"...this clip of a Japanese show called Gaki No Tsukai stands out not for what it includes, but for what it lacks - talking and screaming. It takes place in a studio made up like a library, with the participants (including Kickboxing champion Ernesto Hoost) stifling their laughter, screams of pain and retching noises, just like any student did in their own junior high school library." [youtube video, text shamelessly lifted from wfmu]
posted by Armitage Shanks (25 comments total)
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dayam.. this is so freakin' weird.. but i lol'd! posted by zenzizi at 3:08 PM on May 18, 2006
I didn't buy that it was a real library but that was still pretty fuckin' funny. If the video spreads well, I see kids everywhere doing this in the school library.
I woulda died over that wasabi one. *shivers* posted by dobbs at 3:11 PM on May 18, 2006
Ah, ガキの使い... This show doesn't always take place in a library, though. The point is that all of the participants (each of whom is either a comedian, a tarento, or a special guest) have to keep from laughing while one of them does some kind of weird skit. If they laugh they have to pay a penalty, oftentimes money. A recent episode was set at a Japanese ryokan, and they took turns leaving the room and peering down from a hole in the ceiling with weird hair, makeup, expressions, etc.
Basically a "how long can you stand it" variety show. Its full name is ダウンタウンのガキの使いやあらへんで!!, or "Downtown no gaki no tsukai ya arahende!!" "Downtown" is the name of a famous manzai comedian duo.
That was great! posted by onalark at 3:57 PM on May 18, 2006
Funny, but not laugh out loud funny. posted by absalom at 4:20 PM on May 18, 2006
I don't think I've laughed that wildly in a long time. The poor guy's face when, after the third instance of getting the wrong card, is confronted with the repeated slaps of that machine...priceless. posted by invitapriore at 4:37 PM on May 18, 2006
My guts are aching from laughing so hard.
The best part was that I really felt like a part of the show, with my spouse sleeping on the couch nearby. posted by Baby_Balrog at 5:37 PM on May 18, 2006
I snapped muscles and tendons laughing. Reminds me of being dead bored in school and having fits of laughter only because I shouldn't. posted by kingfisher, his musclebound cat at 6:29 PM on May 18, 2006
god that was hysterical. the library element was amazing. posted by shmegegge at 6:32 PM on May 18, 2006
awesome... really awesome posted by twjordan at 7:30 PM on May 18, 2006
It's like Jackass as a game show!
It's now my mission to bring this to America. posted by fungible at 7:31 PM on May 18, 2006
That was really amazing, esp. the tender biting of the old man. Wow. posted by stinkycheese at 7:47 PM on May 18, 2006
That was hilarious. posted by Skygazer at 8:11 PM on May 18, 2006
That tender biting old man will haunt my dreams; sure, I laughed my ass off, but a part of me was just as terrified as the bitee looked. posted by Alvy Ampersand at 8:12 PM on May 18, 2006
the slapping machine is priceless...reminds me of a cartoon when I was young where a dog spins a wheel and whatever it lands on the cat has to do the dirty deed or pay a penalty....I laughed my arse off- today too. posted by Jikido at 9:03 PM on May 18, 2006
This is the funniest goddamn thing I've seen all week. The slapping machine just about made me lose it. posted by neckro23 at 10:03 PM on May 18, 2006
Hahhaahha good one good one. posted by arrowhead at 5:09 AM on May 19, 2006
I had to stop eating my fish-and-chips lunch when tender biting old man did his thing... posted by runkelfinker at 5:37 AM on May 19, 2006
[ this is good ] posted by Jeremy at 7:09 AM on May 19, 2006
I've watched this several times now - and I'm laughing even more each time I watch it with others. Great find! posted by avoision at 8:46 AM on May 19, 2006
Oh gosh those Japanese are SO crazy! posted by dead_ at 9:13 AM on May 19, 2006
The human species is soooo strange. posted by five fresh fish at 4:31 PM on May 19, 2006
Awesome. posted by Tuwa at 11:37 PM on May 19, 2006
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