Tuesday, August 2, 2011

The Song John Won't Stop Singing

I DARE YOU TO WATCH THE WHOLE THING.



And the weirdest part?

No, not the faceless chubby dancer. Not the Barbie doll and banana hair clip. Not the stream of eyeball vomit, or the giant femur floating through the window, or even this new facial tic.

[twitchtwitchtwitch]

No, it's that I think that was a Kraft Macaroni and Cheese commercial.

o.O


Thanks, Dave B.

I think.
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  1. ljbisbeeAugust 2, 2011 at 1:41 PM

    I got through maybe half of it. I think I'm crazy now

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  2. LauraAugust 2, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    i'm rather partial to the bird vomit. and the whole fating-a-"rainbow" bit.

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  3. the_exileAugust 2, 2011 at 1:46 PM

    Wow. Way way pon pon pon... Epic. I may never be the same again!

    WV: unpot - what the makers of the video had been smoking?

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  4. UnknownAugust 2, 2011 at 1:47 PM

    The only thing that would make this better is seeing this girl compete on the next Women of Ninja Warrior episode!

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  5. KimberlyAlspAugust 2, 2011 at 1:48 PM

    Well poop, I want to watch it but it's unavailable in my country [Germany].. as are most of the videos I want to see. Can't wait to get back to America! I'll come back to this post and watch it.. 3 months and counting!

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  6. AmyAugust 2, 2011 at 1:52 PM

    Ugh - that is the stuff of nightmares! EVen my 3 tr old said "What is playing? Watch a different one?"

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  7. AislingAugust 2, 2011 at 1:54 PM

    Well thats something I wish I didn't have stuck in my head.The chubby faceless dancer is the stuff of nightmares!!

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  8. QuiaraAugust 2, 2011 at 1:58 PM

    Possibly? But I think maybe, since I spotted a bunch of junk food, maybe it's one of those after school special type songs? Get up and move and put down the pocky and mac-n-cheese and take your eyeballs for a ride on a unicycle? With your dinosaur? So your femur will be healthy? ... I got nothin'.

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  9. Kristin E.August 2, 2011 at 2:05 PM

    Well, the chubby dancer can dance... More rhythm than I have in my big toe! Sad about not having a face. So scary! I'm about to send this to my friend who is studying in Japan for the summer for some reassurance that this is NOT typical of Japanese commercials. Because, I think you're right, it might be an advertisement, and that's the worst part.

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  10. UnknownAugust 2, 2011 at 2:14 PM

    OH...MY...GOSH!

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  11. LindseyAugust 2, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    I watched the whole thing... I can't help but feel that I was being brainwashed to do something horrible.

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  12. kcunningAugust 2, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    I thought 'eyeball vomit' was a figurative reference to all the graphics. It wasn't.

    But please, do tell me that John not long sings this, but does the dances as he founces about the house.

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  13. PieAugust 2, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    she does look pretty good with a moustache though.

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  14. ShelsyAugust 2, 2011 at 2:21 PM

    Lord, that was the longest four minutes of my life. I'm feeling you on the facial tic...

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  15. IceyAugust 2, 2011 at 2:25 PM

    Look! Toast appears and arranges itself when I clap!!!!

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  16. Kat79August 2, 2011 at 2:26 PM

    Great now we are probably all brainwashed and can be triggered by a secret phrase(Mac&cheese perhaps)to do dirty deeds.
    I second the commentor who asked what the makers were smoking

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  17. LauraAugust 2, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    er, i fat-fingered that response. FARTING, not fating.

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  18. MarenAugust 2, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    WHAT. was. that!!!???
    Lisa Frank on an acid trip?
    The undualting bubblegum head. I want to vomit.

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  19. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    well. that was disturbing. i think i'll go curl up in a fetal position in preparation for defense against those chubby faceless lunch lady dancers of doom that will be invading my nightmares tonight. maybe they will throw eyeballs and femur bones at me. *shudder*
    -kate the girl who is now afraid of colorful obese dancing faceless, well you get the idea

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  20. CraftscoutAugust 2, 2011 at 2:41 PM

    Watched the whole thing. I think I'm scarred, and a little obsessed. Apparently, the singer is a Harajuku blogger and model, Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. Interesting post at http://patrickmacias.blogs.com/er/2011/07/on-ponponpon-.html including a sketchy translation of the song's lyrics.

