global joke on us about sushi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQGbK6tTZrM&feature=player_embedded



Script

Here’s the transcript (written by me!) if you can’t watch the video.

(A pair of Japanese guy and girl at a table in a “Western” restaurant)

Guy: I just got back from Australia. You should see what we’re getting away with at our restaurants down there.
(showing a piece of fish on his fork)
We serve this fish… raw!

Girl: What?! Really?

Guy: True. And we tell them it’s a Japanese delicacy.

Girl: And they believe you?

Guy: Yeah, they’re nuts!
And that’s not all. When they get to the restaurant, we make them take their shoes off. At the end of the day too, when their feet are really smelly!

Girl: Peeeoooo!

Guy: Unbelievable. Then we make them sit on the floor.

Girl: The floor?

Guy: Yeah, we say it’s traditional.
Then we get rid of their cutlery, and make them eat with two little sticks.

Girl: Little sticks?

Guy: Yeah.

Girl: But how?

Guy: Both in the one hand.

Girl: (trying to use the chopsticks) This really sucks.

Guy: Hang on, I haven’t finished.
Sometimes we get a chef who does a pissweak juggling act (mimicking a teppanyaki chef) to cook at their table, splattering them with hot fat!

Girl: Surely you’re kidding!

Guy: No, no – it goes all over them. But here’s the best bit…
We’ve named the food after Japanese swear words.
(deliberating) “Teppanyaki”

Girl: Pfffttt…

Guy: “Sushi”

Girl: (disgusted) Eeehhh?!

Guy: (laughs) It’s true..!
“Tempura”

Girl: You can’t say that! That’s obscene!!

Guy: There’s more…

Girl: No…

Guy: “Yakitori”

Girl: Aaaiiieee…

Guy: But here’s my favourite bit. At the end of the night, when they’re really pissed, we make them stand up in front of everyone, and to a crappy backing tape they sing songs by… Barry Manilow!

Girl: (mock-dancing) Copacabana…

Guy: (laughs)

Girl: Let’s have a toast to your global practical joke.
What a bunch of Sushis!