Has anyone ever seen a live-action Japanese kids’ show from the sixties called Gimme Gimme Octopus? I only mention it because it stands alongside the Great Wall of China, the Sistine Chapel and the Great Pyramid as one of humanity’s finest achievements.

The show revolves around a red octopus and his sidekick, a giant peanut:

The show is called “Gimme Gimme Octopus” because the two main characters spend most of their time trying to steal food from the other characters. Of course, the octopus and peanut are rather inept thieves- most of the time, they end up getting jabbed with swords and knives, or in one episode, fucking bayonets:

Even when they do manage to steal food, something goes horribly wrong- one time, the octopus steals a loaf of bread from a dragon, only to discover that the goddamn thing is rigged with explosives.

I found the show’s official homepage and had Google translate it into English, but surprisingly it made even less sense than before. For instance, Spatula Spatula, one of the show’s monsters, is described as “always the spatula spatula having laughed, the feeling which it comes out lovelily seems.”

Adding to the weirdness, the show’s theme song sounds like “Dreidel, Dreidel” recorded backward in Japanese and implanted with Satanic messages. There’s also some bizarre love triangle going on between the octopus, the peanut, and a pink walrus. At any rate, it’s one of the greatest TV shows ever produced and will totally kick your ass’ face.