    WV: odoodse - after the makers of the video finished smoking the unpot, what they began their statements with, as in "Odoodse all the floating eyeballs? We should totally use them."

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  21. MichelleChefNYCAugust 2, 2011 at 2:44 PM

    Pon pon way way way, way way way pon way pon pon, way way pon pon pon, way way pon way pon way way... dear lord I will be singing this all afternoon...

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  22. MyxiniAugust 2, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    based on the eyes printed on her clothes, and the general trippiness, I suspect Takashi Murakami is involved. which makes this awesome, in an intentionally-surreal pop-art kind of way.

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  23. Hurricane HeideAugust 2, 2011 at 2:55 PM

    After watching the whole thing through...well, you dared me jen!...I can say with certainty that that was really weird. I saw some fiddle faddle, mac and cheese, eyeballs and brains. And, yeah...what was up with that rainbow fart? What the heck is this?!?!?!

    ...i think I'm having a nervous breakdown trying to figure this out.

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  24. RachelfAugust 2, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    I watched the video without sound (I'm at work, so I have to be sneaky, lol!). I'm pretty sure I'm going to have a headache for the rest of the day now - that video was brutal! I don't think I will be watching it again with the sound.

    Thanks for sharing?

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  25. jeskaleeAugust 2, 2011 at 3:00 PM

    You can tell they're selling something because of the pogo stick; pogo sticks SELL, baby!

    I think it's some kind of creepy after-school special/music video/acid-trip about the dangers of too much junk food and Lisa Frank products.

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  26. KellyAugust 2, 2011 at 3:04 PM

    We definitely need this translated...

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  27. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 3:12 PM

    I watched all of it. Tell John he can only sing the song if he also does the dance.

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  28. RachelAugust 2, 2011 at 3:15 PM

    Sad. Can't see it in Germany. :(

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  29. TrishAugust 2, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    I'm going to go stab pointy things into my ears and eyes now. Thank you.

    Also, my WV is "vaggies" what the heck kind of a website are you running here?!?!?

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  30. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 3:30 PM

    rough translation I found:

    "at the intersection, surely everyone skips
    surely, in the middle of the town, holding hands and looking up at the sky
    surely, somewhere in the city, a chance will be seized
    its still too early to cry, just keep moving forward, wai yai ya

    PON PON if you show it, thats good
    not doing so is boring, hm?
    put on headphones and sing along
    WAY WAY open up my path

    PON PON all these things keep going on
    can’t you hear it more and more? your feelings
    Throwing it out carelessly, who’s the brat now?
    hmm, good kid
    you make me happy

    every day PON
    every time is PON
    I wanna ride the merry-go-round
    every day PON
    Every time is PON
    Maybe thats not so good

    PON PON if you show it, thats good
    not doing so is boring, hm?
    put on headphones and sing along
    WAY WAY open up my path

    PON PON WAY WAY WAY
    PON PON WAY PON WAY PON PON
    WAY WAY PON PON PON
    WAY WAY PON WAY PON WAY WAY

    at the intersection, surely everyone skips
    surely, in the middle of the town, holding hands and looking up at the sky
    surely, somewhere in the city, a chance will be seized
    its still too early to cry, just keep moving forward, wai yai ya

    PON PON all these things keep going on
    can’t you hear it more and more? your feelings
    Throwing it out carelessly, who’s the brat now?
    hmm, good kid
    you make me happy

    every day PON
    every time is PON
    I wanna ride the merry-go-round
    every day PON
    Every time is PON
    Maybe thats not so good

    PON PON WAY WAY WAY
    PON PON WAY PON WAY PON PON
    WAY WAY PON PON PON
    WAY WAY PON WAY PON WAY WA"

    So I think it's about embracing your inner kid/letting your freak flag fly...maybe?

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  31. Cathy BenavidesAugust 2, 2011 at 3:36 PM

    I think this is what they show crazy people to make them sane.....

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  32. KaedeeAugust 2, 2011 at 3:41 PM

    It's just a music video actually XD The girl who's in it is a model, and this is her first song. The designer for the Japanese brand 6% Doki Doki designed the video.

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  33. Kelly HAugust 2, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    I've got a budding migraine and it was an awful idea to watch that. I think it spurred the headache on.

    My eyes won't focus properly.

