22 years ago and still fresh. Cobain was right; they are awesome. The original lineup of Naoko Yamano, Atsuko Yamano, and Michie Nakatani. Hard to believe, but Naoko will turn 60 this year and she is still rocking hard.

I still have this on VHS tape (recorded at normal speed, I think, so pretty good quality), as well as a Cibo Matto performance from another episode. Perhaps I'll digitize them all one of these days if I can figure out which tapes they're on. Viva Variety was a great show.

@chinny261

5 жыл бұрын

It would be awesome because this particular episode was very memorable with Charles Durning performing in the skit 'Male Order Grooms.' Wonderful!

This is absolutely fabulous!

Omg great song by Shonen Knife

Thank you. I had to have an acquaintance record this (as I don't have cable anymore). I try to run Fair Use items when I can. There's SO much missing TV stuff whereby the copyright owners are too lazy to put them up as a download (even though it wouldn't cost them very much,and fans still demand old material.)

Beautiful voices, and wonderful memories miss this show

thank you sooo much. i saw this when it originally aired and had been going crazy trying to find it again!!!!

Thanks for posting.

Ha ha ha, this rules. I had forgotten all about Viva Variety. These State guys sure made a lot of shows. SHONEN KNIFE~

Que bonito video del recuerdo. La eternamente linda Naoko, vino de otra galaxia a crear esta maravillosa banda musical junto a su hermana Atsuko y Michie, en su formación original. Shonen Knife, excelente banda musical japonesa de fama mundial con música de excelencia y que siempre ha sabido tener muy buenas integrantes. Las amo. Saludos desde Chile al otro lado del mundo en Latinoamérica. Noviembre 5 de 2023.

Incredible

Very good music video 👍👍👍👍👍👍💚💜💙💛❤

Now that was fun

I watched a lot of Comedy Central in the '90's so why the fuck don;t I remember this show "Viva Variety?

Naoko still looks so young now. Love seeing this original lineup, although Atsuko does a great job on bass now, and Etsuko, EMI and now Risa really add the punch. Great band!!!

good stuff!

They were just at the beachland ballroom in cle, totally missed it and I'll regret that till I am lucky enough to see them live.

Naoko-sama is absolutely Kawaii in this.

@ShikataGaNai100

4 жыл бұрын

Naoko turns 60 this year and is still a wonderful person and a beautiful woman. Atsuko is 57...and they are both still rocking. What would you pay to see Michie return for one final gig?

yum yum

I didn't know Shonen Knif was on the show. I missed it. I love the song sushi bar, and i have the album. Is he Tito Puente?

Naoko never ages. She was 37 in this gig...and looks about 14. Agreed, Emi and Ritsuko are now the heart of the band.

@Shoknifeman Possibly RuPaul or something......they had assorted weirdos on that show. But I only was interested in SHONEN KNIFE,LOL!! I'd seen SK (as a music reviewer for DISCOVERIES and ROCK CITY NEWS Magazines) when they made their first-ever Los Angeles appearance,at the Knights of Columbus Hall (Downtown L.A.) in late 1989 (I still have the photos I took of that,as well as other photos) NAOKO had sent me a "Zero Records" LP directly from her home in Osaka! :)

This was the 1999 Happy Hour tour... Michie's last! (I don't know what Naoko was thinking wearing that pseudo cowboy look 9_9)

Cuter'n three speckled pups under a red wagon. :) One of my all-time fave SK vids. Looooove the outfits.

do you have the whole tape of this episode of Viva Variety? I can't find it anywhere else on the internet.

@RonaldVaughan Hi :) As a fellow huge SK fan, I would love to see your photos of the band from 1989 (I didn't even know they existed at that time); and I'd love to put them up on my Shonen Knife forum... or, you could join and post them yourself. ^_~

Yes, it is Charles Durning!

@Shoknifeman You're certainly not referring to the band.....like I said,I was only interested in SK,but I kept the other announcers' taglines in. I like to save introductions to acts when possible. SK is btw,still around after all these years.

To be 100% accurate, the 2nd song is called "Sushi Bar Song"... but, it's often refered to as just "Sushi Bar"

wow!

I was living out of the country when that show was on, and I never got to see it until now. Though I've only seen a few moments, clearly it is one of the finest shows ever. Way better than Ed Sullivan ever was.

I was thinking the same thing. Actually, I think the 37yo Naoko looks kinda hot.

I think it is...

That's Kerri Kinney as the former Mrs. Lapin.

@RonaldVaughan Being a professional music critic sounds kind of fun; mind you, I generally prefer music before 1970, especially Rockabilly and Big Band. (Jgirl-punk being a notable exception). On my forum, I do most of the music reviews (Mostly SK CDs...but, i do them as a fan, so, I rarely critisize! haha) (I tried to send you this as a private massage, but, you have friend lock on!hehe)

Is that Charles Durning in the white suit ?

@RonaldVaughan No, of course not, I am very familliar with Shonen Knife... planning to see them live again come Oct 20th ; I was saying that the tall person with red hair looks like a guy in drag. Shonen Knife are my very favorite band since 1997 , i run an SK forum ^_^

@Shoknifeman No - The Actress Kerri Kinney from The State, Reno 911, etc.. Try Google. It's free and easy!

@13bats So... A guy in drag?

@magpie1869 I don't even know who that is. Sorry I can't help you.

@13bats Hard to believe that's a woman hahahahaha

...and "Sleater-Kenney."

Is that red haired um... person a woman, or a guy in drag?? Reminds me of Marge Simpson

TRASH KNIFE..........