2002jun11. Saturday’s guest on Niko-Niko Punsuka Hamuemon was a blue feller named Hamukatsu. “Katsu” has several meanings; the ones with the most relevance are “win,” “defeat,” and “a breaded deep-fry cutlet.” Which, as someone with more culinary experience has pointed out to me, is a “cordon bleu.” Which, as someone with more French experience has pointed out to me, does indeed end with the word “blue.” Also, the MC is throwing out some new colors, not that Niihamu or Hamuemon would know. It’s obvious, after seeing nine episodes, that three of the hamsters are getting softballs and Hamudon, Hamuzo, and the guest hamster are served up the esoteric ones (“ivory, ivory, ivory”). Someone with more military history experience has pointed out to me that Hamudon bears a hamster-filtered resemblance to Hideki Tojo (1; 2). Now, if someone would tell me what the teakettle on Hamuzo’s head is all about ... perhaps it’s there to take advantage of all of his hot air. Hamukatsu had an argument about the name of an object confused with a color of an object – like “orange” vs. “orange” but it was for a melon or something. He was vindicated on this point, but lost the match and into the pepper for him.
