Hi! Good Evening. This is the time for STOP THE SMAP. It is December 17th, Thursday. Tonight is the SMAP night by me, Goro Inagaki.

Ah, this is the letter from Yuki who lives in Komakomai in Hokkaido(Nothern Japan). Hokkaido, oh, it sounds really cold this time of the year.

"Good Evening Goro Chan.(Goro said Good Evening). You often said to the actresses who were the gusts at SMAPXSMAP bistro, "We have some similar appearances." Do you have anyone, who met, who you really felt like having similar appearances.? It sounds like more actresses(not actors) who has similar appearances as you, does it?"

How do you think? I guess I said that when Shinobu Otake (an actress) was the gust for bistro, did I ? Um, when I was little, it was said that the shape of my chin was similar to hers. It was when she just started acting. It's just a matter of if I look like someone. Yeah, someone said said that.

I don't know, but I don't think there are many people who I look alike. Ah, may be some parts of my face or something could be similar to someone's, or close to someone's. I don't think the all features of my face can look alike someone's. Um, in that sense, some time, I think some part of someone's face could be similar to mine but not all.

Yeah, More women than men have some part of their faces look alike mine. Ummm, I may be a little bit feminine, am I? Um. Also, it is depending on the environment you grown up and the people around me which will create the face expression and the way I act. And, some people might have some similar environment; so that, the way they act could be similar to the way I act.

What else? Ah, may be having similar hobbies and interests or values so that I might be acting similar to someone¡KSimilarity can be anything. How do you think? It can be divided to two types; you are attracted to or falling love to someone who are similar to you, or you wish to be with someone who is totally opposite to you. Um¡KIn my case, I don't want to have too many similarities or differences with someone I want to be with. Having too many differences means having totally different values. Well, having some differences is a nice stimulus, but having totally different values¡K I don't know. For example, it will be very hard to live with someone who has totally different values. Ummm, how do you think? I think the value about life has to be similar to the person you share your life at least to some degree if I am looking for a real partner. Um.

But, on the other hand, if the person has totally different hobbies from mine, it could be eye opening, such as going to see the movies which I have never seen before and reading some books which I have never red before. It could broader my life in many ways, I think.

Well, I never met anyone who is really like me. Ah, I had some people who I wish to share some similarities, such as someone I like and admire. May be, this is some wish to be a same kind as that person. Um, it will be easy to close to someone if I share some similarities. But, too much similarities will turn me off. Oh, I can't talk about this forever. After all, it is depending on the feeling, it is the matter of sensing something which may not be visible. Invisible feelings and senses may be most important¡K the part which can not be described in some definite ways. How do you think?

Yes, this was somewhat different topic asked by the listener. Well, it is true that there aren't many similarities among SMAP members which may be good for working together. I don't think we can talk about SMAP as a group of friends. Occasionally, we go out together, but usually, this is not a group which is made from a bunch of friends. There are too many differences. Um¡K But, we get along very well which is a quite interesting thing. See you Bye Bye

Goro and Shingo did Ike Tel SMAP (Calling fans) on Dec. 18, 21,22, 23, and 24. The contents of conversations with fans are quite sketchy and not really worth translating. (With Shingo, Goro did not say much.)