The Study of あ / Ah (Downtown) - Subtitled

[@monpetitchouxpastry]

Hamada looks so young! I love Downtown so much. :) Thanks for uploading and subbing this!

[@svenjag6630]

Haha, I love how someone took the time to translate these! I used to do translation myself and I know how much effort it can be

[@VannTheDawn]

Their last Manzai performance was in 91’, before I was born. They finished their main story early and have been doing side quests since 91’.

[@MrOuji89]

Oh wow this is the original! I've been looking for this skit. I've only seen the one where matsumoto does this with his mom.

[@zodiahk]

I think that might have been a batsu game

[@iDefected]

Wow thanks so much for the sub, that made my evening :D Good job, it was really coherent! I would love to see more of their old skits like this subbed!

[@_ytnahs]

1:40 - 1:54 I was laughing so hard at the "hit your hip". And the first one really sounded like he was falling.

[@coolen]

I've only really seen them on the yearly gaki no tsukai batsugames and I'm amazed at how young they look here

[@dogchaser520]

One thing I love about Japanese comedy... it sometimes takes a bit to get going but when it hits it gets you good, a deep kind of laugh. ...み！

[@IJethrobot]

@mitsubachiii You're welcome! This is a lot of good fun for me to do (and good practice) as it is for people who enjoy it. I'm not too familiar with ダウンタウン (this is the first performance of theirs that I've subbed), but considering this is from the early 90s and they're still rocking the Japanese comedy scene, you must be right! ~ Jethro.

[@JiveCinema]

ダウンタウン used to come on Fuji TV in NYC. No subtitles. but they were funny anyway. Now that I can read it they're even funnier!! 🎉

[@ChikaPyo]

i love the falling parts. it caught me off guard.

[@ciml96]

Hamada's face hasn't changed too much, and Matsumoto looks very young!

[@stonecoldsteveaustin4590]

AND NOW BOTH OF THEM ARE LEGENDS IN JAPAN

[@fryfishing]

Philippines doesn't mean anything here. The point is: As the show goes, the word studied becomes nonsense. So it can be replaced by any country, such as brazil or Egypt, which are not usually used like "ah".

[@sikamettura388]

これは万人ウケするネタ

[@albertnortononymous9020]

That quickly went into Pythonesque territory

[@IJethrobot]

@ChikaPyo Yeah-- I just love how the falling is ridiculous, and it just continually builds to even more ridiculous forms of falling. : ) ~ Jethro.

[@MaxKnight007]

This is their idol era

[@blkfrhwk]

great fun. thank you.

[@RastaSaiyaman]

I'm Dutch (Oranda-Jin) and I understand it perfectly, humor can be without language barriers.

[@きちちゃに]

すごいなぁ〜

[@LuciferLizardo]

I am Filipino yet I laughed on the Firipin part.

[@mitsubachiii]

Aaaw, Downtown

[@emoluv54865]

Because of Hitori-San , every time I see a young Matsumoto, All I can think of is his Yearbook Skit.

[@ReneMaurin]

I'm from the other side of the planet but we use exactly the same intonations for the same occasions.

[@mrstrdknmabalz1412]

wow, so young. XD i couldnt recognized Hamada at first glance

[@ShawnaGraham50]

Very funny!

[@HUTINAK]

Totally freaky!!! I came here to forget about the Philippines, ( hurricane)

[@AngelVocal]

Oh my stomach. The falling part made me fall off my chair with laughter.

[@oddballaklyama4395]

A certain shark definitely studied it well

[@albertnortononymous9020]

Dangit

[@KusaneHexaku]

a

[@faenethlorhalien]

Goombus!

[@arichidoru]

@IJethrobot if you are not familiar, then you definitely must find out more about them, because they are one of the funniest people i've ever seen. thanks for subbing!

