[Note: This post has been updated (1) as of 8:54 AM Eastern on 19 Jun. See below.]
Perhaps it's not entirely out of place on this Bloomsday to direct your attention to this video and remark that, good-fun stunt though it may be, there's something curiously right about this performance of the (abbreviated) first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5.
(One of the YouTube commenters explains, "My Japanese friend Ami has said that they are arguing about what to eat for breakfast: 'asa gohan' is Japanese for 'breakfast'. Apparently some want pure rice, others? rice with vegetables and mushrooms etc.")
(Our thanks to Chris Foley of The Collaborative Piano Blog for the link to the above YouTube video.)
Update (8:54 AM Eastern on 19 Jun): Here's a video of the classic 1950s Your Show of Shows sketch done by Sid Caesar and Nanette Fabray that embodies the very same idea as Asagohan. We wonder, Did the creator(s) of Asagohan know this classic TV sketch, or was it the music itself that suggested the very same idea to him (them) as it almost certainly did for the creator(s) of the original Your Show of Shows sketch?
Inquiring minds want to know.
It's The Music, Stupid!
Peggy
