J-Pop Talk Show - Saturday Night Live

Two college students celebrate their love of Japanese culture with their TV show "J-Pop America Fun Time Now." Aired 10/15/11

[amandalynn]

When you pass your first Duolingo lesson in Japanese:

[Erm-rnby]

“You are riding a fine line between homage and racism” 😂😂😂

[WalterPavlikII]

The cringe is real. I live how the professor says "Don't you put this on ME!", at the end. 🤣🤣🤣

[alyssahayes]

I used to work in an anime merch store located in Illinois. All but 2 of the employees were actually Asian, the owner was Asian, and I'm Asian. This is what some of our customers were like. This sketch is amazing; I relate to the teacher so much.

[spencersshenanigans]

I like how it’s Anna Farris because of that whole scene from Scary Movie 4 where she talks ‘Japanese’ to that ghost boy.

[someguydan]

So, we had a Japanese exchange student stay with us for a year, and the joke in the house was adding -eru to the end of English words and I was speaking Japanese. He had a great sense of humor about it but one day he was like " you guys are jerks, I was on the phone with my mother and I said drive-eru, you've broken my English and Japanese." Just a great guy, super fun, looking forward to visiting him in Japan-eru.

[vincentpol]

I'm missing the on-screen comic sans texts, sound effects and picture in picture of a closeup of someone in the audience reacting to the thing we're watching.

[obeythewalrus]

Holy shit the shots fired to weeaboos 😂😂😂

[thebeebz]

Whispering to myself: "Cringe is a sign of personal growth" and deep breathing

[vhnetwork]

Most underrated skit show in SNL history.

[mistertee]

This was so accurate. Clearly written by people who have lived in Japan. I'm getting English Teacher vibes.

[strangerthanreality]

Effing hilarious... If it was just the host and guest, it would've been kind of awkward, but the addition of the sensei, as the straight man, is genius... LOL
And Vanessa Bayer is so cute :D

[briengakaplan-b]

Fred Armisen is killing me as the homely GF and

Nope, no, no one says that, none of those are words... 😂😂😂

[Sacoola]

Lol, "Oh non no no. don't you dare put this on me." Loved it!

[TotemoGaijin]

This is 100% what it felt like going to anime club in college. I've got my B.A. in Japanese, but the cringe from that club was way too much for me.

[bruhmiyamoto]

Damn I feel like this was ahead of its time haha

[joelatkinson]

Writers room for this sketch.
Lorne: this is a very fine line between homage and racism
Other writers: that’s good well use it.

[renge]

"CANDY! WE MUST ESCAPE THE PONY HOUSE IF WE ARE TO FIND THE ONES WHO LOVE US! OOOO!" As someone who has watched candy candy...it's still insanely weird lol😂😂😂

[ghintz]

I had forgotten this sketch... They need to do a Kpop version.

[louisekwan]

for the song, they made up japanese, learned it and sang it in sync. I'm so moved by that commitment.