Randi's Japanese spot

[Gib]

Randi says he's going to be in Japan shooting an investigation, that's going to be shown in Japan very soon.

I'm sure that a version will appear on youtube soon that I can watch, but my girlfriend lives in Japan and I want to tell her when and where it will be on live.

So, anyone know the channel and date/time his segment will be shown ?

[Puppycow]

I did a quick search of Japanese TV listings, but I could not find anything. I didn't see anything in Randi's latest commentary. Where did you hear this information?

Welcome to the forum. :D

[Loon]

It'll air on Monday, the 18th on (I think) Channel 4 at 10 pm (Nihon television).

The program is called GetsuYoru.

[Puppycow]

Thanks! I'll try to remember to tune in!

Most of the commercial (non-NHK) TV stations here generally provide an uncritical platform for psychics and the like, and promote lots of silliness including blood-type personality theory and fortune telling based on blood type. I usually mostly watch NHK.

[DonJunbar]

Thanks! I'll try to remember to tune in!

Most of the commercial (non-NHK) TV stations here generally provide an uncritical platform for psychics and the like, and promote lots of silliness including blood-type personality theory and fortune telling based on blood type. I usually mostly watch NHK.

Ah, blood type. Of all the white supremacist Nazi propaganda pseudo-scientific ideas, I'm glad that's the one that made it to the Far East.

[Gib]

Thanks Loon for the info, I'll tell her to tune in then.

Thanks Puppycow for the welcome. It's good to un-lurk. Randi commented on the Japan segment not in the commentary that appeared today (well maybe, I haven't read it yet), but he did comment in the last two.. Just bring up the archives and search for "Japan".

[andyandy]

Thanks! I'll try to remember to tune in!

Most of the commercial (non-NHK) TV stations here generally provide an uncritical platform for psychics and the like, and promote lots of silliness including blood-type personality theory and fortune telling based on blood type. I usually mostly watch NHK.

ketsu-eki-gata A desu!

....which means I share personality traits with Ayumi Hamasaki and Adolf Hitler....:D

[Puppycow]

Ayu ha osuki desuka?

[andyandy]

Ayu ha osuki desuka?

*high pitch girlie screech*

Ayu ha wa kawaiiiiiiiiiiii!

:D

[mikex1337]

What is the meaning of "GetsuYoru"? Just curious.

[ChristineR]

Gets you? As in "caught in the act?"

[Kilgore Trout]

This is (horribly) BabbelFished from the GetsuYoru web site for their next broadcast:

If "super power" is proven! Super power challenge of prize gold 1 hundred million 2000 ten thousand Yen dreams "On this earth, genuine super power how it does not exist.... " So the man whom you boast is in Florida. The leader of the magic boundary where the name widely is known the magician as "アメージング plays numerous large escaping イリュージョン in America ランディ" who, knows the trick of the magic and exhausts. And, the man whom now the psychics in the world fear... "super power bus tar" ジェームス ランディ Before itself eye, to prove super power it was possible that man, if approximately XXYEN 120, 000 and 000 (approximately $ 1, 000 and 000 (1000000 U.S. dollars) to a = Japanese Yen,: 120000000 Yen) you present. With you say! For the psychic, by proud super power, it is the story like dream of a catching lot of money, but! There was a fact of impact here! ! ! That calls secret ･ ･ ･ ランディ of super power, there is a trick "in everything of super power. " 1000000 dollar super power challenge complete document! Exhibiting spirit perspective man VS super power bus tar super power! With the man and the super power etc. which are said it does not exist! With it can unfold, the exciting battle of the man who is said.

ETA: Hazarding a guess based on my very limited knowledge of Katakana (and the slight help of Rikaichan) the untranslated bits are James and Randi, with the exception of the second untranslated word which is "illusion." My favorite is, what seems to be, Randi's new title, "Super Power Bus Tar" (buster).

[andyandy]

What is the meaning of "GetsuYoru"? Just curious.

Monday night - not very exciting :D

[kwaidan]

If "supernatural power" is proved Supernatural power challenge of prize money the dream of 120 million yen! "... which does not exist in real supernatural power on this earth." The man who brags so is in Florida. Magician who performed many large escape illusion in the United States "Amazing Randy" He is the leader of a magic community who it carries out, and the name is known widely, and got to know all the tricks of magic. And man whom the persons with preternatural power in the world fear now ... "Supernatural power buster" James Randy The man will be $1,000,000 = (1 million U.S. dollar), if supernatural power is able to be proved in front of own Sakka. It is made the Japanese yen and \120,000,000 (abbreviation: 120 million yen) is presented about. It says! For a person with preternatural power, it is the supernatural power of boast and is a dreamlike talk of making a fortune at a stroke! Here was the fact of the shock!!! It is a secret of supernatural power... Randy says. "A trick is in all the supernatural power." 1 million-dollar supernatural power challenge perfect document! The exciting battle of the man ! which displays spirit-of-a-departed-person fluoroscopy man VS supernatural power buster supernatural power, and the man ! which does not exist [ supernatural power ] is under way.


