I thought it was pretty funny. And is one of those guys some sort of masochist or something? He just let himself get hit over and over.
And I don't know if anyone else saw this but I though the guy reading the English was a bit fake, like he acted it (great acting if it is) but sometimes he just doesn't seem so real.

That dude was acting wasn't he? It was a game show and the goal was not to laugh at the english illiterate japanese guy.
Ten-ten-ten it was like a live action lag ^_^

Even though I think the guy was acting, it was still pretty funny...
Now here's a question that just should be asked in this kind of thread:

'Would you, or would you NOT participate in a game show like this?'

I would not because, hell even if it seems like fun I'd like to keep my ass in one piece.

Wasn't there a game show kinda like this on Comedy Central back in the day? They of course didn't hit people for losing, but people had to sit there and listen to somebody tell jokes for a minute or so, and try not to laugh the whole time. I think it was called "Don't Make Me Laugh" or something like that.

But anyway, I would go on a show like this, depending on what the prize was. If they keep having guys like that one on there, laughing really wouldn't be a concern, I would just need to know if the prize is worth my time.

I'd love for him to count to 1000.

ten-ten-ten...

I don't know what made him think that twenty would be 10-10. That was the funniest part for me.

Yeah, same for me. At first I was just laughing at the guys getting beat with sticks. Then came the "ten-ten-one", and so on, and I found that pretty funny.

It's basically because the Japanese word for twenty is "nijuu" or to put in better perspective, "two ten".

Actually, when he says 100--he counts how many times he says "10" on his hand.

I laughed, but I'm pretty sure if I was facing a caning I could hold it in...it's not THAT funny.

(Although I liked TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN TEN)

It may be easy if you were by yourself but with like 10 other guys in the room all it takes is one of them to laugh for a domino effect.

I failed not to laugh within the first 20 seconds when the guy in the video tried to pronounce "asked"... The "Venice" got me really good too. The part where I just burst out laughing was counting the numbers, especially 100... lol.

I think it was a lot funnier watching the guys get their asses whipped.