I want to adapt these for the school festival! A roundup of comedians’ manzai, sketch comedy, and one-liner gags
Many students are probably thinking about putting on a comedy show as an attraction for their school cultural festival.
It sounds fun to perform a one-liner, do a manzai routine or a sketch, and make everyone laugh by showing your material on stage! But the tricky part is deciding what kind of material to perform.
It would be great if you could create your own original material, but that’s not so easy.
That’s why we recommend imitating or arranging popular comedians’ routines and performing those! In this article, we’ll introduce recommended bits from popular comedians—whether manzai, sketches, or one-liners—without limiting the format.
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I want to adapt these for the school festival! A roundup of comedians’ manzai, skits, and one-liner gags (41–50)
Ranjatai
Episodes featuring Ranjatai—such as their appearance on the Kansai late-night show “Aiseki Shokudō” and on “Downtown DX” in the segment “A New Era Arrives!? Underground Comedian Special!!”—are regarded as legendary.
One of Ranjatai’s charms is that their setups and developments are so bizarre that “sometimes you just can’t keep up!” Highly recommended bits include “the convenience store falling from the sky” and “the cat entering the body.” In any case, find a partner who can keep the high energy going for three straight minutes!
Nakagōn Hakukō
The comedy duo Nagon, made up of the yankee-style boke Sachiko Usuyuki and the tsukkomi Norikatsu Abe, is popular for a routine where Usuyuki pretends to smoke while roasting different neighborhoods.
Instead of copying the bit word-for-word, we recommend mimicking the style and using your own school’s town as the subject! Among students, go for slightly roasty jokes that make people think, “So true,” and grab some laughs.
For visitors considering enrolling who came to see the school festival, it’s also a great way to show what the school is like and what the surrounding area feels like!
Haranishi from FUJIWARA
Haranishi from the comedy duo FUJIWARA is said to have a trillion gags.
If you’re looking for a one-shot gag, try copying his! He’s got so many bits that you’ll never run out of material, and they seem easy to tweak.
Lean into that student vibe and give them a try.
ZAZY
ZAZY is a comedy talent extremely familiar to people in Kansai.
It’s pronounced “Zajee.” His signature material is like a ‘step into the future,’ mixing flip-board comedy with rhythmic routines.
Lately he’s been evolving even further, turning the flip-board into a computer screen and more.
The finals of the 2021 R-1 Grand Prix were a huge hit! It’s especially recommended for people good at tongue twisters, so give it a try.
If you can rattle off a barrage of nonsensical gags in time with the unique rhythms of “kon-ko-kon…” and “ton-to-ton…” while showing funny illustrations—without tripping over your words—you’ll already feel like ZAZY.
Add pink hot pants and big wings on your back, and you’re all set!
Lani Nose
If you can play guitar, I highly recommend the material by Lani Nose, who won the 2019 Uta Netao Championship! This duo, made up of Takaiku Suzaki and Kento Yamada, aren’t your typical manzai comedians—they’re “musical manzai” performers who take the stage with a guitar and mainly do musical comedy.
Even before they broke out as comedians, they were active as a band under the name Runny Noize, and their entrance music is actually a Runny Noize track.
With a guitar in hand, they show off a range of styles: parodying songs everyone knows, sometimes even rapping.
They’ve got bits that use guitar technique too, so if you’re good at guitar and love comedy, they’re perfect for you!