Inside the C.O.D.E: Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!

Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!! is a Japanese variety show hosted by the popular Japanese owarai duo, Downtown. This TV program began broadcasting on October 3, 1989, and is a popular comedy show in Japan.

Segments:
Batsu Games, probably the best known Gaki episodes are those dealing with batsu games, or punishment games, in which one or more of the cast members participate in after losing bets, major games, or physical challenges.

No Laughing Games, the set-up of each "No Laughing"-punishment game is that the members of the cast who were not successful in a preliminary trial will be subjected to compromising and/or absurd situations for a long period of time (usually through the night or over the span of 24-hours) and must refrain from laughing at them during that time. (They cannot laugh at themselves or each other, either.) Whenever any one of them does laugh, the announcer of the game will say that that person (or if more than one person laughed, those people) just became "out", and then one of the behind-the-scenes crew will come in to punish the offending individual or individuals by striking them in the buttocks with darts, shinai, etc. The primary weapon of choice coincides with the theme of the game they are — it will not change at any point in time; to keep the Gaki Tsukai on their toes, there have been occasions where other conditions besides laughing had been set that could make them out, if they fulfill them. (As a side note, Matsumoto currently holds the record for most punishment strikes suffered, at 258 times, received during the "No-Laughing Hospital" game.)