because reading all the responses are so interesting. Hey hon! You're alive! \o/ ♥
I should have put your bit about Japanese game shows in my response too! Humor is such a tricky thing, because it's generally so culturally based and doesn't translate well. Japanese humor still generally goes over my head too, though I have a great fondness for the tsukkomi/boke stuff (well, really only when Arashi do it) because the snarky comeback reminds me of the straight man/ridiculous man humor that you see sometimes in US and UK humor. Snark and wit works across cultures for me.
Don't mind me, just starting a mini-discussion in the comments..
I should have put your bit about Japanese game shows in my response too! Humor is such a tricky thing, because it's generally so culturally based and doesn't translate well. Japanese humor still generally goes over my head too, though I have a great fondness for the tsukkomi/boke stuff (well, really only when Arashi do it) because the snarky comeback reminds me of the straight man/ridiculous man humor that you see sometimes in US and UK humor. Snark and wit works across cultures for me.