Feb 4 2010Retro Thursday: Japanese Star Wars Tuna Ad
Sure Retro Thursday isn't even a real segment on Geekologie but you never know, I might run with it. And by "it" I mean your bike. Of course if I was smart I would ride with it, but I'm not. This is a Japanese commercial from 1978 for Hagoromo canned tuna featuring one-off three-off versions of your favorite Star Wars characters. It didn't really make me want to run out and buy tuna. Slim Jims and beer, sure, tuna not so much.
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Video: Star Wars disco sea chicken [pinktentacle]
Thanks to patrick, Melissa and mac, who are all smart enough to know squid's the real chicken of the sea.
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Reader Comments
1. phil - February 4, 2010 12:48 PM
LOL
2. poopster - February 4, 2010 12:48 PM
those silly asians
3. Asperflux - February 4, 2010 12:49 PM
Long live the robots.
4. Daniel - February 4, 2010 12:51 PM
much better than the newest lucus production
5. Pat - February 4, 2010 12:52 PM
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6. E.T. - February 4, 2010 1:00 PM
another reason why I hate everyone.
7. blueZorro - February 4, 2010 1:07 PM
AOTS is where I saw this first :( my life is (fill in blank), but I love (fill in blank).
8. everyone - February 4, 2010 1:11 PM
another reason why we all hate E.T.
9. naas - February 4, 2010 1:13 PM
What's not unusual about this, is that Japan is actually a lot like that
10. stcroixtori - February 4, 2010 1:14 PM
lmao
11. Steal This Webcomic - February 4, 2010 1:28 PM
This ad is nothing compared to the ad campaign run for Mr. Sparkle by the Matsumura Fishworks and Tamaribuchi Heavy Manufacturing Concern joint venture.
12. Dan - February 4, 2010 1:33 PM
Star Wars SUCKS!
But this sucks even more... TUNA
13. naas - February 4, 2010 1:33 PM
I can't believe my boy Ken Goldstein isn't on this yet
14. Jeremy - February 4, 2010 1:39 PM
Sea Chicken?? I would have though the Japanese, a proud sea-faring nation, would have their own word for tuna.
15. Nihongo - February 4, 2010 1:48 PM
Actually, they do, the Japanese word for tuna is Maguro. You see it in red at 0:11.
Sea Chicken is in Katakana (usually foreign words) as Shi Chi Kin. Below that is "Ho-wai-to Mi-to" LOL, white meat.
16. Closet Nerd - February 4, 2010 2:07 PM
@13 I just picture Ken looking like Mort Goldstein from Family Guy
17. atheistgirl - February 4, 2010 2:32 PM
Wow!
Well that ad just says Tuna all over it.
Crazy Japan.
18. Closet Nerd - February 4, 2010 2:59 PM
I bet you can "tune a piano",
but you can't "tune a fish"..... waka-waka-waka **ducks tomato flying overhead**
19. naas - February 4, 2010 3:20 PM
@16 he (or whoever has stolen his identity) has a link to his facebook account whenever he complains about copyright infringement. He looks a lot like mort indeed
20. Graf Zeppelin - February 4, 2010 4:44 PM
@naas: it's his mama.
and this sucks infinitely less than the clown wars.
21. Rad to the power of 27 - February 4, 2010 5:17 PM
You can see C-3PO's panty lines.
22. Adrian Sands - February 4, 2010 5:29 PM
This is EXACTLY what Youtube was made for. I can't think of any way in which Youtube can be more effectively leveraged.
23. anon - February 5, 2010 11:58 AM
Thay managed to make c3p0 gayer
24. Ocelot - February 5, 2010 9:42 PM
I watched this five minutes ago but I'm still shaking my head. Just, NO.
25. Ocelot - February 5, 2010 9:43 PM
But YES at the same time.
26. julia - February 7, 2010 12:26 AM
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