Naw, they should have waited for science to catch up and thawed out John "Genghis" Wayne to play the part instead.

"Jason Newsucks".

When I made that last comment, I was thinking of someone I knew who was a typical "they-sold-out-after-Masters-of-Puppets" guy, yet waited outside the record store until midnight to buy a copy of Load when it was first released. He ended up buying a second copy on cassette so he could listen to it in his car on the…

They sold out 28 years ago when they made that video for MTV, mannnnn.

I don't think it had a theatrical release here, but it must have achieved at least a cult following as a few years back I saw new rental copies with the original title restored. So, maybe the "Bus Guy" trick worked?

When Napoleon Dynamite was originally released in Japan, it was titled Basu Otoko ("Bus Guy") to capitalize on the popularity of a domestic film titled Densha Otoko ("Train Guy"), a romantic comedy about an otaku type who comes to the defense of a beautiful young woman on the train who is being harassed - even though N…

This is, quite literally, the greatest comment and reply synergy by a spambot that I have ever witnessed here at the A.V. Club. Well done, Geraldinejfoster!

I like actual okonomiyaki, and Japanese mayonnaise is great (though I use it more sparingly than most). But the burrito tasted like they had just put a bunch of cabbage and brown sauce in a blender, and then sprinkled in a bit of powdered mayonnaise flavoring (which is actually what they used - I went through the…

That sounds delicious.

Oh, I do fairly regularly. Those are two of the better ones. My favorite of their burritos is called "Tacos Meat" and is probably the closest they have to anything Mexican - many years ago they had one called the "Enchilada" which was even better. And the Tandoori Chicken one they had a few years back was amazing.

I know, right? Pineapple on pizza - yuck!

Because he doesn't have enough corn and mayonnaise to use as toppings?

Typically, Japanese seem to be very keen on traditional Japanese foods not being altered in any way, but when it comes to food from other countries pretty much anything goes - which is probably why the most popular types of burritos at 7-11 right now are "Ham & Cheese" and "Lasagna".

Back when I used to teach eikaiwa, I explained that corn and mayonnaise weren't commonly used as pizza toppings in North America. One of the women in my class raised her hand and asked me with a confused look on her face, "Then, what kind of pizza do children eat?" as if the idea of children eating any other type of…

Yes you could, though be careful not to add too much MSG as it can quickly become overpowering in dishes that are already salty.

You know how a lot of soups and stews taste even better the next day when the flavors have had more time to blend? Adding a small amount of MSG to almost any dish in place of salt achieves this effect instantly. It's my secret ingredient in over half of the things I cook.

Natto: smells like sweaty socks, has a slimy, revolting texture, and vaguely resembles the fecal matter of some sort of small mammal. And then there are those little sticky strings that stretch from the chopsticks as you're eating it and you have to be careful to not get on your clothes or in your hair. Surprisingly…

Here's a tip: put a spoonful of Marmite in your boots, and all day its spicy scent is your reward.

When I first saw him on TV, I had no idea he was the director Takeshi Kitano. Since he's pretty much always referred to as Beat Takeshi here, I saw him clowning around and hitting people on the head and just assumed he was another generic Japanese "tarento" (talent, the term that is typically used here to describe TV…

You're right about everything except the "used to" part. He's been the co-host of the long-running series Sekai Marumie (The World Exposed) for as long as I can remember and I've lived here for 16 years now. In fact, it's on this evening starting at 7:56 pm local time.