So says @nifty. "...spirit-of-a-departed-person fluoroscopy man..."? That would be the applicant. But I like Babelfish's (Systrans) copy too, always good for a giggle.

Here was the fact of the shock!!! I got to sit in on the taping, despite my nihongo incompetance. Will be interesting to see how the thing gets cut up.

[tracer]

I hope Super Power Bus Tar Randi has the correct Yugi-Oh cards for this battle. (Or, if not, can at least transform into a Power Ranger.)

[Robaato]

The VCR is set! The tape is in!
準備が出来た！後四十五分。。。

[Gib]

VCR? I don't suppose then you have the technology for converting to electrons and uploading somewhere then ? (youtube, direct email to me...)

[Robaato]

...that'd be a no, sadly. Heck, I can't even afford to replace my (five-year-old, starting to break down) computer...

[Gib]

Oh well... I look forward to a summary from you on the segment though :)

[Robaato]

They started with a few clips of previous debunkings, captioned with a big KO every time Randi busts someone. Then, a clip of Randi breaking a spoon, with Randi's voice dubbed over into Japanese...

Then a profile of the challenger, complete with dramatic shots of tai-chi performed in a wooded setting...

I'm gonna go watch the rest now.

[Robaato]

First commercial break.

The first segments were a profile of Randi, with footage of some guy blowing phonebook pages, and the Korean "Human Magnet". Brief interview w. Randi.

Then, a profile of the challenger, with some taped demonstrations of his spirit communication powers -- basically the drawing-in-a-sealed envelope trick.

Challenger enters. Commercial break.

After the break, the taped demo is repeated several times with kanji instead of drawings. This was done 4 times, apparently; they gave him credit for matches with 三 and 月, but the other two were not. (the matches were iffy, in my opinion)

Return to the studio, where Randi explains how people generally tend to draw the same things in these demonstrations.

And now it begins...Randi hauls out 20 sealed envelopes. Inside of each envelope is a photo or drawing. Copies of all the pictures are on display above the rack holding the envelopes. Randi explains that five out of 20 correctly determined pictures is the desired result. The challenger looks a little nervous.

Michael picks an envelope...concentrates...looks behind him at the pictures on display, and writes RABBIT on the envelope.

etc...

cut to archival footage of various mentalists doing their thing.

and...second CM break.

[Robaato]

They actually have a pile of money sitting in the studio...

It's amusing how they've dimmed the lighting on stage for this. They do a few dramatic shots of Randi, hands clasped before him...

And now, as they wait for the challenger to finish, they show clips of various magicians and such. Now they're showing a clip from the movie RINGU.

Now old photos of biorhythm experiments? Much laughter from the crowd.

Back to the "live" shot. He's more than halfway through...

no, wait, he's finished. 9 minutes, 34 seconds to do 20 envelopes.

[Robaato]

the Dramatic Reveal:

One of the show's hosts will pick and open envelopes one at a time.

envelope 1. Guess: Apple. Actual: Apple.

Commercial break, darnit!

[Robaato]

As is typical in Japanese reality shows, they back up a bit.

1. Guess: Rabbit. Result: pliers.
2. Automobile. Beer.
3. Zebra. Drum.
4. Apple. Apple. (applause)
5. Playing card. Policeman.
6. Pliers. Tennis Racket.
7. Calculator. Rocket.
8. Pencil. Playing card.

At this point, they cut away. The final result appears to be one right out of 20. Michael expresses surprise and disappointment. Randi has the final word...

Commercial break. Koda Kumi (Japan's answer to Janet Jackson) is touring, sponsored by Sanyo...

[Robaato]

final bit: A visiting expert is checking that the envelopes were lined with black paper, to prevent see through.

Randi mentions that he's "ready to come back [to Japan] any time you want.

End credits.

Sorry that I'm too tired to analyzing the Japanese being spoken; and perhaps I should leave that to those better at it than I.

'night!

[Hatchet]

Ayu ha wa kawaiiiiiiiiiiii!

The trout is cute??? I think I need to study more Japanese :)

[Robaato]

Ayu has had too much plastic surgery for my tastes...

[Hatchet]

Ayu has had too much plastic surgery for my tastes...
Ahh... Ayu is a person? That would make more sense.

