I remember reading something online about smap and the webpage was quickly removed later. The writer sarcastically compared them to spam.
If you ask me, I like Smap. Sometimes I even lurve them. They are one of the hardest working popsters in the biz. They sing, dance, host, cook, act, write and look very handsome all at once. Of course, i'm not saying that they do it well, BUT some of them do most of these things well. AND if you're a Smap fan, you probably are a Takuya Kimura fan, too. After all, when you learn more about them, you'll notice that Kimura-san (who is the most competitive of the lot, and kiasu) is really good at most of those things. The man sings, dances, cooks, acts and looks too damn handsome. And did i say he cooks!

Was telling Jay the other day about one of the 'punishments' which was making riceballs/onigiri for the entire crew of their concert - 200 people. And it was the year that Goro had a ban so poor Nakai had to make 400 onigiri for the crew the next day. He had to start immediately after the concert - poor Nakai-san. In the end, he called Tsuyoshi to help but ... someone went back to sleep, with a curt - Do it properly, ganbatte!. Hahahahahahaaaa
Still i guess it was quite a good stunt when Kimura, Tsuyoshi and Shingo showed up with more ingredients and they completed the 400 in time.

Then there was the time by Tama-sama (The Ball King, Kimura having won their periodic snooker game) gave the losers (Tsuyoshi and Shingo) the task of picking up garbage around the beaches of Japan for 27 and half hours. Hilarious!

okokokok, i'll stop waxing lyrical over these jokers. If you wanna see them at their best, google SMAPXSMAP (read as SmaSma) and you'll know what i mean.

Alternately, look out for some of their solo projects. i'm going to wait for 'Change', Kimura's latest drama which centres on a teacher who is pushed into an election. So apt, ya. Plus, i recently came across Shingo in one of his stellar performances in Galileo (which i'll touch on later)

SONG FOR A MOOD
Fly - SMAP. My very favourite Smap song. Kimura singing jazz. Now that is unusual. From their 13th album, this version is actually from the single which i bought in Hong Kong. It's one of the few Smap songs that aren't overly pop-py. Listen and you'll be surprised. I always need this song to remind me that Smap are a bunch of guys who work hard to get where they are now, and they deserve it.

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