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Downtown's Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (ダウンタウンのガキの使いやあらへんで!!, Downtown's Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!?) (Downtown's "This Ain't No Job for Kids!") is a Japanese variety show hosted by the two very popular Japanese owarai duos, Downtown (consisting of Hitoshi Matsumoto (松本人志) and Masatoshi Hamada (浜田雅功), Cocorico (consisting of Naoki Tanaka (田中直樹) and Shouzo Endo (遠藤章造), and comedian Housei Yamazaki(山崎邦正). This TV program began broadcasting in October of 1989, and is widely acknowledged to be one of the most influential comedy shows in Japan. Yasuda Dai Circus, a popular owarai trio Owarai ) is a broad word used to describe Japanese comedy as seen on television. ...
Downtown (ダウンタウン) is a Japanese comedy unit (kombi) consisting of two comedians (ãŠç¬‘ã„芸人, owarai geinin), Hitoshi Matsumoto (æ¾æœ¬äººå¿—) and Masatoshi Hamada (浜田雅功). Downtown is probably the most influential kombi to come from Yoshimoto KÅgyÅ, and is arguably the most popular kombi in Japan today. ...
1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Cast
Gaki No Tsukai started with Matsumoto and Hamada as stars; they were later joined by Yamazaki, then finally Endo and Tanaka.
Crew The show's crew frequently stars on the show; executive producer Kenji Suga and set director Toshihide Saitou (a.k.a. Heipou ヘイポー) appear the most. They are most used for comedic relief either to participate in the show, or to appear on a fake printed media designed to make the cast laugh. The show's editor also cameos in one of their episodes, "Matsumoto's Lover Eri II", in which Matsumoto fights the editor for the love of a woman.
Special appearances K-1 champion Ernesto Hoost and comedian Masaki Sumitani have made appearances on the show. Ernesto Hoost (born July 11, 1965) is a kickboxer and four-time world K-1 champion from The Netherlands. ...
A picture of Hard Gay in action, taken from the Japanese television show Bakuten. ...
Segments
Batsu Games Probably the best known Gaki episodes are those dealing with batsu games, or punishment games, which one or more of the cast must undergo after losing a major game or physical challenge. This page describes words and terms (generally of Japanese origin) relating to owarai (Japanese comedy). ...
No Laughing Games No Laughing in High School The best-known Batsu Game is the "No Laughing in the High School" game, in which the entire cast (except Hamada) are sent to 'high-school' for 1 day, during which various absurd things happen and the cast are punished for laughing by being hit on the behind with a shinai. A Shinai made from Bamboo A shinai (Japanese: 竹刀) is a practice sword used primarilly in Kendo or Kumdo (Korean Kendo). ...
The English-lesson segment of this Batsu game is perhaps the single best known Gaki no Tsukai segment outside of Japan. The cast sits in a classroom watching a TV. What they watch is a man, comedian-turned-artist Jimmy Oonishi, reading an English article about Marco Polo, counting in English and saying all the days of the week in English. He pretends to be utterly bewildered by the English language and makes a number of ridiculous mistakes.
No Laughing in Yugawara They've also made spa-themed Batsu Games such as No Laughing in Yugawara; Yamazaki, Tanaka, and Hamada were the victims, punished by Matsumoto and Endo.
No Laughing in the Hot Springs An earlier spa-themed Batsu Game called No Laughing in the Hot Springs with the whole cast (except Hamada) being punished.
No Laughing at the Police Station The most recent Batsu Game, "Do Not Laugh at the Police Station," premiered in Japan as a three-hour New Year's Eve special on 31 December 2006. The participants were Yamazaki, Hamada, and Endo, and the punishers were Matsumoto and Tanaka.
The objective of each No Laughing game is for the cast to refrain from laughing; each time they do, the crew comes in and punishes them by hitting their behind with darts, shinai, or by other means. A Shinai made from Bamboo A shinai (Japanese: 竹刀) is a practice sword used primarilly in Kendo or Kumdo (Korean Kendo). ...
Other Batsu Games Haunted Hotel After Matsumoto lost from a swimming game against the other four cast, a batsu game is set at a "haunted hotel" ryokan, at which Matsumoto must spend the night, enduring ghost apparitions, a samurai, and random knocks on walls (among others). A ryokan (旅館) is a type of traditional Japanese inn dating from the Edo Era (1603–1868), when they served travellers along Japans highways. ...
Onigokko An infamous 24-hour Batsu Game in which the cast (minus Matsumoto) are locked in a sports arena and subject to being chased by mobs of Oni (demons) at random moments.
Silent Library Silent Library is also a part of a Batsu Game segment in which six members in a possibly staged library, flip random cards, and undergo unpleasant acts upon choosing the bad card. Although they must remain silent during the entire session, the members generate muffled laughter, loud enough for the occupants of the library to hear.
Recurring Batsu Game Cast
Mrs. Itao This is a pun; Itao is an unmarried crew member, and "Mrs Itao" is a gaijin. In the batsu geemus she always makes an appearance announced by playing a Madonna or other 80's song. She dances horribly to make the cast laugh (which they will, resulting in a punishment for all).
Jimmy Oonishi Jimmy Oonishi (ジミー大西), will appear in parody instructional videos as a goof for comedic relief. He will either say or do things that are dumb, likely repeatedly, to make the cast laugh. His most famous appearance is in the English Lesson episode but he appears frequently in other batsu games.
Nishikawa Ayako Nishikawa Ayako (西川綾子）is a former Miss Japan who is usually cast in the batsu games as a malicious and domineering character. Her notable appearances include her "dates" with Heipou, in which Heipou usually gets punished at the end. In the police batsu game, she was employed as the medical examiner where she does batsu game style punishments to the bodies (where the bodies were crew members desperately trying to look dead).
Obaachan and Ojiichan A random old man or woman will be placed into something that looks absurd at their age. Commonly done at the very start of a batsu game.
Konyaga Yamada Konya-ga Yamada (今夜が山田)(Tonight Is Yamada's!) is a phrase said over and over by a comedian (credited, ironically enough, as Konyaga Yamada). There are numerous minor variations on it but it essentially remains the same. To mix it up during the police batsu game, they replaced this segment with a recording of another comedian shouting a different phrase ("Shohei-hey!! (ショーヘイヘイ！!"). These phrases are played at random moments, while the cast is trying to sleep or when they first wake up.
Chinko Machine In this segment from the episode "Daikiri Daikassen", the participants recite a long, tongue twister-like promotion for the show without stopping or stuttering. If a participant fails, they are to run on the “chinko machine”, literally the “penis machine”, which releases a switch that hits the participant in the groin. The Batsu Game was featured on the August 1, 2006 Oddball segment of Countdown with Keith Olbermann as "Reason Number 261 (of 527) why Japanese television is better than ours." Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long nightly newscast on MSNBC which airs live at 8:00 p. ...
Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...
7 henge Shichi-henge (The Seven Apparitions) is a segment of the show where the whole cast sits at a table while a comedian attempts to make them laugh. Each person who laughs must put 1000 yen into a box, which is later given to a charity of the comedian's choice. A variation on this (Horror Shichi-henge) involved several members of the cast and crew ambushing a high-strung crew member (set director Toshihide Saitou) with the intent of causing him to lose his composure - and thus be forced to surrender money. Japanese 10 yen coin (obverse) showing Phoenix Hall of Byodoin Yen is the currency used in Japan. ...
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