    My wv: soasms
    -what a contestant on Project Runway has when they get super excited about something they've sewn.

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  34. SariahAugust 2, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    I couldn't back down from a dare. I wish I had waited until you at least triple dog dared me. :P That was quite possibly the weirdest thing I have ever seen.

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  35. CarolAugust 2, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    Really cute kid.....the video....not so cute, lol!!! Um, wow....thanks Jen. Can't unsee that now!

    (And I may be singing that in my head the rest of the day...dang catchy tune!)

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  36. Michele HaysAugust 2, 2011 at 4:00 PM

    Another translation, that makes slightly more sense (in as much as that's possible) http://wonkytranslation.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post.html

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  37. AmyAugust 2, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    Jen, I know you love Jon, but--if I were you--I would have left him after the first time he sang it.

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  38. Laura H.August 2, 2011 at 4:01 PM

    Did she fart rainbows at 1:29? I think she farted rainbows at 1:29. Also, I may be having a panic attack after watching this. It's like that Simpson's episode where the Homer dishwashing soap causes people to have seizures.

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  39. julieAugust 2, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    Yes, I did watch it all, and my 10 yr old son did also. He thought it funny. I also wonder what lies beneath to brainwash us...

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  40. Janet Lindsey O'BrienAugust 2, 2011 at 4:06 PM

    NO PON, NO WAY! That is all.

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  41. A.J.August 2, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    OMG! My coworker showed me that video last week and I told him he's the one I'm calling at 3 in the morning when I'm afraid the faceless Granny is hiding under my bed.

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  42. HilaryAugust 2, 2011 at 4:09 PM

    Director: Lets take every single graphic we have, all those mismatch toys too... and throw them into one video... add a model to it.. and make her sing.. THAT should get some attention!

    *crickets chirping* Director: I SAID!!
    Rest of video cast: OH! YES! That sounds great! *praise for "intelligent" director*

    I laughed SO hard when I saw this that I had to watch it twice all the way through just to catch all of the craziness. That is how you make a 'memorable' music video that doubles as a scary movie! O.o

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  43. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    Ok, I watched the whole thing. Do I win a prize? Cuz I think my brain just melted.

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  44. lfrank22001August 2, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    I've seen a lot of postings disparaging this video. I actually kinda like it. It reminds me of Devo or Weird Al's Dare to be Stupid or Pee Wee's Play House. It's got a weird 80's Tim Burton-esque using culture in a counter culture Pop vibe to it. It's creative, different, dand it's catchy.

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  45. KatiAugust 2, 2011 at 4:10 PM

    That room is pretty much exactly out of my childhood imagination! Amazing!

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  46. hkmouseAugust 2, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    This makes me so happy, especially after seeing a translation. Bounce!

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  47. Yo MommaAugust 2, 2011 at 4:12 PM

    Wow, that's different. I started looking around for River just to see if she would go all ninja warrior to this like in Serenity.

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  48. KittyAugust 2, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    sweet jesus, what the hell was that. O.o

    i think i may have been brain washed and will now go crazy in a bar and beat everyone up until my brother says the magic words to make me fall asleep.


    WordVerificational :: ingentsi - is that like the intelligentsi? but not quite? like, the junior kind? who were obviously not present when this video was made.....

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  49. ErinAugust 2, 2011 at 4:15 PM

    that is crazy and a half. oh my. you weren't kidding about the afternoon getting weirder.

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  50. PattyADAugust 2, 2011 at 4:20 PM

    If I go all Super Oaty Bars now and take out a whole room with my mad assassin skills after watching this, I don't think any jury would convict me.

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  51. D.B. EchoAugust 2, 2011 at 4:21 PM

    This is what it would look like if H.P. Lovecraft decided to do a "Pee-Wee's Playhouse"-style children's show. Except it would have more cats.

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  52. LauraAugust 2, 2011 at 4:22 PM

    CLEARLY!!! This video is about global warming. +1 on the comment about this needing to be on the next Katamari sound track.

    This video was like a 4 minute sugar tripping unicorn ride through the brain of the bill nye the science guy and Andy Warhol's love child.

    wv: ousnip... "Ousnip that last 4 minutes out of my brain, please!" lol JK... I actually... liked? it? I think? Suddenly I want marshmallows.

