Today’s WTF Report is brought to you courtesy of this Cracked article.
Question:
What happens when you infuse a happy, feel-good song with the childlike innocence of an old Japanese gentleman?
This…this is what happens:
Yes, that is an old man wearing a skirt and skipping merrily through a city, while singing a happy song in broken English. No, that is not a sentence I ever expected to have to write.
To be honest, this song makes me feel happy. I find myself humming its chorus and thinking of “nice peace” (as opposed to the more unpleasant types of peace). I look at the children dancing to the tune and think positive thoughts. But then I remember that the song is sung by a misguided old guy who flirts coquettishly with the camera and flutters his eyelashes at the audience. Talk about sending mixed signals! I’m not sure if I should flirt back or worry about ending all wars. You’re confusing, old sailor man!
Then again, shouldn’t we focus on the message instead? Clearly such a positive song can teach us all to get along and stop fighting wars. Does it really matter if it’s delivered in such a bizarre manner?
Yes. Yes it does.
Happy Friday everybody, nice peace to all of you!
Nest Expressed 
Troubling, yet strangely soothing.
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I know, right?!
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Whenever I begin to feel that I’m one who stands outside the box of conformity I only need check your WTF report to see that I am boringly normal!
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I’m happy to help you feel well-adjusted!
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Is Mr. Nice Peace the Japanese counterpart to American’s Mr. Rogers? They have the same smile. Nice. Peace out.
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He’s an inspiration to us all and a role model for our children. Somehow.
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Good to see that John Lennon finally has some competition!
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Ha! Indeed.
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I’m wondering what they had to bribe the little kids with to get them to dance next to Mr. Nice Peace. I would imagine a whole lot of ice cream. I think it’s safe to say, Mr. Nice Peace won’t be making People Magazine’s Sexiest Man of the Year cover anytime soon. But hey, with a message like ‘nice peace,’ who am I to belittle him? And he wears a skirt far better than me…
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You can actually see the shock on most of kids’ faces too…like “what the hell is happening here? ah well, I’m a kid, what do I know?! I’ll just dance!”
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Wtf does “all for only one” mean? Is it a code for something subversive? The old man is Very creepy ! Yikes
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I think it’s his take on the Three Musketeers. Or Lord of The Rings. Or…I don’t know, I didn’t produce this piece of art!
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I’d say flirt back. Then you get the added benefit of testing the niceness of the peace… Good luck! 🙂
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You’re right, I’ll never truly know “nice peace” if I don’t!
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Disturbing as always. Hopefully I’ve watched this early enough in the day not to have it seep into my dreams/nightmares.
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We’ll find out soon enough!
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