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Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji (1991)

Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji poster
Original title
ダウンタウンのごっつええ感じ
Genre
variety show
Country
Japan
Length
6 seasons, 245 episodes
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese variety show hosted by the comedy duo Downtown. It features guest interviews and games, but is best known for its sketch comedy where cast members dress in costumes and perform absurd and bizarre skits.

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What happens

Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji (ダウンタウンのごっつええ感じ; roughly "Downtown's Feeling Real Good") was a Japanese variety show. It premiered on December 8, 1991 and ended its run on November 2, 1997. It aired on Fuji TV every Sunday night. Hosted by the comedy duo Downtown (consisting of Masatoshi Hamada and Hitoshi Matsumoto), it had several other actors and comedians in its regular cast, including You, Koji Imada, Koji Higashino, Itsuji Itao, Ryoko Shinohara and Honkon (Takahiro Kurano). Like most other Japanese variety shows, it featured guest interviews and games, but it is best known and remembered for its sketch comedy. Downtown and other cast members would dress in costumes and perform absurd skits with bizarre characters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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