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We Are The World – Crazy Japanese Style

Trust me, this is the funniest thing you will see all day. The following retro video clip from a Japanese TV show, left me completely shocked and dumbfounded. Is there anything that the Japanese ~~won’t~~ can’t do ?

The clip shows a bunch of (celebrity?) impersonators taking on Bruce Springsteen, Tina Turner, Cyndi Lauper, and other ’80s sensations singing the hit single ‘We Are The World‘ for the USA for Africa foundation.

Oh, and if you thought Michael Jackson couldn’t get any uglier, just watch the video.

Full marks for coolness and effort, eh folks ?

You can watch the original video after the jump.
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The Japanese Spider-Man and El Mariachi – Funny Retro Clip

More retro movie madness. This is one of the awesomest clips, I have ever been able to lay my eyes upon.

Forget about the news of Tony Stark (Iron Man) making a guest appearance in the upcoming Hulk Movie. Now imagine, Spider-man, El Mariachi, and a Mecha/Gundam robot, all coming together in a movie. That would rock. Unfortunately, it would be close to impossible for Hollywood studios to get all these characters from different genres into a single movie. Imagine the endless, bitter negotiations, rights acquisitions and piles of paperwork. But the good folks in Japan (bless their big hearts) have already done it. Obviously, they didn’t bother to get the rights for these famous characters, but who really gave a heck those days.

The last scene in the clip, takes the film to a different level. El Mariachi drives away with his ~~lover~~ son, leaving a forlorn Spider-man to wonder at what might have been. Wow ! A Brokeback Mountain story arc, too ?

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