View Full Version : Do NOT Laugh...
gfofbiguy
May 17, 2008, 2:29 PM
I saw this on a friend's blog page, and laughed my a$$ off...
I'm using his synopsis: "I offer you a clip from 'Do Not Laugh High School', a great Japanese game show. the premise is simple: contestants are sent 'back to school', where they have to attend 'lessons' and so on... the catch being, as the name suggests, that whatever happens, they MUST NOT LAUGH. While the various presenters and backstage staff of the show obviously try to make them do just that.
That would, for most countries, be enough. But no, this is Japan. There must be penalties for laughing, lol...If all nations were like this, the world would be a better, and considerably stranger, place.
Enjoy this brief four minute clip. just DON'T LAUGH." (There are English subtitles as well...)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM44rDvIZvI
Annika L
May 18, 2008, 5:44 PM
I can't believe nobody has responded to this yet! Maybe, it's because we're all still staring at our monitors, dumbfounded, mouths agape in bemusement...and I'm sure some of us are still recovering from rolling on the floor gasping for breath.
Kel and I don't watch much TV...but damn, if this was on, I fear I would find myself becoming addicted to the hilarious stupidity/bizarrity (which is a large part of *why* Kel and I don't watch much TV :tong:)! It is a sad statement on our society that there is *no* way that this show could ever be aired here (not without some heavy censoring, anyway).
Thanks for sharing this intercultural gem, gf!
Bi_Druid
May 18, 2008, 6:53 PM
:crosseye::confused::banghead:
k......
shameless agitator
May 18, 2008, 7:18 PM
Oh god, that was terrific! I think Anika's right though, there's no way in hell U.S. broadcasters would have a game show that involved flogging. Such a pity.
gfofbiguy
May 18, 2008, 8:51 PM
Oh god, that was terrific! I think Anika's right though, there's no way in hell U.S. broadcasters would have a game show that involved flogging. Such a pity.
That is so correct...Bisexualnewbie and I were talking about that earlier when we saw the video for the first time - after we picked ourselves off the floor from laughing. :eek: FOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! :cutelaugh
nothings5d
May 22, 2008, 5:07 PM
Hardgay is such a wierd guy...
folk2punk
May 22, 2008, 7:00 PM
Hardgay Rocks!!! but i can see this post more on a fetish-site. What was with that setup of getting caned in school? Did they go to Singapore?
vittoria
May 22, 2008, 9:55 PM
:crosseye::confused::banghead:
k......
LOL!!!
Notice such "stiff" penalties(:bigrin: )... getting caned like Michael Fay in Singapore opens too many wounds here still in the OOOSA (USA)
:tong:
FalconAngel
May 23, 2008, 1:08 AM
Maybe I just don't get Japanese humor, but I saw the clip and I am not impressed, amused, or even entertained by it.
diB4u
May 23, 2008, 9:13 AM
Oh this is sooo funny....
The idea of the game show is Not to laugh, if you laugh yes you get flogged but maybe the idea of the quizz show is that the one that doesnt laugh gets the prize.
Classic!!!
Of course I cant keep my face straight at the Hard Gay Teacher lol. I'd lost the money lol.:bigrin:
12voltman59
May 23, 2008, 1:26 PM
Such a show like this could never happen here in the US--it was funny!!!
The Japanese do have a very different culture!!!
FalconAngel---lighten up!!!
Bi_Druid
May 23, 2008, 1:58 PM
ok, now my brain's working again after first exposing myself to that...
I do go for quite a bit of Japanese things my self normally, anime and manga and of course the original and still the best ToHo Godzilla movies.
And I'm familiar with their somewhat unique humour, but that was just...weird, even for me!
diB4u
May 23, 2008, 5:44 PM
ok, now my brain's working again after first exposing myself to that...
I do go for quite a bit of Japanese things my self normally, anime and manga and of course the original and still the best ToHo Godzilla movies.
And I'm familiar with their somewhat unique humour, but that was just...weird, even for me!
Awww. Bi-Druid, I'm sorry that you didn't get the jokes... It rocked, I cant believe that not many people have seen this on youtube... Its great.
The conscept of Japanese humor, is totally different from English or American humor.
Their humor is based on honour... I believe.
Yeah I like watching the odd movie, and reading a manga book. My favourite so far, is " Pet shop of horros" With the Count and the every stressful detective...
Any good manga comics or stories or films I should be watching (please let me know), once again great find!!
Bi_Druid
May 23, 2008, 6:02 PM
Yeah I like watching the odd movie, and reading a manga book. My favourite so far, is " Pet shop of horros" With the Count and the every stressful detective...
Aww, and don't you just sympathise with the poor Orcot, he tries so hard dosn't he
**Peg**
May 24, 2008, 10:54 AM
Maybe I just don't get Japanese humor, but I saw the clip and I am not impressed, amused, or even entertained by it.
uhuh... I don't "get" what is funny ..... just too "out there" for me
*shrug*
rissababynta
May 25, 2008, 1:32 AM
I sat here watching all the other parts on youtube. i was cracking up. that baldy guy makes me laugh.
Skater Boy
May 27, 2008, 2:37 PM
I thought it was hilarous, personally. The concept was pretty simple to understand, since I'd seen a couple of videos from this series posted before on other forums. But I can see how if you just stumbled across it randomly, you'd be totally baffled. The "hard gay" dude seems like a great comic actor, and if I were there in real life, I would've been in stitches. not that I wasn't whilst sitting in front of my computer.
I can see how other countries would object to broadcasting "corporal punishment" scenes, but the guys probably signed some kinda disclaimer...