Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!
| Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! | |
|---|---|
Gaki no Tsukai's "free talk" segment. | |
| Genre | Variety |
| Starring | Hitoshi Matsumoto Masatoshi Hamada Hōsei Tsukitei Naoki Tanaka Shōzō Endō |
| Opening theme | Coldcut, "Theme From Reportage" (1989–2017) In-house opening theme by audioforce (2017-) |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 1700+ |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Bunta Azumai (2017–) Kenji Suga (1989–2017) |
| Producers | Yoshinobu Nakamura (2017–) Masaomi Miyamoto Ichiro Goda Jun-ichi Suzuki Akihiro Ohnuma Kouzou Komurasaki |
| Production location | Various |
| Editor | Toshihide Saito (1989–2017) |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company | Yoshimoto Kogyo |
| Original release | |
| Network | NNS (Nippon TV) |
| Release | October 3, 1989 – present |
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Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! (ダウンタウンのガキの使いやあらへんで!!, Dauntaun no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!; lit. "Downtown's We Aren't Errand Boys!"), often abbreviated Gaki no Tsukai (ガキの使い) or just Gaki Tsuka (ガキ使), is a Japanese variety show hosted by popular Japanese owarai duo Downtown, with comedian Hōsei Tsukitei (formerly known as Hōsei Yamasaki) and owarai duo Cocorico co-hosting. The program has been broadcast on Nippon TV since its pilot episode on October 3, 1989, and continues to this day, celebrating its 1000th episode on April 18, 2010. The program currently broadcasts on Nippon TV and its regional affiliates from 23:25 until 23:55 JST.