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I'm hoping to import a few Japanese game show concepts for my TV channel if the liability insurance premiums don't kill the project first. One game involves reciting tongue twisters, with failure resulting in a hit in the crotch!
Here are a few more Japanese game show antics.
And the ultimate game show! 24 hour tag! (12 video playlist)
I don't have a favorite, although these are among them, especially the first two videos.
The first showcases the work of one of my all-time favorite pianists, Martha Argerich, performing one of the four Chopin scherzos. For those who care, the final note of the scherzo is cut off, which is a shame. But it's still a remarkably musical performance of the work.
The second is of Glenn Gould, in my opinion one of the most impressive interpreters of Bach's keyboard music. Here he is playing the B-flat minor fugue from WTK (Book 2), by Bach:
Scott, I really enjoyed those videos. Watching Argerich play was awesome. Bach being played on the big FAO Schwartz floor piano was also entertaining, but the best thing about going to look at that video this morning was the Big Yank Jeans ad from the 70's that is also on the site. Cracked me up.
Scott, I really enjoyed those videos. Watching Argerich play was awesome. Bach being played on the big FAO Schwartz floor piano was also entertaining, but the best thing about going to look at that video this morning was the Big Yank Jeans ad from the 70's that is also on the site. Cracked me up.
David,
I'm glad you enjoyed them! I have the first two bookmarked, and listen to them once a week or so. That's some really fine playing by Argerich and Gould.
We have a family member that not only looks and acts like the girl in the video but she's an interior designer. I sent her a link to the video & can't wait for her response.
Youtube never fails to amaze me Mike, the sheer volume of videos available there is breathtaking and not just silly videos but entire movies, complete tv series, shows and docs you thought no longer existed, all on there.
Yesterday I discovered an old 60's tv series I was a fan of had been uploaded on there, high quality too. I don't want to mention the title in case I jinx it, videos are removed all the time from there.
Here's a clip I recently enjoyed, the great Vincent Price roasting the legendary Bette Davis. Funny stuff.
Thanks, Steve! Very few people knew Vincent Price actually had excellent comedic credentials. I remember an episode of Here's Lucy where Lucy meets Vincent Price to have the authenticity of a painting verified, and Price mistook her for an actress or an assistant helping him out in a new movie he's making.
Needless to say it becomes a huge misunderstanding.