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America Gripped By 'I Survived A Really Gross Japanese Breakfast' Fever!

Seth Abramovitch · 07/02/08 04:55PM

Not only is the all-American cast of I Survived A Japanese Game Show required to insert themselves weekly into a variety of life-sized pachinko machines, but the premise of the show is such that they are deprived of the familiar comforts of their homeland. That leads to all manner of East-West culture-shocks—the kinds that until now could only be adequately captured by a Sofia Coppola movie—and proverbial hilarity ensues. In the clip above, chaperone Mama San prepares a Japanese breakfast feast for her fabulous-cash-and-prizes-loving houseguests. Trussville native Justin dives into the adventurous culinary proceedings as if it were a bonus-round Velcro wall; sometimes, however, even the most open-minded and -stomached of intentions can be sidelined by the garnish byproduct of a carp's Brazilian.