がきのつかいはおもしろいですよ！(Gaki no Tsukai is extremely funny!)

皆さんこんにちは！ Recently I've come across a very interesting Japanese Television series called "Gaki no Tsukai". Pretty much a group of Japanese comedians must take on the roll of some common job or position and go a day without laughing. Sounds simple enough right?... Well they're constantly bombarded with "assassins" or basically everything throughout the day is done in such a manner to get them to laugh. If they laugh they get a severe punishment most of the time is an object being hit against their butt. Here's one of the series here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAQ8A70aKRE&feature=PlayList&p=0C2982312199B76F&index=0 I think you'll find it very entertaining and can use it to learn some cultural things about Japan (although I wouldn't consider it really much of a credible source of cultural facts... more just something entertaining to watch that "only happens in Japan"). So yeah enjoy! -デレック