The Iron Chef

[Rían]

Let me give you a little scenario that might help you decide on the comedy issue:

On the beginning of one of the American competitor shows (Bobby Flay, a chef in NY), it shows a close-up of Chairman Kaga (is that his name?) holding a juicy American hamburger, complete with a little American flag on a toothpick sticking into the bun, while the announcer solemnly intones the bio of Bobby Flay. After about 15 seconds of him solemnly contemplating the burger, he takes a big bite, and the tomato and lettuce fall out!

But the chefs themselves are very serious, and amazing! Esp. some of the wonderful presentation of the food. As IRex says, "its just so funny yet so good at the same time". Hubby and I were just busting up last night at one of the tasters saying that a particular dish was so good, he didn't even want to comment on the food, but instead just quietly contemplate it by a fire in a chateau.

I don't know if the dubbing is intentionally funny; I think all dubbing tends to be funny just because of cultural differences and language nuances. I was just looking at a translated site today on Elvish hearaldry (sp?) and there were a couple of doozies!