And the award for "Best Performance in a Japanese Commercial" goes to...

[Bicoastal]

Here are the nominees:

Arnold Schwarzenegger--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skBlEbsM0jM

Dennis Hopper--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04A69QNdESc

Bruce Willis--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZxw5v7BQzw

Hulk Hogan--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9_Q4z37B6s

And (my personal favorite)

Nicholas Cage--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHwhQyiefFw

AND THE AWARD GOES TO????????--

(Plus, a special Lifetime Achievement Award for the late Charles Bronson--http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV3gA7hNItY

[Bicoastal]

1. shameless bump n/t

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. Grr, you got me looking at the Japanese videos on YouTube, and

I found all these clips of singers I remember from my student days in the 1970s. There went an hour!