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I do not get Japanese variety shows at all.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=3bd7EwcG_LE&feature=related
Koike Teppei, about to do a card trick for host A and host B "They're totally normal cards, please go ahead and check them"
Host A: "Hmm....seems like maybe it's missing a few or there are a few extra!"
(audience laughs)
Teppei: "Now pick a card, any card"
Host A (immediately): "Hold on, I can't decide!!"
(audience bursts into thunderous laughter)
(Host B hits Host A in the head)
(Host A picks a card)
Host A (to host B): "You shouldn't hit me!"
(Audience bursts out laughing again)
Apparently everything Host A says is supposed to be hilarious. The only explanation I could think of is that he says those lines all the time so it becomes kind of a running gag. Or maybe I will just never find this particular kind of Japanese humor funny.
http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=3bd7EwcG_LE&feature=related
Koike Teppei, about to do a card trick for host A and host B "They're totally normal cards, please go ahead and check them"
Host A: "Hmm....seems like maybe it's missing a few or there are a few extra!"
(audience laughs)
Teppei: "Now pick a card, any card"
Host A (immediately): "Hold on, I can't decide!!"
(audience bursts into thunderous laughter)
(Host B hits Host A in the head)
(Host A picks a card)
Host A (to host B): "You shouldn't hit me!"
(Audience bursts out laughing again)
Apparently everything Host A says is supposed to be hilarious. The only explanation I could think of is that he says those lines all the time so it becomes kind of a running gag. Or maybe I will just never find this particular kind of Japanese humor funny.