"Waratte Iitomo!" to Finish?

[Mulboyne]

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Robin Williams in 1990

Mid-day show "Waratte Iitomo!" (It's OK to Laugh!) has been on Fuji TV since 1982 but it now looks like the run will finish in March next year with host Tamori moving to a daytime spot on NTV. The decision may well have been Fuji's, however, and is probably down to falling ratings. Tamori himself got a mention in the 2003 Guinness Book of Records as the longest consecutive hosting of a TV show after its 5000th broadcast. A forerunner of the show went out live but "Waratte Iitomo" has always been pre-recorded at Shinjuku's Studio Alta. Expect some crowds near that venue for the final edition. It's been a regular venue for entertainers to promote their recent work but also has featured politicians, sports stars and the like. A few big overseas names have also appeared on the show although translation usually gets in the way.

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Avril Lavigne in 2011

Source (Japanese)

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Owatte Iitomo...

[Coligny]

Mid-day show "Waratte Iitomo!" (It's OK to Laugh!) has been on Fuji TV since 1982

And making housewife stupider by the minute eversince...

[james]

now if they could just end all of the midday, morning and evening broadcasts and instead just transmit nothing, we'd all be the better for it.

[Coligny]

now if they could just end all of the midday, morning and evening broadcasts and instead just transmit nothing, we'd all be the better for it.

My vote would go for white noise, or a cam setup on a birdcage to keep the cats busy in their bedrooms...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Bring back Gilgamesh Night, but make it Gilgamesh Morning, Noon and Night.

Can't get much more traditionally Japanese than good ol' sexism and T and A (except there's not really a great lot of T, and probably a hell of a lot more "P" for padding than T, but...)

[matsuki]

Keep "Bekkiiiii" off the air...alien looking bitch that all the j-birds think is cute is so gross =(

[Yokohammer]

Bring back Gilgamesh Night ...

As long as we're bringing back Gilgamesh, bring back Iijima Ai!
I'm still mourning that loss.

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

I'm still mourning that loss.

I'm mourning the fact that nobody's allowed to say she died of AIDS...

[FG Lurker]

I'm mourning the fact that nobody's allowed to say she died of AIDS...

Did she? There were rumours, but...

[Screwed-down Hairdo]

Did she? There were rumours, but...

I honestly don't know. There's loads of circumstantial evidence that points to it, but there's also loads of circumstanial evidence that points to me being a wonderful person, but the reality is I'm an absolute cunt, so I guess we'll never know for certain...about Ai-chan, that is. I am definitely a cunt.

[sublight]

Bring back Gilgamesh Night, but make it Gilgamesh Morning, Noon and Night.

Can't get much more traditionally Japanese than good ol' sexism and T and A (except there's not really a great lot of T, and probably a hell of a lot more "P" for padding than T, but...)

Now there's a show that we need back on the air. That and Tonight 2.

[kagemusha]

I can't avoid catching glimps of that crap on the big screens at the gym on days I have early training sessions.

The first thing I'll do if I am to meet that team of pathetic 'talents' is to ask them when was the last time they actually said somthing meaningful.
The second thing is ,of course, mercy killing.

[Mike Oxlong]

Now there's a show that we need back on the air. That and Tonight 2.

Watched T2 a lot my first couple years here. Very edumacational. Also made for good eikaiaw chit chat fodder.