Huge hat tips to Punchline for alerting me to the wondrous knowledge that Japan has their own version of Saturday Night Live! A very… very… similar version. Check out the opening sequence for proof! (This post sponsored by Coke!)

P.S. I’m a big fan of Naomi Watanabe—but jeez, does she have to do that “Gilly-san” character every single week??

https://youtube.com/watch?v=9Z7d96oMM9o

Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.)

One reply on “Saturday Night Live… JAPAN??”

  1. I bet if I understood Japanese I’d want to punch the Japanese Fred Armisen in the face as much as I want to the US version.

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