Comments on: OH! Mikey

OH! Mikey

OpinioNate — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:49:22 -0800

Welcome to the world of the Fuccon Family, aka OH! Mikey, a bizarre and amazing "mannequin drama" that has taken Japan by storm.

By: blendor

blendor — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 14:58:08 -0800

why does the dad look like annie lennox?

By: JGreyNemo

JGreyNemo — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:08:34 -0800

Ahhh I remember the late nights spent with uni friends watching a bootlegged version of Oh Mikey. The whole series makes more sense at 2am in the morning for some reason... 2am must be the "now I understand what it means to be a Japanese Television Producer" witching hour.

By: nightchrome

nightchrome — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:46:05 -0800

This is pretty ancient stuff. I haven't seen Mikey and family on tv in years now.

By: Lizc

Lizc — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:48:02 -0800

DVDs are available from Playasia.com and jlist.com, depending on your ordering prefrences.. I reccomend watching Vermillion Pleasure Night which started the OH! Mikey / Fuccon Family show as a skit, and contains other odd skits like Midnight Cooking and the Zombie Family.

By: Bugbread

Bugbread — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:49:54 -0800

2am is the only time of the day when Japanese TV is remotely watchable. Sure, 90% of it is infomercials, but all the other good stuff on Japanese TV is what makes up the other 10%. The rest of the day is just kinda painful.

By: Gull City

Gull City — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 15:55:50 -0800

There is a sample available (with a draconian Japanese DRM scheme to get through first). OH! Mikey shows up about 2 minutes in.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 16:27:47 -0800

MTV Italy shows it too--called The Fuccons

By: elpapacito

elpapacito — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:03:53 -0800

Fuccons, Faquers ...the revenge of the F word, motheffers !

By: nightchrome

nightchrome — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 17:16:50 -0800

Vermillion Pleasure Night was one of the best things on tv late at night for a while. It's a shame they stopped. All the good latenight shows end up cancelled. They were just brilliant. Primetime tv can sometimes be not too bad if you have any idea what the hell is going on.

By: Melinama

Melinama — Fri, 04 Feb 2005 11:57:23 -0800

Without having seen the show, I'd guess its subtext is similar to the subtext of "Sabado Gigante" I read about recently - "Gringos are Stupid"