[andyandy]

Ahh... Ayu is a person? That would make more sense.

more than you could possibly want to know about Ayumi Hamasaki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayumi_Hamasaki):)

[Kilgore Trout]

The trout is cute??? I think I need to study more Japanese :)
Yes. The Trout is kawaii. Very kawaii. Arigato. *bows*

[Gib]

Thanks Raja. Sounds interesting...

I told my girlfriend last week to watch it, but she got home from work late, and didn't get there in time!

I hope we can get a youtube video soon.

A dubbed Randi sounds great.. Was he dubbed for the whole thing, or did they have a translator or subtitles later ?

[andyandy]

Yes. The Trout is kawaii. Very kawaii. Arigato. *bows*

The Trout wa nioi warui! kusai! :)

[Robaato]

Both Randi and Maggio (?) were dubbed the whole time.

One of the more amusing moments for me was when Randi was explaining how when asked to draw a random picture, they often draw a house or a car...and I realized that when Maggio was "getting" the image of a house, he drew what he thought a Japanese house would look like. A doubled, Zen-temple like roof...

For the record, when Japanese people draw houses, it looks similar to when Americans draw houses.

[Robaato]

Check Kimpatsu's better transcription/report in this thread:
http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=83860

[Kilgore Trout]

The Trout wa nioi warui! kusai! :)

Right well.. I was drunk at the time and I had no idea it was plugged in.

[Hatchet]

Right well.. I was drunk at the time and I had no idea it was plugged in.

Poor Trout.. I'm sure he doesn't smell that bad!

Trout wa karou desu.

[Robaato]

ローマ字は大嫌いだぞ!　ローマ字で日本語を勉強することが本当に無理だ!

まだ。。。

僕は仮名と漢字で勉強することも出来ません。難しい！

ギブアップしたい。。。
(>_<)

[andyandy]

ローマ字は大嫌いだぞ!　ローマ字で日本語を勉強することが本当に無理だ!

まだ。。。

僕は仮名と漢字で勉強することも出来ません。難しい！

ギブアップしたい。。。
(>_<)

kaku koto toki romanji no ho ga ii to omoimasu. Benri dakara. Ima boku no wordpro ga kanji dekinai. :D

demo benkyou gambatte ne! :)

[Robaato]

勉強の始める時、ローマ字でしました。まだ、日本に来たとき、最初からもう一度最初から勉強しなければなり ませんでした。ローマ字が忘れなければならなかった！僕は仮名をローマ字に訳することがとても複雑と思いま す。

でも、君はローマ字で勉強することが出来れば、いいですね！

勉強頑張りましょう。日本語能力試験は難しいそうだなあ。

[andyandy]

勉強の始める時、ローマ字でしました。まだ、日本に来たとき、最初からもう一度最初から勉強しなければなり ませんでした。ローマ字が忘れなければならなかった！僕は仮名をローマ字に訳することがとても複雑と思いま す。

でも、君はローマ字で勉強することが出来れば、いいですね！

勉強頑張りましょう。日本語能力試験は難しいそうだなあ。


boku wa sankyu ga arimasu - demo nikyu wa muri :D

[Kimpatsu]

ketsu-eki-gata A desu!

....which means I share personality traits with Ayumi Hamasaki and Adolf Hitler....:D
As do I, and 60% of people on the planet...

[Gib]

So, Randi's recent excursion to Japan hasn't produced any youtube videos of the event as far as I can tell.
Is there anywhere I can view the segment ?

A related question is how to search for videos of Randi on youtube ? Whenever I type "randi", either with or without the quotes on youtube, I get a bucket load of videos that mention the name "randy". How the hell to you get youtube to stop "helping" by "correcting" the name to "randy" ?

[Pipirr]

A related question is how to search for videos of Randi on youtube ? Whenever I type "randi", either with or without the quotes on youtube, I get a bucket load of videos that mention the name "randy". How the hell to you get youtube to stop "helping" by "correcting" the name to "randy" ?


A search for randi found lots of videos of James Randi.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=randi&search=

But a search for Japan + randi makes it autocorrect to 'randy'.

You're right, youtube is definitely 'helping'.... :boggled:

[Pipirr]

ok, search for:

japan + randi -randy

then you don't get all the 'randy' hits.

[Gib]

Cheers Pipirr, I thought I'd tried that, but I'll give it a bash when I'm on a more forgiving (non-work) network...

[BillyJoe]

Try googling randi on images....you get a pic of randi surrounded by randy women. :D

[Gib]

I though you meant all in the one photo... Then I tried it, and yeah, there's Randi in the top row, and the rest of the images are women, sometimes with men "helping" them....