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Legendary japanese comedian Shimura Ken dies from corona virus

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Posting on the gaming side as the gaming side would probably actually be more familiar with him -- he is probably best known in the west for the show that the Turbo Grafx 16 game JJ & Jeff was adapter from (Kato & ken in japan, based off of the comedy show):



Apparently America's Funniest Home Videos was inspired by "Fun with Kato & Ken" and they actually mentioned it on the show once.

I actually like JJ & Jeff quite a bit, owing to it playing like Wonder Boy. RIP.
 
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Man, RIP, I remember seeing him in Gaki No Tsukai. To think this could have been avoided if the government took real measures against the spread of covid.
 
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Dreamboum said:
Man, RIP, I remember seeing him in Gaki No Tsukai. To think this could have been avoided if the government took real measures against the spread of covid.
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Yeah, Japan has me real antsy about this. Especially their filmmakers, who are at a higher risk of mingling and contracting it, alongside generally burning the candle at both ends and being unhealthy (Sion Sono is my favourite living filmmaker and had a heart attack last year :/).
 
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I found a vid from youtube and it's on first page.



So surreal to see Leslie Nielsen took part of in his sitcom back then....
 
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Krejlooc said:
That's really awesome, I'm glad they showed some respect like that. I had no idea AFV took inspiration at all until I saw it mentioned in that twitter thread.
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Yeah, here, I pulled up the newest episode that was watchable for free on ABC's site (from 3.15.2020) and skipped to the end:

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i went down a google rabbit hole on him some years ago learning that my beloved (and by that i mean hated) JJ and Jeff originated from something completely different

rip. not that celeb covid deaths are more "important" but man really does add gravity to the situation
 
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skeezx said:
i went down a google rabbit hole on him some years ago learning that my beloved (and by that i mean hated) JJ and Jeff originated from something completely different

rip. not that celeb covid deaths are more "important" but man really does add gravity to the situation
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it shows that this virus is getting everywhere and affecting all corners of society.
 
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skeezx said:
i went down a google rabbit hole on him some years ago learning that my beloved (and by that i mean hated) JJ and Jeff originated from something completely different

rip. not that celeb covid deaths are more "important" but man really does add gravity to the situation
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It's not to say there is a benefit to famous people dying, but they are more identifiable to average people than anonymous strangers you hear about dying en mass. When a celebrity dies, it puts a face and name to the deaths. It's hard to contextualize 10,000 nameless people dying for some people, where "the guy who made my favorite X" dying directly impacts their world.

I hope people at least realize how nobody is actually safe from this, it can hit anyone.
 
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From a pure known person perspective I am very scared for this to happen to a bunch of people I adore from Japan.
 
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I know the guy because he is the inspiration for the name of the character Shimura Shinpachi from Gintama, and I got curious years ago and saw a few of his clips and the guy was ahead of his time comedy-wise, just hilarious stuff. Sad he is gone.
 
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