There will be no No-Laughing Batsu this year.

[angelpick]

Anyone has the TV-ratings for the show which was broadcasted instead of Gaki ?I'm curious to see if it's worked well...

[Arlekin]

Anyone has the TV-ratings for the show which was broadcasted instead of Gaki ?I'm curious to see if it's worked well...

From Reddit:

Kouhaku Uta Gassen 34.3% lowest ever -> down from 40.3%.
Warauoomisoka 7.2% -> down from 17.6% from last year's Go To Vegas.
RIZIN 33 (MMA & Kick Boxing) 7.4%

[5nta]

As the prior post noted, the ratings for the Nippon TV New Year's Eve special were substantially lower than last year's No Laughing special. That said, I don't think it will have any bearing on whether they bring the show back as I think it was cancelled this year because of the difficulty and logistics of producing the show in the midst of a pandemic. I would imagine that if the situation improves this year, the show will likely return.

[Ifiuse]

To be honest, and I hope I'm wrong, I feel like the Batsus on NTV are finished.

Not because they have a bad relationship with NTV or COVID, but rather because of the BPO guidelines over "getting hurt to get laughs".

Chono Slaps? Gone, Thai Kicks? Gone, Bare slaps? Gone, and so on...

In the absolute best timeline they can go to Amazon with a similar/overtuned format.

[nirokujichuu]

To be honest, and I hope I'm wrong, I feel like the Batsus on NTV are finished.

Not because they have a bad relationship with NTV or COVID, but rather because of the BPO guidelines over "getting hurt to get laughs".

Chono Slaps? Gone, Thai Kicks? Gone, Bare slaps? Gone, and so on...

In the absolute best timeline they can go to Amazon with a similar/overtuned format.

Japanese TV has had way more extreme shows than any Gaki's Batsu games. I think the guidelines were more targeted at those. Sadly, Batsu games got thrown out with the bathwater.

What could be a painless batsu?

[Bolinho]

Kinda hurts to see that the core attribute of the batsu games is in danger. I felt absolutely in love with the first onsen batsu, that thing to this day is an absolute fucking gem. I know they work their asses a lot, it is not a simply make pain then make people laugh its deeper than that, hamada schemes are memorable to this day. On the other hand we all know that the batsus are now a set formula with a few tweaks here and there, does it kill all the fun? Nope, but we have to acknowledge that they are turning old and no longer can make all kinds of crazy stuff that they did. I feel like when a show like this comes along the absolute golden years are the improvisation years, i dunno but i just love some old gaki no tsukai stuff.

[VideogameDC]

Kinda hurts to see that the core attribute of the batsu games is in danger. I felt absolutely in love with the first onsen batsu, that thing to this day is an absolute fucking gem. I know they work their asses a lot, it is not a simply make pain then make people laugh its deeper than that, hamada schemes are memorable to this day. On the other hand we all know that the batsus are now a set formula with a few tweaks here and there, does it kill all the fun? Nope, but we have to acknowledge that they are turning old and no longer can make all kinds of crazy stuff that they did. I feel like when a show like this comes along the absolute golden years are the improvisation years, i dunno but i just love some old gaki no tsukai stuff.

Basically this. I started to feel the repetitive nature of the batsus around the American Police one, paired that with having to resort to surprise celebrities and basically our 5 fellow Gakis getting used to the ass smacking (lack of reaction in contrast to the early Batsus) made me practically drop the ball on them. It could've been reworked into something like having 5 celebrities being the ones to not laugh and just have Downtown, Cocorico and Yama-chan do the jokes, unfortunately the BPO had to kill the fun with the physical comedy pretty much.

[sb72]

Basically this. I started to feel the repetitive nature of the batsus around the American Police one, paired that with having to resort to surprise celebrities and basically our 5 fellow Gakis getting used to the ass smacking (lack of reaction in contrast to the early Batsus) made me practically drop the ball on them. It could've been reworked into something like having 5 celebrities being the ones to not laugh and just have Downtown, Cocorico and Yama-chan do the jokes, unfortunately the BPO had to kill the fun with the physical comedy pretty much.

Yeah a key element to comedy is surprise (i.e. the two story theory of jokes) yet we got the same stuff year after year. The same chouno slaps for Hosei, the same Thai kicks for Tanaka, the same Oni chase stuff, the same late night spooky bit, etc.
The highlights of the batsu games were things like the Endo family Ashita ga Arusa song, Macchan's exploding drawer, Hamada's murder mystery Thai Kick, Endo's fall into the pit, the not-quite-motionless corpse examination, Hamada's wife in the hotel video, etc. None of that was routine. None of that was expected. Endo's trial was genuinely the greatest thing Japanese TV has produced (aside from Monkey) and the last thing we were expecting to see.

The concept works, they just need to inject something unexpected into it.

[Inergio]

Another year without Waratte wa ikenai...
Ernie stopped posting too, so no Gaki episodes too.
I don't want it to be over.

[nirokujichuu]

Is it really over? No New Year Batsu, ever again? Not even a New Year Show of any sort?

Japanese TV was already bad, now they've finally killed even the few (and far in between) good things.

[Ayaka]

Another year without Waratte wa ikenai...
Ernie stopped posting too, so no Gaki episodes too.
I don't want it to be over.

I literally just came back-- he stopped?!