this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2023
1 points (100.0% liked)
GakiNoTsukai
2 readers
1 users here now
Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! is a Japanese variety show which stars comedians Matsumoto Hitoshi, Hamada Masatoshi, Tsukitei (Yamasaki) Hōsei, Tanaka Naoki and Endō Shōzō. It is best known to western audiences for the annual No-Laughing Batsu Games and the original version of Silent Library.
Submissions aren't limited to just Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!, you can post anything related to the members of Downtown, Cocorico and Tsukitei Hōsei.
founded 11 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Is it still about the physical punishment being NG in JP TV thing? Or Downtown+Cocorico+Hosei don't want to do it anymore?
Personally, the guys are getting older now and I can't imagime they want to do the batsu games for much longer anyway. What should've been done is adding in other, younger members to take the torch beforehand so that we could get to know other personalities and form a connection so that when everyone "retired" it wouldn't be so abrupt. They could still sit in the game master chairs tho.
I was watching part of American Police last night and started to get the feeling like they were just showing up for the paycheck. Still funny, but the enthusiasm definitely wasn't the same.
Would be nice if the show continued but kept them all in a 'Tag-Matsumoto style' box, or their main room while a team that each member handpicks does all the heavy batsu lifting. Keep things like Pie Hell or the Scary batsu for them while the younger generation begins to take the reigns.
I'd rather watch them try to make each other laugh anyway.