Reasons why you should watch Arashi ni Shiyagare 2014.08.16 episode

Not a superb episode, I'm not really sure what the producer's thinking when they do the first segment. The topic is around the 'girly force of dudes' *I don't know what's the exact translation as I couldn't find it in the dictionary. It's something to justify the dudes to act girly without being labeled as Onee aka gay. Maybe this is a generation gap thingy because I don't find it interesting, in fact, even Arashi themselves are not really into the topic and they just went a long with it just like any other job (they're are pro after all).

( First segment... )

On the other hand, the 2nd segment is more interesting to me, and this is thanks to Sho-chan. It's a simple segment of basically Sho-chan and the guest Suzuki Ryota presented their recommendation on where to go for your summer vacation.
Sho-chan clearly showcase places where he actually went before (as we all know it): Ankor wat (Cambodia); St Petersburg (Rusia) and Istanbul (Turkey), while the guest never go to any of the places that he recommended LOL. I think the result is rather staged but nevertheless, it's quite fun to watch.

( Second Segment... )

So, this episode is totally saved by Sho-chan! He's the highlight :)

Reasons why you should watch SMAPxSMAP 2014.08.18 episode

There are number of reasons for why I always try to watch SMAPxSMAP when I have time. While not every week is a gold worthy episode, but I do look forward to it for:
1. Shingo's Oishi corner - regardless whether I know the guest or not, it's just have some hilariousness to it and don't forget Shingo's major trolling tendency too :)
2. Number of segments being shuffled around, so rather each week we have different corner besides SMAP Bistro. This reduce the boringness out of watching the show every single freaking week. Imagine if you've tuned in for SMAPxSMAP from the beginning... that's like... 20 years plus? wow...
3. SMAP performance... the reasons vary widely in here, though there are some occasional miss here, but... I like this segment, the stage always look awesome, Kimutaku looks like he enjoys performing any other songs than SMAP songs too...
and another set of reasons...

This week's episode off course not one of their best, but there're always things to check out, especially the 2nd segment, which I find it quite cool...

( Cut cut cut XD... )