They shot this year’s series in the middle of this year at the Kanto region. The five cast mates will dress up and teachers and will be put in totally ridiculous situations and should control their laughter. This year’s theme is “Enthusiastic Teachers”.
No Laughing game is normally broadcast on December 31st every year and the one from 2011 ran for nearly six and a half hours! It starts at 18.30 on Nippon TV in Japan. The link below will take you directly to the clips section of the website.
Trust me, you will be blown away by the humor. All No Laughing games are available for watching and downloading.
You could download both raw versions of the program and ones that are subtitled. Many batsu games are available there for watching online, and even download. This is one of the most definitive source for everything related to Gaki no Tsukai.
If you crave for more, then you should totally check out. It is just a tip of the iceberg.Īs you could see, the above video is subtitled, so it should be no problem understanding. For instance, have a look at a small part of the No Laughing High School game from a few years ago. Often times, their efforts in trying not to laugh is more hilarious than the situation they are in. Ones who laugh will be immediately punished by hangmen, who slap the cast on their butts with a cane or some other type of S&M punishment gear. They will be thrown in totally ridiculous situations, where it would be very difficult not to laugh. The premise of the game is as follows – Each year a theme is chosen and the cast have to perform their roles as dictated by the theme. The largest and most complex of all batsu games is the annual “No Laughing Game”, which is currently in its 10th year.
The winning member decides on the game, which most of the times turn out to be something totally silly, but at the same time full of awesomeness. The members of the group get involved in bets, mostly concerned with baseball games or singing competitions and whoever loses the bet has to endure a batsu game. One of the most famous and legendary aspects of the program is the so called Batsu Games, roughly translated to as punishment games. Gaki no Tsukai’s skits are legendary and extremely clever. Later, another duo called Cocorico, comprising the comedians, Shōzō Endō and Naoki Tanaka and finally, Hōsei Yamasaki joined Downtown, resulting in a group of five comedians. Downtown is basically a comedy duo of Hitoshi Matsumoto and Masatoshi Hamada. It is a very popular show that has been running since 1989 on Nippon TV. One such comedy show is called Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (ダウンタウンのガキの使いやあらへんで!!). If you start following Japanese comedy shows, it is highly likely that you would find run of the mill comedy programs from elsewhere pretty boring. As a result, what comes out is absolutely fascinating, sometimes weird and ridiculous, but will result in stomach cramps from laughing your ass off all the time. In Japan though, those things don’t exist. Conventional comedy programs from the US for example, have these rigid set of rules that define what comedy is and how it should be approached. You see, in addition to being a big fan of Jazz and electronic music scene and anime in Japan, I also follow Japanese comedy shows with great interest. i'd buy the DVDs in a heartbeat.I had always wanted to talk about this, but somehow missed it.
Overall, I love Gaki No Tsukai ya Arahende and i wish we had it here in north America. these batsu games usually take place over a period of 24 hours. As the years went on, Downtown eventually started doing batsu games (which have all become popular on youtube) in which the players must not laugh, or they face a painful punishment. Back in the old days, around the early 90's, Hamada and Matsumoto would play a game or make a bet, and whoever lost had to do something (which was usually humiliating or so stupid it was funny.) For example, At one time, Matsumoto had to be the SMPTE bars for a TV news station, and one time when hamada lost, he had to go get a bottle of evian water, right from the waterfall. The show originally started as Hamada and Matsumoto, but then Endo, Tanaka, Yamasaki, Heipo, and Fujiwara all came along later. It's a true example why the Japanese have such a great sense of humour and we have.jackass. Gaki No Tsukai ya Arahende!! (Translated as: Downtown's this is no task for kids!!) is something we north Americans wish we had, but never got.