どこから見つけてきたのか、PRIで80年代に「今夜は最高」でやっていた「モダン・ジャズ・オペラ - 桃太郎」のクリップについて解説していた。
A video making the rounds online features actors dressed up as peasants singing American jazz standards with Japanese lyrics.
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また日本のキワモノ紹介番組かと思ってよく聴いてみるとそうではなく、この放送のパンチラインはここ：
"It's a symbol or a sign of how pessimistic younger Japanese feel," said Kelts. "Tamori's generation, they were looking to a Japan that continued to grow, and the growth seemed endless. Your real estate holding would grow in value, forever. Some people said back then we'd all work for a Japanese company. It seems absurd now."
So does the video when you first watch it, but it turns out to be much more than anonymous Japanese TV comedians singing jazz tunes in peasant costumes. It's really a historical document of a Japanese attitude, one that's slipping away.
まあそれはおいておいて、このクリップはいま観てもhilarious.
