Lincoln (2005)

Original title

リンカーン

Genre

variety show

Country

Japan

Length

1 season, 1 episode

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Japanese variety show hosted by the comedy duo Downtown. It features older comedians playing games and doing skits so younger comedians can learn from them, and uses Abraham Lincoln as its mascot.

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What happens

Lincoln (リンカーン) is a Japanese variety show. It premiered on October 18, 2005, and ended on September 10, 2013, and aired on TBS every Tuesday night. Hosted by the comedy duo Downtown, it featured seven other comedians in its regular cast, and had several recurring younger, up-and-coming comedians as guests. The show used Abraham Lincoln as its mascot, and its slogan was: "The program of the geinin, by the geinin, for the geinin", parodying a line from his famous Gettysburg Address. The object of the show was to have the younger comedians watch and learn from the more experienced comedians through fun and games. The opening used the song "The Revolution" by BT and featured the regular cast as superheroic anime characters in a futuristic setting. The animation was done by Studio 4°C, a studio well known for The Animatrix. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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