aaaa....so many things that i need to reply to and so little time...actually i've got plenty of time.
if we start in the right order.
nagoyankee
i still after a 1½ years in tokyo stand on the wrong side if there is no one on the escalator.
nyororin,
the programme that u looking for might be 秘密の県民ショー hosted by the dreadful みのもんた who could all do us a favour and retire and the sometimes funny 久本雅美. if u can find the show having children appear, ケンミンの1年生, pls let me know, the children from osaka was hilarious.
nathan and kyo_9
as strange as it sounds, and unfortunately i can't recall that i have ever thought of that, but there might be a reason to it. the reason why in osaka u stand on the right side is due to a change thanks to the expo 1970, when osaka wanted to be a bit more international, call it an early グローバル化.
mmm
the prime examples of actors with fake accent was a show (ドラマ） perhaps a year ago about hostesses and a hostess club if i am not mistaken. does someone know the name of the show? anyway there was this one woman who sounded horrible.
the books on kansai-ben r usually not very good. my humble opinion is that they r too old and takes up things like..あきまへん and もうかりまっか。 this is however only my opinion and not be any means a fact.
now, i want everyone to know that i hate sanma. he is on par with minomonta