"Fifty million Frenchmen can't be wrong."
—Old joke on Jerry Lewis's popularity in Francenote
"According to Viz's most recent Jump poll, this is the third most popular MHA character in America. She barely made Top 20 in Japan."
—Minovsky
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on Himiko Toga"Things are easy when you're big in Japan."
— Alphaville, Big in Japan
"I got the moon, I got the cheese, I got the whole damn nation on its knees!"
— Tom Waits, "Big in Japan" - Mule Variations.
"After we played in Chile, some people and part of my band told me: 'This crowd is amazing, they were insane.' And then, I told them: 'No, you're wrong; you haven't seen nothing; because in Buenos Aires [it will always be] better.'"
"The European occupation with our The Hollywood Squares-grade actors has always puzzled me. I picture French television as a medium populated with dark, moody films starring Donny Most and Bonnie Franklin."
— Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese
"I'm dumber than a box of hair
But those Frenchies don't seem to care
Don't know why, mon frere
But they love me there
I'm a genius in France!"
But those Frenchies don't seem to care
Don't know why, mon frere
But they love me there
I'm a genius in France!"
— "Weird Al" Yankovic, Genius in France
"One thing I love about the coolbox is that if you open up the lid there's this little information label describing the coolbox, and it's printed in three languages: English, Russian, and Arabic. Boy do Lexus know the market for the LX570. Those areas are exactly where this thing sells, and pretty much nowhere else."
— Doug DeMuro, The 2019 Lexus LX570 Is a $95,000 Disappointment
"People in Australia did not realise how big she was there. She was enormous, she was the next biggest thing to Princess Di.
— Michael Gudinski on Kylie Minogue's success in Britain, Long Way to the Top: Stories of Australian Rock & Roll
"I'm sure that it was the same for kids my age all around the world – Tom and Jerry was something that was just always there growing up. What we all loved about the show was that it also made our parents and even our grandparents laugh. It's truly multi-generational. Living in Singapore, when you were waiting at the dentist, waiting to collect your passport, or at the hairdresser, it was on the screens. Everybody watched it, and everybody enjoyed it. With such a simple premise, what’s not to love? It's definitely not just an American brand of humor. Physical comedy works well across all cultures, so it’s not surprising Tom and Jerry travels so well. Whether the audience is Chinese, Korean, Japanese, or Indian, slapstick makes everyone laugh. It's universal."
— Executive producer Carlene Tan on Tom and Jerry (2023)
on Tom and Jerry (2023)