The Japanese television variety show Kasou Taishou featured a routine by performing artists that re-enacted a Super Mario Bros. game. The "real life" Super Mario skit used actors dressed in costumes and props on a stage made to look like a realistic scene from the popular video game. The sound effects from the original game is used in the skit and the routine is set to the original music from the game.Weekend Watching: 'Matrix Theater' in Japan Does Super Mario Skit (January 11, 2009)
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Real life Super Mario skit was done on a Japanese variety show
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Show called Kasou Taishou
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Skit uses actors dressed in black that hold set props to re-create the scene of the original Super Mario Bros. game
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Routine uses the soundtrack and audio effects of the original game
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Begins with a puppet as the small Mario, when he finds the mushroom, he is replaced by an actor
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Towards the end of the routine, an audio clip of Barack Obama saying "change is coming to America" and "yes we can" can be heard as "Barack Obama" character makes his way across the stage behind a prop podium
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