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  53. Bean Boys BlogAugust 2, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    Well I'm never gonna be able to scrub that from my brain. Kinda liked the faceless, chubby, lunch lady bustin' a move though. Way, Pon, Dude!

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  54. Ruth CovingtonAugust 2, 2011 at 4:30 PM

    Wow. I feel so normal.

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  55. Linen and SilkAugust 2, 2011 at 4:34 PM

    Ick. And I agree with all of the above. I gave up after 15 seconds.

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  56. BelfotlAugust 2, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    I watched it all. I read all the comments. Are we sure this wasn't the new Katy Perry video for "Last Friday Night?" No? Okay, if you are sure. I think the pantaloons might catch on. I need some Exedrin.

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  57. HannaSoloAugust 2, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    Get something else in my head. Now. Please.

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  58. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 4:37 PM

    Still doesn't really make any sense to me...


    ...But now I totally want some mac n' cheese.

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  59. ptoneilAugust 2, 2011 at 4:38 PM

    If it weren't for my horse, I wouldn't have spent that year in college. I feel a brain aneurysm coming.

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  60. bibliojunkiesAugust 2, 2011 at 4:41 PM

    I let my 3 year old watch this with me. Her response "It's cute mom". Personally, I am trying to stop seizuring.

    Nat

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  61. Toni WareAugust 2, 2011 at 4:44 PM

    What do I win that I watched the whole thing?

    And may have a costume idea for Dragon*Con?

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  62. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    My friend posted that on facebook last week! Sorry Jen, I'm not watching it again! LOL.

    I think I saw more of her videos on youtube. Too scared to watch any more of them! :P

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  63. MarianneAugust 2, 2011 at 4:52 PM

    AAArgh MY EYES, MY EYES!

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  64. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 4:53 PM

    I was thinking the same thing about the Mac and Cheese box!!!

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  65. Mev_LohmanAugust 2, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    I've lost so many brain cells watching this.
    It does remind me of an ad for Lisa Frank on acid though.
    Hopefully something less annoying will get stuck in my head quickly!

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  66. AngieN24August 2, 2011 at 5:24 PM

    Clearly, if you eat special mushrooms and watch this backwards, it's the answer to our budget crisis.

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  67. AmandaAugust 2, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    It would be stuck in my head now, but for some reason I keep reverting to the lazy town song....

    Pon Pon digga rigga dong
    Funny words I sing when I am dancing

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  68. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 5:35 PM

    I don't think it's a commercial. From the little I can understand of Japanese it's just a song about being happily in love. Or possibly just friendship. But people making each other happy, at any rate.

    My Japanese is woeful, I apologize.

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  69. abbyinwonderland14August 2, 2011 at 5:39 PM

    oh mi gosh. that video has the creepy/totally entrancing effect going for it...no contest. AHHH!!

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  70. HooAugust 2, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    I am seriously afraid that there was some creepy subliminal message in that thing and you will find me robbing banks at 3am and saying "the eyeball vomit told me to"

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  71. MeganAugust 2, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    Good lord. I just watched the whole thing. Twice. The thing that bothers me the most though? This:

    Why did her head turn into a ditto?

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  72. WendyMomAugust 2, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    WTH???

    Farting rainbows, bleeding eye, vomiting all manner of sundry items, pre-pubescent tiny girls in florescent face paint- and totally nonsensical lyrics?

    Who WOULDN'T love this?!?

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  73. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 6:06 PM

    I think I just had a seizure!

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  74. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 6:12 PM

    It's oddly mesmerizing.

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  75. CharlyAugust 2, 2011 at 6:32 PM

    Holy Mother of God! It makes a Carmen Miranda movie look like an Amish funeral. Had no problem with watching it after I hit the mute button. What disturbs me is that like Barnie Benton in the 70's, there are no character lines whatsoever in the girl's face. As if her brain had never been troubled by a single thought ever.

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  76. PattyAugust 2, 2011 at 6:34 PM

    Ow. What just happened? Wow. That was weird. (But I watched the whole thing. Do I get a prize?!)

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  77. TornadoBabyAugust 2, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    The main line here is bread... "pon" in Japanese means bread. Therefore, the toast flying around :\

    My bf (more versed in things Japanese than me) thinks the faceless dancer is referring to a popular fad in Japan. The term blackface (or "Ganguro" in Japanese) is the trend of people tanning their skin darkly and wearing blonde or orange hair. Hopefully that wasn't too much information :)

    And my bf's reaction to the video? "If your brain is about to explode, yell 'Japan levels critical!'"

