My Notes January 2026 Week 2

Tetsuya Takeda got the record for longest running TV commercial for the same product presented by the same actor.

The commercial was first aired in 1978 and has run for 41 years, as of 11 April 2019.

Akai Kitsune Udon made new TV commercials every year with Tetsuya Takeda.

He was born on April 11, 1949, in Fukuoka and his career included being a singer, composer and actor.

Takeda is best known for his role in the TV drama Sannen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei. (Mr. Kinpachi of the Third-Year B Class).

January 7 is National Bobblehead Day.

A bobblehead is a type of small figurine with an oversized head.

Its head is connected to the body by a spring that will cause the head to move around, or "bobble," hence the name.

During the seventeenth century, figurines of Buddha and other religious figures called "temple nodders" were produced in Asia.

In the 1960s, MLB made a bobblehead for each team, but the faces were all the same.

The 1964 Beatles Bobblehead Set is said to be the rarest and most expensive bobbleheads. 

“In a row” means “one after another.”

Our team has won five games in a row.
“In season” means “usually describes fruits and vegetables being harvested.”

Tomatoes are very cheap now because they're in season.