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cwerdna

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The latter I first saw on the TV show "World's Dumbest..." I call it the "Official Colonoscopy Prep Song" :lol:

Japanese car commercials definitely fall into the categories of "weird" and/or "funny."

American celebrity endorsements are HUGE in Japan. That's the only way to explain why Hino would choose Diane Lane to endorse a series of commercial trucks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SrlcH809F4

This one is just creepy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ2yGIYMWwo

My favorite series of funny Japan commercials are not for cars, but for a drink. Tommy Lee Jones plays an alien sent to investigate Earth and study its inhabitants, and ends up in Japan. The commercials are actually a parody of certain aspects of Japanese society:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL4F3C1016A2216AB3
 
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