    Cute in excess to the point of vomiting is very Japanese, lol

    WV: "fablutie"... this video was very fablutie

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  78. SerenaAugust 2, 2011 at 6:38 PM

    After reading an article about it, I STILL don't understand it, but I also am not a fan of pop music in general.

    Also--glad I am not the only one who thought of Lisa Frank when I saw this!! Do they even still make Lisa Frank stuff? I used to have a ton of those school supplies...

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  79. AnnaAugust 2, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    If I admit to having seen this at least three times before this post and watching and giggling every time, does that make me weird?

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  80. BrandonAugust 2, 2011 at 6:53 PM

    No, I dare you to watch all of this...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PjTF_0Ed6s

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  81. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    Now I want to see John doing that little dance.

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  82. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 7:17 PM

    Mercy. I just watched the whole thing. Twice. And I was thinking that if I ever had children, this would be the video I would threaten them with to make them behave. But it's odd because looking back on it now, I can't really remember it...or much of the last ten minutes for that matter...

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  83. NikiAugust 2, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    ponpon wayway pon

    I almost gave up around 2:47, but didn't want to back down from a dare so i watched the whole thing.
    I got dosed at a party in college once and my memories of that make more sense than this video. Really.
    I'm not sure i ever recovered from the very beginning when the microphone came out of her ear.
    Why, people, why?

    I guess ponpon way ponpon is the only answer we'll ever get.

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  84. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 7:26 PM

    It. just. keeps. going.

    And I agree - that song has imbedded a trigger so we all do crazy things for the government when we see mac & cheese. Or femurs. or lisa frank items. or eyeballs?

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  85. JoannaAugust 2, 2011 at 7:28 PM

    I actually liked it...
    But then again, I'm into video editing and special effects, so that might have something to do with it...

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  86. Sila LumennAugust 2, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    I think my Japanese obsessed daughter has poisoned my brain because I thought it was cute and catchy. I probably need to get out more...

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  87. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 7:57 PM

    my poor little synapses stopped firing somewhere in the second minute- the sound you heard shortly after that was my brain exploding. apparently liking anime doesn't mean I like all Japanese pop culture. :D

    so, Jen's into steampunk and John likes Lolli girls? LOL

    -Barbara Anne

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  88. BethAugust 2, 2011 at 8:01 PM

    Wow, that really should have had some dancing Tarako Kewpies in it. Want to see some weird Japanese commercials with a jingle that will get stuck in your brain, just search Tarako on YouTube.
    Tarako
    Tarako2

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  89. BethAugust 2, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    Serena, I wondered the same thing about Lisa Frank. Apparently, they DO still make that stuff!

    Lisa Frank

    Stationary Set

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  90. Aunt MeiAugust 2, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    My favorite YouTube comments about this: "The director had two things in his hands, a joint and a crack pipe" and "Oh my God, it's like a Toys-R-Us threw up on this video."

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  91. Ambercoupons513August 2, 2011 at 8:23 PM

    Dear lord that is creepy and trippy and oddly catchy

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  92. SmreeAugust 2, 2011 at 8:45 PM

    My brother and I sat and watched this entire video, and this was our response:

    Me: ....did that chick just fart rainbows?!

    Him: *hysterical laughter*

    Wow.

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  93. LimAugust 2, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    Re: wvs - Are there a lot of "Says You" fans here?

    wv: midiv - a diversion that happens midway through a diversion. "This video was a collection of midivs."

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  94. mooPAugust 2, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Weak sauce! Not Japan's craziest thing I've seen! :p And it's catchy too!

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  95. UnknownAugust 2, 2011 at 9:08 PM

    Ahhh! What the heck was that about? I'm a little scared now! And it was so upbeat! I can't help but think it's about murder...

    And what exactly was coming out of her rear end?

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  96. geekgirlAugust 2, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Wow, I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought Fruity Oaty Bars! If that DIDN'T have subliminal messaging in there I'm going to be disappointed. :p

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  97. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    Um... Wow. The weirdest part for me is the fact that the ad that is displaying next to the video on your blog is for Charmin, advertising that you can find clean public toilets at blogHer 11 using their free "sit or squat" app. Somehow it fits perfectly.

