Well there goes my chance of happiness
wonder if they just do it one last time before they retire in some way but only then
I wouldn’t mind not having it if only they just replaced it with something else that’s good with Downtown as the host, instead of the crap we’ve been getting…
Sad. Imagine if they would continue it with new people with the old cast’s blessings. :(
“they ask you how you are, and you just have to say that you’re fine, when you’re not really fine, but you just can’t get into it because they would never understand.”
Lmao
Not unexpected but incredibly sad nonetheless.
Is it still about the physical punishment being NG in JP TV thing? Or Downtown+Cocorico+Hosei don’t want to do it anymore?
My personal guess, based on nothing, is that the network sees COVID as the perfect cover to get rid of the boys as they are starting to really age and replace them on New Years with something that would attract younger audiences.
So they’re willing to take a ratings hit now so that they don’t have a problem in 5-10 years.
We’ll see how that works out, but I am certain we’ve seen our last No Laughing Batsu special.
NTV moved on to Ninety-Nine pretty much with the shows done the past 2 years. Unfortunately as said before, that’s gonna run dry quicker than No Laughing Batsu. Pretty much it’s a bunch of bits with maybe a couple NTV program bits like ItteQ or a drama. It doesn’t matter if there’s a format or not. The Ratings are gonna go underground in time.
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.
Why not?
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.
It could be a 24 hour let’s play games from around the world and I’d watch it, or have them go through the no laughing gig but in the last hour have them do a Yamada’s Hot Blooded School on everyone as payback.
I just binged them all a couple of months ago…and yeah. Very repetitive.
I mean to be fair, these were annual specials that weren’t intended to be binged like a Netflix show. I do agree they were formulaic but I’m not sure if I were watching them just once a year, as intended, I’d even notice or care too much. Fans who religiously watch the specials multiple times throughout a year are of course going to nitpick the layout of the specials. I’d rather the specials come back and stick to the formula than not have them at all.
I binged them because I hadn’t seen them in about ten years. That being said, the guys are getting older and can’t get their asses slapped forever.
The worst part it didn’t used to be this way, the batsu folks that delivered punishment were dressed up differently, each comedian had a different “story” written about them, hell even the batsu format was based on a bet (can hamada score better at bowling than the rest? Who won the baseball tourney? etc.).
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.
All of them are over 50. Both members of Downtown are now 60. Probably time to retire the 24 hour batsu game.
Guys, please just get 5 new comedians to do it and have the guys oversee it. Please don’t let it die. Pleaaaaaase. :(
At this point, I pretty sure it’s dead.
And it’s sad, it’s was a classic thing to watch in January.Honestly the New Years Batsu was never my favorite thing from Gaki, so I’m fine with this. Give us another Kiki or Absolutely Tasty and I’ll be fine haha
Ahh man that’s such a shame, I was hoping they would have a new younger group, and they can just run things behind the scenes.
Christmas is canceled