Waratte_Iitomo!
Waratte Iitomo!
Japanese TV series or program
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. The show featured a series of regular members who only appeared on a particular day of the week. These regular members were changed periodically.[2]
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.[3]
The final broadcast of the program took place on March 31, 2014 after over thirty-one years on the air.[1][4] 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.[citation needed]
The show had 8,054 episodes, making it the highest episode count in Japan.[citation needed]