Tuesday, July 18, 2006

Domino arigato, Mister Roboto!

A tip of the hat (were I wearing a hat [which I am not] and were I the hat-tipping kind, [which I would like to think that I am]) to fellow blogger ILUVNUFC over yonder at Look At This, who clued me in to the awesomosity of TV in Japan as documented by the succinctly-titled TV In Japan. Domo arigato to both of you!

As a kid, I used to love that game "Mouse Trap". You know, the one where you built this amazingly convoluted machine that started with the turn of a crank, which set in motion a chain of events with balls rolling down inclines, a little bowling ball falling into (and out of) a little plastic bathtub, landing on a teeter-totter which flung the little plastic guy into the... okay, it was pretty complicated, and I loved it.

Years later I discovered the computer-game incarnation of that in The Incredible Machine, which had the same basic goal of doing some simple task by building this Rube Goldberg-ian device out of rockets and seesaws and rope and pulleys and... well, you get the idea. And if you don't, you can get the game for free and try it out yourself.

So it was no wonder that I was tickled to find out about a Japanese TV show called Bakuten Domino, where the show is based on the following concept: the hosts of the show take practically everything in your house and stack it in a line (a la dominoes). Of course, the fun starts when the stuff starts toppling. Even cooler, like the best Rube Goldberg devices, it accomplishes some simple task (like turning on a lamp or starting breakfast) in the least efficient, most amusing way possible.

Sure, it's easy to stack CD cases and VHS videos, but how do you stack coats and shoes? Watch and learn, kid, watch and learn...



Even more Bukaten Domino-y goodness, courtesy of YouTube.

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