[@bshe69]

You know what's the best? In Hungarian, when we ask "What?" ("mi" in Hungarian), we really do sound like 3:00

[@にゃにゃ-y8n]

こっちフルバージョンなのにHEY!HEY!HEY!から来たコメ無いのね…。。

[@すこくに]

検索にかかりづらいんかもね(　・ω・)

[@MattTheSpratt]

this is, like aggressively dumb i love it

[@RastaSaiyaman]

There's a mistake made with the subtitles: Hamada cals Matsumoto "Matsumoto Hitoshi" not "Masatoshi" but because he says it really fast one can mistake it for sounding like "Masatoshi"

[@maemaetoku1]

太好了！

[@ahmadnotachmed]

Fall and then after fall. Laughed do hard then.

[@squeakyelbows]

Good subs!

[@chuckiealonzo1145]

seeing both of them doing manzai is so rare for real

[@joshuajohnson5317]

Real constructive

[@user-ov8og1yy9l]

松ちゃんお母様と番組で披露した親子漫才の元ネタだ😁

[@CutterHistorical]

Theres a version of the same manzai on YouTUbe involving Matsumoto and his mother

[@ThatOneGirlThatPlays]

Reminds me of Tim Allen's standup about grunts.

[@babylonastronaut]

Check out Friendly Downtown. That show is hilarious.

[@ozusan7168]

1990!!!

[@spookybuk]

lol

[@Black_Remedy]

あ

[@witthaya100]

awww, bansai hama-chan and ma-chan :)

[@harveyhandog8736]

Para Sa Jose At Wally Comedy Show

[@CODMarioWarfare]

Azumanga Daioh did a similar bit

[@artbykuhoo]

this made me laugh. I think i'm going to go learn japanese...

[@johndotto2773]

Firipin? Firipin!

[@Abo39FooR]

ooooooooh that's one of the jokes in world downtwon news lol.

[@IJethrobot]

@Greenpeniwrite YEAH! : D ~ Jethro.

[@MarlonMacielBrando]

Why the fuck am I laughing?

[@Nishkiyama60]

あああああああぁぁぁぁぁ

[@asiawelove8016]

すたでぃ　おぶAh～ってｗｗｗ

[@GrafKrolock82]

Matsumoto looks so strange with all that hair...

[@tattat227]

Who Are you?

[@midiam080]

四次元だ。

[@MetalSnake6199]

你好

[@moversti92]

Noniin

[@IJethrobot]

I disagree-- I think many non-Japanese speakers have enjoyed this and understand the humor.

[@myczxr]

indeed

[@harveyhandog8736]

We Mean Better Than Eat Bulaga At Jose At Wally

[@jillsandwich5684]

Hamada, The Devil's Hand!

[@syntheticsamurai]

I've lived in Japan the comedy is not as deep as you think it is 85% of stuff is slapstick, puns, or bawdy humor. That said their is nothing wrong with those types of humor, Shakespeare himself used them for the same reason they have mass appeal, I'm just saying its not very deep. Matsumoto is honestly one of the only people really committed to expanding the horizons of what comedy is in japan and that's partially why hes moved away from the skit shows he used to do.

[@swisscorn]

is that matsumoto ? he changed !!

[@carlosgonegone5328]

jjspot yes!

[@mauimarquez1693]

firipin! haha 😂

[@byuu9999]

greatest thing is, Matsumoto uses these on a regular basis

[@japanjaydee]

This is very easy to understand. After watching a lot of Japanese comedy over the past 8 years, I can say that most comedy on TV in Japan is quite simple, filled with crude humour and slapstick. Rakugo is deep, manzai is not.

[@saladass188]

Says the guy who watch with subtitles

[@ryuherui4]

マサトシ先生ってなんだよ

[@asiawelove8016]

今頃その突っ込みにワロタ

[@mayumiT1970]

(*≧▽≦)o ha Ha H a H A ！

[@めんどくさい-m4m]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@LunaelleSonic333]

Now kiss...

[@machinegunlament]

i ship it

[@13Kr4zYAzN13]

The funniest part? _They have_

[@5EL0N3]

...

[@神崎行秀]

誰か日本人はいないか〜？

[@Chojizon]

Viejo lo del final fue muy racista...

[@mariannefreyagutib4113]

r u mocking philippines

[@LuciferLizardo]

Check Takanobu Terada's comment.

[@1980SHINSUKE]

That can understand only Japanese I think. Japanese comedy is too deep.

[@fujeemla7467]

漫才じゃなくてコントじゃない？