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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.
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If it does come back, I'd really appreciate a change in formula somehow. The last few years before Covid, basically the format was all the same, with the same events happening in the same order over and over.
the best part of the earlier batsu games were the interactions amongst the comedians and unscripted moments. it got increasingly more scripted and skit based as time went on.
It eventually got to the point of being an overglorified marketing device for actors and actresses to promote their new shows. I still enjoy the old ones for the reasons you stated though.