Anton Wicky  He began his Nippon Television show "Wicky-san's One-point English Conversation" in 1979. It ran for fifteen years. The show began again in 2007. Since 2006, Wicky has appeared in commercials for Yellow Hat, a chain of automotive-supply retail stores. Kobayashi Ginko: Minutes with our man on the street - Sri Lankan appeared on TV spot with unsuspecting Japanese. "The Daily Yomiuri" (Tokyo), October 13, 1994, p. 9.