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Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji

1991 · 6 seasons · Comedy

Downtown no Gottsu Ee Kanji (ダウンタウンのごっつええ感じ, roughly "Downtown's Feeling Real Good"), was a Japanese variety show. It premiered on December 8, 1991 and ended its run on November 2, 1997. It aired on Fuji TV every Sunday night. Hosted by the comedy duo Downtown (consisting of Masatoshi Hamada and Hitoshi Matsumoto), it had several other actors and comedians in its regular cast, including You, Koji Imada, Koji Higashino, Itsuji Itao, Ryoko Shinohara and Honkon (Takahiro Kurano). Like most other Japanese variety shows, it featured guest interviews and games, but it is best known and remembered for its sketch comedy. Downtown and other cast members would dress in costumes and perform absurd skits with bizarre characters.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 43 episodes (December 8, 1991)
• Season 2 — 41 episodes (January 17, 1993)
• Season 3 — 40 episodes (January 16, 1994)
• Season 4 — 42 episodes (January 15, 1995)
• Season 5 — 45 episodes (January 14, 1996)
• Season 6 — 34 episodes (January 12, 1997)

Cast

• Hitoshi Matsumoto
• Masatoshi Hamada
• YOU
• Koji Imada
• Koji Higashino
• Itsuji Itao
• Ryoko Shinohara

Details

Created by

Masatoshi Hamada and Hitoshi Matsumoto

First aired

December 8, 1991

Episodes

245

Genres

Comedy

Network

Fuji TV

Status

Ended

TMDB score

10.0 / 10 from 1 votes