Former City Paper intern Jimmy Viola invades Japanese television

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Former City Paper intern Jimmy Viola invades Japanese television

POSTED: Wednesday, November 25, 2009, 3:09 AM
Filed Under: CP Abroad

CP editorial interns always go on to do great things, but I'm pretty sure Jimmy Viola is the first to land on foreign TV. Temple student Jimmy, currently studying abroad in the Land of the Rising Sun, did some good work for CP last year. Here he is on a Tokyo MX network program, pitching himself as a potential beau to the ladies of Japan. ("Super gaijin" basically translates to "ridiculous foreigner.")

Is that Jeremy Sisto in the beginning?

Jimmy's blogging about his trip here.


Jimmy the super gaijin wants a GF | Japan Probe
Posted 2009-11-29 12:52:37
[...] meant to “"expose the ridiculous spectacle the Japanese Media is.” The Philly City Paper has a story up about his TV [...] 

Isaiah Thompson
Posted 2009-11-25 01:17:54
And I'm still here. Goddamn. I look *great* in giant red eye-things.

Jeff
Posted 2010-01-29 16:07:32
Just ran across this on a Japanese blog.  "Super gaijin" is not translated as "ridiculous foreigner."  Super gajin translates as super gaijin.
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