Popular comedy and manzai bits that elementary school kids will love. Simple one-liner gags.

No rehearsal party trick!

Neither hidden nor a specialty! Let’s show off some “zero-practice party tricks.”

When it comes to party tricks, it often happens that someone says, “Hey, let’s try something right now!” on the spur of the moment.

For times like that, I recommend no-practice-required hidden talents.

There are a few, but to give some examples: a game where you guess what object is being held between someone’s butt cheeks, and qigong tricks.

As you might guess, with qigong, the technique that matters is not the person supposedly doing it, but the person it’s being done to.

If someone “hits you with qigong,” try dramatically flying backward or spinning around.

It’s guaranteed to get laughs.

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Hirakawa Masako (Bōkarisuto: Sakata Mizumako)

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Atarimae TaisoCOWCOW

COWCOW “Atarimae Taiso #1”

A routine by the comedy duo COWCOW, formed in 1993 and known for their original material in manzai and sketch comedy.

Set to piano accompaniment, the act expresses everyday “obvious” things through simple movements like a calisthenics routine.

Despite its simplicity in both content and performance, it gained broad popularity across different audiences.

Because the concept centers on commonplace situations, it’s easy to create new material—beyond the original bits—and, since anyone can picture the scenarios, even elementary school kids can come up with new versions that get laughs.

It’s an inventive routine that can always mine “relatable moments” no matter the era.

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Hoshino Takashi

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Imitating sounds with a recorder

[One-off joke] An ambulance with a recorder #shorts

Let’s try performing a one-shot gag using the recorder that we often played in elementary school.

Simply playing a popular tune is more than enough, but if you want to show off something surprising and funny, how about recreating sounds you’d never expect to hear from a recorder? The example here is the sound of an ambulance.

It convincingly captures everything from the approaching wail to the sound as it moves away.

If you didn’t know it was a recorder, you might mistake it for a real ambulance.

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sasashina

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Caricature Illustration Challenge

[Art] I Tried a Serious 10-Minute Portrait Challenge! Painting Each Other Challenge

Let’s try a caricature challenge as a quick gag.

Set a time limit and draw a simple portrait of the other person.

You can use paints or crayons—either is fine.

You don’t need to be good at drawing; the goal is to make a picture that gets laughs.

Exaggerate their features or create a hilariously “master artist” style drawing—just let your creativity run wild.

The drawing will stick around after the gag, so it can keep serving as a source of laughs afterward.

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sasashina

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Recitation of pi

Pi Song POWER UP: Let's memorize 71 digits of pi! 3.141592…

This is a pi song sung to the melody of the folk dance classic “Mayim Mayim.” You can memorize 71 digits of pi with this song.

Pi is basically a string of numbers, which can be hard to remember as is.

But if you learn it together with a song that every student has heard at least once, it’ll stick more easily.

It’s a simple bit where you just sing, but being able to recite 71 digits of pi will impress anyone.

How about performing it while dancing along to the song as well?

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sasashina

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I tried becoming a historical figure.

Too freaking hard lol — a science nerd’s impressions of historical figures were absolute garbage lol

How about performing a quiz themed around famous historical figures as a quick gag? You could crawl around on all fours shouting “Tsuyoshi!” to portray Tsuyoshi Inukai, or clap your hands quietly with a distant look to portray Kim Jong Un.

Picture the person’s name and traits, and use your body and facial expressions to represent them.

The way you act it out will look pretty funny to the audience, so I think it’ll become a one-shot joke that makes people laugh while they enjoy the quiz.

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sasashina

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ASICS

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A one-liner gag you can use starting tomorrow.#ComedyOne-shot gag#GagFootOctopus#Takoyaki#NSC43rdTermYoshimotoSneakersComedy entertainerFashionable#StayAtHomeSquadkuro#VivaBebop#IWantToBeOnTheRecommendationsASICS

Original song – Viva Bebop – Kuro

While saying, “Legs are growing out,” you mime pulling legs out of your body.

After you’ve pulled out six legs, you say, “Six legs… ASICS!” to get a laugh.

It’s a pun on “ashi” (legs) and “six,” landing on the sports brand.

Anyone who knows ASICS might see the punchline coming, but that’s exactly why the joke is easy for everyone to get.

If you perform it while wearing ASICS shoes, it ties the setup and payoff together and might get an even bigger laugh.

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sasashina

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