OK, let’s break down FOX’s latest gaffe from the Yankees’ parade. This one deals with World Series MVP Hideki Matsui and the fact that he’s — gasp — Japanese!
Six-second mark: Fox’s waspy reporter gets a glimpse of Hideki Matsui. His discovery and ensuing yelp is akin to Steve Irwin stumbling upon on a python/crocodile orgy. “THERE’S THE MUCH SOUGHT AFTER MATSUI CREATURE!”
14-second mark: Rosanna Scotto puts her Rosetta Stone box-set to use, imploring us how to say “come on over” in Japanese. Shockingly, it’s simply “Hideki.”
18-second mark: HER JAPANESE IS NOT THAT GOOD!?!?!?!?
23-second mark: A look into the Barbie reporter’s psyche: Fuck the language barrier. I’ve got tits and a few warm holes.
31-second mark: Scotto: “Go work your culturally insensitive magic, Pau Gasol!”
33-second mark: The waspy reporter — I’m pretty sure it’s him, at least — shows off his Japanese skills. “AY, YA, YA, YA, YA, YA, OKAY,” he screams, embodying every poor stereotype this side of Tokyo. Wow. Just wow.
41-second mark: Barbie reporter informs us that Hideki can, in fact, speak some English. She imitates the World Series MVP, sounding like a guard at a WWII Japanese internment camp.
44-second mark: With only a few seconds left in the clip, we have our first semblance of “truth.” This ordeal, after all, was quite funny.