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  98. "Aunt Pearl"August 2, 2011 at 10:37 PM

    I will never make fun of "Toddlers and Tiaras" again...

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  99. CharleneAugust 2, 2011 at 10:46 PM

    I think it's a jab at american consumerism...

    overload! overload!!

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  100. Kirsten (Geeky Owl)August 2, 2011 at 10:48 PM

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who wanted to say "miranda" after watching that! Watch out before all assassin on you! Oh! Shiny! :)
    And now it's stuck in my head, thanks a lot Jen!

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  101. UnknownAugust 2, 2011 at 10:55 PM

    And some people think we'll easily communicate on a comprehensible level with beings from ANOTHER PLANET when we're entirely boggled by our own species only an ocean away.

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  102. CaliGalAugust 2, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    Yikes. That's what my dreams (nightmares?) look like when I spike a fever.

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  103. OnlyAverageMomAugust 2, 2011 at 11:19 PM

    For some reason, I'm hungry now for Fiddle Faddle. And Kraft Mac and Cheese.

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  104. drgns4vrAugust 2, 2011 at 11:20 PM

    Well, I am clearly too old for this. I find my eye twitching and I'm now afraid of random stuff flying through my house. And who is Lisa Frank? And why should I care?
    I got half way through it, does that mean I'm half-brainwashed? If I suddenly start doing that dance, I'm suing somebody.

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  105. Eat CakeAugust 2, 2011 at 11:37 PM

    Another wow...just wow...

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  106. AnonymousAugust 2, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    I watched it fully.... like 7 times heheh....

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  107. EricaAugust 3, 2011 at 12:22 AM

    I thought it was fantastic I haven't seen such an interesting mix of kitschy-pop-ness and dark imagery well ever really. I mean floating clocks, ravens, skulls, faceless dancers, and tanks drowning in a sea of neon fluff and junk food fantastic, I think I want more.

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  108. RachaelAugust 3, 2011 at 12:49 AM

    I see Wonka Bottle Caps.
    I'm confused now.

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  109. MariahAugust 3, 2011 at 1:04 AM

    I don't think its for Kraft mac and cheese but there was definite product placement. Very odd, I wish I knew what it was about...

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  110. KarynAugust 3, 2011 at 1:10 AM

    I'm also craving dome Katamari playing, it seems to be the popular thing, I'm gonna go with the trend on this one.

    Also, I may have that song stuck in my head now, it overthrew Katy Perry in an epic battle, my brain thanks you

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  111. kapaibroAugust 3, 2011 at 1:27 AM

    I wanted so much to watch the whole way through, but i couldn't do it. 2.13 minutes.

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  112. AmandaMarieAugust 3, 2011 at 1:29 AM

    Wow. I just watched it all. I wish I hadn't. I'm about to go to bed, and now I'm going to have nightmares...

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  113. LisaAugust 3, 2011 at 1:44 AM

    The video did not disturb me. The fact that the video didn't even garner an eye twitch? Now THAT disturbed me. *slowly backs away from the anime/manga/J-Pop* I think I need a break...

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  114. shadowAugust 3, 2011 at 2:42 AM

    I do not care what this video is about - IT. IS. AMAZING.

    I love Japan. Japan needs no explanation. Japan defies explanation, so it is pointless to try.

    Just sit back and enjoy it. :D

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  115. ErinAugust 3, 2011 at 3:19 AM

    I think someone has been watching hitchhikers quide to the galaxy while on LSD...

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  116. Suzi JoyAugust 3, 2011 at 3:43 AM

    BWAHAHAHA...my brother is flying home from France to Oregon on Thursday with his 8- and 4- yr old boys.

    Now I just need to find a way for them to watch it repeatedly on the flight...yes, my brother tortured me as a child. Why do you ask?

    WV: upses
    Upses, I should have known better than to have accepted Jen's dare.

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  117. GalFromAwayAugust 3, 2011 at 8:14 AM

    Is your husband doing the dance yet? That was frighteningly surreal... :S

    Thought you might appreciate this:
    http://www.onelargeprawn.co.za/2011/07/22/ponponpon-a-surreal-j-pop-music-video/

    And this:
    http://wonkytranslation.blogspot.com/2011/07/blog-post.html

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  118. ana lisetteAugust 3, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    I'm going to have this song stuck in my head for the rest of the week, I just know it. Curse you, Jen! o.O

    Also, the faceless chubby dancer grew on me after a while... she's just so pumped about life! :D

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  119. AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 11:18 AM

    If you want a video that is catchier and far less traumatizing, look up Hatsune Miku Leekspin (the techno remix is best, but they're all pretty awesome). I'd link it but YouTube is blocked. Another funny Japanese commercial is for the Ippon Manzoku Bar. Win!

