On TV. In Japan.

This one's too rich not to pass on. Tyler Cowen points to this awesome site full of hillarious video clips from Japanese TV.

Here's one of my favorites:

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As far as I can tell, this is a game show where students are forced to watch a video of a non-English speaker struggling with trying to sound out English phrases.

The basic idea is not to laugh. If the student’s do laugh, they are caned by masked men. Yes, full on the ground, butt in the air, painful-as-they-come, caning.

You, however, are free to laugh at will.

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This made me laugh until I hurt. I'd forgotten how much I missed Japan...