283:. He described his work at the time as "oing things like the lowest Bozo, circus kind of stuff. But it doesn't bother me at all. A lot of times the foreigners on TV, models and what-not, are compared to pandas. They use that term here—pandas—because they're cuddly, you can go and have fun with them, and throw a marshmallow and that's about it. And you don't get involved any more deeper than that. But ... since I'm making half a million dollars a year, I'm very happy to be a panda." Due to his fluency in Japanese, he also developed career as a serious commentator on Anglo-American culture and events. He became a regular commentator on foreign news and established the Tokyo-based Spector Communications in 1988, which he used to obtain clippings or video grabs from foreign media to use for his commentary role. He is ranked as one of the most, and in some years the most, well-regarded commentator in Japan for all age groups according to Oricon survey. In reference to his success in Japan, he stated that "I set a goal early on to be different from other gaijin tarento by trying to compete with Japanese rather than with other foreigners."
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