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  120. AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 11:23 AM

    And now reading the comments, I am comforted that I am not the only one who feared River would come in and go all ninja on my ass.

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  121. Jennifer EllenAugust 3, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Ohmagosh, that just got more and more disturbing.

    After she farted the rainbow, which I liked. :)

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  122. EmilyannAugust 3, 2011 at 11:53 AM

    Here's a song he really won't want to stop singing: Baby Ride Your Firebolt -- a "Firework" spoof for Harry Potter fans.

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  123. Rachel H.August 3, 2011 at 12:00 PM

    Muwhahahahahaha!! I linked it to a relative and he called me this morning to tell me he hated me... He was on his 5 time watching it!! LOL! Thanks!

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  124. Mad in CraftsAugust 3, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    Suddenly I have the urge to kill the Prime Minister of Malaysia.

    OBEY MY DOG!

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  125. HeidiAugust 3, 2011 at 12:12 PM

    Wow.

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  126. ClaireAugust 3, 2011 at 1:42 PM

    I watched it all. All of it. Now I have about ten mental scars (five from this video, five from the past *shudders*) and I'm totally showing this to my brother, and then posting it on google buzz.

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  127. AndieAugust 3, 2011 at 1:55 PM

    Ow... *twitch*

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  128. Betty MartinAugust 3, 2011 at 2:27 PM

    I watched the whole thing, but I have no idea what I watched!!!

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  129. saraAugust 3, 2011 at 2:43 PM

    what disturbs me is the use of VHS still, I mean realy

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  130. VinieAugust 3, 2011 at 2:54 PM

    Catchy.

    My son totally got hypnotize form the video, yelling wow at the end.

    Well it's better than their "cheesy" pubs they got here...

    WV: Exica. The exica is just to your left ,down the hall.

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  131. MelindaAugust 3, 2011 at 3:09 PM

    I must have blacked out temporarily, because I missed the farting rainbows portion...or maybe my eyes and brain were momentarily too dazed to register everything.

    That video makes "Fruity Oaty Bar" kinda make sense and seem subdued.

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  132. AMAugust 3, 2011 at 4:17 PM

    My 7-month-old LOVED it. When it was done (he stared at the computer, enraptured the whole 4 minutes) he looked up at me and sighed.

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  133. ~AlissaAugust 3, 2011 at 4:35 PM

    Charo + Teletubbies with a side of nuclear meltdown.

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  134. AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 7:00 PM

    I think my eyes are bleeding

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  135. Little LuxuriesAugust 3, 2011 at 7:30 PM

    I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING!!! *cries*

    WV: Consu. As in "After watching that video, I'm pretty sure I Consu you for emotional distress."

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  136. Sarah (wonderstrumpet)August 3, 2011 at 8:28 PM

    I watched the whole thing like a trooper. Some day I long to be a faceless dancing lunch-lady!

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  137. Sophie BrownAugust 3, 2011 at 8:40 PM

    I watched the whole thing and this has now been added to my list of costumes that I want to make for cons too! Heck yes!

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  138. KiwiAugust 3, 2011 at 9:42 PM

    I dunno, I think the spongemonkeys were way creepier. Even if we did sing "We like the MOON!" for two years...

    Oh, and everyone who loves chocolate should see this.

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  139. BrigetteAugust 3, 2011 at 10:02 PM

    Watched it yesterday. And today? TODAY I FOUND MYSELF SINGING IT on the way home from work. Thanks a LOT, Jen.

    *If you listen to it and don't watch the video, it's actually bearable.*

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  140. Niki ShanksAugust 3, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    She's from Wisconsin. didn't you see the "cheese head" hat? Also, I'm pretty sure that this is what Charlie saw when he went into Candy Mountain- right before they cut out his kidneys... CANDY MOUNTAIN CHARLIE! Beware- some NSFW language. And if you haven't seen it before... you're welcome.

