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Adam and Joe Go Tokyo

2003

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EP1 Episode 1 May 30, 2003

In their first attempt to get big in Japan, the pair pose as celebrities at Shibuya Crossing. Guests include inventor Dr Nakamatsu and comedy duo Tetsu & Tomo. Adam and Joe explore the cosplay scene at a convention. Music from Polysics.

EP2 Episode 2 Jun 06, 2003

Trying to further their attempts in getting famous in Japan, Adam and Joe attend the premiere of The Matrix Reloaded with glamour duo The Kano Sisters. Fish expert Osakana Kun is in the studio, as are Michael Arias and Shinichiro Watanabe, who are discussing the Animatrix. Music from Loop Junktion.

EP3 Episode 3 Jun 13, 2003

This week in their attempts to get big in Japan, Adam and Joe go to the premier of The Matrix Reloaded in eyecatching outfits. Keiji Oguni, Shinya Takahashi (speed eaters) have a competition, Daisuke Inoue (the inventor of karaoke) is interviewed and judges Adam and Joe's karaoke skills, and music from Dogggy Style.

EP4 Episode 4 Jun 20, 2003

This week in their attempts to get big in Japan, Adam and Joe attempt to score some free merchandise in return for their 'sponser.' Joe visits the factory of Nobumichi Tosa to try and get his mind around the brilliant inventions of Maywa Denki, while HALCALI perform in the studio.

EP5 Episode 5 Jul 04, 2003

This week in their attempts to get big in Japan, Adam and Joe join a modelling agency for westerners. They also meet the original Ultraman, Susumu Kurobe, while the Tokyo Shock Boys and Guitar Wolf perform in the studio.

EP6 Episode 6 Jul 11, 2003

This week in their attempts to get big in Japan, Adam and Joe form their own band, Gaijin Invaision and take to the streets to busk for fame. In the studio they are joined by Kenta Fukasaku and Tetsuya Fujiwara who talk about their lastest film Battle Royale 2. Hoover's Ooover perform live.

EP7 Episode 7 Jul 18, 2003

This week in their attempts to get big in Japan, Adam and Joe work at a Host bar, treating the ladies of Tokyo to a good time. They also get a break in the film industry and learn a selection of Japanese insults. They are joined by Dandy Sakano (the Get's! Comedian), with Mc Simoneta & DJ Takeshit providing the music.

EP8 Episode 8 Jul 25, 2003

This week in their attempts to get big in Japan, Adam and Joe appear on Japanese TV for the first time. They also visit a gangster festival. Papaya Suzuki & his Oyaji Dancers demonstrate that middle-aged men aren't all a waste, while Plus-Tech Squeeze Box perform in the studio..
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Synopsis

Adam and Joe Go Tokyo was a series of eight episodes created for BBC Three. It starred Adam Buxton and Joe Cornish of The Adam and Joe Show and aired from 30 May 2003 to 25 July 2003. The aim of the show was to offer an alternative insight into the lives of Tokyo's citizens, with the obligatory look at a number of gadgets and toys along the way. The show took the format of a mature Blue Peter outlining many pastimes of the average Japanese person, everything from competitive speed eating to manga cosplay. Each episode would end with a Japanese band joining the show to perform.

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NekoHomey Purely Joyful Movie!
Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.
Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Sean Preston Being a fan of the previous show, I was not impressed when I heard of the pairs plans to join the BBC and make a show about an excursion in Japan.However, by the time the first episode had aired on BBC3, I was left setting the personal planner on the TV for next week (applauds 'series link'). It was the same irreverent, sly and quietly witty humour that had made the student fodder show of the late nineties a cult hit.The shows followed Adam and Joe in their bid for (the tongue was firmly placed against the cheek) stardom and fame in Tokyo and indeed Japan. Though of course, the show was always about the comedy, with many guests, docu-segments and general foolhardiness.Favourite moment? When Joe fed some awful seafood-based confectionery on a stick to a blindfolded Adam. "Think of it as a lolly... a dirty lolly." For those that never saw it, tough break kiddo. As it was a step up from the first show in truth, and the more recent Shock Video wasn't an excrement stain on a tissue, floating out to sea with a pile of sewage, by comparison.