Riveting Television

How can this not be on American TV?

While I was sitting down eating tempura, I turned on Japanese television. A half hour episode about some guy teaching a bunch of 8 year olds how to juggle caught my attention. How could such high drama have been kept from viewers for so long? Just about all of the kids were as spastic as you would guess. The 'teacher', who could juggle balls, bowling pins and, probably, machetes too broke down the process and helped the kids get the hang of things. A cartoon seal with a graduation hat and tassells sometimes popped up to offer encouragement. Or maybe to ridicule the kids. I really couldn't be sure. Maybe the cartoon seal just graduated from a cartoon Sea World or something. He really seamed out of place. The highlight of the show was one of the kids finally being able to juggle and they counted... slowly... 68 juggles. A mighty accomplishment for a little kid, especially since I can't do any. But I digress... the show did keep my attention, so I'm not sure if it says more about the wisdom of Japanese programming managers or how much I miss American television. To paraphrase a well known commercial, "I can't believe I watched the whole thing." I've got some highlights of my own from last week's walk around town. Coming up, next.