A pair of one-foot-tall girls shows up, begging the business man to give the egg back to Mothra.

September 1, 2006 12:23 PM

They rode on Mothra's back. They were The Peanuts. They were a band. The released albums. They have been digitized (and digitized some more). They summoned monsters (video link) with monster theme songs. But what happened to them?
posted by Astro Zombie (9 comments total)

Nice post. Anyone who doesn't have any Peanuts should download both albums immediately.
posted by Espy Gillespie at 12:27 PM on September 1, 2006

This is the place where you can learn the legendary songs of Mothra's.
posted by eddydamascene at 12:33 PM on September 1, 2006

Best/worst Engrish site name: Nippop.
posted by cenoxo at 12:42 PM on September 1, 2006

Best/worst Engrish site name: Nippop.
I thought it was a pretty clever play on words.
posted by Dr-Baa at 12:56 PM on September 1, 2006

Holy cow -- I had no idea that the Mothra girls were anything other than Mothra girls! This is pretty neat.
posted by davidmsc at 1:42 PM on September 1, 2006

...a pretty clever play on words.

Combining "Nippon" and "Pop" is clever, but the result also sounds like this.
posted by cenoxo at 4:09 PM on September 1, 2006

The Peanuts rock!
posted by carter at 5:04 PM on September 1, 2006

A young and beautiful Shiina Ringo mentions "The Peanuts" here [youtube link]... Q&D translate:

Q: You seem to like foreign music a lot, don't you sing, -er- listen to Japanese music?

A: I don't know much about current music, but I like older music; (( cute 'eh-to...' interlude )) like Keiko Maruyama, ...

Q: That's very old huh?

A: ah, really ... and, like The Peanuts ...

Q2: VERY old, huh!
posted by Heywood Mogroot at 5:32 PM on September 1, 2006

Shiina Ringo rocks, too ...
posted by carter at 2:39 PM on September 2, 2006