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The best translation for this series is The Trials of the Yamada Family, which is what the series deals with. Only the trials are funny, and a little on the absurd. The father is a manager in constant fear that a young woman will take his job, and he has to cover for his boss who got his mistress pregnate. His wife has gone back to teaching, and can't keep her students, his older daughter is currently anti man (not gay), his younger daughter can't pass school, and his bother is getting married to the woman of his dreams. How these people deal with the situations are not typical, and that is where the fun lies. Instead of doing it easy, they take the hard way. I recommend this series if you want a funny glimpse into a Japanese family.

The Hoax is about two buddies who find an atom bomb that fell off of a plane stuck in the rocks by the beach. They hatch a plan to blackmail the city of LA by cutting of a fin that has the serial numbers, mail it to the city government and tell them that they want each person in LA to send one dollar to a swiss bank account. Of course the FBI gets involved. This movie could very easly happen today, despite its age. With the internet, you could fabricate a bomb part with out even having one. One of the more amusing parts is that Frank Bonner (Herb Tarlek in WKRP) is a ladies man. He is always having women come in and out! If you find a copy, keep it. You will enjoy a nice light adventure comedy.