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INTEREST: Kyoto Garbage Fairy Mascot Reminds Residents to Recycle




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Cutiebunny



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:24 pm Reply with quote
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In the newspaper ad, the character leaps from heaps of garbage to educate a housewife on how to properly sort her trash and recyclables.


Educate me properly, Gomi-san Razz

Not gonna lie, but the pink shirt just kills it for me. Gomi-san looks like the long lost, failed addition to Starish from UtaPri. All he needs are some bad CG dance moves.
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Tenchi



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 9:37 pm Reply with quote
I wonder if the "Garbage Fairy" would be a distant relative of the "Curry Fairy" (otherwise known as Hosaka from Minami-ke)?

The Garbage Fairy should randomly unbutton his shirt so I can know for certain that he's a member of the Hosaka family.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 10:38 pm Reply with quote
I wonder how Gomi no Yōsei maintains a pristine appearance despite living around refuse?

Perhaps Gomi-san's presence will motivate people to be more careful of where they dispose of their trash?
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Tenchi



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:56 am Reply with quote
Something else occurred to me... white suit, hangs around garbage.

He's actually "the Man from Glad"!
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Hameyadea



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:06 am Reply with quote
That's nice Smile
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EricJ2



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:31 am Reply with quote
Tenchi wrote:
Something else occurred to me... white suit, hangs around garbage.

He's actually "the Man from Glad"!


I was going to post Jonathan Winters' "gar-bahhge"-man from the 70's Hefty commercials, but couldn't find a good enough clip. Very Happy
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 8:53 am Reply with quote
That skit from "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" about mascots is really hitting home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3T2XQ_kmBuw
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Tenchi



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PostPosted: Thu Jun 11, 2015 4:12 pm Reply with quote
EricJ2 wrote:

I was going to post Jonathan Winters' "gar-bahhge"-man from the 70's Hefty commercials, but couldn't find a good enough clip. :D


Coincidentally, it took me a while to find a Man from Glad commercial that specifically deals with garbage bags.

Here's a kinescope of a 1970s commercial where the Man from Glad comes flying in on an awesome sky boat, but it's for Glad-Wrap, not garbage bags.
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