats!
i can forgive the Japanese for WW2 but not for Tamagotchi,man.
You just need to digitally feed the Tamagotchi to keep playing the game. Nobody MADE you buy it, dude. lol.
No country ever fully recovers from losing a war.
love that yoshi tatsu theme
nice trip
Im not reading youtube comments anymore
love this bit!!!!
we have to learn to laugh at our selves and not take everything so seriously, PC very ESL enjoyable bunny land
Acid. lol just straight up acid writing this hahah