Waratte Iitomo!

Waratte Iitomo!
Presented byTamori
StarringYuki Nozawa (Noon Boyz)
Yuma Sanada (Noon Boyz)
A Series of Regular Members (see below)
Theme music composerGinji Ito
Opening themeUki Uki Watching
ComposersShiro Sagisu
Ginji Ito
Country of originJapan
Production
ProducersTakatoshi Hamano
Go Haruna
Shoichi Kuroki (chief)
Running time58 minutes
Production companyFuji Television
Original release
NetworkFNS (Fuji TV)
ReleaseOctober 4, 1982 (1982-10-04) –
March 31, 2014 (2014-03-31)

Morita Kazuyoshi Hour: Waratte Iitomo! (森田一義アワー 笑っていいとも!; Morita Kazuyoshi Hour: It's Okay to Laugh!) was a Japanese variety show aired every weekday on Fuji TV. The show was hosted by Tamori (Kazuyoshi Morita) and ran from 1982 to 2014.[1] The show was produced in the Studio Alta building in Shinjuku, Tokyo.[2] The show featured a series of regular members who only appeared on a particular day of the week. These regular members were changed periodically.[3]

In October 2011, Johnny's Jr. members Yuki Nozawa and Yuma Sanada, known together as the "Noon Boyz", joined as the show's 16th "Iitomo Seinentai" team of assistants and dancers.[4]

The final broadcast of the program took place on March 31, 2014 after over thirty-one years on the air.[1][5] Guests appearing on the program's daily "Telephone Shocking" interview segment during the final week included Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, Beat Takeshi, and Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.[6]

The show had 8,054 episodes making it the highest episode count in Japan, with 8001 of them hosted by the same presenter, quantity certified by Guinness World Records.[7][8]

Cast

As well as the long-running presenter (Tamori) and "Noon Boyz", the show featured certain regular members depending on the day of the week. As of August 13, 2013, these regulars were as shown below.[3]

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Holiday regular

Guinness World Record

This show received three Guinness World Record. On April 5, 2002, Tamori attended Waratte Iitomo's 5000th show, giving him the record for the longest continued hosting of a live television program. His record was recorded in the 2003 Guinness Book of World Records.[6] On December 26, 2007, SMAP member Shingo Katori beat the previous record (9 s 50 ms) of consuming 500 ml of milkshake in 9 s 8 ms. However, on the show on that day, Toshi from the owarai duo Taka and Toshi beat his time by 0.02 ms.[10][11] On March 31, 2014, Waratte Iitomo aired its final episode and Tamori renewed his world record for most live variety TV shows hosted by the same presenter at 8054 episodes.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b 「笑っていいとも！」３月で終了 背景に視聴率の低落 [Waratte Iitomo to finish broadcasting in March 2014, with a backdrop of a fall in viewing figures] (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. October 22, 2013. Retrieved October 22, 2013.
  2. ^ "【感謝】今夜「新宿アルタ」閉館45年の歴史に幕　「笑っていいとも！」「待ち合わせ場所」「街のシンボル」…ビジョンに映し出された昭和・平成・令和の歴史「さみしい」". FNN Prime Online (in Japanese). February 28, 2025. このアルタの知名度を支えたのが、アルタから生放送していたフジテレビの長寿番組「笑っていいとも！」です。
  3. ^ a b 森田一義アワー 笑っていいとも! (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 29, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2013.
  4. ^ ""Waratte Iitomo" adds AKB48′s Sashihara Rino and Johnny's Jrs. Nozawa Yuki, Sanada Yumi". TokyoGraph. 1 October 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-10-05. Retrieved 15 October 2012.
  5. ^ "End of the Road for Waratte Iitomo". Japan Zone. 22 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "いいとも最終回はビートたけしで締め！３１日ラストテレフォン". Sponichi (in Japanese). 28 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  7. ^ "『いいとも!』ギネス"W"で認定 タモリ、認定証を高く掲げ喜び". Oricon (in Japanese). 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  8. ^ "「笑っていいとも！」認定". Guinness World Records (in Japanese). 31 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  9. ^ 木下優樹菜:栗原類らと「笑っていいとも！」新レギュラーに 出産後初のテレビ出演 [Yukina Kinoshita to be a new regular guest on Waratte Iitomo together with Louis Kurihara]. Mainichi jp (in Japanese). Japan: The Mainichi Newspapers. 1 October 2012. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 22 November 2012.
  10. ^ "香取慎吾、ギネス世界記録に挑戦「すんごい量！」「すごい吸引力」とファン衝撃". Encount Press (in Japanese). 22 December 2020. Archived from the original on 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
  11. ^ "香取慎吾「いいとも」の思い出語る"ギネス"まであと一歩だったのに…". Web The Television (in Japanese). 9 January 2018. Archived from the original on 19 March 2026. Retrieved 19 March 2026.
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