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  141. Dolly MorganAugust 4, 2011 at 3:38 AM

    I...think...my brain just died...a little...for every second I watched of that video...and I watched the entire thing....
    ...
    This has been the second time this weekend where I have found the need to say, "WTF did you just dare me to watch?" *stares fearfully at the video* I'm not sure which is stranger/more disturbing, the other video or this one...
    *stares fearfully at both videos*
    Gah! I'm crazy enough as is!

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  142. AudreyAugust 4, 2011 at 10:20 AM

    The 5-foot chicken link was true gold. Can't get over that picture of the chicken by the door!

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  143. AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 2:15 PM

    My eyes are now bleeding pastel rainbows.

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  144. KTKumaAugust 4, 2011 at 2:19 PM

    My I say that Japan does have some of the weirdest commercials...
    Like this one for example:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0-2lzA7_Cg
    nonstop....
    and that's for Vegetable Juice....

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  145. JenniferAugust 4, 2011 at 2:49 PM

    My eyes are still twitching. Wowzers.

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  146. AnonymousAugust 4, 2011 at 9:01 PM

    I watched every second of it..... do I get a prize?????

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  147. EllieAugust 4, 2011 at 9:41 PM

    I could totally do this...my hopes of being a Japanese pop idol are restored!

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  148. RussweaselAugust 5, 2011 at 3:04 AM

    OMG! That's the kind of stuff the ATF would play at max volume to drive people out of their armed compound.

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  149. ErikaAugust 5, 2011 at 6:04 AM

    I managed to watch the whole thing along with my darling son. Unfortunately he loved it so much I had to watch it four more times. I guess it is great for 4-year-olds (kidding).

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  150. Omnia ClepeAugust 5, 2011 at 9:15 AM

    What just happened…? I feel like I might have to listen to that a few dozen more times.

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  151. geeky HeatherAugust 5, 2011 at 12:07 PM

    Actually, by the time the eyeball vomit occurred, it kinda made sense.

    HELP ME.

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  152. AnonymousAugust 5, 2011 at 4:33 PM

    Watched it all the way through. And then again later that day. And then again the next day. Guaranteed to make me smile so thanks for sharing. Now, if I could only get it out of my head...

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  153. AnonymousAugust 7, 2011 at 7:24 PM

    AHHH WHY! That's just nuts!

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  154. KatAugust 9, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    I actually watched the whole thing. Then, I went to YouTube and commented on it. I would ask where you found this, but the answer is obviously YouTube. The question is why? WHY?!?

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  155. FMAugust 10, 2011 at 1:34 AM

    OK, I loved it.
    Before this one, my favorite Japanese music video was the Yatta song with the guys dancing around in their underwear with the fake fig leaves. I'm sure you've all seen that one, though . . .
    No?
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFxjEy4J-7E
    Best one I could find, and not good quality--but it gives you the, er, esthetic sense of it.

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  156. PromiseAugust 11, 2011 at 2:06 AM

    We should make Congress watch this thing over and over again until they fix the economy!

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  157. ElizabethAugust 18, 2011 at 9:44 AM

    One time I was babysitting some little girls and they decided to give me a makeover. I ended up with all kinds of junk in my hair, including a barbie doll or two. I didn't know how fashionable (?) that was.

    http://agirlinherkitchen.blogspot.com

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  158. AnonymousAugust 18, 2011 at 2:37 PM

    I like the bit where she eats her own fake moustache , stimulus overload

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  159. unbeausaumonAugust 19, 2011 at 5:05 PM

    My 4 year old daughter and 6 month old son LOVED it, if that tells you anything. It's either crack for little kids or mine are just weird.

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  160. IrisAugust 20, 2011 at 6:36 PM

    Yeah, this is actually a music video for a song by Yasatuku Nakata, from her album Mini Harajuku. She's pretty popular in Japan.

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  161. DeeAugust 24, 2011 at 3:21 AM

    Is it wrong that I actually kinda liked it?

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  162. AnonymousMay 1, 2013 at 8:22 PM

    catchy, though I could not manage to keep my eyes focused while watching it.

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  163. TransBoyDancesMay 3, 2013 at 1:08 PM

    I love this song, I've been listening to it for ages! I know the whole thing off by heart... Yes it's sad but... I love Kyary Pamyu Pamyu so much! She's so kawaii! MOE!

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