Unexpected but got me for a couple minutes.Ģ When they go into the room where they reside most of the episode there is a chair for only 4 of them, the fifth chair is a rocking horse.ģ One of the guys opens the drawer on his desk to find a compilation of his brothers high school essays.Ĥ The producer of the show makes an appearance and just hugs all but one of the cast, this joke comes with the knowledge that in Japanese culture/society they don’t seem to hug The Review: Favourite Moments:ġ When told to turn a sign around that was at a distance you expect the joke to be on the back of the sign, he runs off to do that and falls straight down into a hole that was covered in leaves. Other common trends in the humour are: elements of surprise, awkward too-long pauses, unusual social situations, random but rare inappropriate touches, punishment/pain jokes, culture shock (slightly), exaggerated reactions and many personal appearances so people the comedians know spontaneously and unexpectedly showing up. Having 5 grown men change into nurses outfits, one guy ends up with a skirt that’s way too short. The humour is very visually based which is different to the one liners in Western comedies, eg. In this episode the five of them enter a hospital for 24 hours and are not allowed to laugh at anything that happens otherwise they get punished. They are regularly accompanied by Hōsei Yamasaki, Naoki Tanaka and Shōzō Endō. Gaki No Tsukai is a Japanese variety show, hosted by comedian duo Hitoshi Matsumoto and Masatoshi Hamada.
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Japanese comedians are great at making people laugh, but sometimes they forget that skin color is no laughing matter. I want to establish a rule book with clear guidelines.”
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We’re not full impersonators after all, and so we’ll just do our variety shows without blackface from now on. And so I pondered over what we should do. The flow wasn’t bad at all… but Hamada was just horrible.
Matsumoto: “ The theme this time was the American police, and we did Eddy Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop. People in the television industry must now create programs from an international standpoint.” Maiko: “The symbolic blackface has always been condemned worldwide historically. ▼ Wait, you guys are trying not to offend people, right?Īlso present in the discussion was music producer Maiko Fukushima, who added a few words of her own. When that’s put into the context of comedy, it becomes a different issue.” America had famous blackface singing groups (black minstrels) in the past, and it wasn’t a problem then because they were singing. Matsumoto: “I told Hamada we should knock on Eddie Murphy’s door and apologize to him.”Īndo: “Hamada’s take on Eddie Murphy was interesting, and since some foreigners may be sensitive to things like skin color, it came off as making fun of black people. That bit was meant to make viewers laugh but was taken as racial discrimination instead.” Were there costumes in the changing room? It’s his fault for not turning down the proposal (of the Eddie Murphy impersonation).”Īndo: “I think it was going well until the impersonation. Matsumoto: “I have a lot of things to say regarding this issue, but it’s too much of a hassle. The other member of Downtown, Hitoshi Matsumoto (who is also a regular cast member on Gaki no Tsukai), spoke up during a debate about the incident with newscaster Yuko Ando.
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Masatoshi Hamada is already famous in Japan for being one half of the extremely popular comedy duo Downtown (he’s also the mane behind this goofy impersonation of Kyary Pamyu Pamyu) but the veteran comedian has made a recent blunder that’s getting him much less positive attention overseas.ĭuring a New Year’s Eve segment on variety TV program Gaki no Tsukai, Hamada painted his face black to impersonate Eddie Murphy’s character in a parody of the 1984 movie, Beverly Hills Cop, drawing widespread condemnation in the process. Long debate on national television ensues.