Laugh and Pon!
Laugh and Pon! was a Japanese variety show that was broadcast on the TBS network every Wednesday from 19:00 to 19:54 from July 6, 1983 to September 28, 1983.
Overview
It started after the early end of the previous program "Assault HOT Studio!". Tanokin Trio, Beat Takeshi, and Iyo Matsumoto continued to appear, but the program ended after three months. Former cast member Takeshi has often said that the show was canceled after three episodes, but the actual number of episodes it aired was 12. It was also introduced in the July 2000 issue of "Nikkei Entertainment!" as the "No. 1 famous short-lived program"., data errors can also be seen here.On April 15, 2000, it was revived for the first time in 17 years with only the title ``New Warate Pon 2000'' as the opening special program.
Program title
The title of this program was named by the producer Kunihiko Katsura. Due to his terrible naming sense, he was made a lot of fun by Takeshi and Fumio Takada in "Beat Takeshi's All Night Nippon".In addition, Tamio Kageyama, who was in charge of organizing the program, said in his book ``Gokuraku that he was disappointed in Katsura, who had submitted numerous naming ideas at the program's planning meeting, but in the end had decided on a program title that was just his own idea. TV. Kageyama has warned in the past about the silly naming of variety shows, but he apparently never thought that the show he was in charge of would have such a title, and he wrote an apology to the readers of the book.
Performers
- Toshihiko Tahara
- Mahiko Kondo
- Yoshio Nomura
- Beat Takeshi
- Iyo Matsumoto
- Hiroshi Ikushima
- Naoto Takenaka
- Koichi Miura
- Rats & Stars
- Comte Red Light
- Tsurutaro Kataoka
- Naomi Matsui
Staff
- Composition: Takuma Kojima, Jun Nagai, Tamio Kageyama, Yutaka Hirooka / Shosuke Oiwa
- Music: Yasu Miyagawa, Akihiko Takashima
- Choreography: Mitsuru Saijo
- Producer: Kunihiko Katsura, Eiichi Misumi
Program content
It was a parody skit of the entire program promotion, with a fictional program guide. The facilitators were Iyo Matsumoto and Hiroshi Ikushima, and Beat Takeshi appeared as a studio guest.; Kohaku Kamen
; Best ten puns
; Kintaro Samurai
; Passionate about judo!
; Takenaka Theater
; trampoline theater
; silhouette quiz