Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!

Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (English: Downtown's We Aren't Errand Boys!) is an Japanese variety show show. It is shown on the Nippon Television network and features the popular Japanese owarai duo, Downtown. The show is popular for its "no laughing" batsu games where the cast has to endure many ridiculous situations for 24 hours in a place which the theme is and must not laugh or they will be hit with a weapon on the buttocks. Usually, this program is shown for about 6 hours on the New Year's Eve. This program has a long broadcast period after Shōten in Nippon Television.Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!

Cast
Regular
Downtown's Hitoshi Matsumoto (Matsumoto Hitoshi) and Masatoshi Hamada (Hamada Masatoshi)
Hitoshi Matsumoto is taking charge of the composition of this program.He suggests many of plans.
Masatoshi Hamada does chairman advance.
Hōsei Yamasaki (Yamasaki Hōsei)
He is an indispensable character to this program. 
Cocorico Naoki Tanaka (Tanaka Naoki) and Shōzō Endō (Endō Shōzō)
Semi-regular
License Takahumi Inomoto (Inomoto Takahumi) and Kazuhiro Huziwara (Huziwara Kazuhiro)
preceding opinion or plan 
Periodical Guest
Zimi-Onishi
He appears in series as a punishment or a Must not laugh  
Itsuzi Itao
He appears in series as a punishment or a Must not laugh, Itao Plan
Moriman
Yamazaki VS Moriman
Syozi Murakami
Syozi Murakami classroom 
Other Cast
Itao's wife and Itao's child
Central African TV
Tonight is YAMADA
Pikaderi-Umeda
Program staff
Kenji Suga (nickname Ga-su-)
He is Nippon Television work deputy chief
Toshihide Saito (nickname Heipo-)
Comprehensive production

Project
Free talk
Matsumoto vs Hamada battle series
Must not laugh series
Yamazaki vs Moriman
Moriman has won all the games.
Hightension series
Good-bye Yamazaki Hosei series
Entertainers fishing championship
seven changes
Audience ratings
This program is always ranked in the top 10 in variety program annual audience rating from 1995 to 2001.
The number of sales of a total of eight DVDs records smash success which sells about 1700000 sheets.
The ninth DVD was also sold, it became the 1st place of a ranking first appearance, and the number of the gross sales exceeded 2 million sheets.

Other websites
Official website (Japanese)
 YOSHIMOTO R and C CO.,LTD./ Gakitsuka DVD (Japanese)

References

Category:1980s Japanese television series
Category:1989 Japanese television series debuts
Category:1990s Japanese television series
Category:2000s Japanese television series
Category:2010s Japanese television series
Category:2020s Japanese television series
Category:Japanese-language television programs
Category:Japanese comedy television series
Category:Variety television series